Submitted Surnames with "area" in Meaning

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword area.
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Aal Estonian
Aal is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "ala" meaning "field", "area" and "range".
Aas Estonian
Aas is an Estonian surname meaning "lea" or "open grassy area".
Aasala Estonian
Aasala is an Estonian surname meaning "wild/meadow area".
Aassalu Estonian
Aassalu is an Estonian surname meaning "lea (open grassy area) grove".
Aidla Estonian
Aidla is an Estonian surname meaning "store/goods area".
Alajõe Estonian
Alajõe is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region water".
Alakivi Estonian
Alakivi is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region stone".
Alaküla Estonian
Alaküla is an Estonian surname meaning "village area".
Alamaa Estonian
Alamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "field/area land".
Alamäe Estonian
Alamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region hill/mountain".
Alamets Estonian
Alamets is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region forest".
Alaoja Estonian
Alaoja is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region creek".
Alas Estonian
Alas is an Estonian surname, derived from either "ala-" meaning "area" and "region"; or "alasti", meaning "bald" and "nude"; "alastus" means "bareness".
Alasalu Estonian
Alasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region grove".
Alasoo Estonian
Alasoo is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region swamp".
Alatalu Estonian
Alatalu is an Estonian surname meaning "area farm/farmstead".
Alaväli Estonian
Alaväli is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region field".
Alavee Estonian
Alavee is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region water".
Buschiazzo Italian
It's a surname in northern Italy (Piedmont). It emerges from the German spelling Bosch or Busch and this means "forest" or "wooded area".
Cabatuan Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano kabatoan meaning "rocky area, rocky place".
Caderas Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and dera "free area".
Chénier French
French surname which indicated one who lived in an oak wood or near a conspicuous oak tree, derived from Old French chesne "oak" (Late Latin caxinus). In some cases it may be from a Louisiana dialectical term referring to "an area of shrub oak growing in sandy soil" (i.e., "beach ridge, usually composed of sand-sized material resting on clay or mud... [more]
Ehala Estonian
Ehala is an Estonian surname meaning "sunset glow/twilight area".
Ferrar English
The Ferrars are the Lincolnshire branch of the noble De Ferrers family. The latter having been linked to Tamworth Castle, manors in Baddesley Clinton, Tutbury Castle and the now ruined Groby Castle as well as many other estates around the UK.... [more]
Fukube Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".
Hamabe Japanese
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".
Heinla Estonian
Heinla is an Estonian surname meaning "hay area".
Hutabalian Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and balian meaning "rice field, farm, outside".
Hutabarat Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and barat meaning "west".
Hutagalung Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and galung meaning "embankment, dike, cleared field".
Hutagaol Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and gaol meaning "banana".
Hutajulu Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and julu meaning "upstream".
Hutapea Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and pea meaning "marsh, swamp, reservoir, lowland".
Hutauruk Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and uruk meaning "upper, above" or "bone leaves (a type of plant)".
Järvela Estonian
Järvela is an Estonian surname meaning "lake area".
Joala Estonian
Joala is an Estonian surname derived from "jõe" ("fluvial") and "ala" ("field" or "area").
Jõgila Estonian
Jõgila is an Estonian surname meaning "river area".
Kaljula Estonian
Kaljula is an Estonian surname meaning "rock/cliff area".
Kanno Japanese
From the Japanese 菅 (kan or suga) "sedge" and 野 (no) "field," "area." This name can also be read as Sugano.
Kawabe Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".
Kawano Japanese
From the Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa or gawa) and 野 (no) "field," "area."
Kelty Scottish
From the name of a village in Fife, Scotland, which was derived from Scottish Gaelic coillte "wooded area, grove".
Kergoat Breton, French
From Breton ker "Village" or "Area" and koad "Woods".
Kerhervé Breton
From Breton ker "Village" or "Area" and the name Hervé.
Kindikeri Telugu
The word ‘Kindi’ meaning “lower or down” in the Telugu language, while ‘Keri’ means “area,”land or street” in Kannada.... [more]
Krajewski Polish (Rare)
Habitational name taken from places in Poland named with Polish kraj "border area".
Laasik Estonian
Laasik is an Estonian surname meaning "woodland area/stand".
Leland English
derived from the Old English elements leah "wood, clearing, meadow" or læge "fallow" and land "land, area"... [more]
Lucht German, Dutch
Topographic name from Lucht "cleared area, garden", ultimately from Old German leuhtą "light".
Luhtla Estonian
Luhtla is an Estonian surname meaning "marsh/glade area".
Lumbantoruan Batak
From Batak lumban meaning "village, hamlet" and toruan meaning "lower (area or place), below".
Maeno Japanese
From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 野 (no) meaning "area, field, wilderness".
Mändla Estonian
Mändla is an Estonian surname meaning "pine area".
Metsala Estonian
Metsala is an Estonian surname meaning "forest area".
Metsla Estonian
Metsla is an Estonian surname meaning "forest area".
Metslang Estonian
Metslang is an Estonian surname meaning "forest cutting area"; derived from the compounds "mets "forest" and "lank" (cutting area).
Mudd English
Either (i) "person who lives in a muddy area"; (ii) from the medieval female personal name Mudd, a variant of Maud (variously Mahalt, Mauld, Malt, vernacular versions of Anglo-Norman Matilda); or (iii) from the Old English personal name Mōd or Mōda, a shortened form of various compound names beginning with mōd "courage".
Nobira Japanese
From the Japanese 野 (no) "field," "area" and 平 (hira) "peace."
Noda Japanese
Combination of the kanji 野 (no, "area, field, hidden part of a structure; wild, rustic") and 田 (ta, "rice paddy, field"). A famous bearer of this surname is Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (野田 佳彦; b. 1957).
Nõmmela Estonian
Nõmmela is an Estonian surname meaning "heath area".
Noodla Estonian
Noodla is an Estonian surname meaning "seine/fishing area".
Õisla Estonian
Õisla is an Estonian surname meaning "floral/blossom area".
Ōno Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (oo) "big" and 野 (no) "field," "area."
Orgla Estonian
Orgla is an Estonian surname meaning "valley area".
Otsla Estonian
Otsla is an Estonian surname meaning "cusp/tip area".
Pajula Estonian
Pajula is an Estonian surname meaning "willow area".
Pind Estonian
Pind is an Estonian surname meaning "surface" and "area".
Põhjala Estonian
Põhjala is an Estonian surname meaning "the North" and "Northern area" as well as "Norse".
Pol Dutch
From Middle Dutch pol "tussock, grassy hill; area of raised ground in a fen".
Rahula Estonian
Rahula is an Estonian surname meaning "reef area".
Raidla Estonian
Raidla is an Estonian surname meaning "sculptural/hewed area".
Rajala Estonian
Rajala is an Estonian surname meaning "boundary area/field".
Randla Estonian
Randla is an Estonian surname meaning "coastal area".
Ridala Estonian
Ridala is an Estonia surname meaning "set, line, or range" "area".
Riedel German
Derived from Middle High German riet "damp, mossy area".
Romsey English
From the town of Romsey in Hampshire, England. The surname itself is derived from Old English rum meaning "broad", and ey meaning "area of dry land in a marsh."
Saarela Estonian
Saarela is an Estonian surname meaning "island area".
Sackhoff German
Occupational name for a farmer who cultivated land to grow plants, particularly crops, derived from Middle High German sack meaning "sack, end of a valley, area of cultivation" and hof meaning "farmstead, manor, farm"... [more]
Sawabe Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".
Soodla Estonian
Soodla is an Estonian surname meaning "favorable/beneficial area".
Stanwood English (American)
From Old English stan meaning "stone, rock" and weald meaning "forest, wooded area".
Sugano Japanese
From the Japanese 菅 (suga or kan) "sedge" and 野 (no) "field," "area." This name can also be read as Kanno.
Tanabe Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 辺 or 邊 (nabe) meaning "area, place".
Tarafdar Bengali
From a title which denoted a holder of a taraf (a type of administrative division formerly used in South Asia), itself derived from Arabic طرف (taraf) meaning "area, section, side" and the Persian suffix دار (dar) indicating ownership.
Town English
topographic name from Middle English toun(e) th one tun(e) "town village settlement" (Old English tun) often in the senses "primary settlement within an area" "manor estate" and "hamlet farm" for someone who lived in such a place.
Urbla Estonian
Urbla is an Estonian surname meaning "catkin area".
Uusla Estonian
Uusla is an Estonian surname meaning "new field/area".
Vaikla Estonian
Vaikla is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet area".
Van Der Spek Dutch
Habitational name derived from Middle Dutch specke "log dam, bridge of tree trunks, road through a marshy area".
Van Dongen Dutch
Means "from Dongen", a village in North Brabant, Netherlands, derived from donk "sandy hill (in marshy area)".
Van Vucht Dutch
Means "from Vucht", a place name probably derived from Middle Dutch vucht "humid area, wetland".
Van Wert Dutch (Americanized, Archaic), Flemish
Habitational name for someone from places in Belgium and the Netherlands called Weert, (De) Weerd, Weerde, or Waarde, all derived from Middle Dutch wert "holm, area surrounded by rivers".
Veedla Estonian
Veedla is an Estonian surname meaning "watery/waters area".
Veskila Estonian
Veskila is an Estonian surname meaning "(water)mill area".
Watney English
Probably means "person from Watney", an unidentified place in England (the second syllable means "island, area of dry land in a marsh"; cf. Rodney, Whitney)... [more]
Weld English
Meant "one who lives in or near a forest (or in a deforested upland area)", from Middle English wold "forest" or "cleared upland". A famous bearer is American actress Tuesday Weld (1943-).
Yamanobe Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".
Zalusky Ukrainian
Derives from the Slavic word zalew, meaning "bay" or "flooded area". Given to families who lived near water or areas that flooded often.