This is a list of surnames in which the categories include greatness.
De GrootDutch From Dutch groot meaning "big, great".
GrantEnglish, Scottish Derived from Norman French meaning "grand, tall, large, great". A famous bearer was the American general and president Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885).
IhejirikaIgbo Means "the one that I have is greater" in Igbo.
MoranIrish Anglicized form of Irish Ó Móráin meaning "descendant of Mórán", a given name meaning "great, large".
NobleEnglish, Scottish From a nickname meaning "noble, high-born, illustrious", derived via Middle English and Old French from Latin nobilis. In some cases the nickname may have been given ironically to people of the opposite character.
SterlingScottish Derived from city of Stirling, which is itself of unknown meaning.