All Submitted Surnames

Tamano Filipino, Maranao

Tamaoi Japanese (Rare)

Tamara Japanese (Rare)

Tamari Japanese

Tamaro Croatian

Tamaru Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "paddy, field" combined with 丸 (maru) meaning "whole, complete".

Tamashiro Japanese
Means "jewel castle" or "ball castle" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 玉 (jewel, ball) and 城 (castle). This surname is of Okinawan origin.

Tamasian Armenian

Tamata Japanese

Tamatsuka Japanese
Tama means "jewel" and tsuka means "mound".

Tamatsuki Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 玉槻 with 玉 (gyoku, tama, tama-, -dama) meaning "ball, jewel" and 槻 (ki, tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree."

Tamayama Japanese
玉 (Tama) means "jewel, gem" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".

Tamayo Spanish
from a town in the burgos region in spain.

Tamazashvili Georgian
Means "son of Tamaz".

Tamazight Berber, Northern African
Derived from ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵗⵜ (Tamaziɣt), the Berber (Amazigh) name for the collective Berber language family used in North Africa.

Tamba Western African

Tambak Batak

Tambat Marathi
Marathi form of Tamrakar.

Tambatkar Indian
Variant of Tamrakar.

Tambet Estonian
from given name Tambet

Tambor Jewish
Derived from German Tambour "drummer in a regiment", ultimately via French tambour from Old French tambor "drum".

Tambunan Batak
Derived from Batak tambun meaning "large, many" or "hill, heap, mound".

Tamburini Italian
Means "drummer", from Italian tamburo "drum".

Tameishi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 為 (tame) meaning "advantage; benefit" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone", referring to useful stone.... [more]

Tamekiyo Japanese

Tamekuni Japanese

Tamenari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 為成 (Tamenari) meaning "Tamenari", a former area in the city of Bungotakada in the prefecture of Ōita in Japan.... [more]

Tamenari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 為成 (Tamenari) meaning "Tamenari", a former division in the area of Fuchū in the city of Toyama in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan.... [more]

Tamenori Japanese

Tamer Arabic
Derived from the given name Tamir.

Tamera Indian
Variant of Tamrakar.

Tami Japanese

Tamiko English (Canadian)

Tamir Jewish
From the given name Tamir.

Tamirak Mon, Thai

Tamiya Japanese (Rare)
Tamiya means "rice field palace". See also Miyata

Tammam Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Tammam.

Tammearu Estonian
Tammearu is an Estonian surname meaning "oaken upland meadow".

Tammejuur Estonian
Tammejuur is an Estonian surname meaning "oak root".

Tammemaa Estonian
Tammemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "oak land".

Tammemägi Estonian
Tammemägi is an Estonian surname meaning "oak hill/mountain".

Tammeoks Estonian
Tammeoks is an Estonian surname meaning "oak branch".

Tammeorg Estonian
Tammeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "oak valley".

Tammepuu Estonian
Tammepuu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak tree".

Tammert Estonian
Tammert is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" ("oak") and "tamme-" ("oaken").

Tammetalu Estonian
Tammetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak farm/farmstead".

Tammets Estonian
Tammets is an Estonian surname meaning "oak forest".

Tammeväli Estonian
Tammeväli is an Estonian surname meaning "oak field".

Tammeveski Estonian
Tammeveski is an Estonian surname meaning "oak mill".

Tammik Estonian
Tammik is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood" and "oak forest".

Tammiksaar Estonian
Tammiksaar is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood island".

Tammiku Estonian
Tammiku is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood" and "oak forest".

Tamminen Finnish
From "tammi" meaning "oak tree". A place with lot of oaks.

Tammiste Estonian
Tammiste is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" meaning "oak".

Tammjärv Estonian
Tammjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "oak lake" and "dam/levee lake".

Tammsaar Estonian
Tammsaar is an Estonian surname, meaning "oak island".

Tammsalu Estonian
Tammsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak ridge".

Tammus Estonian
Tammus is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" meaning both "oak" and "dam".

Tamon Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 多門, 多聞 or 田門 with 多 (ta, oo.i, masa.ni, masa.ru) meaning "frequent, many, much", 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field/paddy", 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate" and 聞 (bun, mon, ki.ku, ki.koeru) meaning "ask, hear, listen."... [more]

Tamondong Filipino, Pangasinan
Meaning uncertain.

Tampõld Estonian
Tampõld is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" ("oak") and "põld" ("field").

Tampubolon Batak
From Batak tampuk meaning "leaf stalk, base" and bolon meaning "big, large, great".

Tamrakar Newar, Indian
Means "copper maker; craftsman" in Sanskrit. This is used by the Tamrakar caste of Nepal and India, and mainly of Newar ethnicity in Nepal.

Tamta Kumaoni, Garhwali
Kumaoni and Garhwali form of Tamrakar.

Tamukoh Japanese

Tan English (Australian, Rare)
Possibly from the English Word "Tan", or from the Given Name Tan.

Tan Turkish
Means "dawn, daybreak" in Turkish.

Tan Chinese
From Chinese 谭 (tán) referring to the state of Tan that existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.

Tan Chinese
From Chinese 谈 (tán) referring to the ancient vassal state of Tan, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.

Tanabata Japanese (Rare)
This surname refers to the Japanese Star Festival on July 7th.

Tanabe Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 辺 or 邊 (nabe) meaning "area, place".

Tanaca Japanese (Portuguese-style), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Tanaka.

Tanacea Romanian (Rare)

Tanada Japanese

Tanaha Indian

Tanahara Japanese
Variant transcription of Tahara or variant of Takahara.

Tanahashi Japanese

Tanajara Japanese (Hispanicized), Spanish (Mexican)
Hispanicized form of Tanahara.

Tanase Romanian

Tănăsescu Romanian
Patronymic surname meaning "the son of Tănăs".

Tanasijević Serbian
Means "son of Tanasije".

Tanata Japanese

Tänav Estonian
Tänav is an Estonian surname meaning "street".

Tänavots Estonian
Tänavots is an Estonian surname meaning "street end".

Tänavsuu Estonian
Tänavsuu is an Estonian surname literally meaning "street mouth" ("street entry", or "the beginning of the street"); derived from the compound words "tänav" ("street") and "suu" ("mouth").

Tancock English
From a shortened variant of the male personal name Andrew, with the suffix -cock (literally "cockerel", hence "jaunty or bumptious young man"), that was often added to create pet-forms of personal names in the Middle Ages.

Tancredi Italian
From the given name Tancredi.

Tanda African

Tander Filipino

Tandon Indian, Punjabi, Hindi
Of unknown meaning.

Tandy English
From a pet-form of the male personal name Andrew.

Taneda Japanese

Tanehira Japanese

Taneichi Japanese
From Japanese 種 (tane) meaning "seed, pit, origin" and 市 (ichi) meaning "market".

Taneja Indian
This surname was apparently derived from tən‘blade of grass’ (from Sanskrit tṛna).

Tanev Bulgarian
Derived from the forename Tane.

Taneva Bulgarian
Feminine form of Tanev.

Tanfal German

Tăng Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 曾 (tăng) meaning "high".

Tang Chinese
From Chinese 汤(tāng) means soup.

Tangara Western African, Manding
Malian Bambara surname of unknown meaning.

Tange Japanese

Tangen Norwegian
Tangen is a village in south-east Norway.

Tangerine English
Possibly means "from Tangier".

Tanginoa Tongan

Tanglao Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog tanglaw meaning "light, illumination" (a poetic word), ultimately from Hokkien 燈樓 or 灯楼 (teng-lâu).

Tangoku Japanese

Tanguay French, English
From a personal name, a contraction of Tanneguy, from Breton tan meaning 'fire', and ki meaning 'dog', which was the name of a 6-th century Christian saint associated with Paul Aurelian.

Tanguma Indigenous American (?), Mexican
Mexican surname of uncertain origin, probably Native American.

Tanguy French

Tanhuser Romansh (Germanized)
Variant of Tannhauser.

Taniai Japanese

Tanibara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Tanihara.

Tanibuki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 谷吹 (see Yabuki).

Tanida Japanese

Tanie Japanese
Tani means "valley" and e means "inlet, river".

Tanielian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Դանիելյան (see Danielyan)

Tanielu Samoan
From the given name Daniel.

Tanifuji Japanese
Tani means "valley" and fuji means "wisteria".

Tanigawa Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Tanihara Japanese
Tani means "valley" and hara means "plain". ... [more]

Tanikawa Japanese
From the Japanese 谷 (tani or ya) "valley" and 川 or 河 (kawa or gawa) "river."

Tanikuwa Japanese

Tanimoto Japanese
Tani (谷) means valley, and Moto (本) means origin or base or root.

Tanimoto Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Tanimura Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Taninaka Japanese
Tani means "valley" and naka means "middle".

Tanioka Japanese
Tani means "valley" and oka means "ridge, hill".

Tanis Haitian Creole

Tanisawa Japanese
Tani means "valley" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Tanita Japanese

Taniwara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Tanihara.

Taniyama Japanese
Tani means "valley" and yama means "mountain". ... [more]

Tanizawa Japanese
Variant of Tanisawa.

Tanji Japanese (Rare)
Rare in Japan, the name is written with characters meaning ‘red’ and ‘govern’. The actual meaning is unclear.

Tanjung Minangkabau, Batak
Means "cape, headland, point" in Minangkabau and Batak.

Tankersley English

Tanko Romanian (Americanized)
In Romania Tankó is most common in Harghita, Covasna, and Bacău counties. Tankó is also common in Hungary and Slovakia.

Tanlee American

Tannahill Scottish
From the name of a place in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Tannen German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from any of several places in Lower Saxony or Baden named with German Tannen ‘pine’, or from a short form of any of the many compound names formed with this element... [more]

Tannenbaum Jewish, German
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) topographic name or Jewish ornamental name from German Tannenbaum ‘fir tree’, ‘pine tree’.

Tanneraho Finnish
My grandmother was from Finland was as is many generations according to her. Descendants are still located in Musta Jarva, near Ruovesi.

Tannert German

Tannhäuser German
Habitational name for someone from any of the places called Tannhausen in Brandenburg, Silesia or Württemberg.

Tannhauser Romansh (Germanized)
Germanized form of Danuser.

Tanni Estonian

Tanno Japanese
From Japanese 丹 (tan) meaning "red, vermilion" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tanno Romansh
Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a derivation from the given name Donatus.

Tannor English (African)

Tannous Arabic
Derived from the given name Tannous, an Arabic form of Anthony.

Tano Italian
From a short form of the personal name Gaetano.

Tanobe Japanese

Tanooka Japanese

Tanose Japanese (Rare)

Tanoue Japanese
Ta means "field, rice paddy", no is a possessive particle, and ue means "above".

Tanović Bosnian

Tanqueray French
Derived from the given name Tancred.

Tanskanen Finnish
Means "Danish" in Finnish.

Tansy English

Tantalo English

Tantawi Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Egyptian Arabic طنطاوى or Arabic طنطاوي (see Tantawy).

Tantawy Arabic (Egyptian)
Indicated a person from the Egyptian city of Tanta, possibly of Coptic origin.

Tanuma Japanese
Ta means "rice paddy, field" and Numa means "swamp, marsh".

Tanuma Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Tanush Albanian

Tanveer Urdu
From the given name Tanwir.

Tanvir Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Tanwir.

Tanyag Filipino, Tagalog
Means "renowned, eminent, famous" in Tagalog.

Tanyan Nigerian

Tanzie English

Tao Chinese
From Chinese 陶 (táo) meaning "pottery, ceramics".

Taoda Japanese

Taomi Thai

Taoufik Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Tawfiq.

Taov Circassian

Tapachula Nahuatl, Aztec
Means "between the waters" in Nahuatl.

Tapah Malay, Malaysian
Originated from the name of a freshwater fish, "Ikan Tapah".

Tapahonso Navajo

Tapales Spanish (Philippines)

Tapavicza Hungarian

Tapdıqov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Tapdıq".

Tapdıqova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Tapdıqov.

Tape English, German
Variant spelling of Tapp.

Tapier English (Australian)

Tapio Finnish
From the given name Tapio.

Tapir Indian

Tapon French
From the old French word tapon, meaning "cork". Hence this surname was first given to corks makers.

Täpp Estonian
Täpp is an Estonian surname meaning "fleck" or "speckle".

Tapp English, German
Derived from an Old English given name Tæppa, of uncertain origin and meaning. In German, it is a nickname for a clumsy person or a simpleton, derived from Middle Low German tappe meaning "oaf".

Tapper Swedish
Swedish soldier name meaning "brave". ... [more]

Taptiklis Greek
Greek name.... [more]

Tapu Estonian
Tapu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Tapa", a town in Lääne-Viru County.

Tapu Moriori
Tapu in the Moriori language means sacred. This was the surname of a 19th century Owenga Moriori leader named Hirawanu Tapu (?-1900).

Taput Belarusian

Tara Indian

Tarabay Arabic
History of this surname is unknown. A famous bearer with this last name is Nick E. Tarabay, a Lebanese-American actor.

Tarabe Japanese

Tarafdar Bengali
From a title which denoted a holder of a taraf (a type of administrative division formerly used in South Asia), itself derived from Arabic طرف (taraf) meaning "area, section, side" and the Persian suffix دار (dar) indicating ownership.

Tarafder Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali তরফদার (see Tarafdar).

Tarai Indian (?)

Taraku Albanian

Tarancón Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Tarand Estonian
Tarand is an Estonian surname meaning "balustrade".

Taranova Russian
Russian form of Terranova.

Taranto Italian
Habitational name from the southern Italian city and provincial capital of this name (from Latin Tarentum from Greek Taras). Variant of Tarantino and Di Taranto.

Țăranu Romanian

Taras Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian
From the given name Taras.

Tarasenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Taras.

Tarasov Russian
Means "son of Taras".

Tarasova Russian
Feminine form of Tarasov.

Tarassaco Italian
Surname meaning “Dandelion” in Italian

Taratsas Greek

Tarawele Manding
The original variant of Traoré.

Tarbell English
Tarbell is an alteration of the English placename Turville in Buckinghamshire in England.

Tarc Ukrainian, Romanian

Tarchaneiotes Greek
(1) Either from the village of Tarchaneion in Thrace, (2) from Mongol word targan, for "smith",(3) from the Khazar noble title tarkhan, ultimately of Sogdian/Saka origin.

Tarcza Polish, Hungarian
Means "shield" in Polish.

Tardáguila Spanish
Tardáguila is a Spanish surname that is believed to have originated from the Basque region of Spain. The surname is a combination of the words "tarda", which means late, and "aguila", which means eagle... [more]

Tardif French, French (Quebec)
From Latin tardivus, "slow". Given its unusually frequency as a family name and derivatives like Tardieu or Tardivel, it may have been a medieval given name.

Tare Albanian

Tarek Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Tariq.

Tareq Bengali, Arabic
Derived from the given name Tariq.

Tareque Bengali
Derived from the given name Tariq.

Targuisti Moroccan
Habitational name from the Rifian town of Targuist.

Targuisti Moroccan
Habitational name from the town of Targuist.

Targuisti Moroccan
Moroccan (northern): habitational name for someone from the town of Targuist.

Targuisti Arabic (Maghrebi)
Moroccan (northern): habitational name for someone from the town of Targuist.

Tariah African

Tarielashvili Georgian
Means "son of Darius" in Georgian.

Tarifa Albanian

Tarigan Batak

Tarik Arabic
Derived from the given name Tariq.

Tarimo Chaga

Tariq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Tariq.

Tarique Bengali
Derived from the given name Tariq.

Taris Italian
Meaning unknown, probably from Sardinian.

Tark Estonian
Tark is an Estonian surname meaning "wise" or "sage".

Tarkhov Russian
Means "son of Tarkh". This is a Russian noble surname.

Tarkington English

Tarkmeel Estonian
Tarkmeel is an Estonian surname meaning "wise minded".

Tarkowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Tarkowo in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship or Tarków in Masovian Voivodeship (of uncertain origin compare tarka ‘grater rasper’).

Tarkpea Estonian
Tarkpea is an Estonian surname meaning "wiseacre" (literally, "clever head").

Tarkus Estonian
Tarkus is an Estonian surname meaning "cleverness".

Tarlton English

Tarmo Estonian
Tarmo is an Estonian name; from the masculine given name "Tarmo".

Tarmoh Western African

Tärn Estonian
Tärn is an Estonian surname meaning "star".

Tarnawa Polish (Modern)

Tărniceriu Romanian
From tărnicer meaning "saddler".

Tarnovschi Moldovan

Tarnowska Polish

Tarnowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish city of Tarnów.

Tarnutzer Romansh
Derived from the place name Malanser Tarnutz.

Taron German
Standardized variant of Tarruhn.

Taron German (Rare)
The standardized variant of Tarruhn which has origins in the Neumark region of Brandenburg, Prussia dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries. The Taron family was one of many German families who left the Neumark region and moved eastward into present-day Poland and Ukraine... [more]

Tarot French

Tarragon French (Rare)

Tarrant English

Tarro Estonian
Tarro is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "tare", meaning "hut".

Tarruhn German
Origins are found in Neumark, Brandenburg, Prussia.

Tarry English

Tarsney English (British)
Tarsney is a variant spelling of Tosne.

Tartaglia Italian
From Italian tartagliare "to stutter".

Tartakovsky Russian, Jewish
Name for someone originally from the town of Tartakiv (or Tartakov) in Ukraine, derived from Ukrainian тартак (tartak) meaning "sawmill".

Tartara Italian, French

Tartaro Spanish
Ethnic name or regional name for someone who was from Tatarstan or who had traded with Tatarstan.

Tartu Estonian
Tartu is an Estonian surname derived from the city of the same name in Tartu County.

Tarumoto Japanese

Țăruș Romanian
From Romanian ţăruş meaning ''stake, picket''.

Tarver English
Sodhut dweller, from old English

Tarverdiyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Tarverdi".

Tarverdiyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Tarverdiyev.

Taş Turkish
Means "stone" in Turkish.

Tasaka Japanese

Tasaka Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Tasaki Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Tasane Estonian
Tasane is an Estonian surname meaning "flat".

Tasawa Japanese

Taşçı Turkish
Means "stonemason, stonecutter" in Turkish.

Taşdemir Turkish
From Turkish taş meaning "stone" and demir meaning "iron".

Taşdöğen Turkish

Tasev Bulgarian

Tashima Japanese
Ta means "field, rice patty" and shima means "island".

Tashiro Japanese

Tashiro Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 代 (shiro) meaning "price, cost".

Tasiadis Greek

Tasić Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Tasa".

Tasifa Amharic
Means “hope” in Amharic.

Taşkın Turkish
Means "flood" in Turkish.

Taşkıran Turkish
Means "stone breaker" from Turkish taş meaning "stone, rock" and kıran meaning "destroyer, breaker, pestilence".

Tasman German (?), Dutch

Tass Estonian
Tass is an Estonian surname meaning "cup" and "dish".

Tassi Italian
Could be a patronymic form of the given name Tasso, indicate the bearer is from one of several municipalities called Tasso, or be a nickname from Italian tasso meaning "badger (animal)" or "yew".

Tassone Italian

Tassoni Italian

Taştan Turkish
Means "stone" in Turkish.

Tat Vietnamese

Tatami Japanese

Tatangelo French