Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword dweller.
usage
meaning
Atteberry English
Means "dweller at the fortified town" from Middle English at and burh "fortified place".
Atwater English
From Middle English meaning "dweller at the water".
Atwood English
From Middle English meaning "dweller at the wood".
Burgess English
From Middle English and Old French burgeis meaning "city-dweller", ultimately from Frankish burg "fortress".
Takala Finnish
Means "(dweller in the) back", probably denoting someone who lived in a remote area, from Finnish taka.
Takenaka Japanese
Means "dweller amongst bamboo", from Japanese (take) meaning "bamboo" and (naka) meaning "middle".
Tanaka Japanese
Means "dweller in the rice fields", from Japanese (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and (naka) meaning "middle".
Underhill English
Means "dweller at the foot of a hill", from Old English under and hyll.
Underwood English
Means "dweller at the edge of the woods", from Old English under and wudu.
Unterbrink Low German
Means "dweller under the slope" from Old Saxon undar "under" and brink "edge, slope".