This is a list of surnames in which the categories include noble titles.
BaroneItalian From the title barone"baron", derived via Latin from Frankish baro "man, warrior, servant".
ChevalierFrench From a nickname derived from French chevalier meaning "knight", from Late Latin caballarius "horseman", Latin caballus "horse".
ContiItalian From the Italian noble title conte meaning "count", derived from Latin comes. It denoted a person who worked for a count or, in rare cases, was a count.
DukeEnglish From the noble title, which was originally from Latin dux "leader". It was a nickname for a person who behaved like a duke, or who worked in a duke's household.
EarlEnglish From the aristocratic title, which derives from Old English eorl meaning "nobleman, warrior". It was either a nickname for one who acted like an earl, or an occupational name for a person employed by an earl.
FürstGerman From a nickname meaning "(sovereign) prince" in German. The word fürst itself is derived from Old High German furisto "first".
GrafGerman From the German noble title Graf meaning "count", ultimately from Greek γραφεύς (grapheus) meaning "scribe".
HeerenDutch From Dutch heer"lord, master", a nickname for a person who acted like a lord or who worked for a lord.
HerzogGerman From a German title meaning "duke", a nickname for a person who either acted like a duke or worked in a duke's household.
HouChinese From Chinese 侯 (hóu) meaning "lord, nobleman".
HraběCzech Means "count" in Czech, perhaps used to denote someone who worked for a count or acted like a count.
JonkerDutch From the Dutch title jonkheer meaning "young lord". It was originally a medieval noble designation (not an actual title) for a young nobleman.
KaiserGerman From Middle High German keiser meaning "emperor", originally a nickname applied to someone who acted kingly. The title ultimately derives from the Roman name Caesar.
KaurIndian (Sikh) Means "princess", ultimately from Sanskrit कुमारी (kumari) meaning "girl". In 1699 Guru Gobind Singh gave all his Sikh female followers the surname Kaur and all males Singh. In many instances, it is also used as a middle name with the family name serving as the surname.
KhanUrdu, Pashto, Bengali From a title meaning "king, ruler", probably of Mongolian origin but used in many languages.
KingEnglish From Old English cyning"king", originally a nickname for someone who either acted in a kingly manner or who worked for or was otherwise associated with a king. A famous bearer was the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968).
KirályHungarian Means "king" in Hungarian, of Slavic origin (a cognate of Król).
KneževićCroatian, Serbian Patronymic of Serbo-Croatian knez meaning "prince" (ultimately of Germanic origin).
KönigsmannGerman Means "king's man", or someone who played a king in a play.
KrólPolish Means "king" in Polish. The name referred to one who acted like a king or was connected in some way with a king's household.
MarchesiItalian From the Italian title marchese meaning "marquis". It was probably a nickname for a person who behaved like a marquis or worked in the household of a marquis.
PajariFinnish Means "boyar", the Finnish form of the Russian noble title боярин (boyarin).
PrinzGerman, Jewish Means "prince", used as an ornamental name by Jews or as a nickname for someone who acted in a princely manner.
PulkrábekCzech Derived from the medieval status name purkrabí meaning "burgrave". It is derived from German Burggraf meaning "castle count".
QueenEnglish From a given name that was derived from Old English cwen meaning "queen, woman". In some occurrences it may have been a nickname.
Rey 1English, Spanish, French, Catalan Means "king" in Old French, Spanish and Catalan, ultimately from Latin rex (genitive regis), perhaps originally denoting someone who acted like a king.