1897 census surname
Kagan
According to Rootera’s index, 711 people recorded as Kagan or related archive spellings were found across 187 census sheets. The surname appears most frequently in Dvinsk, Rezhitsa, and Kreslavka.
Spelling forms
This page groups spelling variants associated with the same surname. Archive forms come directly from the indexed census records; Western spellings are included to support family-history research.
Where the surname appears
- Dvinsk351
- Rezhitsa100
- Kreslavka95
- Dagda41
- Lutzin33
- Asūnes Parish18
- Kapiņu Parish18
- Preili15
- Viļānu Town13
- Balvu Parish12
- Višķu Parish6
- Krāslavas Parish2
About these spelling forms
Rootera’s index records this surname in Cyrillic as “Каган” and “Каганъ”, with “kagan” in the Latin transcription. Researchers using Western-language sources may also encounter “Kaghan”. These spelling alternatives help with discovery, but each match should be checked against the original census sheet.
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Search KaganSurname spellings may vary between the handwritten census sheets and the index. Rootera’s index is continuously reviewed and corrected.