This is a list of surnames in which the categories include grains.
BarlowEnglish Derived from a number of English place names that variously mean "barley hill", "barn hill", "boar clearing" or "barley clearing".
BarnesEnglish Denoted a person who worked or lived in a barn. The word barn is derived from Old English bere "barley" and ærn "dwelling".
BartonEnglish From a place name meaning "barley town" in Old English.
CropperEnglish Occupational name derived from Middle English croppe"crop", referring to a fruit picker or a crop reaper.
DreschnerGerman Derived from Middle High German dreschen"to thresh". A thresher was a person who separated the grains from a cereal plant by beating it.
FarinaItalian Occupational name for a miller, derived from Italian farina"flour".
FarroItalian Derived from the name of a place on Sicily, Italy, derived from Latin far meaning "wheat, spelt".
Garner 1English From Old French gernier meaning "granary", a derivative of Latin granum meaning "grain". This name could refer to a person who worked at a granary or lived near one.
GerstGerman Occupational name for a barley farmer, derived from Old High German gersta"barley".
GrangerEnglish, French Means "farm bailiff" from Old French grangier, ultimately from Latin granum meaning "grain". It is borne in the Harry Potter novels by Harry's friend Hermione Granger.
HaberGerman, Jewish Occupational name for one who grew or sold oats, derived from Old High German habaro"oat". As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.
HaberkornGerman Occupational name for a dealer in oats, derived from Old High German habaro "oat" and korn "kernel, grain".
JasoBasque Derived from Basque jats meaning "sorghum", a type of cereal grass.
RyeEnglish Topographic name. It could be a misdivision of the Middle English phrases atter ye meaning "at the island" or atter eye meaning "at the river". In some cases it merely indicated a person who lived where rye was grown or worked with rye (from Old English ryge).
Segal 2French Occupational name for a grower or seller of rye, from Old French, from Latin secale"rye".
Spijker 1Dutch Denoted a dweller by or worker at a granary, from Dutch spijker"granary".
TakedaJapanese From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
WheatleyEnglish From any of the various places in England with this name, meaning "wheat clearing" in Old English.
ŽitnikSlovene From the Slavic root žito meaning "rye, grain". This was an occupational name for a dealer in rye or a baker.