Browse Submitted Surnames

Kanehara Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kaneki Japanese
This surname is used as 金城, 金木, 金気, 金喜, 兼城, 兼木 or 鹿子木 with 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane, -gane) meaning "gold," 兼 (ken, ka.neru, -ka.neru) meaning "and, concurrently," 城 (jou, shiro, ki) meaning "castle," 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood," 気 (ki, ke, iki) meaning "air, atmosphere, mood, mind, spirit," 喜 (ki, yoroko.basu, yoroko.bu) meaning "rejoice, take pleasure in," 鹿 (roku, ka, shika) meaning "deer" and 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of the Chinese zodiac)."

Kaneniwa Japanese
"Golden garden."

Kanie Japanese
From Japanese 蟹 (kani) meaning "crab" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Kanno Japanese
From the Japanese 菅 (kan or suga) "sedge" and 野 (no) "field," "area." This name can also be read as Sugano.

Kano Japanese
From Japanese 狩 (ka) meaning "hunt, gather" and 野 (no) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kanō Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 納 (nō) meaning "settlement, obtain, reap".

Kanō Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 納 (nō) meaning "settlement, obtain, reap".

Kanroji Japanese
Fron Japanese 甘 (kan) meaning "sweet", 露 (ro) meaning "dew" and 寺 (ji) meaning "temple".

Käosaar Estonian
Käosaar is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "käokann" ("campion"), "käoking" ("Aconitum"), or "käoline" ("cuckoo"), and "saar" ("island").

Kapela Polish
Occupational name for a musician, derived from Polish kapela "music band; court orchestra".

Kapeller German, German (Austrian)
Derived from Middle High German kappelle, kapelle "chapel", this name denoted someone who lived near a chapel.

Karadağ Turkish
From Turkish kara meaning "black" and dağ meaning "mountain".

Karadeniz Turkish
Means "black sea" in Turkish.

Karadere Turkish
Means "black creek" in Turkish.

Karakawa Japanese
Kara means "larch" and kawa means "river, stream".

Karbowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Karbowo in Torun voivodeship, a place so named from Polish karbowy "overseer (of farm laborers)", from karbowac "to make notches", i.e. to keep records.

Kari Finnish, German (Austrian), Slovene (?), Hungarian, Indian, Marathi
As a Finnish name, it is a topographic and ornamental name from kari "small island", "stony rapids", "sandbar", or "rocky place in a field". This name is found throughout Finland.... [more]

Karineeme Estonian
Karineeme is an Estonian surname meaning "reef cape". It is also the name of several locations in Estonia.

Karjahärm Estonian
Karjahärm is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "pasture (karjamaa) frost (härmatis)".

Karlsberg German
Means "Carl's Mountain" in German language, it is also used in other Germanic languages

Karlström Swedish
Literally means "Carl's stream" in Swedish.

Kasahara Japanese
From Japanese 笠 (kasa) meaning "conical hat" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kaselaid Estonian
Kaselaid is an Estonian surname meaning "birch islet".

Kasemaa Estonian
Kasemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "birch land".

Kasemets Estonian
Kasemets is an Estonian surname meaning "birch forest".

Kasenurm Estonian
Kasenurm is an Estonian surname meaning "birch meadow".

Kaseorg Estonian
Kaseorg is an Estonian surname meaning "birch valley".

Kasepõld Estonian
Kasepõld is an Estonian surname meaning "birch field".

Kasesalu Estonian
Kasesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "birch grove".

Kasetalu Estonian
Kasetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "birch farmstead".

Kashgari Uyghur, Arabic
Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Kashgar, located in the Xinjiang region of western China. The city's name is of Persian origin probably meaning "rock mountain".

Kashihara Japanese
Kashi means "candy" and hara means "plain, field".

Kashima Japanese
From Japanese 鹿 (ka) meaning "deer" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kashimura Japanese
From Japanese 樫 (kashi) meaning "oak" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Kashiwabara Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kashiwada Japanese (Rare)
Kashiwa means "oak" and da comes from ta meaning "field, rice paddy". ... [more]

Kashiwagi Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Kashiwahara Japanese
Kashiwa means "oak" and hara means "field, plain".

Kashiwazaki Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Kassel German
habitational name mainly from a place of this name in northeastern Hesse so named from Frankish castella cassela "fortification" a military term from Late Latin castellum "fortified position fort" or a topographic name from the same word.

Kastepõld Estonian
Kastepõld is an Estonian surname meaning "dew field".

Kasuya Japanese
From Japanese 粕 (kasu) meaning "dregs, sediment, scrap" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Kataba Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "one side; one-sided" and 場 (ba) meaning "place".

Katano Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "one-sided, part" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kataoka Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Katayama Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Katōno Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ka) meaning "above, top, upper", 遠 (tō) meaning "distant, far off" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Katsuta Japanese
From Japanese 勝 (katsu) meaning "victory" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Katsuyama Japanese
Katsu means "victory" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Katzenberg Jewish
Elaboration of Katz with the old German word berg meaning "mountain".

Kau German
From Middle High German gehau "(mountain) clearing" hence a topographic name for a mountain dweller or possibly an occupational name for a logger.

Kaunissaare Estonian
Kaunissaare is an Estonian surname meaning "beautiful/fair island".

Kaus German
From a regional (Hessian) variant of the habitational name Kues, from a place on the Mosel river, probably so named from Late Latin covis "field barn", "rack" and earlier recorded as Couese, Cobesa.

Kawa Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream".

Kawabata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 畑 (hata) meaning "farm, cropfield".

Kawabata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 端 (hata) meaning "edge, end, tip".

Kawabe Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Kawachi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and chi means "ground".

Kawada Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kawagoe Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 越 (koeru) meaning "pass, cross, go through".

Kawahara Japanese
From Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kawahata Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and hata means "field".

Kawai Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Kawajiri Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and jiri comes from shiri meaning "rear, behind".

Kawakame Japanese (Rare)
Kawa means "river" and kame means "turtoise, turtle".

Kawakatsu Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and katsu means "victory".

Kawakita Japanese
川 (Kawa) means "River" and 北 (Kita) means "North".

Kawamata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 又 (mata) meaning "again, once more".

Kawamata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 俣 (mata) meaning "fork, crotch".

Kawamoto Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kawamura Japanese
From Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Kawanaka Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Kawanichi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and nichi means "sun, day".

Kawanishi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and nishi means "west".

Kawanishi Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".

Kawano Japanese
From the Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa or gawa) and 野 (no) "field," "area."

Kawase Japanese
Kawase means "river" and se means "ripple".

Kawase Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Kawashima Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream, brook" and 島 (shima) or 嶋 (shima) both meaning "island".

Kawashita Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and shita means "under, below".

Kawasugi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and sugi means "cedar".

Kawatani Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and tani means "valley".

Kawato Japanese
From 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 戸 (do) meaning "door".

Kawauchi Japanese
From Japanese 河 (kawa) or 川 (kawa) meaning "river" combined with 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Kawazu Japanese (Rare)
Kawa (川, 河) means "river", tsu (津) means "port". Tsu changes to zu/dzu because of rendaku

Kayama Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "increase, add" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kayashima Japanese
From Japanese 萱 (kaya) meaning "miscanthus reed" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kazetani Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 風 (kaze) meaning "wind, style" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Keeton English
Habitational name from a place called Ketton in Durham or one in Rutland or from Keaton in Ermington, Devon. The first is named from the Old English personal name Catta or the Old Norse personal name Káti and Old English tūn "settlement"; the second is probably from an old river name or tribal name Cētan (possibly a derivative of Celtic cēd "wood") and Old English ēa "river"; and the last possibly from Cornish kee "hedge, bank" and Old English tūn.

Keevallik Estonian
Keevallik is an Estonian surname meaning "hot spring".

Kekke Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 結解 (kekke), a variant reading of 結解 (ketsuge) meaning "account settlement", referring to someone who would deal with settlement of accounts.

Kellen German
From the name of a place in Rhineland, which is derived from Middle Low German kel (a field name denoting swampy land) or from the dialect word kelle meaning "steep path, ravine".

Kelso Scottish
Habitational name from Kelso on the river Tweed in Roxburghshire, perhaps so named from Old English cealc "chalk" + hoh "ridge", "spur".

Kelty Scottish
From the name of a village in Fife, Scotland, which was derived from Scottish Gaelic coillte "wooded area, grove".

Kempton English
From the name of a place in Shropshire meaning "Cempa's town" or "warrior town", from a combination of either the Old English word cempa "warrior" or the byname derived from it and tun "farmstead, settlement".

Kensington English
English surname meaning "Cynesige's town", from the Old English personal name Cynesige and ton 'town'.

Kenton English
habitational name from any of various places so named Kenton, for example in Devon, Greater London (formerly Middlesex), Northumberland, and Suffolk... [more]

Kenttä Finnish
Means "field" in Finnish.

Kenwyn Cornish (Rare)
This surname is derived from the name of a town and river in Cornwall, England (called Keynwynn in Cornish). It is said that the name is derived from Cornish keyn meaning "back, keel, ridge" and gwynn meaning "white, fair, blessed."

Kenyon English, Welsh
Kenyon is a surname from Wales meaning "a person from Ennion's Mound"

Kergoat Breton, French
From Breton ker "Village" or "Area" and koad "Woods".

Kerhervé Breton
From Breton ker "Village" or "Area" and the name Hervé.

Kerjean Breton
Possibly derived from a Breton place name, apparently composed of Breton kêr "city" and the name Jean 1.

Kerslake English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a stream where cress grew, derived from Old English cærse meaning "watercress" and lacu meaning "stream".

Kesaväli Estonian
Kesaväli is an Estonian surname meaning "fallow field".

Kesküla Estonian
Kesküla is an Estonian name, derived from "kesk" ("central") and "küla" ("village").

Kestel English
Habitational name from Kestle, a place in Cornwall, so named from Cornish castell "castle, village, rock".

Kevade Estonian
Kevade is an Estonian surname meaning "Spring (season)".

Keville English
Denoted someone from Keevil (recorded in the Domesday book as Chivele), a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, probably derived from Old English c¯f meaning "hollow" and leah meaning "woodland clearing".

Khmyz Russian
Derived from dialectal Russian хмыз (khmyz) meaning "bush, thicket".

Khoury Arabic
Means "priest" in Arabic, ultimately from Latin curia meaning "court". It is mostly used by Arabic-speaking Christians.

Kibuspuu Estonian
Kibuspuu is an Estonian surname meaning "piggin wood".

Kida Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kidamura Japanese
This surname could be made up of 木 (Ki) meaning "Tree, Wood", 貴 (Ki) meaning "Valuabele", or 喜 (Ki) meaning "Rejoice", with 田 (Da) meaning "Rice Paddy, Field", and 村 (Mura) means "Hamlet, Village"... [more]

Kido Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".

Kidwell Welsh, English
The origins of this surname are uncertain, but it may be derived from Middle English kidel "fish weir", denoting a person who lived by a fish weir or made his living from it, or from an English place called Kiddal, probably meaning "Cydda's corner of land" from the Old English given name Cydda and halh "nook or corner of land".

Kiel German
German surname of several possible origins and meanings.... [more]

Kierkegaard Danish
Means "farm near the church" from elements kirke meaning "church" and gaard meaning "farm." A famous bearer is Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher.

Kihara Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kihlberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish kil "wedge" and berg "mountain".

Kiidemaa Estonian
Kiidemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "praised land".

Kiigemägi Estonian
Kiigemägi is an Estonian surname meaning "swaying mountain".

Kiiroja Estonian
Kiiroja is an Estonian surname meaning "fast (flowing) creek".

Kikawa Japanese
From 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Kikerpuu Estonian
Kikerpuu is an Estonian surname meaning "cicer wood".

Kikkamägi Estonian
Kikkamägi is an Estonian surname meaning "spindle (tree: Euonymus) mountain".

Kikuchi Japanese
From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" and 池 (chi) meaning "pool, pond" or 地 (chi) meaning "earth, land, ground".

Kikuda Japanese
Kiku means "chrysanthemum" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Kikuhara Japanese (Rare)
Kiku (菊) means "chrysanthemum", hara (原) means "plain/field/meadow"

Kikumori Japanese
Kiku means "chrysanthemum" and mori means "forest".

Kikuta Japanese
From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kikutani Japanese
Kiku means "chrysanthemum" and tani means "valley".

Kikuya Japanese
"Chrysanthemum valley."

Kikyo Japanese
This surname is used as 桔梗, 喜京, 木京 or 鬼京 with 桔 (kitsu, ketsu, ki), which is used in plant names, 梗 (kyou, kou, oomune, fusagu, yamanire) meaning "close up, flower stem, for the most part", 喜 (ki, yoroko.basu, yoroko.bu) meaning "rejoice, take pleasure in", 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood", 鬼 (ki, oni, oni-) meaning "devil, ghost" and 京 (kyou, kin, kei, miyako) meaning "capital."... [more]

Kilburg German, Luxembourgish
"Kyll castle," from German burg (castle) near the Kyll river in Germany. Also "wedge mountain" in Swedish: kil (wedge) and berg (mountain).

Kilcommon Irish
Indicated a person who was from Kilcommon, Erris, County Mayo in Ireland. The place name Kilcommon derives from the Gaeltacht phrase Cill Chomáin, meaning "church of St. Comán."

Kile Norwegian (Rare)
Habitational name from any of thirteen farmsteads named Kile from, ultimately derived from Old Norse kíll "wedge" and, by extension, "narrow bay inlet".

Kilgore Scottish
Habitational name for someone from Kilgour in Fife, named with the Gaelic coille "wood" and gobhar, gabhar "goat".

Killian Irish (Anglicized, Modern), German
Meaning "little church". From cill (Irish for "church") and -ín, a Gaelic diminutive.

Kilpatrick Scottish
Scottish: habitational name from Gaelic cill Padraig "church of (Saint) Patrick".

Kimata Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 俣 (mata) meaning "fork, crotch".

Kimoto Japanese
Ki means "tree, wood" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Kimoto Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kingdom English
Either a variant of Kingdon or from Old English cyningdom "kingdom" derived from cyning "king" or cyne "royal" and dom "authority".

Kingdon English
Habitational name from Higher Kingdon in Alverdiscott or from Kendon in North Bovey both in Devon... [more]

Kingswell English
An English surname meaning "Lives by the King's spring"

Kingswood English
Means “King’s wood.”

Kington English
Variant of Kingston meaning "King's Town".

Kinose Japanese
Ki means "tree, wood", no could be a possessive particle or it could mean "field, wilderness", and se means "current, ripple".

Kinoshita Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood", an unwritten possessive marker 之 (no), and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Kinslow English
habitational name from Kingslow in Worfield (Shropshire). The placename means "king's tumulus" from Old English cyning "king" (genitive cyninges) and hlaw "tumulus burial mound hill".

Kinukawa Japanese
Kinu means "silk" and kawa means "stream, river".

Kinutani Japanese
Kinu means "silk" and tani means "valley".

Kirchmann German
From Middle High German kirihha "church" and man "man" hence an occupational name for someone working in the service of the church or possibly a topographic name for someone living near a church... [more]

Kirchofer German
German topographic name for someone living near a churchyard, or habitational name for the proprietor or tenant of a farm named as "Church Farm", from Middle High German kirche "church" + hof "farmstead", "manor farm".

Kirida Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Kirigaya Japanese
From 桐 (kiri), referring to the tree known commonly as the empress or foxglove tree, combined with 谷 (ya) meaning "valley," sometimes with the infixation of the historical possessive particle が (ga) (written as ヶ) that is most often used in place names and surnames... [more]

Kirihara Japanese
From Japanese 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kirimura Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Kirino Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Kirishima Japanese (Rare)
From 桐 (kiri), referring to the tree known commonly as the empress or foxglove tree, 霧 (kiri) meaning "fog, mist" or 切 (kiri) meaning "end, finish; bounds, limits" combined with 島/嶋 (shima) meaning "island."

Kiritani Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and tani means "valley".

Kiriyama Japanese
Kiri (桐) means "Paulownia/foxglove tree", yama (山) means "mountain". Notable bearers of this surname are Kouji Kiriyama (桐山光侍), a Japanese manga author, Kazuo Kiriyama (桐山和雄) from Battle Royale, and Rei Kiriyama (桐山零), the main character of 3-gatsu no lion.

Kirkman English
A name originally found in both Scotland and England. From Kirk- meaning "church" and -man for someone who lived near or worked at a church.

Kirouac French (Quebec)
From an unidentified place name in Brittany, France, derived from Breton kaer, caer, ker meaning "fortified settlement" and an unknown given name.

Kirsimaa Estonian
Kirsimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "cherry land".

Kirsimäe Estonian
Kirsimäe is an Estonian surname meaning "cherry hill".

Kishi Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "bank, shore".

Kishida Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kishii Japanese
Koshi means "shore, bank, beach" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Kishikawa Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Kishino Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kishio Japanese
Kishi means "bank, shore, beach" and o means "tail".

Kishioka Japanese
formed with 岸 (Kishi, Gan) meaning "Beach" and 岡 (Oka, Kō) meaning "Mount; hill; knoll”. So the mean it could be interpreted as “Hill of the Beach” or “Beach Hill”

Kishiyama Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Kitabayashi Japanese
From the Japanese 北 (kita) "North" and 林 (bayashi or hayashi) "forest," "woods."

Kitabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Kitahara Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kitajima Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kitakawa Japanese
Kita means "north" and kawa means "river, stream".

Kitamura Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Kitani Japanese
From the Japanese 木 (ki or moku) "tree," "wood" and 谷 (tani or ya) "valley."

Kitano Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kitaoka Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Kitasawa Japanese
Kita means "north" and shima means "island".

Kitashima Japanese
Kita means "north" and shima means "island".

Kitashirakawa Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north", 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Kitaura Japanese
Kita means "north" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

Kitayama Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Kitazawa Japanese
Kita (北) means "North", zawa/sawa (沢 or 澤) means "swamp". Sawa changes to zawa because of rendaku.

Kitazawa Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Kitley English
Derived from a place name in Devonshire, England, and was first recorded in the form of Kitelhey in 1305.... [more]

Kitsas Estonian
Kitsas is an Estonian surname meaning "strait".

Kiuchi Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Kivimägi Estonian
Kivimägi is an Estonian name meaning "stone mountain/hill".

Kivimäki Finnish
"Combined of Finnish words kivi (stone) and mäki (hill)"

Kivipalu Estonian
Kivipalu is an Estonian surname meaning "stone sandy heath/heath woodland".

Kivisaar Estonian
Kivisaar is an Estonian surname meaning "stone island".

Kivistik Estonian
Kivistik is an Estonian surname meaning "stone grove".

Kiya Japanese
Means "tree valley" in Japanese, from 木 (ki) "tree" and 谷 (ya) "valley".

Kiyono Japanese
From Japanese 清 (kiyo) meaning "clear, pure, clean" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kiyosaka Japanese
Kiyo means "pure, clean" and saka means "slope, hill".

Kiyosaki Japanese
Kiyo means "pure" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Kiyota Japanese
From the Japanese 清 (kiyo) "clearly," "brightly," "cleanly" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy."

Kiyoura Japanese
Combination of the Kanji 清 (kiyo, "clear, pure, refreshing, clean") and 浦 (ura, "bay, inlet"). A famous bearer of this surname was Japanese Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo (清浦 奎吾; 1850–1942).

Kjellberg Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Old Norse kelda or Swedish källa both meaning "spring, source (of water)", and berg "mountain".

Kleffner German
Topographic name from Middle Low German clef, cleff "cliff", "precipice".

Kleiber German
Derived from an agent Middle High German kleben "to stick or bind" an occupational name for a builder working with clay or in Swabia for someone who applied whitewash. in Bavaria and Austria an occupational name for a shingle maker from Middle High German klieben "to split (wood or stone)".

Kleinfeld German
Means "small field" in German

Knapke German
A relative of mine has said this surname means “over the hill” and that it is of German origin.... [more]

Knapp English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a hillock, Middle English "nappe, Old English cnæpp, or habitational name from any of the several minor places named with the word, in particular Knapp in Hampshire and Knepp in Sussex.

Knighton English
English surname which was derived from a place name composed of the Old English elements cnihta meaning "servant, retainer" (genitive plural of cniht) and tun "enclosure, settlement".

Knock English
Topographic name for someone living by a hill, from Middle English knocke "hill" (Old English cnoc).

Kobayakawa Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 早 (baya) meaning "fast" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".

Kobiyama Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 檜 (hi) meaning "Japanese cypress" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Koda Japanese
From Japanese 香 (kō) meaning "fragrance, incense", 神 (kō) meaning "god", or 行 (kō) meaning "journey, travel" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Kodajima Japanese
From Japanese 古 (Ko) meaning "Old" and 田 (Ta, Da) meaning "Rice Field" and 島 (Shima) meaning "Island"

Kodera Japanese
"Little temple".

Kodu Estonian
Kodu is an Estonian surname meaning "home".

Kodzuchi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small; little" and 土 (dzuchi), the joining form of 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth; soil; mud, ground".

Kogure Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ko) meaning "tree, wood" and 暮 (kure) meaning "end, close".

Kohlstedt Medieval German (Modern)
Likely derived from the German word Kohl, meaning “Cabbage,” and a Variation of the word Stadt, meaning “City, town, and/or place.”

Koike Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) "small" and 池 (ike) "pond."

Koiso Japanese
Combination of the kanji 小 (ko; "small, little, short") and 磯 (iso; "seashore")

Koitmets Estonian
Koitmets is an Estonian surname meaning "dawn forest".

Kõivastik Estonian
Kõivastik is an Estonian surname meaning "birch stand/forest". "Kõiv" comes from the Võro dialect.

Kõivisto Estonian
Kõivisto is an Estonian surname meaning "birch grove".

Kojima Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" or 児 (ko) meaning "young" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kokamägi Estonian
Kokamägi is an Estonian surname meaning "cookery mountain".

Kokawa Japanese
Ko means "small" and kawa means "river".

Koki Japanese
This surname combines 古 (ko, furu-, furu.i, -fu.rusu) meaning "old" or 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small" with 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."

Kokubu Japanese
From Japanese 国 or 國 (koku) meaning "country, state" and 分 (bu) meaning "part, share, portion".

Kolga Estonian
Kolga is an Estonian surname derived from "kolgas" meaning "back country", "province", and "hinterland".

Komada Japanese
Ko could mean "small, little" or "old", ma could mean "real, genuine" and da comes from ta meaning "rice paddy, field".

Komatsubara Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Komatsuzaki Japanese (Rare)
Ko ("Small") + Matsu ("Pine Tree") + Zaki ("Peninsula, Cape"). This is a uncommon name, but it has kanji that 90% of Japanese family names have.

Komine Japanese
Ko mean "small" or "light" and mine means "peak".

Komiya Japanese
小 (Ko) means "small" and 宮 (miya) means "shrine".

Komiya Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Komiyama Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Komori Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Kōmura Japanese
From Japanese 高 (kō) meaning "tall, high" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Komura Japanese
Ko means "small" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Komura Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Konagawa Japanese
The Japanese surname "Konagawa" (小長川) consists of three kanji characters: "小" meaning "small," "長" meaning "long," and "川" meaning "river." So, "Konagawa" could be interpreted as "small long river." However, as with many Japanese surnames, there may be variations in meaning and interpretation depending on the family's history and region.

Konno Japanese
From Japanese 今 (kon) meaning "this, now" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Konno Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kon) meaning "gold, money" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Konno Japanese
From Japanese 紺 (kon) meaning "dark blue, navy blue" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kõnnusaar Estonian
Kõnnusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "wilderness island".

Kōno Japanese
From Japanese 河 (kō) meaning "river" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kōno Japanese
From Japanese 高 (kō) meaning "tall, high" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Konparu Japanese
Kon means "gold" and paru is a form of haru, meaning "spring".

Konvalinka Czech
Means "lily-of-the-valley" in Czech.

Kookmaa Estonian
Kookmaa is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "koks" meaning "coke" and "charred coal" and "maa" meaning "land": "coke/charred coal land".

Kõrb Estonian
Kõrb is an Estonian surname with several meanings depending on the context: "desert", "wilderness", and "chestnut(color)/tawny".

Kõrgemäe Estonian
Kõrgemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "high hill/mountain".

Koriyama Japanese
Possibly from 氷 (kori, hyou) meaning "ice" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Kosaka Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Kosaka Japanese
From 香 (kou) meaning "fragrance" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope."

Kosaki Japanese
Ko means "small" and saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory".

Koshima Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" or 児 (ko) meaning "young" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kosk Estonian
Kosk is an Estonia surname meaning "waterfall".

Kotani Japanese
Ko means "Small" and Tani means "Valley".

Kotomura Japanese
Koto means "flute" and mura means "village".

Kotono Japanese
Koto means "flute" and no means "field, plain".

Koura Japanese
Ko means "small" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

Kouris Greek
Topographic surname for someone who lived in a forest, ultimately from Turkish koru meaning "small forest, grove".

Kõvamaa Estonian
Kõvamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "solid ground".

Koyama Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain."

Koyano Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kozue Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 梢, 小梢 or 梢江 with 梢 (shou, kusunoki, kozue) meaning "treetops, twig", 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small" and 江 (kou, e) meaning "bay, creek, inlet."... [more]

Kozuka Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Kozyrev Russian
From Russian козырь (kozyr) meaning "high standing collar" or "canopy" or "head of a sleigh".

Krähenbühl German (Swiss)
Combination of German Krähen "crow" and Bühl "hill".

Krajewski Polish (Rare)
Habitational name taken from places in Poland named with Polish kraj "border area".

Krebsbach German
From a place name meaning "crab stream" in German.

Kreegipuu Estonian
Kreegipuu is an Estonian surname meaning "blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) wood/tree".

Kreisel German, Jewish
Jewish family name and originally a nickname for an active or disorganized person, derived from German kreisel meaning "spinning top, top", ultimately from kreis "circle". Alternatively, it could've be used as a nickname for a person with curly hair in the context of "spiral" or "curl".

Kronberg German, Swedish
German habitational name from any of the places called Kronberg near Frankfurt in Hesse and in Bavaria from the elements krone "crown" and berg "mountain, hill". Swedish ornamental name from kron "crown" and berg "mountain hill".

Kronenberg German, German (Swiss)
Habitational name from a place called Kronenberg (there is one near Wuppertal) or possibly from any of the places called Kronberg (see Kronberg ) from German Krone "crown" and German Berg "mountain, hill".

Kronstadt German
Means "crown state" (i.e., capital city) in German

Krumreihn German
Possibly derived from Middle High German krum(b) meaning "crooked" and rein meaning "border of a field, margin", and hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a field with a crooked edge, or perhaps a nickname for a farmer who plowed a crooked furrow... [more]

Kruusalu Estonian
Kruusalu is an Estonian surname meaning "gravel grove".

Kruusmaa Estonian
Kruusmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "gravel land".

Kruusmägi Estonian
Kruusmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "gravel mountain/hill".

Kubota Japanese
From the Japanese 久 (ku or hisa) "long time," 保 (bo or ho) "protect," "guaratee," "keep" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy." The first two characters can also be written as 窪 (kubo) "hollow."

Kubota Japanese
From Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago", 保 (ho) meaning "protect" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kuboyama Japanese
From Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago", 保 (ho) meaning "protect" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kuchiki Japanese
This name combines 朽 (kyuu, ku.chiru) meaning "decay, remain in seclusion, rot" or 口 (ku, kou, kuchi) meaning "mouth" with 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."... [more]

Kugimiya Japanese
This surname is used as 釘宮 with 釘 (chou, tei, kugi) meaning "nail, peg, tack" and 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess, Shinto shrine."... [more]

Kugisaki Japanese
Kugi means "nail, tack, peg" and saki means "peninsula, promontory, cape".

Kuhara Japanese (Rare)
Ku means "long time" and hara means "plain, field".

Kuivjõgi Estonian
Kuivjõgi is an Estonian surname meaning "dry river".

Kujikawa Japanese
From Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago", 慈 (ji) meaning "mercy", and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".

Küla Estonian
Küla is an Estonian surname meaning "village".

Külaots Estonian
Külaots is an Estonian surname meaning "village end".

Kulasekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Kullamaa Estonian
Kullamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "aurous land".

Kullamäe Estonian
Kullamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "aurous hill/mountain".