Kaczka

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Means "duck" in Polish.

Kádár

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Means "cooper" in Hungarian (that is, a person who made or repaired wooden barrels).

Kader (1)

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

An archaic variant of Kudrna.

Kader (2)

Usage: Muslim Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Kader.

Kadlec

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Means "weaver" in Czech.

Kagome

Usage: Japanese

Means "park" in Japanese.

Kahler

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From a nickname meaning "bald-headed" in German.

Kaiser

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German keiser meaning "emperor". The word originates from the Latin name Caesar.

Kalb

Usage: German

Means "calf" (the animal) in German.

Kalbfleisch

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Kalbfleisch is an occupational surname that indicated a butcher who sold veal meat or a butcher who slaughtered calves. In German kalb means "calf" and fleisch means "meat".

Kalmár

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Occupational surname that origintes from the vocabulary word kalmár which means "merchant, trader, trafficker" in Hungarian.

Kaloyanchev

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of little Kaloyan".

Kaloyanov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Kaloyan".

Kaluža

Usage: Slovene

Means "a puddle" in Slovene.

Kaluza

Usage: Polish

Means "a puddle" in Polish.

Kaminski

Usage: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Name for someone who came from a town called Kamien. Kamien comes from the Slavic word kamiń meaning "stone".

Kappel

Usage: German, Dutch

Means "a person who lives near or works at a chapel" from Middle High German kappel "chapel".

Kardos

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

From kard that means "sword" in Hungarian. It could have been applied to soldiers, sword makers, or one with a pugnacious nature.

Karga

Usage: Turkish

A nickname from a Turkish word indicating a "crow".

Karim

Usage: Muslim, Arabic Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Karim.

Karimi

Usage: Muslim Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Karim.

Karl

Usage: Dutch, German Extra: Statistics

From the personal name Karl.

Karlsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Karl".

Karlsson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Karl".

Kárpáthy

Usage: Hungarian

Variant (and archaic spelling) of the surname Kárpáti.

Kárpáti

Usage: Hungarian

A surname derived from the Hungarian name of the Carpathian mountains, Kárpátok.

Kárpáty

Usage: Hungarian

Variant of Kárpáti.

Karppinen

Usage: Finnish

From karppi which means "carp", and perhaps neni meaning "nose".

Karstensen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Karsten" and is another variant of Carstensen.

Kartal

Usage: Turkish

It comes from a nickname meaning "eagle".

Kasabian

Usage: Armenian

Means "butcher" in Armenian.

Kašpar

Usage: Czech, Slovene Extra: Statistics

A variant of Kaspar.

Kaspar

Usage: German, Slovene Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Kaspar.

Kaspersen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Kasper".

Kasprzak

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Kaspar".

Kassmeyer

Usage: German

From the low german area around Paderborn. Basic meaning is kass or cass = "cash" and meyer = "farmer".

Kästner

Usage: German

Means "a cabinet maker" from German kasten "box".

Kasun

Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Old Slavic term kazac "to order, command", here refering to one who bore an air of authority, and whose word was heeded and obeyed.

Katirci

Usage: Turkish

Means "mule" in Turkish, a name for a person who made transports by mule.

Kato

Usage: Japanese Extra: Statistics

From ka meaning "add" and to meaning "wisteria", the latter syllable indicating a connection to the Fujiwara (wisteria field) clan.

Kató

Usage: Hungarian

Derived from a pet form of the Hungraian female personal name Katalin.

Katona

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Means "soldier" in Hungarian.

Katranjiev

Usage: Bulgarian

Patronymic from katranjia "one who works at a tar pit".

Katsaros

Usage: Greek

Means "curly-haired" in Greek.

Katz (1)

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the German word die Katze "cat".

Kaube

Usage: German

From the name of a town, Kaub, in Germany.

Käufer

Usage: German

A variant of Kaufer.

Kaufer

Usage: German

Means "a trader" in German.

Kauffmann

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kaufman.

Kaufman

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "merchant" in German.

Kaur

Usage: Sikh Extra: Statistics

In 1699 the Guru Gobind Singh gave all his Sikh female followers the surname Kaur and all males Singh. Kaur means "princess" in Sanskrit. In many instances, it's also used a a middle name with the family name serving as the surname.

Kava

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Polish kawa "coffee", perhaps originally denoting one who worked in the coffee trade.

Kavanagh

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

The surname and all its variations is derived from the Irish Gaelic name Caomhánach, which means "a student of St. Caomhan". It was the name used by a 12th century King of Leinster, Domhnall Caomhánach (Donal Kavanagh), the eldest son of the historic Irish King, Diarmait Mac Murchad (Dermot MacMurrough), but earlier ancestors of the Clan were Kings of Leinster many generations before the first Kavanagh.

Kavanah

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kavanagh.

Kavanaugh

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kavanagh.

Kawaguchi

Usage: Japanese Extra: Statistics

Means "mouth of the river" from kawa = "river" and guchi = "mouth".

Kay (1)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Kay (the masculine derivation).

Kay (2)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from Middle English kaye "wharf, quay". A name for one who lived near or worked on a wharf.

Kearney

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From the Gaelic surname Ó Ceithearnaigh meaning "descendent of Ceithearnach", a given name meaning "warrior".

Kecskeméti

Usage: Hungarian

This surname is derived from the name of a town in Hungary, Kecskemét.

Kedves

Usage: Hungarian

Means "kind" in Hungarian.

Kedzierski

Usage: Ukrainian, Polish Extra: Statistics

From a nickname meaning "curly", describing a person with curly hair.

Keegan

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

The surname is of Irish origin, from Mac Aodhagáin "son of Aodhagán". Aodhagán is a derivative of Aodh. This is the surname of the popular English football player Kevin Keegan (b.1951) now retired.

Keen

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From Old English cene "bold, brave".

Keil

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From the Middle Ages in Germany, it literally means "wedge shaped". It was used to denote one who owned a wedge-shaped piece of land.

Kelemen

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Kelemen.

Keller

Usage: German, Hungarian Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German këller meaning "cellar". This name is either an occupational name for a cellarer or it is for a person who lived in a cellar.

Kellogg

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the Middle Ages, a name for a butcher meaning "killer of hogs".

Kelly (1)

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ceallaigh, which means "descendent of Ceallach".

Kelly (2)

Usage: Scottish

From a Scottish place name derived from coille "grove".

Kelsey

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From an English place name meaning "Cenel's island". Cenel was an Old English name meaning "brave".

Kemény

Usage: Hungarian

Means "firm, hard, tough" in Hungarian.

Kemp

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Middle English kempe meaning "champion, warrior".

Kempf

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

German form of Kemp. In order to Americanize the name, some people dropped the letter f, altering the name to the English version.

Kendall

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the town of Kendale in England, and was so called from the river Kent, on which it is situated, and dael "dale". Therefore "the dale on the river Kent".

Kendrick

Usage: English, Welsh Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Kendrick.

Kennedy

Usage: Irish, Scottish Extra: Statistics

From the Irish Gaelic Ó Cinnéidigh meaning "kinsmen of Brian Boru." Cean éidig literally means "mishapen head," a nickname for Brian Boru's father. This surname was borne by assassinated American president John F. Kennedy.

Kerekes

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Meaning "wheel-maker, wheeler" from the word kerék that means "wheel" in Hungarian.

Kerner

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Derived from German kern "seed". An occupational name for one who sold or planted seeds.

Kerper

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Gerber.

Kerr

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

Derived from a place name meaning "rough wet ground" in Old Norse.

Kerry

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Carey. It may also refer to a person from County Kerry in Ireland.

Kersey

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From an English place name meaning "watercress island".

Kertész

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Occupational surname meaning "gardener" in Hungarian.

Kerwar

Usage: German

Variant of Gerber.

Kerwer

Usage: German

Variant of Gerber.

Kevins

Usage: English

Means "son of Kevin".

Kevinson

Usage: English

Means "son of Kevin".

Kevorkian

Usage: Armenian Extra: Statistics

An alternative spelling of Gevorgian in transliteration from the Armenian alphabet to the Roman.

Key

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kay (1) or Kay (2).

Keys

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kay (1).

Khachaturian

Usage: Armenian

Means "son of Khachatur" in Armenian. Khachatur (or Khachadur)is a male given name which means "cross-bearer".

Khoroushi

Usage: Iranian

Derived from the first name Khurush, the Persian form of Cyrus.

Kidd

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

From a nickname meaning "young goat, kid" in Middle English.

Kiefer

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Means "pine tree" in German.

Kijek

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Means "a small stick" in Polish.

Kikkert

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Dutch surname meaning "frog".

Kilduff

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Fom the Gaelic Mac Giolla Dhuibh meaning "son of the black(haired) man".

Killam

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Denoted one who hailed from the English town of Kilham, meaning "the hamlet of the kilns".

Killough

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Means "from Killough (County Down, Northern Ireland) or Killough (Wicklow, Ireland)". The place name Killough means "church on the lake" derived from the Irish cill meaning "church" and locha meaning "lake".

Kim

Usage: Korean Extra: Statistics

Means "gold" in Korean. The most popular last name in Korea.

Kimball

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Welsh first name Cynbel meaning "chief war" or the Old English first name Cynebald meaning "royal boldness".

Kimura

Usage: Japanese Extra: Statistics

Means "tree village", it is the 18th most common Japanese surname.

King

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From Old English cyning, originally a nickname for someone who either acted in a kingly manner or who worked for or was otherwise associated with a king.

Kinnaird

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

From the name of a place in Scotland. The area concerned is high and occupies a vantage point and may have been named in Gaelic as Ceann Ard, literally meaning "high end or head". In 1180, Rudulphus Ruffus or Rufus (a Norman nobleman) received from his friend, King William the Lion (King of Scots), a charter of land in the Carse of Gowrie. (Scots Peerage Vol.5, Antiquarian Notes and MacFarlane's Genealogy Collection Vol 1). Another source indicates that Rudulphus name was in fact de Kinnaird. Perhaps he actually gave his name to the area, which in turn, from the vocal sound, became Ceann Ard in Gaelic. Ceann Ard is the proper, original Gaelic spelling and Ceann Aird was developed from it.

Kipling

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the name of a town in Yorkshire. A famous bearer of this name is the author Rudyard Kipling.

Király

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Means "king" in Hungarian. This was a nickname for a person who acted kingly.

Kirby

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from Kirkeby, a name for numerous locations in Norhtern England. Kirkeby is derived from kirkja and byr, two Norse words meaning "church" and "settlement" respectively.

Kirchner

Usage: German

Derived from Middle High German kirche "church". The name was probably given to someone who worked at a church or lived near one.

Kis

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Nickname meaning "small" in Hungarian.

Kiss

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kis.

Kistler

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

An occupational name meaning "chest-maker, cabinet-maker" in German.

Kistner

Usage: German

A variant of Kästner.

Kita

Usage: Japanese Extra: Statistics

From ki meaning "tree" and ta meaning "field".

Kitchen

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

An occupational name for a person who worked in a kitchen (of a monastery for example).

Kitchens

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kitchen.

Kjeldsen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Kjeld".

Kjeldsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Kjeld".

Kladivo

Usage: Czech

Means "hammer" in Czech. The name most likely started as a nickname for a blacksmith.

Klassen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Klas", a derivative of Nicholas.

Klasson

Usage: Swedish

Swedish form of Klassen.

Klausen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Klaus". Another spelling variant of Clausen.

Kleid

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Occupational name for a tailor, from German Kleid "garment, clothing".

Klein

Usage: German, Dutch, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "little" from German klein or Yiddish kleyn. A famous bearer of this name is clothes designer Calvin Klein.

Klements

Usage: Slovene

From the given name Klemen.

Klerk

Usage: Dutch

Variant of De Klerk.

Klerken

Usage: Dutch

Variant of De Klerk.

Klerks

Usage: Dutch

Variant of De Klerk.

Klerkse

Usage: Dutch

Variant of De Klerk.

Klerkx

Usage: Dutch

Variant of De Klerk.

Klerx

Usage: Dutch

Variant of De Klerk.

Klima

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Derived from Klima, a pet form of Kliment.

Klímek

Usage: Czech

Derived from Klímek, a pet form of Kliment.

Klimek

Usage: Polish

Derived from the name Klimek, a pet form of Klemens.

Klimy

Usage: Czech

Means "descendant of Klima", Klima being a pet form of Kliment.

Kloet

Usage: Dutch

The surname comes from the word kloet (plural form is kloeten), which was some kind of punting-pole used in the shipping during the 16th century. Kloet can also be an occupational surname: kloeten were made by people with the profession of kloetenmaker (= literally translated, "maker of kloeten") and/or kloeter. However, apart from punting-pole, a kloet can also be something else: a cut off lump of clay. Finally, in the 16th century, kloet or kloete also used to be a nickname for goofy and stupid people.

Kloeten

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kloet.

Kloeter

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kloet.

Klossner

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Derived from German Klausner "hermit".

Knaggs

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Found most commonly in the north of England, in particular Yorkshire. It means "someone that lived by a knagg (a small mound)".

Knef

Usage: German

Occupational name for a shoemaker (derived from Low German knif meaning "shoemaker's knife").

Kneib

Usage: German

Variant of Knef.

Kneller

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Nickname for a noisy or disruptive person, derived from Old German knellen "to make noise, to cause a disturbance".

Knepp

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Knopf.

Knezevic

Usage: Croatian, Serbian Extra: Statistics

A patronymic of the South Slavic word knez meaning "prince".

Knight

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Krom the Old English cniht, meaning "knight" or "tenant serving as a mounted soldier". Earliest record found: Oschetel Cniht, Norfolk Pipe Rolls, 1166.

Knochenmus

Usage: German

The German knochen means "bone" and mus means "sauce". It probably referred to someone who worked in the butcher trade.

Knopf

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Means "button" in German, originally belonging to a button maker or button seller.

Knopp

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Knopf.

Knudsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Knud".

Knutsen

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Knutson.

Knutson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Knut".

Kobayashi

Usage: Japanese Extra: Statistics

Means "small forest" in Japanese. It's derived from ko "small" and hayashi "forest".

Kóbor

Usage: Hungarian

From the word kóbor that means "wanderer, ranger" in Hungarian.

Koç

Usage: Turkish

Means "small" in Turkish.

Koch

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Very common German name. It comes from a German word meaning "cook".

Kock

Usage: Low German Extra: Statistics

From Middle Low German kok meaning "cook".

Kocsis

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Means "coachman" in Hungarian.

Koeman

Usage: Dutch

From the Old Dutch word koeman, which means "merchant". It's also possible that the first bearer of this surname was a man who owned cows, as koe is the Dutch word for "cow".

Koemans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Koeman.

Koenig

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

German cognate of King.

Koenigsmann

Usage: German

It means a "king's man", or someone who played a king in a play. Originally spelled without an e, and with an umlaut.

Köhl

Usage: German

A variant of Kohl.

Kohl

Usage: German

Derived from Middle High German kol "cabbage".

Köhler

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kohler.

Kohler

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German koler meaning "charcoal burner" or "charcoal seller".

Kohout

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Means "rooster" in Czech.

Kohut

Usage: Ukrainian Extra: Statistics

Means "rooster" in Ukrainian. A nickname for a proud person.

Koizumi

Usage: Japanese Extra: Statistics

Means "little spring" in Japanese. A prominent bearer of this name is Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

Kokinos

Usage: Greek

It comes from a nickname meaning "red".

Kokot

Usage: Slovene

Means 'rooster' in Slovene.

Kolar

Usage: Czech, Slovak, Slovene Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Slavic kolar "cartwright".

Kolbe

Usage: German

Means "mace" in German. A mace is a heavy medieval war club with a spiked or flanged metal head, used to crush armor.

Kolen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kool.

Kolijn

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kool.

Kollen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kool.

König

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

German cognate of King, from Middle High German künnic, künec.

Koning

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Dutch cognate of King.

Konstantinov

Usage: Russian, Bulgarian

Means "descendant of Konstantin".

Kool

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Nicholas.

Koole

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kool.

Koolen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kool.

Kools

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kool.

Kopecky

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Derived from Czech kopec "hill". The name was perhaps given to a person who lived close to a hill.

Kopitar

Usage: Slovene

It is a nickname for a "shoemaker".

Kopp

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Jacob.

Korošec

Usage: Slovene

Means "a person from Koroška". Koroška (Carinthia) is a medieval Slovenian state which is now divided between Slovenia and Austria.

Korrapati

Usage: Indian, Dravidian

A surname of the Telugu speaking people of Andhra Pradesh in India. Korrapati is a location-based surname, from an area called Korra or Korrapalem. In Telugu the word pati means "belong to".

Košar

Usage: Croatian Extra: Statistics

Means "a person who makes or sells baskets" from the Slavic word koš "basket".

Kosmatka

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Polish kosmaty "shaggy, hairy".

Kostelecky

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Means "a person from Kostelec". The place name Kostelec is derived from the Czech word kostel "church".

Koszorús

Usage: Hungarian

Derives from koszorú, a Hungarian word that means "garland, wreath, girdle". This name was used for someone who made garlands.

Kouman

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Koeman.

Koumans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Koeman.

Kovác

Usage: Slovak Extra: Statistics

Slovak spelling variant of Kovac.

Kovac

Usage: Croatian, Slovene, Serbian, Czech Extra: Statistics

Means "blacksmith" in the Slavic languages.

Kovách

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

(Archaic) spelling variant of Kovács.

Kovachev

Usage: Bulgarian

Patronymic from kovach "blacksmith".

Kovács

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Means "forger" or "smith" in Hungarian.

Kovár

Usage: Czech, Polish Extra: Statistics

Means "blacksmith" in Czech.

Kováts

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kovács.

Kövér

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Means "fat" in Hungarian.

Kowalczyk

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

A patronymic from Polish kowal "blacksmith".

Kowalski

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

From the Polish word kowal "blacksmith".

Kozel

Usage: Slovene, Ukrainian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Slavic kozel "goat", probably used to denote a goatherd.

Koziol

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Means "goat" in Polish, probably used to denote a goatherd.

Kozlov

Usage: Russian

A patronymic from the Slavic word kozel "goat", probably used to denote a goatherd.

Kozlow

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

From the Polish place name Kozlow, ultimately derived from koziol "goat".

Kozlowski

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Means "a person from Kozlow, Kozlowo", or any other place whose name was derived from Polish koziol "goat".

Kraemer

Usage: German, Low German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Krämer.

Krakowski

Usage: Polish, Jewish

Habitional name for a person of the city of Kraków in southern Poland.

Krall

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

From Czech král "king". Referred to one connected in some way with a king's household or one who played the part of a king in a pageant or play.

Krämer

Usage: German, Low German Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German kræmer, kramære, kromer and Middle Low German kramer, kremer, kromer meaning "shopkeeper, grocer".

Kramer

Usage: German, Low German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Krämer.

Kramr

Usage: Czech

Czech form of Kramer.

Krantz

Usage: Jewish, German, Dutch

A variant of Kranz.

Kranz

Usage: Dutch, German

Derived from Middle High German kranz "wreath".

Krastev

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Krastio".

Kratochvil

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Czech kratochvile "pastime".

Kraus

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German krus meaning "curly". Originally a nickname for a person with curly hair.

Krause

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kraus.

Krauss

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kraus.

Krauß

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kraus.

Kravitz

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

An occupational name meaning "tailor" (from Polish krawiec). A famous bearer is singer Lenny Kravitz.

Krebs

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

German word meaning "crab", perhaps a nickname for a person with a crab-like walk.

Krejci

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Means "tailor" in Czech.

Kristensen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Comes from the male first name Kristen, a variant of Kristian.

Kristiansen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Kristian".

Kristoffersen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Another spelling of Christoffersen. Meaning "Son of Kristoffer".

Križ

Usage: Czech, Slovak, Slovene Extra: Statistics

Means "cross" in Czech.

Krizman

Usage: Slovene

From the given name Kristijan.

Kröger

Usage: Low German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Krüger (1) and Krüger (2).

Król

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Means "king" in Polish. The name referred to one connected in some way with a king's household.

Kron

Usage: German, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "crown", perhaps a nickname for one who worked in a royal household.

Kruckel

Usage: German

Nickname for a crippled person or someone who walked with a cane, from German krücke meaning "cane".

Krüger (1)

Usage: Low German Extra: Statistics

In northern Germany: From Middle Low German kroger, kruger meaning "host".

Krüger (2)

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

In southern Germany: Means "potter" from Middle High German kruoc meaning "jug, pot".

Kruger

Usage: German, Low German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Krüger (1) and Krüger (2).

Krupin

Usage: Russian

Derived from the West Slavic krupa "barley".

Kruse (1)

Usage: German, Low German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kraus.

Kruse (2)

Usage: German, Low German Extra: Statistics

Occupational surname meaning "potter", from Middle High German kruse "pot, jug".

Krusen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

From the name of a place in Holland, derived from cruys, kruis "cross".

Kuang

Usage: Chinese Extra: Statistics

Means "frame" in Chinese.

Kucera

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Means "curl" in Czech; a nickname for a person with curly locks of hair.

Küchler

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

An occupational surname for a baker who made small cakes or cookies. Derived from Middle High German kuoche "cake, pastry".

Küçük

Usage: Turkish

Means "short" in Turkish.

Kudrna

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

A cognate of Kucera.

Kuhn

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Derived from a diminutive of the German given name Konrad.

Kuijpers

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Cuypers.

Kuiper

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Cuypers.

Kuipers

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Cuypers.

Kulkarni

Usage: Indian Extra: Statistics

In the Indian state of Maharashtra, Kulkarni in ancient times was the village revenue collector.

Kulmala

Usage: Finnish

The meaning is "corner", with suffix -la giving an idea of a place. The name was originally given to a house or a place.

Kumiega

Usage: Polish

Derived from the Polish word for "friend", "pal".

Kundakchi

Usage: Turkish

Means "a maker of Kundak". Kundak is the wooden part of a riffle.

Kundert

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Konrad.

Kunkel

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Occupational name for a maker of spindles (Middle German kunkel "spindle", ultimately from Latin conus "cone").

Kunkle

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kunkel.

Kuntz

Usage: German

Derived from a nickname of Konrad.

Kunze

Usage: German

Derived from a nickname of the given name Konrad.

Kurosawa

Usage: Japanese

Means "black swamp," from the prefix kuro, meaning "black", and sawa, "swamp".

Kurucz

Usage: Hungarian

Derived from the Hungarian word kuruc. The kurucs were armed anti-Habsburg rebels in Royal Hungary in the late 17th-early 18th century.

Kurzmann

Usage: German

Means "short man" in German.

Kuznetsov

Usage: Russian

A patronymic of the Russian term kuznets, meaning "blacksmith".

Kwan

Usage: Chinese, Korean Extra: Statistics

Means "mountain".

Kwok

Usage: Chinese Extra: Statistics

Means "boundary area of a city, a town or a country". The character in Big5 representation is ł˘.

Kyles

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Gaelic caol meaning "narrows, channel, strait", originally given to a person who lived by a strait.

Kysely

Usage: Czech, Slovak

Means "sour" in Czech. It was most likely used to denote a person known for his bad mood.