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Svensson Swedish
Means "son of Sven".

Szekeres Hungarian
Occupational name for a cartman, derived from Hungarian szekér meaning "cart, wagon".

Szewczyk Polish
Diminutive form of Szewc.

Szilágyi Hungarian
Denoted one from the region of Szilágy in Hungary, derived from Hungarian szil meaning "elm" and ágy meaning "bed".

Tähtinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish tähti meaning "star".

Takenaka Japanese
Means "dweller amongst bamboo", from Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Takeuchi Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Tangeman German
Originally indicated a person from a place named Tange in northern Germany.

Teixeira Portuguese
From Portuguese teixo meaning "yew tree".

Temitope Yoruba
From the given name Temitope.

Tennison English
Means "son of Denis".

Tennyson English
Means "son of Denis".

Ter Avest Dutch
Means "at the edge, eave" indicating a person who lived at the edge of a forest or under a covered shelter.

Terrazas Spanish
Originally a name for a person from Terrazas in the Spanish city of Burgos, a place name meaning "terraces".

Thälmann German
From the given name Thilo. It was borne by the German communist party leader Ernst Thälmann (1886-1944).

Thatcher English
Referred to a person who thatched roofs by attaching straw to them, derived from Old English þæc meaning "thatch, roof". A famous bearer was the British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013).

Thibault French
Derived from the given name Thibault.

Thompson English
Means "son of Thomas".

Thorburn English, Scottish
Derived from the Old Norse given name Þórbjǫrn.

Thornton English
From any of the various places in England by this name, meaning "thorn town" in Old English.

Thurstan English
Derived from the Old Norse name Þórsteinn.

Tiedeman Low German
Variant of Tiedemann.

Toivonen Finnish
Derived from Finnish toivo meaning "hope".

Toledano Spanish
Derived from the name of the city of Toledo in Spain, which was from Latin Toletum, which may have been derived from a Celtic word meaning "hill".

Tómasson Icelandic
Means "son of Tómas".

Tomasson Swedish
Means "son of Tomas".

Torosian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Թորոսյան (see Torosyan).

Torosyan Armenian
Means "son of Toros" in Armenian.

Townsend English
Indicated a person who lived at the town's edge, from Old English tun "enclosure, yard, town" and ende "end, limit".

Traversa Italian
Italian form of Travers.

Traverse French
French variant of Travers.

Traversi Italian
Italian form of Travers.

Traverso Italian
Italian form of Travers.

Travieso Spanish
Spanish form of Travers.

Tremblay French
From French tremble meaning "aspen". It is especially widespread in Quebec, being the most common surname there.

Trengove English
Originally indicated a person from Trengove in Cornwall, England.

Troelsen Danish
Means "son of Troels".

Trujillo Spanish
Originally denoted a person from Trujillo, Spain, originally called Turgalium in Latin.

Tuominen Finnish
Derived from Finnish tuomi meaning "bird cherry".

Turnbull English, Scottish
Nickname for someone thought to be strong enough to turn around a bull.

Uchimura Japanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Uchiyama Japanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Urquhart Scottish
Derived from Brythonic ar "by" and cardden "thicket". This is the name of several places, the most famous being north of Loch Ness.

Valencia Spanish
From the name of the Spanish city of Valencia.

Valentin French, German
From the given name Valentin.

Valiente Spanish
From a nickname derived from Spanish valiente meaning "brave".

Van Aalst Dutch
Variant of Van Alst.

Van Aarle Dutch
Variant of Aarle.

Van Aller Dutch
Means "from the Aller", a river in Germany, of uncertain meaning.

Van Andel Dutch
Means "from Andel", a town in the Netherlands, possibly meaning "upper forest" in Old Dutch.

Van Assen Dutch
Means "from Assen", a city in the Netherlands, which is possibly from essen meaning "ash trees".

Van Breda Dutch
Means "from Breda", a city in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. It is derived from Dutch breed meaning "wide" and Aa, the name of a river.

Van Buren Dutch
Means "from Buren", a small town on the island of Ameland in the north of the Netherlands, as well as a small city in the Dutch province Gelderland. The place names derive from Old Dutch bur meaning "house, dwelling". In the 16th century the countess Anna van Buren married William of Orange, the founder of the Dutch royal family. A famous bearer of this surname was Martin van Buren (1782-1862), the eighth President of the United States.

Van Daele Dutch
Variant of Van Dalen.

Van Dalen Dutch
Means "from the valley", from Old Dutch dal meaning "valley".

Van Damme Flemish
Means "from Damme", the name of a town in Belgium, derived from Dutch dam meaning "dam". A famous bearer is the Belgian actor Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960-), who was born with the surname Van Varenberg.

Van de Ven Dutch
Variant of Van der Veen.

Vanhanen Finnish
From Finnish vanha meaning "old".

Van Hoorn Dutch
Dutch form of Horn.

Van Houte Dutch
Variant of Van Houten.

Van Laren Dutch
Variant of Van Laar.

Van Rompa Flemish (Rare)
Variant of Van Rompaey.

Van Rompu Flemish (Rare)
Variant of Van Rompaey.

Van 't Hout Dutch
Variant of Van Houten.

Van Vliet Dutch
Means "from the stream" in Dutch.

Vasiliou Greek
Means "son of Vasilios".

Veenstra Dutch
Derived from Dutch veen meaning "fen, swamp, peat".

Veronesi Italian
Variant of Verona.

Vervloet Flemish
Means "from the stream" in Dutch.

Villalba Spanish
Denoted a person from one of the various Spanish places by this name. It is derived from Spanish villa "town" and alba "white".

Vinković Croatian
Means "son of Vinko".

Virtanen Finnish
Derived from Finnish virta meaning "stream". This is the second most common surname in Finland.

Visscher Dutch
Variant of Visser.

Vlahović Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic from Serbo-Croatian Vlah meaning "Romanian, Wallachian".

Von Essen German
Means "from Essen", a city in Germany, possibly a derivative of Old High German asc meaning "ash tree".

Vonnegut German
Possibly from the German words von meaning "from, of, by" and gut meaning "good". A famous bearer was the American author Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007).

Vuorinen Finnish
From Finnish vuori meaning "mountain".

Waldroup English
Variant of Wardrobe.

Walmsley English
Originally denoted a person from the English town of Walmersley.

Wardrobe English
From Old French warder "to guard" and robe "garment", an occupational name for a servant responsible for the clothing in a household.

Watanabe Japanese
From Japanese 渡 (wata) meaning "cross, ferry" and 辺 (nabe) meaning "area, place".

Waterman 1 English
Means "servant of Walter".

Waterman 2 English, Dutch
Occupational name for a boatman or a water carrier. It could also describe a person who lived by water.

Wechsler German, Jewish
Means "money changer, banker", from German wechseln "to exchange".

Wedekind German
From the given name Widukind.

Westcott English
From any of the several English towns by this name, derived from Old English meaning "west cottage".

Wheatley English
From any of the various places in England with this name, meaning "wheat clearing" in Old English.

Wheelock English
Originally indicated a person from the town of Wheelock, England. It was named for the nearby River Wheelock, which is derived from Welsh chwylog meaning "winding".

Whitaker English
From a place name composed of Old English hwit "white" and æcer "field".

Willemse Dutch
Derived from the given name Willem.

Williams English
Means "son of William".

Winfield English
From various English place names, derived from Old English winn "meadow, pasture" and feld "field".

Winograd Jewish
Jewish form of Vinogradov.

Winthrop English
Habitational name from the place names Winthrope 1 or Winthrope 2.

Wirnhier German
From the given name Werner.

Wojewoda Polish
From the Polish title wojewoda meaning "governor, voivode" (originally meaning "warlord").

Woodcock English
Nickname referring to the woodcock bird.

Woodhams English
Variant of Woodham.

Woodward English
Occupational name for a forester, meaning "ward of the wood" in Old English.

Xylander German
From Greek ξύλον (xylon) meaning "wood, timber" and ἀνδρός (andros) meaning "man". This surname was a Greek translation of German surnames of the same meaning.

Yamamoto Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Yamasaki Japanese
Variant of Yamazaki.

Yamauchi Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Yamazaki Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Yoshioka Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Yukimura Japanese
From Japanese 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Zambrano Spanish
Possibly a habitational name for someone from Zambrana, a town in the province of Álava in Spain.

Zamorano Spanish
Originally denoted a person from Zamora, the name of both a province in Spain and its capital city.

Zapatero Spanish
Spanish cognate of Savatier.

Ziemniak Polish
Means "potato" in Polish.

Živković Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Živko".

Zoltánfi Hungarian
Means "son of Zoltán".

Żukowski Polish
From various Polish towns named Żukowo or Żuków, which are derived from żuk meaning "beetle".

Zupančič Slovene
Patronymic form of Zupan.

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