Surnames Starting with U

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Uberti Italian
Derived from the given name Uberto.
Ubiña Basque
Possibly a variant of Urbina.
Uccello Italian
Means "bird" in Italian, either a nickname for a person who resembled a bird or an occupational name for a birdcatcher.
Uchimura Japanese
From Japanese (uchi) meaning "inside" and (mura) meaning "town, village".
Uchiyama Japanese
From Japanese (uchi) meaning "inside" and (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Ueda Japanese
From Japanese (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Uehara Japanese
From Japanese (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Ueno Japanese
From Japanese (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Uesugi Japanese
From Japanese (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and (sugi) meaning "cedar".
Uggeri Italian
Derived from the given name Edgardo.
Ughi Italian
From the given name Ugo.
Ulfsson Swedish
Means "son of Ulf".
Umar Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Umar.
Umarov m Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Umar".
Umarova f Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Umarov.
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.
Ungaretti Italian
Diminutive of Ungaro.
Ungaro Italian
Means "Hungarian" in Italian.
Ungureanu Romanian
From Romanian ungur meaning "Hungarian".
Unkle German
Possibly denoted a person from the town of Unkel in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Unruh German
Refers to a restless, fidgety, nervous person, from German unruhe meaning "unrest".
Unterbrink Low German
Means "dweller under the slope" from Old Saxon undar "under" and brink "edge, slope".
Upton English
Denoted a person hailing from one of the many towns in England bearing this name. The place name itself is derived from Old English upp "up" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Urano Japanese
From Japanese (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Urban m & u Czech, Slovak, Polish, German
Derived from the given name Urban.
Urbanová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Urban.
Urbańska f Polish
Feminine form of Urbański.
Urbański m Polish
Habitational name for a person from towns called Urbanowo or Urbanowice, derived from the given name Urban.
Urbina Basque
Derived from Basque ur "water" and bi "two", indicating a place where two waterways met.
Urbonaitė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Urbonas. This form is used by unmarried women.
Urbonas m Lithuanian
From the given name Urbonas.
Urbonienė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Urbonas. This form is used by married women.
Ureña Spanish
Probably derived from the name of Urueña, a town in the province of Valladolid, Spain, which is of unknown meaning.
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.
Utkin m Russian
Derived from Russian утка (utka) meaning "duck".
Utkina f Russian
Feminine form of Utkin.
Uzun Turkish
Means "long, tall" in Turkish.