the etymology and history of surnames
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| Uberti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the given name Uberto. |
| Ubina |
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Usage: Spanish
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| Variant of Urbina. |
| Uccello |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "bird" in Italian. |
| Ueda |
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Usage: Japanese
Extra: Statistics |
| From Japanese words meaning "high" and "rice paddy". |
| Ueno |
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Usage: Japanese
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from a common place name bearing the meaning "upper field". It is written, and also reads Kamino, Agano and Kôzuke. |
| Uggeri |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the Italian form of Edgar. |
| Ughi |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the old given name Ugo. |
| Ulfsson |
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Usage: Swedish
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| Means "son of Ulf". |
| Underhill |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "dweller at the foot of a hill" or from a locational name from Underhill in Devon, which was named after the Old English under "under" + hyll "hill", or from Underhill in Kent, named after the Old English under + helde "slope". |
| Underwood |
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Usage: English, Scottish
Extra: Statistics |
| From a Scottish and English place name for a man who lived at the edge of the woods. It is formed from the Middle English under and wood. Both terms have survived to modern day with the same meanings. |
| Ungaretti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Diminutive of Ungaro. |
| Ungaro |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "Hungarian" in Italian. |
| Ungur |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Romanian form of Ungaro. |
| Unkle |
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Usage: German
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| Means "from Unkel". Unkel is a place in Rhineland Palantinate, located about 15 kilometers south of Bonn on the Rhine. |
| Unruh |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| Refers to a restless, fidgety, nervous person, from German unruhe, meaning "unrest". |
| Unterbrink |
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Usage: German
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| Means "dweller under the slope, edge" from the Middle Low German unter "under" and brinc "edge, slope". |
| Upton |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from a place name meaning "upper town" in Old English. |
| Urbina |
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Usage: Spanish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "city dweller" from the Latin Urbanus. |
| Ureña |
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Usage: Spanish
Extra: Statistics |
| Most likely derived from the name of Urueña, a municipality in the province of Valladolid, Spain. |
| Urquhart |
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Usage: Scottish
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| Derived from Welsh ar "by", cardden "thicket". This is the name of several places, the most famous one being north of Loch Ness. |
| Ursler |
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Usage: German
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| Means "from Ursel, Germany". |
| Utkin |
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Usage: Russian
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| From the Russian word utka "duck". |
| Uzun |
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Usage: Turkish
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| Means "long" or "tall" in Turkish. |
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