This is a list of surnames in which the categories include death.
Bourreau 2French Occupational name for an executioner or torturer, derived from bourrer "to hit, to stuff with cloth" (derived from French boure "stuffing").
HepburnEnglish, Scottish From northern English place names meaning "high burial mound" in Old English. It was borne by Mary Queen of Scot's infamous third husband, James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwall. Other famous bearers include the actresses Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) and Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).
KelloggEnglish Occupational name for a pig butcher, from Middle English killen "to kill" and hog "pig, swine, hog".
KirchnerGerman Derived from Middle High German kirchenaere meaning "sexton".
LiuChinese From Chinese 刘 (liú) meaning "kill, destroy". This was the surname of Chinese emperors of the Han dynasty.
MortimerEnglish From the name of a town in Normandy meaning "dead water, still water" in Old French.
SextonEnglish Occupational name for a sexton (Middle English sexteyn), a caretaker for a church or graveyard.
TornincasaItalian From a medieval Italian name given to a boy born after the death of a previous one, derived from Italian ritorna in casa "come back home".
Van LeeuwenDutch Means "from Leeuwen", the name of towns in the Dutch provinces of Gelderland and Limburd. The place names may be from the Old Dutch word leo meaning "hill, burial mound".