KanemotoJapanese Topographic name meaning ‘(one who lives) near where gold (or any metal) is found’. Found in the island of Okinawa, where it is variously written. ... [more]
KanemotoJapanese From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
KangChinese, Korean From Chinese 康 (kāng), derived from Kangju (康居), the Chinese name for an ancient kingdom in Central Asia (now known as Sogdiana). It may also refer to the city of Samarkand in present-day Uzbekistan, which was called 康 in Chinese.
KangasEstonian Kangas is an Estonian surname meaning "fabric" and "weft" and "piece goods". Associated with weavers.
KangasFinnish Derived from Finnish kangas, denoting a type of soil and the type of forest (known as boreal forest or taiga) that grows in such soil.
KangelarisGreek Etymologically it goes back to the Latin cancellarius, which means chief secretary or chancellor.
KanieJapanese From Japanese 蟹 (kani) meaning "crab" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".
KanisthabutThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanisthachatThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanisthachindaThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanisthaditThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanisthakaThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanisthakhupThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanisthamalThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanisthanakhaThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanisthanonthThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanisthapayakhrThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanisthaphutThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanistharatThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanisthasangkatThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanisthasawatdThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanisthasenThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanisthasunthonThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanisthasutThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanisthayonThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanisthayuktaThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KanjaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 冠者 (Kanja), a variant spelling of 管者 (Kanja) meaning "Kanja", a former division in the district of Chīsagata in the former Japanese province of Shinano in present-day Nagano, Japan.
KantakouzenosGreek One of the noble Byzantine families, the surname is connected to the locality of Kouzenas, a name for the southern part of Mount Sipylus near Smyrna (Izmir).
KanzaJapanese formed with 神 (Shin, Jin, Kami, Kan, Kou) meaning "God" and 座 (Za) meaning "Squat, Seat". Which means the surname could possible come out as “A seat for gods”
KanzeJapanese (Rare) Derived from Japanese 観世 (Kanze), a clipping of the given name 観世丸 (see Kanzemaru) or a variant reading of 観世 (Miyo), a clipping of the given name 観世丸 (see Miyomaru).
KäoEstonian Käo is an Estonian surname meaning "cuckoo".
KäosEstonian Käos is an Estonian surname derived from "käosulane", meaning "warbler" (Hippolais).
KäosaarEstonian Käosaar is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "käokann" ("campion"), "käoking" ("Aconitum"), or "käoline" ("cuckoo"), and "saar" ("island").
KapadiaIndian, Gujarati Occupational name for a cloth maker from Gujarati કાપડ (kāpaḍ) meaning "cloth, fabric".
KaplanJewish, Turkish Means "tiger" in Turkish. This common Jewish surname has a spelling variation: Caplan. For an unknown reason, Jewish immigrants who passed through the port at Baltimore had their names changed to Caplan, while the Jewish immigrants who passed through Ellis Island retained the original K spelling.
KaplanJewish Surname used as a translation of Cohen, from German Kaplan or Polish kapłan "chaplain, curate".
KarakuşTurkish Means "black bird" from Turkish kara meaning "black, dark" and kuş meaning "bird".
KaralIndian, Bengali This Surname was given in honour by the Britishers to Nikhil Chandra Banerjee to recognize his efforts in constructing The Karali Kali temple in Dhaka,now the capital of Bangladesh. It was a very expensive construction and still attracts tourists every year... [more]
KarasevdasGreek Possibly from the Turkish word kara meaning "black, dark" and the given name Sevda literally meaning "passion, strong love" in Turkish.
KarasuJapanese (Rare) This surname is used as 烏 (u, o, izukunzo, karazu, nanzo) meaning "crow, raven" or 鴉, which is an outdated variant of 烏.... [more]
KarasuTurkish Means "black water" derived from Turkish kara meaning "black, dark" combined with su "water".
KarbowskiPolish Habitational name for someone from Karbowo in Torun voivodeship, a place so named from Polish karbowy "overseer (of farm laborers)", from karbowac "to make notches", i.e. to keep records.
KarchJewish 1 Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized spelling of Karcz .... [more]
KarczewskiPolish habitational name for someone from Karczew, named with Polish karcz ‘stump’.
KareninaLiterature In Leo Tolstoy's novel 'Anna Karenina' (1877), this is the title character's surname, the feminine form of her husband's surname, Karenin.
KärgEstonian Kärg is an Estonian surname meaning "honeycomb".
KarhuFinnish Means "bear" (the animal) in Finnish.
KariFinnish, German (Austrian), Slovene (?), Hungarian, Indian, Marathi As a Finnish name, it is a topographic and ornamental name from kari "small island", "stony rapids", "sandbar", or "rocky place in a field". This name is found throughout Finland.... [more]
KariEstonian Kari is an Estonian surname meaning both "reef" and "herd".
KariatsumariJapanese (Rare) Combination of 狩り (kari) meaning "hunt(ing)" and 集まり (atsumari) meaning "gathering, meeting, assembly," mainly concentrated in Kagoshima prefecture in southern Japan.... [more]
KariyapperumaSinhalese Derived from the words “black” or "dark", and “peruma,” which means “big.” Together, the name can be interpreted to mean "great blackness" or "big darkness."
KarjaEstonian Karja is an Estonian surname meaning "herding".
KarjahärmEstonian Karjahärm is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "pasture (karjamaa) frost (härmatis)".
KarjalaFinnish Finnish from karja ‘cattle’ + the local suffix -la, or possibly from a word of Germanic origin, harja- ‘host’, ‘crowd’, Old Swedish haer. Historic records suggest that the Germanic inhabitants of the area around Lake Ladoga (in present-day Russia) used this term to refer to the Finns who once lived there.
KarjamaaEstonian Karjamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "pastureland".
KarjaneEstonian Karjane is an Estonian surname meaning "herdsman".
KarkEstonian Kark is an Estonian surname meaning "stilt" (Himantopus himantopus).
KarkamuBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Gaubea, Province of Araba.
KarkavandianArmenian, Iranian Those belonging to the Karkevand/Garkevand district of Iran who are most likely of Armenian origin. Typical modern Armenian last names end with the originally patronymic suffix -յան or -եան, transliterated as -yan, -ian, or less often '-jan'... [more]
KarkiNepali Occupational name for a tax collector from Nepali कर (kar) meaning "tax" (ultimately of Sanskrit origin).
KärkkäinenFinnish From Finnish kärkäs meaning ”eager” and the suffix -nen. A Finnish department store chain bears this name after its founder, Juha Kärkkäinen.
KarlgrenSwedish Combination of the given name Karl and Swedish gren "branch".
KärlinGerman German surname from the personal name Karl. Also an altered spelling of German Gerling.
KarlinJewish Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) habitational name for someone from Karlin, a suburb of Pinsk in Belarus, in which the Jews formed the majority of the population until the Holocaust. A well-known Hasidic sect originated in Karlin and at one time it attracted so many followers that a (now obsolete) Russian word for ‘Hasid’ was Karliner (of Yiddish origin)... [more]
KärmasEstonian Kärmas is an Estonian surname meaning "smart", "ready", "swift" and "brisk".
KarmazinasLithuanian Perhaps a habitational name taken from the Lithuanian village Karmazinai. The name of the village is allegedly derived from Polish karmazyn "crimson". See also Karmazsin, a Hungarian occupational name for a dyer or for someone making dyestuff (taken directly from Hungarian karmazsin "crimson").
KarpPolish From Middle High German karp(f)e Middle Low German karpe or Slavic (Russian and Polish) and Yiddish karp ‘carp’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a carp fisherman or seller of these fish or a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish.... [more]
KartashyanArmenian Means "son of the stonemason" from Armenian քարտաշ (kʿartaš) meaning "stonecutter, stonemason".
KarterBreton Breton form of Carter. This was the birth surname of Breton-French explorer Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), who is known for discovering the gulf of St. Lawrence.
KarunaratneSinhalese From Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, kindness, mercy" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
KarunathilakaSinhalese Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, kindness, mercy" and तिलक (tilaka) meaning "mark (on the forehead), dot, ornament".