This is a list of surnames in which the categories include insects.
BogomolovmRussian Derived from Russian богомол (bogomol) meaning "pious one, devotionalist".
DumbledoreLiterature From the dialectal English word dumbledore meaning "bumblebee". It was used by J. K. Rowling for the headmaster of Hogwarts in her Harry Potter series of books, first released in 1997.
GrilloItalian From an Italian nickname meaning "cricket", perhaps given originally to a cheerful person (the cricket is associated with cheerfulness).
Hummel 2German, Dutch Nickname for a busy person, from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch hommel, Middle High German hummel, all meaning "bee".
LeachEnglish Originally indicated a person who was a physician, from the medieval practice of using leeches to bleed people of ills.
LunaSpanish From various places in Spain meaning "moon".
MidgleyEnglish From the English village of Midgley in West Yorkshire, meaning "midge (insect) wood" in Old English.
MoschellaItalian From a diminutive of Italian mosca meaning "housefly", perhaps originally a nickname for an annoying person.
PhạmVietnamese Vietnamese form of Fan, from Sino-Vietnamese 范 (phạm). This is the fourth most common surname in Vietnam.
RagnoItalian From a nickname meaning "spider" in Italian.
RoachEnglish From Middle English and Old French roche meaning "rock", from Late Latin rocca, a word that may be of Celtic origin. It indicated a person who lived near a prominent rock, or who came from a town by this name (such as Les Roches in Normandy).
SawyerEnglish Occupational name meaning "sawer of wood, woodcutter" in Middle English, ultimately from Old English sagu meaning "saw". Mark Twain used it for the main character in his novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).
SextonEnglish Occupational name for a sexton (Middle English sexteyn), a caretaker for a church or graveyard.
SlaterEnglish Occupational name indicating that an early member worked covering roofs with slate, from Old French esclat "shard", of Germanic origin.
SwiftEnglish Nickname for a quick person, from Old English swift.
TafaniItalian From the nickname tafano meaning "gadfly", indicating an annoying person.
VespaItalian From an Italian nickname meaning "wasp".