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ZAAL     Dutch
Means "hall".
ZABALA     Basque
Name for someone who lived in any of the various places in Biscay and Araba called Zabala, which is derived from the Basque zabal, meaning "large" or "broad" and a, the definite article.
ZABAT     Greek
Probably means "dweller by the shallow water" from the Greek zabatos, diabatos meaning "fordable, crossable".
ZABEK     Polish
Means "little tooth" from the Polish zab and the diminutive suffix -ek.
ZAHARIEV     Bulgarian
Means "son of ZAHARI".
ZAHRADNIK     Czech
Derived from Czech zahrada "garden"... [more]
ZAMAN     Arabic
Derived from the Arabic given name ZAMAN.
ZAMBRANO (1)     Spanish
Derived from a habitational name for someone "from Zamora", or a habitational name for someone of Zambrana, a town in the Araba province in Basque Country.
ZAMBRANO (2)     Italian
Though of uncertain derivation, it may be based on Zammarano, a habitational name for someone from Zammaro, part of San Gregorio d'Ippona in Vibe Valentia province.
ZAMORANO     Spanish
Means "a person from Zamora", Zamora being the name of both a province in Spain and its capital city.
ZANETTI     Italian
Means "little GIOVANNI"... [more]
ZANGARI     Italian
Means "(son of) a shoemaker" from the Medieval Greek tsangaris meaning "bootmaker".
ZAPATERO     Spanish
Cognate of ZANGARI.
ZAPPA     Italian
Means "hoe, mattock" from the Italian zappa, probably denoting an agricultural worker... [more]
ZAVALA     Spanish
Variant of ZABALA
ZAWISZA     Polish
Derived from the Old Polish given name Zawisza which may mean "jealous".
ZDRAVKOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of ZDRAVKO".
ZDUNOWSKI (1)     Polish
Means "person from Zduny, Poland".
ZDUNOWSKI (2)     Polish
Means "worker or dweller at the potters" from the Polish zdun.
ZEEGER     Dutch
Variant of SEGHER
ZEEGERS     Dutch
Variant of SEGHER
ZEELEN     Dutch
Variant of CEELEN
ZEGERS     Dutch
Variant of SEGHER
ZEGHER     Dutch
Variant of SEGHER
ZEGHERS     Dutch
Variant of SEGHER
ZELENKA     Czech
Cognate of ZIELINSKI.
ZELENKO     Ukrainian
Derived from the Slavic word zeleny "green"... [more]
ZELLWEGER     German
Means "from Zellweg", a location in Germany... [more]
ZEMAN     Czech
Means "landholder" from the Czech zem "land"... [more]
ZENI     Italian
Means "son of ZENO".
ZENTAI     Hungarian
Means "from Zenta, Serbia".
ZHANG     Chinese
Means "bow stretch" in Chinese... [more]
ZHAO     Chinese
From the name of the historic state of , in Shanxi province in China... [more]
ZHENG     Chinese
From the name of a state of Zheng... [more]
ZHIVKOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of ZHIVKO".
ZHOU     Chinese
From the name of the Zhou dynasty (1122-221 BC)... [more]
ZHU     Chinese
Variant of the Chinese surname CHU.
ZIELINSKI     Polish
Means "green" from the Polish zielen... [more]
ZIEMNIAK     Polish
Means "potato" in Polish.
ZIENTEK     Polish
From a diminutive of Polish ziec which means "son-in-law".
ZILBERSCHLAG     German, Jewish
Occupational surname for a silversmith from Yiddish zilber "silver" and schlag "strike".
ZÍMA     Czech
From the word zima, which means "winter" in Czech.
ZIMMAN     Jewish
Assigned to families migrating via Ellis Island in the early part of the 20th century... [more]
ZIMMERMAN     German
Variant of ZIMMERMANN
ZIMMERMANN     German, Jewish
From the German word for "carpenter", derived from Middle High German zimber "timber, wood" and mann "man".
ZINGEL     Jewish
From Middle High German zingel "defensive wall"... [more]
ZINI     Italian
Derived from a diminutive form of names like LORENZO - Lorenzino.
ZINO     Italian
Derived from the given name Zino, a nickname for many names ending with -zino, for example Bonifazzino, Lorenzino, Vincenzino.
ŽITNÍK     Czech
Occupational name of a dealer in rye of a baker of rye bread, from žito "rye".
ŽITNIK     Slovene
Occupational name for a dealer in grain or a baker, from žíto "cereal, grain".
ZIVKOVIC     Serbian
Means "son of Zivko", Zivko being the Serbian form of ZHIVKO.
ZLATKOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of ZLATKO".
ZOLNEROWICH     Russian
Means "son of the soldier" from zolner "soldier".
ZOLTÁNFI     Hungarian
Means "son of ZOLTÁN" in Hungarian.
ZORIC     Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of ZORA".
ZSOLDOS     Hungarian
Means "mercenary" in Hungarian.
ZUBIZARRETA     Spanish
Spanish surname of Basque origin... [more]
ZUIDERDUIN     Dutch
Denoted a person who lived by the Zuider bay or the river.
ZUÑIGA     Basque
Derived from Basque zuin "cultivated field", iga "slope".
ZUNINO     Italian
Derived from the given name GIOVANNI.
ZUPAN     Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Means "village, community leader" from the Slavic župan.
ŻURAW     Polish
Means "crane" in Polish.

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