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SKEATES     Scottish
Ancient Scottish surname, first found in Ayrshire, taken from the village of Skeoch, near Mauchline.
SKINNER     English
Means "skinner" from the Old Norse skinn.
SKJEGGESTAD     Norwegian
Means "Skjegge's place" or "the bearded one's place" from the Norwegian skjegge "beard" and stad "town, place".
SKOVGAARD     Danish
Means "dweller in a farm near the woods" from the Danish skov "wood" and gård "farm".
SLANE     Irish
Means "from Slane (County Meath), Ireland".
SLASKI     Polish
Cognate of SLAZAK.
SLATER     English
Occupational surname indicating that an early member worked as a person who covered roofs with slate.
SLAVIK     Czech, Slovak
Means "nightingale" in Czech.
SLAVKOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of SLAVKO".
SLAZAK     Polish
Polish cognate of SLEZAK.
SLEZAK     Czech
Originally a name for a person from Silesia, a historical region that is nowadays split between Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic.
SLOAN     Irish
Patronymic name derived from the early Irish given name SLUAGHADHÁN.
SLOANE     Irish
Variant of SLOAN
SLOOTMAEKERS     Dutch, Flemish
Means "the maker of locks" in Dutch, an occupational name for a locksmith.
SLOVAČEK     Czech
Originally described one who was of Slovak descent.
SLOVAK     Czech
Means "a person from Slovakia".
SLUSARCZYK     Polish
Diminutive form of SLUSARSKI.
SLUSARSKI     Polish
Means "ironworker" or "locksmith" from the Polish slusarz.
SLUSSER     German
Variant of SCHLUSSER
SMALLS     English
From Old English smael, "small" or "thin".
SMEDLEY     English
From an unidentified place name probably meaning "smooth clearing" in Old English.
SMEETS     Dutch
Variant of SMIT
SMETS     Dutch
Variant of SMIT
SMIT     Dutch
From the Dutch occupation smit, which is "smith" or "metalworker" in English.
SMITH     English
Means "metal worker, blacksmith" from Old English smið, derived from smitan "to smite, to hit"... [more]
SMITS     Dutch
Variant of SMIT
SMOLÁK     Czech, Polish
Derived from the Slavic word smola "pitch".
SMYTHE     English
Variant of SMITH
SNAAIJER     Dutch
Variant of SNYDER
SNAIJER     Dutch
Variant of SNYDER
SNEIDERS     Dutch
Variant of SNYDER
SNEIJDER     Dutch
Variant of SNYDER
SNEIJDERS     Dutch
Variant of SNYDER
SNEIJER     Dutch
Variant of SNYDER
SNEIJERS     Dutch
Variant of SNYDER
SNELL     Dutch
From the Dutch snel, meaning "agile, swift and nimble".
SNELLING     English
Variant of SNELL
SNIDER     Dutch, English
Variant of SNYDER
SNIDERS     Dutch, English
Variant of SNYDER
SNIEGOWSKI     Polish
Habitational name for a person from Sniegow, Sniegowo or other place whose name was derived from snieg "snow".
SNIJDER     Dutch
Variant of SNYDER
SNIJDERS     Dutch
Variant of SNYDER
SNYDER     Dutch, English
Means "tailor" in Dutch, an occupational name for a person who stitched coats and clothing.
SNYDERS     Dutch, English
Variant of SNYDER
SOARES     Portuguese
Variant of SUERO
SOBOL     Polish, Jewish
Derived from either the Polish sobol meaning "marten" or the Old High German zobel meaning "sable".
SOKAL     Polish
Variant of SOKOL
SOKOL     Czech, Jewish
Means "falcon" from the Slavic sokol... [more]
SOKOLL     Jewish
Variant of SOKOL
SOKOLOF     Polish, Jewish
Means "son of SOKOL".
SOKOLOFF     Polish, Bulgarian, Russian, Jewish
Means "son of SOKOL".
SOKOLOFSKY     Polish
Means "of SOKOLOF".
SOKOLOV     Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of SOKOL".
SOKOLOWSKI     Polish
Usually refers to the city of Sokolow Podlaski, Poland... [more]
SOKOLSKY     Polish, Jewish
Means "of SOKOL".
SOLAK     Turkish
From a nickname solak that is "left-handed".
SOLBERG     Scandinavian, German
From the Germanic elements sol "sun" combined with berg "mountain".
SOLDATI     Italian
From the Italian word for "soldier", soldato... [more]
SOLER     Provençal, Catalan
Denoted a person from any of the numerous places in the area whose names derive from the word soler meaning "site, plot".
SOLO     Basque
Means "dweller on a rural estate".
SOLOMON     French, Jewish
Variant of SALOMON
SOLOS     Spanish
Possibly a variant of SOLO.
SÓLYOM     Hungarian
Means "hawk, falcon" in Hungarian.
SOMMA     Italian
From names of Italian places like Somma Lombardo or Somma Vesuviana.
SOMMER (1)     German
From Middle High German sumer and Middle Low German sommer meaning "summer"... [more]
SOMMER (2)     German
From Middle High German soumære, sommer and Middle Low German somer(e) meaning "sumpter, animal driver".
SOMMER (3)     German
From Middle High German sumber, sommer meaning "basket, wickerwork or drum".
SOMMER (4)     Low German
From Middle Low German somer meaning "long and slim stake, pile, post".
SOMOGYI     Hungarian
Derived from Somogy, which is one of the counties of Hungary... [more]
SONG (1)     Chinese
Indicated a person from Song, China.
SONG (2)     Korean
Denoted a person descended from the Song clan.
SONNEN     German
Means "sun" from the Middle High German sunne... [more]
SORDI     Italian
From a nickname meaning "deaf" (sordo or surdo in dialects).
SÖRENSEN     Swedish
Swedish form of SØRENSEN.
SØRENSEN     Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of SØREN".
SÖRENSON     Swedish
Swedish form of SØRENSEN.
SORG     German
Variant of SORGE
SORGE     German
Means "worry, care, anxiety" from the Middle High German sorge.
SORIANO     Italian
From the place name Soriano. It is typical of southern Italy.
SÖRÖS     Hungarian
From sör that means "beer" in Hungarian... [more]
SORRENTINO     Italian
Derived from the name of a town near Naples: Sorrento.
SOUČEK     Czech
Means "a small knot" in Czech... [more]
SOUCY     French
Name for someone who lived in either Aisne or Yonne, from the Latin estate name Suciacum.
SOUN     Khmer
Means "fast".
SOUTHERS     English
Means "from the south".
SOUTHGATE     English
Means "dweller by the south gate".
SOUZA     Portuguese
Name for someone who lived in a place called Sousa... [more]
SOVÁNY     Hungarian
Means "thin, lean" in Hungarian.
SOWARDS     English
Variant of SEWARD (1).
SÓWKA     Polish
Means "a small owl" from Polish sowa "owl".
SPADA     Italian
Means "armourer, swordsman" from the Late Latin spatha.
SPALDING     English, Scottish
From the place name Spalding in Lincolnshire.
SPANNAGEL     German
Means "nailsmith" from the Middle High German span-nagel "connecting bolt".
SPANÒ     Italian
Italian surname usually considered as derived from Greek dialects of Southern Italy... [more]
SPARACELLO     Italian
Means "asparagus seller or grower" from the Italian sparaci.
SPARKS     English
Derived from the Old Norse nickname sparkr meaning "vivacious".
SPEAR     English
From the Middle English spere "spear", possibly an occupational name for a hunter or a maker of spears.
SPEARING     English
Patronymic of SPEAR.
SPEARS     English
Patronymic of SPEAR.
SPECHT     German, Dutch
Means "woodpecker" in German and Dutch.
SPEIGHT     English
English form of SPECHT.
SPELLMEYER     German
The second element meyer means "village headman"... [more]
SPENCE     English
Variant of SPENCER
SPENCER     English
Occupational surname for the person at the manor who dispensed the Lord's provisions to those who lived on his land and worked at his estate.
SPEZIALE     Italian
Means "spices seller" from the Late Latin speciarius.
SPIJKER (1)     Dutch
Means "dweller by or worker at the granary" from the Dutch spijker.
SPIJKER (2)     Dutch
Means "nailsmith" from the Dutch spijker.
SPIKER     Dutch
Americanized form of SPIJKER (1) or SPIJKER (2).
SPILLUM     Norwegian
Means "from Spillum, Norway".
SPINI     Italian
Means "dweller by the thorn bushes" from the Latin spina.
SPIROS     Greek
From the given name SPIRO.
SPITZNOGLE     German, Jewish
Means "sharp nail" in German.
SPONAUGLE     German
Americanized form of SPANNAGEL
SPOONER     English
Means "maker of spoons" from the Middle English spoon or "maker of shingles" from the Old English spon.
SPURLING     English
Means "little sparrow" from the Middle English sparewe plus the diminutive suffix -(l)ing.
STABILE     Italian
From an old given name Stabile that means "stable, firm in his faith".
STABLUM     Italian
From the area of Trento, near the Austrian border... [more]
STACEY     English
Variant of STACY
STACK     English
Means "big" from the Middle English stack meaning "haystack".
STACKS     English
Variant of STACK
STACY     English
Derived from Stace, a medieval form of EUSTACE.
STAFFORD     English
From the English place name Staffordshire, which was adopted by the man who lived near a river or creek at a crossing point, which was called a ford... [more]
STAINTHORPE     English
Originally indicated a person from Staindrop (Durham), England, which means "valley with stony ground" from the Old English stæner meaning "stony ground" and hop meaning "valley".
STAMP     English
Means "from Etampes (Seine-et-Oise), France".
STANEK (1)     Polish
Derived from Stanek, a diminutive of the name STANISŁAW.
STANEK (2)     Czech
Derived from Stanek, a diminutive of the name STANISLAV.
STANEV     Bulgarian
Means "son of Stane", Stane being a diminutive of STANISLAV.
STANKIC     Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of STANKO".
STANTON     English
Means from one of the many places named Stanton, Staunton in Britain... [more]
STÁREK     Czech
Czech spelling of STAREK.
STAREK     Polish
Means "an old man" from Polish stary "old".
STARK     English, German
From a nickname meaning "strong, brave" in Old German and Old English.
STAROSTA     Czech
Means "mayor" in Czech.
STARR     English
From Middle English sterre "star"... [more]
STARRETT     Scottish
Means "from Stairaird", Stairaird being a town in Scotland.
STASIUK     Ukrainian
Diminutive form of STANISLAV.
STATHAM     English
From the name of a village in the county of Lancashire (NW England), near Manchester, Liverpool, and Warrington... [more]
STAUSS     German
Means "buttocks" from the Middle High German stuz.
STAVROS     Greek
From the given name STAVROS.
STAWSKI     Polish
Derived from Polish staw "pond".
STEED     English
Derived from Middle English steed, which in turn derives from Old English steda, meaning "stallion"... [more]
STEELE     English
Occupational name for a steelworker.
STEEN     Low German
Low German variant of STEIN
STEENSEN     Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of STEEN".
STEFANOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of STEFAN".
STEFANOVIC     Serbian
Means "son of STEFAN".
STEFANSEN     Danish
Means "son of STEFAN".
STEFANSSON     Swedish, Icelandic
Means "son of STEFAN".
STEFFEN     German, English
Derived from the given name STEPHEN.
STEFFENSEN     Danish
Means "son of STEFFEN".
STEIN     German, Jewish
From the Old High German word stein meaning "stone"... [more]
STEINMANN     German
Means "stone man" either used as an occupational name for a stone worker, a habitational name for a man who lived by a stone or as a nickname for a strong man... [more]
STEINSSON     Icelandic
Means "son of STEIN".
STENBERG     Danish, Swedish
Derived from Swedish sten "stone" and berg "mountain".
STENDAHL     Swedish
Derived from Swedish sten "stone" and dahl, an old spelling of the modern day dal "valley".
STENET     English
Means "little Stephen" from the diminutive of Stephen, Sten, plus the diminutive suffix -et.
STENGER     Danish, German
Name for a post maker, from German stange "pole".
ŠTEPANEK     Czech
Derived from a diminutive of the given name ŠTĚPÁN.
STEPHANIDIS     Greek
Means "son of STEPHANOS" in Greek.
STEPHENS     English
Derived from the given name STEPHEN.
STEPHENSON     English
Means "son of STEPHEN".
STERLING     Scottish
Derived from city of Stirling, which is itself of unknown meaning.
STERN     English
From the Old English styrne, Middle English sterne... [more]
STERNBERG     German
Means "dweller on a star(ry) hill, mountain" from the German stern "star" and berg "mountain, hill".
STEUBE     German
Variant of STEUBEN
STEUBEN     German
Means "dweller by a stump of a large tree".
STEVENS     English
Variant of STEPHENS
STEVENSON     English
Variant of STEPHENSON
STEWART     Scottish
Occupational name for an administrative official of an estate or steward, from Old English stig "house" and weard "guard"... [more]
STIDOLPH     English
From an Old English name meaning "strong wolf".
STIEBER     German
Derived from the High German verb stiuben "to escape"... [more]
STIGSSON     Swedish
Means "son of STIG".
STILO     Italian
Locative surname deriving from place name Stilo in southern Italy.
STIRLING     Scottish
Variant of STERLING
STJEPANIC     Croatian
Means "son of STJEPAN".
ST JOHN     English
From the place name St JOHN.
ST MARTIN     French
From the place name St MARTIN.
STODDARD     English
Occupational name for a horse keeper: Old English stod "stud" and hierde "herder".
STOJANOVIC     Serbian
Means "son of STOJAN".
STOLARZ     Polish, Jewish
Occupational name meaning "joiner" from Polish stolarz.
STOPPELBEIN (1)     German
Means "stump leg" from the Middle Low German stoppel "stump" and bein "leg".
STOPPELBEIN (2)     German
Means "dweller by a tree stump on communal land" from the Middle Low German stoppel "stump" and bein(t) "communal land".
STORSTRAND     Norwegian
Means "from Storstrand farm, Norway"... [more]
STOYANOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of STOYAN".
ST PIERRE     French
From the place name St PIERRE.
STRAND     Scandinavian, German
From the Middle Low German word strand meaning "sea shore"... [more]
STRANGE     English
Derived from Middle English strange "foreign" (ultimately derived from Latin extraneus).
STRAUB     German
Means "rough, unkempt" from the Middle High German strup.
STREET     English
Habitational name for anyone who lived in a place called Street, for example in Hertfordshire, Kent and Somerset... [more]
STRICKLAND     English
From a place called Strickland in Westmoreland, England... [more]
STRINGER     English
Occupational name for a maker of string or bow strings, from Middle English streng "string".
STRNAD     Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Means "bunting" in the central Slavic languages.
STROBEL     German
Means "rough, unkempt" from the Middle High German strob.
STROHKIRCH     German
Means literally "straw church" in German... [more]
STROMAN     German
Occupational surname meaning "straw-dealer" in German.
STROUD     English, Scottish
Locational name meaning "thicket, marsh, or marshy ground overgrown with brushwood".
STRUDWICK     Scottish, English
Means "from Strudwick, England".
STRUNA     Slovene
Means "cord" from the Slovene struna, possibly denoting a maker of rope.
STUART     Scottish
Variant of STEWART
STUBER     German
Derived from German die Stube "room"... [more]
STUECK     German, Jewish
Means "piece, part" from the Middle High German stuck.
STUMPF     German
Means "stump" from the Middle High German stumpf.
STURM     German
Means "storm".
STYLES     English
Locational name for one who lived near a steep hill, from Old English stigol "climb".
SUÁREZ     Spanish
Derived from Latin suerius "swineherd".
SUCHÝ     Czech
Means "thin" or "dry" in Czech.
SUDWORTH     English
From an English place name composed of sud "south" and worth "farm".
SUERO     Spanish
Derived from a Germanic given name, the first element is unknown, the second element is derived from heri, hari meaning "army".
SUESS     German, Jewish
From a Jewish ornamental name from the Middle High German süss "sweet".
SUGGITT     English
Variant of SOUTHGATE
SULLIVAN     Irish
From the Irish surname Ó Súileabháin which means "descendent of Súileabhán"... [more]
SULTAN     Arabic
Means "sultan" from the Arabic sultan, from a root meaning "authority".
SULTANA     Italian, Maltese
Means "outlandish, pompous" from the Arabic sultana.
SULZBACH     German
Topynomic name from places named Sulzbach, which were named such because the area had salty water, hence the name meaning "salty brook".
SUMMERFIELD     English
Means literally "dwellers in the summer fields", and is derived from the city of Summerfield, located in the county of Norfolk in England.
SUMMERS (1)     English
Occupational surname meaning "summoner", which is the petty official who calls people to appear in court.
SUMMERS (2)     English
From the Middle English sumer "summer"... [more]
SUMNER     English
Occupational name for a summoner, an official who was responsible for ensuring the appearance of witnesses in court, Middle English sumner, sumnor.
SUNDÉN     Swedish
Means "sound, strait" from the Old Norse sund.
SUNG     Chinese
Variant of SONG (1)
SUTHERLAND     Scottish
Scottish regional name that described the man who came from the former county by this name, which got its name from Old Norse suðroen "southern" and land "land"... [more]
SUTTON     English
Means "south town"... [more]
SUZUKI     Japanese
Means "bell tree" from suzu, meaning "bell", and ki, "tree".
SVÉD     Hungarian
Means "Swedish" in Hungarian.
SVENDSEN     Danish
Means "son of SVEND".
SVENSON     Swedish
Variant of SVENSSON
SVENSSON     Swedish
Means "son of SVEN".
SVOBODA     Czech
Means "freedom" in Czech... [more]
SWANGO     German
Americanized form of the German surname SCHWANGAU.
SWEET     English
From a nickname meaning "sweet, pleasant".
SWENHAUGEN     Norwegian
Probably means "from Swenhaugen, Norway".
SWINDLEHURST     English
From a place name in the Forest of Bowland in central Lancashire... [more]
SWITZER     German
Topographic surname for a person from Switzerland.
SYDNEY     English
Variant of SIDNEY
SYKORA     Czech, Slovak
Means "titmouse" in Czech.
SYMONS     English
Derived from the given name SIMON.
SZABÓ     Hungarian
Means "tailor" in Hungarian. It is a rather frequent name in Hungary.
SZABOLCSI     Hungarian
From Szabolcs, a county of Hungary... [more]
SZÁNTÓ     Hungarian
Means "ploughman, tiller" in Hungarian. The name was given to farmers.
SZARKA     Hungarian
From the Hungarian szarka meaning "magpie"... [more]
SZARVAS     Hungarian
Means "deer" in Hungarian.
SZCZEPANSKI     Polish
Derived from the Polish given name SZCZEPAN.
SZÉKELY     Hungarian
Denoted a person who hailed from the Székely people who were Hungarians who lived in Romania.
SZEKERES     Hungarian
Derived from szekér that means "cart, wagon" in Hungarian... [more]
SZÉP     Hungarian
Means "beautiful, lovely" from the Hungarian szép.
SZEWC     Polish
Means "shoemaker" in Polish.
SZŐKE     Hungarian
Means "blonde, fair haired" from the Hungarian szőke.
SZOMBATHY     Hungarian
Means "from Rimaszombat", Szombat(i) may mean "sabbatical".
SZÛCS     Hungarian
Occupational name that means "furrier" in Hungarian.
SZWARC     Polish
Polish phonetic spelling of the German last name SCHWARTZ.
SZWEDA     Polish
Derived from Polish szwed "Swede".
SZWEDKO     Polish
Means "Swedish" in Polish.


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