Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword number.
usage
meaning
Bogomolov m Russian
Derived from Russian богомол (bogomol) meaning "pious one, devotionalist".
Borgnino Italian
From a nickname derived from the Piedmontese dialect word borgno meaning "one-eyed". This was the real surname of American actor Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012).
Chaudhary Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Nepali
From a title meaning "holder of four", from Sanskrit चतुर् (chatur) meaning "four" and धुरीय (dhuriya) meaning "bearing a burden".
Chiba Japanese
From Japanese (chi) meaning "thousand" and (ha) meaning "leaf".
Chowdhury Bengali
Bengali form of Chaudhary.
Čtvrtník m Czech
Derived from Czech čtvrtlán meaning "one quarter of a lán", where a lán is a medieval Czech measure of land (approximately 18 hectares). The name denoted someone who owned this much land.
Einstein Jewish
Ornamental name derived from German ein "one" and stein "stone". A famous bearer was the German physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955).
Ihejirika Igbo
Means "the one that I have is greater" in Igbo.
Kapanadze Georgian
Means "son of the one from Kapan", originally denoting someone who came from the city of Kapan in present-day Armenia (from Armenian կապել (kapel) meaning "to tie, to fasten").
Miura Japanese
From Japanese (mi) meaning "three" and (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".
Miyake Japanese
From Japanese (mi) meaning "three" and (yake) meaning "house, home".
Musil m Czech
Possibly from a nickname meaning "the one who had to", from the past participle of the Czech verb muset meaning "must" (of Germanic origin).
Podsedník m Czech
Means "one who sits behind" in Czech, an equivalent to Zahradník mainly used in the region of Moravia.
Russell English
From a Norman French nickname that meant "little red one", perhaps originally describing a person with red hair.
Ubiña Basque
Possibly a variant of Urbina.
Urbina Basque
Derived from Basque ur "water" and bi "two", indicating a place where two waterways met.