This is a list of surnames in which the description contains the keyword dark.
BlackEnglish Means either "black" (from Old English blæc) or "pale" (from Old English blac). It could refer to a person with a pale or a dark complexion, or a person who worked with black dye.
CarboneItalian From a nickname for a person with dark features, from Italian carbone meaning "coal".
CharbonneauFrench Derived from a diminutive form of French charbon"charcoal", a nickname for a person with black hair or a dark complexion.
ColbyEnglish From various English place names, which were derived from the Old Norse byname Koli (meaning "coal, dark") and býr "farm, settlement".
DouglasScottish From the name of a town in Lanarkshire, itself named after a tributary of the River Clyde called the Douglas Water, derived from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river" (an archaic word related to glas "grey, green"). This was a Scottish Lowland clan, the leaders of which were powerful earls in the medieval period.