This is a list of surnames in which the categories include boundaries.
AveskampDutch From a place name meaning "edge of camp" in Dutch.
CostaPortuguese, Italian, Catalan Means "riverbank, slope, coast" in Portuguese, Italian and Catalan, ultimately from Latin meaning "side, edge".
CrawfordEnglish From a place name derived from Old English crawa "crow" and ford "river crossing".
Hayes 1English From various English place names that were derived from Old English hæg meaning "enclosure, fence". A famous bearer was American President Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893).
HaywardEnglish Occupational name for a person who protected an enclosed forest, from Old English hæg "enclosure, fence" and weard "guard".
KeatonEnglish From any of three English place names: Ketton in Rutland, Ketton in Durham or Keaton in Devon. The first is probably derived from an old river name or tribal name combined with Old English ea "river", with the spelling later influenced by tun "enclosure, yard, town". The second is from the Old English given name Catta or the Old Norse given name Káti combined with Old English tun. The third is possibly from Cornish kee "hedge, bank" combined with Old English tun.
LangfordEnglish From any of various places in England with this name, derived from Old English lang "long" and ford "ford, river crossing".
LedfordEnglish From the name of English places called Lydford, derived from hlud meaning "loud, noisy" and ford meaning "ford, river crossing".
LjungstrandSwedish From Swedish ljung (Old Norse lyng) meaning "heather" and strand (Old Norse strǫnd) meaning "beach".
MarchegianoItalian 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.
MarquardtGerman From Old High German marka "border, boundary" and wart "protector". This was an occupational name for a border guard.
MarsdenEnglish From a place name derived from Old English mearc "boundary" and denu "valley".
MerrittEnglish From an English place name meaning "boundary gate".
Murray 1Scottish Derived from the region in Scotland called Moray (Gaelic Moireabh), possibly of Pictish origin, meaning "seashore, coast". A notable bearer of this surname was General James Murray (1721-1794), who was the first British Governor-General of Canada.
OvertonEnglish Denoted a person who hailed from one of the various places in England called Overton, meaning "upper settlement" or "riverbank settlement" in Old English.
ParedesPortuguese, Spanish Denoted a person who lived near a wall, from Portuguese parede and Spanish pared meaning "wall", both derived from Latin paries.
RantaFinnish Originally indicated a person who lived near the shore, from Finnish ranta meaning "shore, beach".
RibeiroPortuguese Means "little river, stream" in Portuguese, ultimately from Latin riparius meaning "riverbank".
RivaItalian Means "bank, shore" in Italian, from Latin ripa, denoting one who lived by a river or a lake.
RiveraSpanish From Spanish ribera meaning "bank, shore", from Latin riparius.
RiversEnglish Denoted a person who lived near a river, from Middle English, from Old French riviere meaning "river", from Latin riparius meaning "riverbank".
SchoorlDutch Originally indicated a person from the town of Schoorl in the province of Noord-Holland in the Netherlands. It means "forest by the shore" in Dutch.
SharrowEnglish Originally a name for someone from Sharrow, England, derived from Old English scearu "boundary" and hoh "point of land, heel".
StorstrandNorwegian Originally denoted someone from Storstrand farm in Norway, derived from stor meaning "big" and strand meaning "beach".
StrandNorwegian, Swedish, Danish From Old Norse strǫnd meaning "beach, sea shore". It was originally given to someone who lived on or near the sea.
Ter AvestDutch Means "at the edge, eave" indicating a person who lived at the edge of a forest or under a covered shelter.
TownsendEnglish Indicated a person who lived at the town's edge, from Old English tun "enclosure, yard, town" and ende "end, limit".
UnderwoodEnglish Means "dweller at the edge of the woods", from Old English under and wudu.
Waller 2English Derived from Old English weall meaning "wall", denoting a builder of walls or someone who lived near a prominent wall.
WallinSwedish From Swedish vall meaning "wall, bank" (ultimately of Latin origin).
WaltonEnglish From the name of any of several villages in England, derived from Old English wealh "foreigner, Celt", weald "forest", weall "wall", or wille "well, spring, water hole" combined with tun "enclosure, yard, town".
WindsorEnglish From the name of a few English towns, one notably the site of Windsor Castle. Their names mean "riverbank with a windlass" in Old English, a windlass being a lifting apparatus. In 1917 the British royal family adopted this name (after Windsor Castle), replacing their previous name Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
ZingelJewish From Middle High German zingel"defensive wall". This name was originally applied to a person who lived near the outermost wall of a castle.