All Submitted Surnames

Kores German

Koreshi Albanian

Koressios Greek

Koretskiy Russian
Name for a person originally from the Ukrainian city of Korets, derived from Russian корец (korets) or корчик (korchik) both referring to a type of ladle.

Koretsky Russian, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Koretskiy.

Koretsugu Japanese

Kõrge Estonian
Kõrge is an Estonian surname meaning "tall" and "exalted".

Kõrgemaa Estonian
Kõrgemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "highland".

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

Kõrgesaar Estonian
Kõrgesaar is an Estonian surname meaning "high/tall ash tree".

Kōri Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 氷 (kōri) meaning "ice".

Kori Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 氷 (see Kōri).

Korić Croatian, Bosnian

Koriki Japanese

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

Korjus Estonian
Korjus is an Estonian surname meaning "carrion".

Kork Estonian
Kork is an Estonian surname meaning both "cork" and "cap".

Korkmaz Turkish
Means "unafraid, fearless" in Turkish.

Korkut Turkish
Means "big hailstone, stern, resolute" in Turkish.

Körmendi Hungarian

Körmös Hungarian
From Hungarian köröm "nail, claw", indicating someone with long or dirty nails, or perhaps someone aggressive.

Kormos Hungarian
Means "sooty" in Hungarian. Most likely a nickname for someone with dark hair or a shabby appearance, but may also be an occupational name for a house painter who used soot as a raw material. ... [more]

Korn German
From Middle High German korn "grain", a metonymic occupational name for a factor or dealer in grain or a nickname for a peasant.

Kornaros Greek
The Greek version of the surname Cornaro.

Korndilok Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Körner German
Variant of Koerner.

Kornet English (American), Dutch

Korneychukov m Russian

Kornfeld German, Jewish
Means "cornfield" in German.

Korniaktos Greek

Kornili Greek (Rare)

Kornilov m Russian
Means "son of Kornelij". Lavr Kornilov (1870-1918) was a Russian military intelligence officer, explorer, and general in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the ensuing Russian Civil War.

Kornkosiakat Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kornkowit Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kornnaimuang Thai
The surname "ก้อนในเมือง" is used after the place they was born Nai Muang District in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.

Korntemi Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kornthaswin Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Korobchak Russian, Ukrainian

Korobeynik Russian
Derived from Russian word "коробейник (korobeynik)" meaning peddler.... [more]

Korobeynikov m Russian
Means "son of a peddler" from коробейник (korobeynik) meaning "peddler"

Korobeynikova f Rusisan
Femanine form of Korobeynikov

Korobov Russian
From Russian коробка (korobka) meaning "box".

Korochkin m Russian
Derived from корочка (korochka) meaning crust.

Kôrogi Japanese

Koroi Fijian
Fijian surname of unknown meaning.

Koroibanuve Fijian

Korol Russian, Ukrainian
From Russian and Ukrainian meaning "king".

Korolev Russian
From korol, meaning "king".

Koroliuk Ukrainian
Based on the root word "король" (Korol), meaning "King"

Korolyov Russian
Derived from Russian король (korol) meaning "king".

Korolyova f Russian
Feminine form of Korolyov.

Korp Estonian
Korp is an Estonian surname meaning both "rough/outer bar" and "raven".

Korpela Finnish
From korpi, a marsh type, and -la, a suffix used for places. This surname was found in Lapua, Vassa, Finland, circa 1900 and before.

Körper German (Austrian, ?)

Korre English

Korshunov Russian
From a nickname derived from Russian коршун (korshun) meaning "kite (a type of bird)".

Korsik Belarusian

Kort Dutch
Means "short" in Dutch, a nickname for a short person.

Kortava Abkhaz
Mingrelian form of the Abkhaz surname Кәартаа (Kuartaa) of unknown meaning. During the reign of Stalin, the Abkhaz began adopting the Mingrelian spelling.

Kortazar Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Ispaster.

Kortland Dutch
From any of the places in the Netherlands called Kortland, which means "short land."

Kortni Russian

Kortright English
Variant of Cartwright

Kõrts Estonian
Kõrts is an Estonian surname meaning "pub" or "inn".

Korus Czech, Polish
Derived from the given name Kornel.

Korutürk Turkish

Korutürk Turkish
Nickname meaning "protector of the Turks", derived from the Turkish verb korumak "to protect". This name was acquired by Turkish president Fahri Korutürk (1903-1987). It was given to him by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey (the verb korumak refers to Atatürk's expectation of Korutürk to preserve his legacy).

Kõrve Estonian
Kõrve is an Estonian surname meaning to "scorch" or "singe".

Korver Dutch
Derived from Dutch korf meaning "basket", an occupational name for someone who either made baskets or used them, such as a fisherman.

Kõrvits Estonian
Kõrvits is an Estonian surname meaning "pumpkin".

Koryakin Russian

Koryakov m Russian
Denotes to a Koryak person. Koryaks are the native ethnic group of Kamchatka.

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".

Kosarev m Russian
Derived from косарь (kosar') meaning mower.

Kosarin Polish, Russian, Jewish
Derived from the surname Kosarinsky.

Kosarinsky Polish

Koschek Hebrew
Derives from the ancient Hebrew given name "Yaakov" meaning "following-after".

Kościarz Polish
Means "bone collector, a person selling bones".

Koscik Polish

Kościuszko Lithuanian
Variant of Kostiuk.

Köse Turkish
Means "beardless" in Turkish.

Koseki Japanese
Ko means "small" and seki means "frontier pass".

Kosem Cham

Koshchakov m Russian

Koshiba Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Shiba but written 小斯波, by adding Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small; little".

Koshigai Japanese

Koshigaya Japanese

Koshikawa Japanese

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

Koshimizu Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "small", 清 (shi, kiyo) meaning "pure, clean, purify, exorcise, cleanse", and 水 (mizu) means "water".

Koshimoto Japanese

Koshino Japanese

Koshitani Japanese

Koshiya Japanese

Koshkaki Persian
Means “having a small or pointed nose.”

Koshkarov Russian

Koshkin m Russian
Derived from Russian кошка (koshka) meaning "cat".

Koshkina f Russian
Feminine form of Koshkin.

Koshkov Russian (Rare)
Possibly from Russian кошка (koshka) "cat".

Kosho Japanese

Kosikar Slovak

Košir Slovene
From the Slavic word koš meaning "basket". It originally indicated a person who made or sold baskets.

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

Koška Belarusian
Derived from Belarusian кошка (koška) meaning "cat".

Koski Finnish
Means "rapids" in Finnish.

Kosmas German, Greek
From the given name Kosmas.

Kosmen Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)

Kosonen Finnish

Kosopkin m Russian

Kosor Croatian

Kosova Albanian, Kosovar

Koss English

Kossen German

Kossow German
unknown

Kossuth German

Kostabi Estonian
Kostabi is an Estonian surname meaning "echo".

Kostadinov Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Kostadin".

Kostadinova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Kostadinov.

Kostadinović Serbian
Means "son of Kostadin".

Kostadinovski Macedonian
Means "son of Kostadin".

Kostakis Greek

Kostanoski German, Polish, Russian

Kostas Greek
From the given name Kostas.

Kostelnik m Russian
Status name for a sacristan or sexton, from an agent noun based on kostel "church".

Kostenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Kostyantyn.

Köster Estonian
Köster is an Estonian surname meaning "sexton" and "parish clerk".

Koster Dutch
Means "churchwarden, sexton, sacristan" in Dutch, an occupational name for a caretaker of a church.

Kostić Serbian

Kostikov Russian
Means "son of Kostik".

Kostis Greek
From the given name Kostis.

Kostiuk Polish
Patronymic from a pet form of the personal name Konstanty

Kostka Polish
From Polish kostka meaning "small bone" or from a form of the name Konstanty.

Kostner Ladin

Koston English

Kostopoulos Greek
Means "son of Kostas".

Kostoska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Kostoski.

Kostoski m Macedonian
Means "son of Kosta".

Kostov Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Kosta".

Kostovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Kostovski.

Kostovski Macedonian
Means "son of Kosta".

Kostra Czech, Slovak
Unusual surname found in Slovakia and the Czech Republic meaning "skeleton" from the word kostra, ultimately from the word kost meaning "bone". In Czech in particular, kostra refers only to the biological meaning of "skeleton" - a skeleton as an independent entity is known as a kostlivec.

Koštro Croatian

Kostrzewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Kostrzewice in Sieradz voivodeship or Kostrzewy in Kalisz voivodeship, both named with kostrzewa ‘fescue grass’.

Koštunica Serbian

Kosturi Albanian

Kostyuk Ukrainian
Variant of Kostenko.

Kostyukevich Belarusian
Probably from a diminutive of Konstantin.

Kosuga Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 or 小管 (see Kosuge).

Kosuge Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small; little; short" and 菅 (suge) meaning "sedge".... [more]

Kosugi Japanese
Ko means "small" and sugi means "cedar". ... [more]

Kosugi Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar".

Kosumi Japanese

Kot Polish, Slovak, Czech, Belarusian, Jewish, German
From a personal name or nickname based on Slavic kot "tom cat".

Kot Belarusian
Derived from Belarusian кот (kot) meaning "tomcat".

Kota Japanese

Kotaira Japanese
Ko means "small" and taira means "peace, level".

Kotaji Albanian

Kotaka Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Kotake Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) "small" and 竹 (take) "bamboo."

Kōtani Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 糀谷 (see Kōjiya).

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

Kotani Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 糀谷 (see Kōtani).

Kotarac Serbian, Croatian
Derived from kotar, a type of district.

Kotb Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic قطب (see Qutb) chiefly used in Egypt.

Koteda Japanese

Kotelevskiy Russian

Kotelnikov Russian
From Russian котел (kotel) meaning "cauldron".

Koten German
Derived from German Kate / Kote, originally from Middle Low German kote "small house; hut".... [more]

Kotenko Russian

Kotenkov m Russian

Koteynko Ukrainian

Köth German
From Middle High German, Middle Low German kote ‘cottage’, ‘hovel’, a status name for a day laborer who lived in a cottage and owned no farmland.

Kothari Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
Derived from Sanskrit कोष्ठागारिक (koṣṭhāgārika) meaning "storekeeper".

Koti Indian

Kotik Russian
Kotik is a Russian diminutive of кот (kot), meaning cat.

Kotkas Estonian
Means "eagle" in Estonian.

Kotlarski Polish

Kotlarz Polish, Jewish
Occupational name for a boilermaker or coppersmith, from the Polish word kotlarz meaning "boilermaker".

Kotli Estonian
Kotli is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kotlet" meaning "cutlet" or "chop"

Kotlinski Polish (Modern)
polish

Kotnik Slovene
Derived from kot "corner". The name referred to someone who was from a remote area.

Kotnikov m Russian

Kotobuki Japanese
This surname is used as 寿 (shuu, ju, su, kotobuki, kotobu.ku) meaning "congratulations, longevity, one's natural life."... [more]

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

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

Kotooka Japanese

Kotov m Russian, Belarusian
Derived from Russian кот (kot) meaning "cat". It is a Russian surname, but is also present in Belarus.

Kotova f Russian
Feminine form of Kotov.

Kotowski Polish

Kotrikadze Russian

Kotromanić Medieval Serbian
The Kotromanić were a late medieval Bosnian and Serbian noble family. The name is thought to have originated from a knight named Cotromano.

Kotromanović Croatian

Kotsuki Japanese
It means "above moon".

Kott German, Polish, Czech
German: variant of Köth or Kotz.... [more]

Kotti Albanian
Kottie or Kotte

Kotton South African

Kotwica Polish
Comes from the Polish word kotwica meaning 'anchor'.

Koty African

Kotze Afrikaans

Kõu Estonian
Kõu is an Estonian surname meaning "thunder".

Kou Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Kō).

Koufax English

Koujok Lebanese

Kouknas Greek

Koukos Greek

Koukoudakis Greek

Koukoulis Greek

Koulibali Manding, Western African
variant of Coulibaly.

Koumoto Japanese
It might mean "light source origin".

Kouno Japanese
Variant transcription of Kono.

Kour Indian (Sikh)
Alternate transcription of Punjabi Gurmukhi ਕੌਰ (see Kaur).

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

Kourakos Greek

Kourdakov Russian
The origin of this name is Russia. The meaning is not Known.

Kouri Greek
Variant of Kouris.

Kouri Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Khoury.

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

Kourkoulas Greek

Kourkoulis Greek

Kourkoulos Greek

Kourlitis Greek (Modern)
Of unknown origin, bearing the locational suffix -tis, "of, from". Potentially related to κουρλί, "tendril of hair", kouros, "noble boy, youth", or a location such as Koursaroi.

Kourogi Japanese

Kouroshi Persian
From the given name Kourosh.

Koury Lithuanian

Kousaka Japanese

Kousar Urdu
Derived from the given name Kausar.

Kousho Japanese

Kousins American

Kõuts Estonian
Kõuts is an Estonian surname meaning "cat" (also, in Estonian "Kass") or "tomcat".

Kouumoto Japanese
Rainfall origin.

Kõva Estonian
Kõva is an Estonian surname meaning "hard", "solid" and "tough".

Kovaçi Albanian
Derived from Albanian kovaç meaning "blacksmith".

Kováčik Slovak
Comes from a pet form of Kováč, 'smith'.

Kovacs Hungarian (Anglicized)
Variant of Kovács.

Koval um Ukrainian, Russian, Czech, Slovak
Means "blacksmith" in Ukrainian, from the Old Slavic root kovati.

Kovaľ m Slovak
Slovak variant of Koval.

Kovalainen Finnish

Kovaleski Belarusian
Habitational name for someone from any of several places called Kovali in Belarus, or perhaps Kavoliai in Lithuania, named with a derivative of kavalj meaning "smith".

Kovalík m Slovak, Czech
Derived from a diminutive of Koval.

Kovalíková f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Kovalík.

Kovaľová f Slovak
Feminine form of Kovaľ.

Kovalová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine from of Koval.

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

Kovatch Hungarian (Americanized)
A corruption of Hungarian Kovács; a name that means “blacksmith”.

Kõverjalg Estonian
Kõverjalg is an Estonian surname meaning "bow-legged" or "bandy-legged".

Kovrov m Russian

Kovtun Ukrainian, Russian
Means "plica".

Kovtunov m Russian
A form of Kovtun.

Kowaka Japanese

Kowal Polish
Blacksmith

Kowalchuk Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kowalczyk. Most of them were Ukrainian refugees who settled in Canada.

Kowalchyk Ukrainian
Variant transcription of Kowalchuk.

Kowalczuk Ukrainian (Polonized)
Polonised form of Ukrainian Kovalchuk, which is used by Ukrainians in Poland.

Kowalewski Polish, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from places called Kowalew or Kowalewo, named with kowal "smith" or an occupational name for a blacksmith.

Kowalik Polish
Means "nuthatch" in Polish, or derived from a diminutive of Kowal.

Kowalkowski Polish
habitational name for someone from any of several places called Kowalki or Kowaliki, named with kowalik

Kowall Czech

Kowara Japanese
Variant of Kohara.

Kowerski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Kowersk.

Kowsari Persian
"Kowsar" refers to a river or stream in paradise, which is mentioned in the Quran. Another interpretation is that it means "abundant" or "overflowing."

Kox English
Variant of Cox

Koyajima Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 紺屋島 (Koyajima) meaning "Koyajima", a division in the area of Gomajima in the city of Oyabe in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan.... [more]

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

Koyanagi Japanese
Ko means "small" and yanagi means "willow".

Koyanagi Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".

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

Koyasu Japanese
From the Japanese 子 (ko) "child" and 安 (yasu or an) "relax," "inexpensive," "low."

Koyfman Jewish
Variant of Kaufman

Koyle Old Irish
The surname Koyle was first found in Donegal (Irish: Dún na nGall), northwest Ireland in the province of Ulster, sometimes referred to as County Tyrconnel, where they held a family seat from very ancient times.

Köylü Turkish
Means "villager, peasant" in Turkish.

Koyuncu Turkish
Means "sheep farmer" in Turkish.

Koz Turkish

Kozák Slovak, Hungarian
Variant of Kozak.

Kozak Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian, Ukrainian
Ethnic name for a Cossack, a member of a people descended from a group of runaway serfs who set up a semi-independent military republic in Ukraine in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Kozak Jewish
Nickname from Yiddish kozak from a Ukrainian loanword meaning "warrior", "brave man".

Kozaka Japanese
Variant of Kosaka.

Kozaki Japanese
Variant of Kosaki.

Kozakiewicz Polish
Patronymic from Kozak.

Kozakov Ukrainian
From Ukrainian козак (kozak) meaning "cossack".

Kozakowski Polish

Kozakura Japanese
The name Kozakura is primarily a female name of Japanese origin that means Little Cherry Tree.

Kozamurai Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 小侍 (Kozamurai) meaning "Kozamurai", a division in the area of Kitataku in the city of Taku in the prefecture of Saga in Japan.

Kozankov m Russian

Kozar Ukrainian, Russian, Croatian, Slovene
Means “goatherd”.

Közen Turkish

Kozen Japanese

Kozeyev m Russian
Possibly another form of Kozlov.

Kozhemyakin Russian
Derived from Russian кожемяка (kozhemyaka) meaning "currier, tanner".

Kozhevnik Russian
Derived from "кожевник (kozhevnik)" meaning tanner.... [more]

Kozhevnikov Russian
Derived from "кожевник (kozhevnik)" meaning tanner.... [more]

Kozhikov m Russian
Likely derived from "кожа (kozha)" meaning skin.

Kozicki Polish
A habitational name for someone from several places called Kozice, named with Koza 'nanny goat'.... [more]

Kozikowski English
Habitational name for someone from Koziki in Masovian and Podlaskie voivodeships.

Koziorowski Polish
Means "son of koziorożec" (Capricorn).

Kozlevčar Slovene

Kozorev Russian
From kozyr, meaning "trump".

Kozub Czech, Polish, Slovak
Either denoted a fireplace maker or a saddler depending on the origin, either meaning "fireplace, hearth" in Czech and Slovak or "saddle" in Polish.

Kozuchi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 小土 (see Kodzuchi).