Browse Surnames

Abbas Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Abbas.

Abbasi Persian, Urdu
From the given name Abbas.

Abbasov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Abbas".

Abbasova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Abbasov.

Abdullaev m Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Cyrillic Абдуллаев (see Abdullayev).

Abdullaeva f Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Cyrillic Абдуллаева (see Abdullayeva).

Abdullah Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd Allah.

Abdullayev m Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Means "son of Abdulla".

Abdullayeva f Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Feminine form of Abdullayev.

Abdulrashid Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd ar-Rashid.

Abe 1 Japanese
From Japanese 安 (a) meaning "peace" and 倍 (be) meaning "multiple times".

Abe 2 Japanese
From Japanese 安 (a) meaning "peace" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Abel 1 English, French, Danish, Spanish, Portuguese
Derived from the given name Abel.

Abiodun Yoruba
From the given name Abiodun.

Abioye Yoruba
From the given name Abioye.

Abreu Portuguese, Galician
Meaning uncertain, possibly from a given name that was of Germanic origin.

Acosta Spanish
Spanish form of Da Costa (from a misdivision of the surname).

Adebayo Yoruba
From the given name Adebayo.

Afolabi Yoruba
From the given name Afolabi.

Afolayan Yoruba
Means "walks like a wealthy person, walks with confidence" in Yoruba.

Ahmad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Indian (Muslim)
Derived from the given name Ahmad.

Ahmadi Persian
From the given name Ahmad.

Əhmədov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əhməd".

Ahmadov m Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Əhmədov.

Əhmədova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Əhmədov.

Ahmadova f Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Əhmədova.

Ahmed Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Indian (Muslim)
Derived from the given name Ahmad.

Ajam Arabic
From Arabic عَجَم ('ajam) meaning "foreigner, non-Arab".

Akabane Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 羽 (hane) meaning "feather".

Akai Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Akamatsu Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Akhmadov m Chechen
Means "son of Akhmad".

Akhmadova f Chechen
Feminine form of Akhmadov.

Akhmetov m Kazakh
Means "son of Akhmet".

Akhmetova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Akhmetov.

Akiyama Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Akmatov m Kyrgyz
Means "son of Akmat".

Akmatova f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Akmatov.

Aksoy Turkish
From Turkish ak "white" and soy "lineage, ancestry".

Al-Amin Arabic
Means "the truthful" from Arabic امين (amin).

Alberto Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
From the given name Alberto.

Albuquerque Portuguese
From the name of the Spanish town of Alburquerque, near the Portuguese border in the province of Badajoz. It is probably derived from Latin alba quercus meaning "white oak".

Alfarsi Arabic
Means "the Persian" in Arabic, derived from Arabic فارس (Faris) meaning "Persia".

Al-Ghazzawi Arabic
Originally indicated a person who came from Gaza in Palestine.

Al-Hashim Arabic
From the given name Hashim.

Ali Arabic
From the given name Ali 1.

Aliev m Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Avar, Chechen
Alternate transcription of Tajik/Kyrgyz/Chechen Алиев, Kazakh Әлиев or Avar ГӀалиев (see Aliyev).

Alieva f Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Avar, Chechen
Alternate transcription of Tajik/Kyrgyz/Chechen Алиева, Kazakh Әлиева or Avar ГӀалиева (see Aliyeva).

Alinejad Persian
Means "descendant of Ali 1" in Persian.

Əliyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əli".

Aliyev m Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Avar, Chechen, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Ali 1". This is also an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Əliyev.

Əliyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Əliyev.

Aliyeva f Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Avar, Chechen, Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Aliyev. This is also an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Əliyeva.

Almeida Portuguese
Designated a person who had originally lived in the town of Almeida in Portugal. The place name is from Arabic ال مائدة (al ma'idah) meaning "the plateau, the table".

Al-Mufti Arabic
Refers to a mufti, a Muslim legal advisor consulted in applying a religious law.

Al Saud Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic آل سعود (see Al Su'ud).

Al Su'ud Arabic
From Arabic آل (aal) meaning "family" combined with the given name Su'ud. Normally transcribed Al Saud, this is the family name of the ruling dynasty of Saudia Arabia.

Alves Portuguese
Means "son of Álvaro".

Amano Japanese
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Amjad Arabic
Derived from the given name Amjad.

Anselmo Portuguese, Italian
From the given name Anselmo.

Antunes Portuguese
Means "son of António".

Aoki Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Aoyama Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Arap Turkish
Means "Arab" in Turkish.

Araújo Portuguese
Denoted a person hailing from one of the many areas that bear this name in Portugal, which is of unknown meaning.

Araujo Spanish
Spanish form of Araújo.

Araullo Filipino
Form of Araújo especially common in the Philippines.

Arima Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess" and 馬 (ma) meaning "horse".

Armando Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from the given name Armando.

Asano Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Asanuma Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Aslan Turkish
From the given name Aslan.

Avcı Turkish
Means "hunter" in Turkish.

Ayodele Yoruba
From the given name Ayodele.

Babatunde Yoruba
From the given name Babatunde.

Badem Turkish
Derived from a Turkish word meaning "almond".

Bai Chinese
From Chinese 白 (bái) meaning "white".

Balık Turkish
From a Turkish word meaning "fish".

Bardakçı Turkish
Means "glassmaker" from Turkish bardak "glass".

Barış Turkish
From the given name Barış.

Barros Portuguese, Spanish
From the Portuguese and Spanish word barro meaning "clay, mud". This could either be an occupational name for a person who worked with clay or mud such as a builder or artisan, or a topographic name for someone living near clay or mud.

Belo Portuguese
Portuguese form of Bello.

Bernardino Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Bernardino.

Bernardo Portuguese
From the given name Bernardo.

Binici Turkish
From the Turkish word binici meaning "rider, horseman".

Boulos Arabic
From the given name Bulus.

Bousaid Arabic
Means "father of Sa'id" in Arabic.

Bravo Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname meaning "angry, bold, brave" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Bruno Italian, Portuguese
Means "brown" in Italian and Portuguese, a nickname for a person with brown hair or brown clothes. A famous bearer was the cosmologist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600).

Bùi Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Pei, from Sino-Vietnamese 裴 (bùi).

Bunnag Thai
From the name of Bunnag, an 18th-century general of Persian heritage.

Burakgazi Turkish
Possibly from the given name Burak and Arabic غازي (ghazi) meaning "warrior".

Cabral Portuguese
From places named from Late Latin capralis meaning "place of goats", derived from Latin capra meaning "goat".

Cəfərov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Cəfər".

Cəfərova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Cəfərov.

Cai Chinese
From Chinese 蔡 (cài) referring to the ancient state of Cai that existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.

Calvo Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Means "bald" in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, from Latin calvus.

Camacho Spanish, Portuguese
Meaning unknown, possibly related to the Celtic root *kambos meaning "crooked, twisted".

Campos Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish variant of Campo.

Cao Chinese
From Chinese 曹 (cáo) referring to the ancient state of Cao, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.

Capela Portuguese
Portuguese form of Kappel.

Cardoso Portuguese, Spanish
From a place name meaning "thorny" in Portuguese and Spanish, ultimately from Latin carduus.

Carvalho Portuguese
Means "oak" in Portuguese, perhaps originally referring to a person who lived near such a tree.

Castelo Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Castle.

Castro Spanish, Portuguese
Means "castle" in Spanish and Portuguese, referring to one who lived near a castle. A famous bearer was Fidel Castro (1926-2016), revolutionary and president of Cuba.

Çelik Turkish
Occupational name for a metalworker, meaning "steel" in Turkish.

Chai Chinese
From Chinese 柴 (chái) meaning "firewood".

Chan Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Chen.

Chang Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 张 (see Zhang).

Chaves Portuguese, Spanish
From the name of a Portuguese city, derived from the Roman name Flavius (being named for the emperor Vespasian, whose family name was Flavius).

Chávez Spanish
Variant of Chaves. A famous bearer was the labour leader César Chávez (1927-1993).

Chen Chinese
From Chinese 陈 (chén) meaning "exhibit, display, old, ancient" and also referring to the former state of Chen, which existed in what is now Henan province from the 11th to 5th centuries BC.

Cheng 1 Chinese
From Chinese 程 (chéng) meaning "rule, order, regulations", also referring to the territory of Cheng (in present-day Henan province) that existed during the Zhou dynasty.

Cheng 2 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zheng.

Cheung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhang.

Chia Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Xie.

Chiba Japanese
From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand" and 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf".

Chilikov m Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian челик (chelik) meaning "steel" (of Turkish origin).

Chilikova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Chilikov.

Chiu Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhao.

Cho Korean
Korean form of Zhao, from Sino-Korean 趙 (jo).

Choe Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 최 (see Choi).

Choi Korean
From Sino-Korean 崔 (choe) meaning "high, lofty, towering".

Chong Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhang.

Chou Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 周 (see Zhou).

Chow Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 周 (see Zhou).

Chu Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 朱 (see Zhu).

Chung Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 정 (see Jeong).

Clemente Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Clemente.

Coelho Portuguese
From the Portuguese word for "rabbit", either a nickname or an occupational name referring to a hunter or seller of rabbits.

Constantino Portuguese
From the given name Constantino.

Correia Portuguese
Means "leather strap, belt" in Portuguese, denoting a person who worked with leather products.

Costa Portuguese, Italian, Catalan
Means "riverbank, slope, coast" in Portuguese, Italian and Catalan, ultimately from Latin meaning "side, edge".

Crespo Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Referred to a person with curly hair, from Latin crispus meaning "curly".

Cruz Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese cognate of Cross.

Cunha Portuguese
From any of the numerous places in Portugal called Cunha, possibly from Portuguese cunha meaning "wedge".

Da Costa Portuguese
Variant of Costa.

Da Gama Portuguese
Variant of Gama. This name was borne by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (c. 1460-1524).

Daniel u & m English, French, German, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian
Derived from the given name Daniel.

David u & m English, French, German, Welsh, Czech, Portuguese, Romanian, Jewish
From the given name David.

Davlatov m Tajik, Uzbek
Means "son of Davlat".

Davlatova f Tajik, Uzbek
Feminine form of Davlatov.

Değirmenci Turkish
From a Turkish word meaning "miller".

Delgado Spanish, Portuguese
Means "thin" in Spanish and Portuguese, ultimately from Latin delicatus meaning "delicate, tender, charming".

Demir Turkish
Means "iron" in Turkish, originally referring to an ironworker.

Demirci Turkish
Means "blacksmith" in Turkish.

Demirović Bosnian
Means "son of Demir".

Deng Chinese
From Chinese 邓 (dèng) referring to the ancient state of Deng, which existed during the Shang and Zhou dynasties in what is now either Henan or Hubei province.

Dias Portuguese
Means "son of Diogo" in Portuguese.

Ding Chinese
From Chinese 丁 (dīng) meaning "man, person".

Đỗ Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Du, from Sino-Vietnamese 杜 (đỗ).

Dong Chinese
From Chinese 董 (dǒng) meaning "direct, supervise".

D'Onofrio Italian
Means "son of Onofrio".

Du Chinese
From Chinese 杜 (dù) meaning "stop, prevent" or "birchleaf pear tree".

Duarte Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Duarte.

Egawa Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ekmekçi Turkish
Means "baker" in Turkish.

El-Amin Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic الأمين (see Al-Amin).

El-Ghazzawy Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic الغزّاوي (see Al-Ghazzawi).

El-Hashem Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic الهاشم (see Al-Hashim).

El-Mofty Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic المفتي (see Al-Mufti).

Esteves Portuguese
Means "son of Estevão".

Evangelista Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Means "evangelist" in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

Fan Chinese
From Chinese 范 (fàn) meaning "bee".

Feliciano Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Feliciano.

Felipe Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
From the given name Felipe.

Félix French, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Felix.

Feng 1 Chinese
From Chinese 冯 (féng), which referred to an ancient city in Henan province.

Feng 2 Chinese
From Chinese 凤 (fèng) meaning "phoenix, fire bird, fenghuang".

Fernandes Portuguese
Means "son of Fernando".

Ferreira Portuguese, Galician
Denoted a person from a town named because it was near an iron mine, from Latin ferrum meaning "iron".

Ferreyra Portuguese, Galician
Variant of Ferreira.

Fonseca Spanish, Portuguese
Originally belonged to a person who lived near a dry spring, from Latin fons "well, spring" and siccus "dry".

Francisco Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from the given name Francisco.

Franco Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Cognate of Frank 1. This name was borne by the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco (1892-1975).

Freitas Portuguese
Means "broken" in Portuguese, a name for one who lived on broken, stony ground.

Fujimori Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Fujimoto Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Fujimura Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Fujioka Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Fujisawa Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Fujita Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Fujiwara Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".

Fukui Japanese
Denoted a person who was from Fukui prefecture in Japan.

Fukuzawa Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Furukawa Japanese
From Japanese 古 (furu) meaning "old" and 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream".

Gama Portuguese
Probably from a place name derived from Portuguese gama meaning "fallow deer doe", from Latin gammus.

Gang Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 강 (see Kang).

Gao Chinese
From Chinese 高 (gāo) meaning "tall, high".

Garcia Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese form of García. It is also an unaccented form of the Spanish name used commonly in America and the Philippines.

Gaspar Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from the given name Gaspar.

Gil Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Gil 1.

Gim Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 김 (see Kim).

Gomes Portuguese
From the medieval given name Gomes.

Gonçalves Portuguese
Means "son of Gonçalo" in Portuguese.

Gouveia Portuguese
From the name of the city of Gouveia in Portugal, of unknown meaning.

Guan Chinese
From Chinese 关 (guān) meaning "frontier pass".

Guerra Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname meaning "war", given to a belligerent person or one engaged in warfare.

Guo Chinese
From Chinese 郭 (guō) meaning "outer city".

Gurbanow m Turkmen
Means "son of Gurban".

Gurbanowa f Turkmen
Feminine form of Gurbanow.

Hadjiev m Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Хаджиев (see Hadzhiev).

Hadjieva f Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Хаджиева (see Hadzhieva).

Hadzhiev m Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian хаджия (hadzhiya) meaning "pilgrim", ultimately from Arabic حَجّ (hajj).

Hadzhieva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Hadzhiev.

Hadžić Bosnian
From Bosnian hadž meaning "hajj, pilgrimage", ultimately derived from Arabic حَجّ (hajj). It originally denoted a person who had completed the hajj.

Hagihara Japanese
From Japanese 萩 (hagi) meaning "bush clover" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Hakim Arabic
Derived from the given name Hakim.

Hamaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Hamasaki Japanese
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Han Chinese, Korean
From Chinese 韩 (hán) referring to the ancient state of Han, which existed from the 5th to 3rd centuries BC in what is now Shanxi and Henan provinces.

Haraguchi Japanese
From Japanese 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Həsənov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Həsən".

Hasanov m Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Həsənov.

Həsənova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Həsənov.

Hasanova f Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Həsənova.

Hasegawa Japanese
From the Japanese place name 長谷 (Hase, not a standard reading) combined with 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hashemi Persian
From the given name Hashem.

Hashiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Hashimoto Japanese
From Japanese 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Hassan Arabic, Persian, Urdu
From the given name Hassan.

Hayasaka Japanese
From Japanese 早 (haya) meaning "already, now" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Hayashi Japanese
From Japanese 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

He Chinese
From Chinese 何 (hé), representing a southern pronunciation of the name of the ancient state of Han (see Han). After Han was destroyed by the state of Qin, those who resettled further south changed their name to this character in order to match the local pronunciation.

Henriques Portuguese
Means "son of Henrique".

Heydari Persian
From the given name Heydar.

Hidaka Japanese
From Japanese 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Higashi Japanese
From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east".

Himura Japanese
From Japanese 緋 (hi) meaning "scarlet, dark red" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Hino Japanese
From Japanese 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day" or 火 (hi) meaning "fire" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Hiramatsu Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Hirano Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Hirata Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hisakawa Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ho Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Hokkien)
Cantonese and Min Nan romanization of He.

Hoàng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Huang, from Sino-Vietnamese 黃 (hoàng).

Honda Japanese
From Japanese 本 (hon) meaning "root, origin, source" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hoshino Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Hosseini Persian
From the given name Hossein.

Hou Chinese
From Chinese 侯 (hóu) meaning "lord, nobleman".

Hsieh Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 谢 (see Xie).

Hsu 1 Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 徐 (see Xu 1).

Hsu 2 Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 许 (see Xu 2).

Hu Chinese
From Chinese 胡 (hú) meaning "beard, whiskers, recklessly, wildly, barbarian".

Huang Chinese
From Chinese 黄 (huáng) meaning "yellow".

Hüseynov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Hüseyn".

Hüseynova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Hüseynov.

Hussain Arabic
Derived from the given name Husayn.

Hussein Arabic
From the given name Husayn. A famous bearer was the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein (1937-2006).

Huỳnh Vietnamese
Variant of Hoàng used more often in southern Vietnam.

I Korean
Variant of Lee 2.

Idowu Yoruba
From the given name Idowu.

Igarashi Japanese
From Japanese 五十 (i) meaning "fifty", an unwritten subject marker が (ga), and 嵐 (arashi) meaning "storm".

Ihejirika Igbo
Means "the one that I have is greater" in Igbo.

Ikeda Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Im Korean
From Sino-Korean 林 (im) meaning "forest", making it the Korean form of Lin, or 任 (im) of uncertain meaning, making it the Korean form of Ren.

Imai Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Inaba Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf".

Inada Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Inoue Japanese
Means "above the well", from Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit", an unwritten possessive marker の (no), and 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper".

Ishida Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ishikawa Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ismail Arabic
From the given name Isma'il.

Ito Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 伊藤 (see Itō).

Itō Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria". The final character may indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.

Itou Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 伊藤 (see Itō).

Iwai Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Iwamoto Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Iwasaki Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Iwata Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Izumi Japanese
From Japanese 泉 (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain".

Jafari Persian
From the given name Jafar.

Jafarov m Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Cəfərov.

Jafarova f Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Cəfərova.

Jeong Korean
Korean form of Zheng, from Sino-Korean 鄭 (jeong).

Jesus Portuguese
Derived from the given name Jesus.

Jiang 1 Chinese
From Chinese 江 (jiāng) meaning "river, Yangtze".

Jiang 2 Chinese
From Chinese 姜 (jiāng) meaning "ginger".

Jin Chinese
From Chinese 金 (jīn) meaning "gold".

Jo Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 조 (see Cho).

Jorge Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Jorge.

Jung 2 Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 정 (see Jeong).

Kader Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic قادر (see Qadir).

Kadyrov m Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Chechen
Means "son of Kadyr".

Kadyrova f Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Chechen
Feminine form of Kadyrov.

Kadyrow m Turkmen
Means "son of Kadyr".

Kadyrowa f Turkmen
Feminine form of Kadyrow.

Kamau Kikuyu
Derived from the given name Kamau.

Kamiya Japanese
From Japanese 神 (kami) meaning "god" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Kanda Japanese
From Japanese 神 (kan) meaning "god" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kaneko Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 子 (ko) meaning "child".

Kanemaru Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 丸 (maru) meaning "circle, round, whole".

Kang Korean
Korean form of Jiang 2, from Sino-Korean 姜 (gang).

Kanzaki Japanese
From Japanese 神 (kan) meaning "god" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Karga Turkish
Nickname meaning "crow" in Turkish.

Karim Arabic
Derived from the given name Karim.

Karimi Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Karim.

Kərimov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Kərim".

Karimov m Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Tatar, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Karim". It is also an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Kərimov.