Vaptsarov (Bulgarian: Вапцаров) is a Bulgarian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Vaptsarova. The surname may refer to Katsi Vaptsarov (born 1963), Bulgarian television host and film director Nikola Vaptsarov (1909–1942), Bulgarian poet, communist and revolutionary Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy in Varna, Bulgaria Vaptsarov Peak in Antarctica