Surnames of Length 11

Abatantuono Italian
From Italian abate meaning "abbot, priest" combined with the given name Antonio.

Abbandonato Italian
Means "forsaken, abandoned" in Italian.

Abbatangelo Italian
Variant of Abatangelo.

Abbaticchio Italian
Means "little abbot" from Italian abate and the diminutive suffix -icchio, from Latin -iculus.

Abdullayeva f Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Feminine form of Abdullayev.

Abdulrashid Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd ar-Rashid.

Abrahamsson Swedish
Means "son of Abraham".

Acquafredda Italian
Denoted a person who came from one of the various places in Italy with this name, derived from Italian meaning "cold water".

Adomaitienė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Adomaitis. This form is used by married women.

Albrektsson Swedish
Variant of Albrechtsson.

Albuquerque Portuguese
From the name of the Spanish town of Alburquerque, near the Portuguese border in the province of Badajoz. It is probably derived from Latin alba quercus meaning "white oak".

Aleksandrov m Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Aleksandr".

Archambault French
From the archaic French given name Archambault, which is related to Archibald.

Balčiūnaitė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Balčiūnas. This form is used by unmarried women.

Balčiūnienė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Balčiūnas. This form is used by married women.

Baumgärtner German
Variant of Baumgartner.

Baumgartner German
Occupational name for a person who worked or lived at an orchard, from German Baumgarten "orchard" (derived from Baum "tree" and Garten "garden").

Beckenbauer German
Means "farmer living by a stream" in German.

Bellincioni Italian
Means "son of Bellincione", from a medieval name (borne for example by Dante's grandfather) that was probably a derivative of Italian bello "beautiful, fair".

Benjaminson English
Means "son of Benjamin".

Bergamaschi Italian
Originally indicated an inhabitant of the city of Bergamo in Lombardy.

Blackbourne English
Variant of Blackburn.

Bonaventura Italian
From the given name Bonaventura.

Borislavova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Borislavov.

Bouwmeester Dutch
Means "architect, builder" in Dutch.

Boyadzhieva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Boyadzhiev.

Bozhidarova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Bozhidarov.

Brassington English
From a place name, which is derived from Old English meaning "settlement by a steep path".

Brinkerhoff German
From a German place name meaning "farm near a slope".

Burgstaller German
From German Burg "fortress, castle" and Stelle "place, position". This was a name given to a person dwelling at or near such a site.

Cadwallader Welsh
From the given name Cadwalader.

Chamberlain English
Occupational name for one who looked after the inner rooms of a mansion, from Norman French chambrelain.

Charbonneau French
Derived from a diminutive form of French charbon "charcoal", a nickname for a person with black hair or a dark complexion.

Charpentier French
French cognate of Carpenter, derived from Old French charpentier.

Christensen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Christen 1".

Christinsen English
Means "son of Christian".

Christopher English
Derived from the given name Christopher.

Collingwood English
From a place name, itself derived from Old French chalenge meaning "disputed" and Middle English wode meaning "woods".

Constantino Portuguese
From the given name Constantino.

Copperfield Literature
Created from the English words copper and field by the author Charles Dickens, who used it for the title character in his novel David Copperfield (1850).

Cruickshank Scottish
From a nickname meaning "bent leg" in Scots.

Čtvrtníková f Czech
Feminine form of Čtvrtník.

De Laurentis Italian
Means "son of Lorenzo", a Latinized form of the given name.

Dragomirova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Dragomirov.

Dwerryhouse English
Indicated a person who worked or lived at a dyehouse, which is a place where dyeing was done.

Evangelista Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Means "evangelist" in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

Fitzpatrick Irish
Means "son of Patrick" in Anglo-Norman, usually adopted as an Anglicization of Mac Giolla Phádraig.

Fitzsimmons Irish
Means "son of Simon 1" in Anglo-Norman French.

Fitzwilliam Irish
Means "son of William" in Anglo-Norman French.

Frederiksen Danish
Means "son of Frederik".

Fredriksson Swedish
Means "son of Fredrik".

Furnadjieva f Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Фурнаджиева (see Furnadzhieva).

Furnadzhiev m Bulgarian
Occupational name for a baker, derived from Bulgarian фурна (furna) meaning "oven" (of Latin origin).

Gerhardsson Swedish
Means "son of Gerhard".

Goldschmidt German
Occupational name meaning "goldsmith" in German.

Gulbrandsen Norwegian
Means "son of Gulbrand" in Norwegian.

Haralampiev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Haralampi".

Harmaajärvi Finnish
Means "grey lake" in Finnish.

Harutyunyan Armenian
Means "son of Harutyun" in Armenian.

Herbertsson Swedish
Swedish form of Herbertson.

Hoedemaeker Dutch
Variant of Hoedemaker.

Hoedemakers Dutch
Variant of Hoedemaker.

Horvatinčić Croatian
Patronymic derived from Horvat.

Ibrahimović Bosnian
Means "son of Ibrahim".

Ingersleben German
From the name of the town of Ingersleben, Germany, which meant "Inge's village".

Johannessen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Johannes".

Jughashvili Georgian (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. One theory suggests Ossetian roots with the meaning "son of the herder", derived from Ossetian дзуг (dzug) meaning "herd, flock, troop". Alternately, it could be derived from the name of the village of ჯუღაანი (Jughaani) in eastern Georgia. The most notable bearer was Joseph Stalin (1878-1953), born Ioseb Jughashvili, a leader of the Soviet Union.

Kalbfleisch German
Occupational name for a butcher who dealt in veal, from German kalb meaning "calf" and fleisch meaning "meat".

Kaloyanchev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Kaloyan".

Karagiannis m Greek
From the Greek prefix καρα (kara) meaning "black, dark" (of Turkish origin) and the given name Giannis.

Karjalainen Finnish
Derived from Finnish Karjala meaning "Karelia". Karelia is an area on the border between Finland and Russia.

Koenigsmann German
Variant of Königsmann.

Kristiansen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Kristian".

Kwiatkowska f Polish
Feminine form of Kwiatkowski.

Kwiatkowski m Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations named Kwiatków, Kwiatkowo or Kwiatkowice, named from a diminutive of Polish kwiat meaning "flower".

Lagomarsino Italian
Derived from the name of the village of Lagomarsino near Genoa.

Leeuwenhoek Dutch
Means "lion's corner" in Dutch. The first bearer of this name lived on the corner (Dutch hoek) of the Lion's Gate (Dutch Leeuwenpoort) in the city of Delft.

Lennartsson Swedish
Means "son of Lennart".

Leonardsson Swedish
Variant of Lennartsson.

Lewandowska f Polish
Feminine form of Lewandowski.

Lewandowski m Polish
From the Polish estate name Lewandów, which is itself possibly derived from a personal name or from lawenda "lavender".

Lichtenberg Jewish
Means "light hill" in German.

Ljungstrand Swedish
From Swedish ljung (Old Norse lyng) meaning "heather" and strand (Old Norse strǫnd) meaning "beach".

Mac Alastair Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McAlister.

MacAlastair Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McAlister.

Mac an Bhaird Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Ward 2.

Mac an Ghoill Irish, Scottish Gaelic
Gaelic form of McGill.

Mac an tSaoir Scottish Gaelic
Gaelic form of McIntyre.

MacAonghais Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of MacInnes.

Mac Cléirich Irish
Means "son of the clerk" in Irish.

MacClelland Irish, Scottish
Variant of McClelland.

Mac Cnáimhín Irish
Means "son of Cnámh". The Irish given name Cnámh means "bone".

MacCoinnich Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of MacKenzie.

MacCoughlan Irish
Means "son of Cochlán". The given name Cochlán is derived from Irish cochal meaning "cape" or "hood".

Mac Daibhéid Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McDevitt.

Mac Diarmada Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McDermott.

Mac Eachairn Scottish Gaelic
Means "son of Eacharn", where the given name Eacharn is from the Old Irish name Echthigern.

MacEòghainn Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Mac Eoghain.

Mac Ghabhann Irish
Means "son of the smith" in Irish.

MacGillEain Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McLean.

Mac Giolla Rí Irish
Means "son of the king's servant" in Irish.

MacGriogair Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of MacGregor.

MacGuinness Irish
Variant of McGuinness.

Mac Maghnuis Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McManus.

Mac Naoimhín Irish
Means "son of Naomhán" in Irish.

Mac Pharlain Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McFarlane.

MacPhàrlain Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McFarlane.

Mac Ruaidhrí Irish
Irish form of McCrory.

MacRuaraidh Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McCrory.

Mac Shuibhne Scottish Gaelic
Variant of Mac Suibhne.

Mag Aonghuis Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McGuinness.

Mag Eochadha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McGough.

Manfredonia Italian
Originally indicated a person from Manfredonia, Italy. The city was named for the 13th-century King Manfred of Sicily.

Marchegiano Italian
From the name of the Marche region in Italy, derived from Late Latin marca meaning "borderland". It was the real surname of the American boxer Rocky Marciano (1923-1969), who was born Rocco Marchegiano.

Martikainen Finnish
From a diminutive of the given name Martti.

Máselníková f Czech (Rare)
Feminine form of Máselník.

Mendelssohn Jewish
Means "son of Mendel".

Michailidis m Greek
Means "son of Michail" in Greek.

Michailidou f Greek
Feminine form of Michailidis.

Michelakaki f Greek
Feminine form of Michelakakis.

Mikołajczak Polish
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Mikołaj.

Milovanović Serbian
Means "son of Milovan".

Mladenovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mladenovski.

Mladenovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Mladen".

Mlynáriková f Slovak
Feminine form of Mlynárik.

Morgenstern German, Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "morning star" in German.

Mottershead English
From the name of a lost place in Cheshire, derived from the Old English byname Motere meaning "speaker" and heafod meaning "headland".

Nakabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Navrátilová f Czech
Feminine form of Navrátil.

Nibhanupudi Telugu
From the name of a village in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Ó Cathasaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Casey.

Ó Cinnéidigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Kennedy.

Ó Comhraidhe Irish
Means "descendant of Comhraidhe", in which the given name Comhraidhe is of unknown meaning.

Ó Corraidhín Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Curran.

Ó Deoradháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Doran.

Ó Díomasaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Dempsey.

Ó Donnchadha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Donoghue.

Ó Donnghaile Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Donnelly.

Ó Dubhghaill Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Doyle.

Ó Dubhshláin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Dolan.

Ó Dubhthaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Duffy 1.

Ó Fallamháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Fallon.

Ó Fionnagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Finnegan.

Ó Flannagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Flanagan.

Ó hIfearnáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Heffernan.

Olofsdotter Swedish
Means "daughter of Olof".

Ó Maoil Riain Irish
Means "descendant of a follower of Rian", derived from Irish maol meaning "follower".

Oppenheimer German
Originally indicated a person from Oppenheim, Germany, perhaps meaning "marshy home". A notable bearer was the American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967).

Ó Proinntigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Prunty.

Outterridge English
Derived from the Old English given name Uhtric.

Papaioannou Greek
Means "son of Ioannis the priest", from Greek πάπας (papas) combined with the given name Ioannis.

Paternoster English, Italian
Occupational name for a maker of rosaries, also called paternosters. They are derived from the Latin phrase pater noster "our Father", the opening words of the Lord's Prayer.

Pavlovskaya f Russian
Feminine form of Pavlovsky.

Petraitienė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Petraitis. This form is used by married women.

Poingdestre Jèrriais
Jèrriais form of Poindexter.

Ponomarenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian пономар (ponomar) meaning "sexton, bell-ringer".

Pospíšilová f Czech
Feminine form of Pospíšil.

Procházková f Czech
Feminine form of Procházka.

Pulkrábková f Czech
Feminine form of Pulkrábek.

Quattrocchi Italian
From Italian quattro meaning "four" and occhi meaning "eyes", a nickname for a person who wore glasses. It is usually found in Sicily.

Romeijnders Dutch
From Dutch Romein meaning "Roman, person from Rome".

Rooijakkers Dutch
Means "red field", from Dutch rood "red" and akker "field".

Rosenberger German, Jewish
Variant of Rosenberg.

Schovajsová f Czech
Feminine form of Schovajsa.

Schuhmacher German
From the Middle High German occupational name schuochmacher meaning "shoemaker".

Schultheiss German
Variant of Schulz.

Schultheiß German
Variant of Schulz.

Shakespeare English
From a nickname for a warlike person, from Old English scacan "to shake" and spere "spear". A famous bearer was the English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare (1564-1616).

Shaughnessy Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Seachnasaigh.

Sienkiewicz Polish
Patronymic from the given name Sienko, an old diminutive of Szymon. This was the surname of the Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916).

Sigurðsson Icelandic
Means "son of Sigurður".

Silverstein Jewish
Variant of Zilberstein.

Skjeggestad Norwegian
From a place name, derived from Norwegian skjegg "beard" and stad "town, place".

Stainthorpe English
Originally indicated a person from Staindrop, County Durham, England, derived from Old English stæner meaning "stony ground" and hop meaning "valley".

Stankiewicz Polish
From a diminutive of Stanisław.

Stephanidis m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Στεφανίδης (see Stefanidis).

Stephanidou f Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Στεφανίδου (see Stefanidou).

Stojanovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Stojanovski.

Stojanovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Stojan".

Stoppelbein German
Means "stump leg" from Middle Low German stoppel "stump" and bein "leg".

Sulaymanova f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Sulaymanov.

Suleimenova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Suleimenov.

Summerfield English
Originally indicated the bearer was from a town of this name, derived from Old English sumor "summer" and feld "field".

Szczepańska f Polish
Feminine form of Szczepański.

Szczepański m Polish
Derived from the given name Szczepan.

Tchaikovsky m Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Чайковский (see Chaykovsky).

Tomaszewska f Polish
Feminine form of Tomaszewski.

Tomaszewski m Polish
From the name of various Polish places called Tomaszew or Tomaszewo, derived from the given name Tomasz.

Valentinova f Bulgarian, Russian
Feminine form of Valentinov.

Van Aalsburg Dutch
Means "from Aalsburg", which is possibly Adelsburg, composed of adal "noble" and burg "fortress".

Van Achteren Dutch
Variant of Van Agteren.

Van Adrichem Dutch
Variant of Adrichem.

Van Agthoven Dutch
Variant of Achthoven.

Van Arendonk Dutch
Variant of Arendonk.

Van Bokhoven Dutch
Means "from Bokhoven", a small town in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. It means "goat yards" in Dutch.

Van Buggenum Dutch
Means "from Buggenum", a small town in the middle of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.

Van den Akker Dutch
Means "from the field" in Dutch.

Van den Andel Dutch
Variant of Van Andel.

Van den Brink Dutch
Means "from the village center" in Dutch.

Van den Broek Dutch
Means "from the marsh" in Dutch.

Van der Stoep Dutch
Means "from the paved entrance", from Dutch stoep meaning "paved porch at the entrance to a house".

Van der Venne Dutch
Variant of Van der Veen.

Van de Vliert Dutch
Means "from the elderberry" in Dutch.

Van Hofwegen Dutch
Means "from Hofwegen", a town in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands, itself derived from Dutch hof "garden, courtyard" and weg "way, path, road".

Van Nifterik Dutch
Variant of Van Niftrik.

Van Oirschot Dutch
Means "from Oirschot", a town in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. It is possibly from Dutch oeros meaning "aurochs" and schoot meaning "projection (of land)".

Van Oorschot Dutch
Variant of Van Oirschot.

Van Willigen Dutch
Means "from the willows", from Old Dutch wilga "willow".

Velitchkova f Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Величкова (see Velichkova).

Vemulakonda Telugu
Indicated a person from the city of Vemula in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Ventimiglia Italian
From the name of the historical Italian city Ventimiglia, now near the French border, ultimately from Latin Albintimilium.

Vestergaard Danish
From a place name, derived from Danish vest "west" and gård "farm, yard".

Vinogradova f Russian
Feminine form of Vinogradov.

Walentowicz Polish
Means "son of Walenty".

Walkenhorst German
Possibly derived from a German place name Falkenhorst, from Falken meaning "falcons" and Horst meaning "thicket".

Winogrodzka f Polish
Feminine form of Winogrodzki.

Winogrodzki m Polish
Polish cognate of Vinogradov.

Witherspoon English
Originally given to a person who dwelt near a sheep enclosure, from Middle English wether "sheep" and spong "strip of land".

Wyrzykowska f Polish
Feminine form of Wyrzykowski.

Wyrzykowski m Polish
Possibly from the Polish place name Wyrzyki, of uncertain meaning, maybe "away from the river".

Zilberstein Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "silver stone", from Yiddish זילבער (zilber) and שטיין (tein), both of Old High German origin.

Žilinskaitė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Žilinskas. This form is used by unmarried women.

Žilinskienė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Žilinskas. This form is used by married women.

Zubizarreta Basque
Means "old bridge", from Basque zubia "bridge" and zahar "old". A famous bearer is the Spanish soccer player Andoni Zubizarreta (1961-).

Žukauskaitė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Žukauskas. This form is used by unmarried women.

Žukauskienė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Žukauskas. This form is used by married women.