All Submitted Surnames

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

Kansa Western African

Kan'shin m Russian

Kansiime Kiga
The surname of a certain Anne.

Kanssen Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Kant".

Kant German

Kantakouzenos Greek
One of the noble Byzantine families, the surname is connected to the locality of Kouzenas, a name for the southern part of Mount Sipylus near Smyrna (Izmir).

Kantawong Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai คันธวงศ์ (see Khanthawong).

Kante African
Of unknown meaning

Kantemirov Russian

Kanters Dutch
An occupational name for a singer, such as a precentor (someone who leads songs or prayers in a church, monastery, or synagogue) or choir member. Ultimately derived from Latin cantor "singer, leader of song at a ceremony; prayer leader in a Jewish ceremony".

Kanto Malagasy

Kantsow m Belarusian, Russian (Belarusianized)
Belarusian form of Kontsov.

Kanwar Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "prince".

Kanyuk Ukrainian

Kanza Japanese
formed with 神 (Shin, Jin, Kami, Kan, Kou) meaning "God" and 座 (Za) meaning "Squat, Seat". Which means the surname could possible come out as “A seat for gods”

Kanzawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒風澤 (see Sabusawa).

Kanze Japanese (Rare)
Derived from Japanese 観世 (Kanze), a clipping of the given name 観世丸 (see Kanzemaru) or a variant reading of 観世 (Miyo), a clipping of the given name 観世丸 (see Miyomaru).

Käo Estonian
Käo is an Estonian surname meaning "cuckoo".

Kaomulkadee Thai

Käos Estonian
Käos is an Estonian surname derived from "käosulane", meaning "warbler" (Hippolais).

Käosaar Estonian
Possibly means "cuckoo island" in Estonian, from a genitive form of kägu "cuckoo" combined with saar "island". It could also indicate someone from the village Käo in Saare county, on the island Saaremaa.

Kapadia Indian, Gujarati
Occupational name for a cloth maker from Gujarati કાપડ (kāpaḍ) meaning "cloth, fabric".

Kapalkin m Russian

Kapangyarihan Tagalog
Variant of Capangyarihan.

Kapatsyna Ukrainian

Kapel Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
Means "chapel" in Dutch, a habitational name for someone who lived near a chapel (or in a place named after one), or an occupational name for a chaplain.

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.

Kapelyukha Ukrainian
From Ukrainian капелюх (kapelyukh), meaning "hat".

Kapetanakis Greek

Kapetanović Croatian, Bosnian
Occupational surname derived from kapetan meaning "captain".

Kaphiri Southern African

Kapić Bosnian
Derived from kapa, meaning "hat, cap".

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

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

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

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

Kapinos Greek

Kapitonov m Russian
Means "son of Kapiton."

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

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

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

Kapity English
Meaning unknown.

Kaplan Turkish
Means "tiger" in Turkish.

Kaplan German, Czech, Jewish
Means "chaplain, curate" in German and Czech, ultimately from Latin cappellanus. It is also sometimes used as a Jewish name, from a translation of Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohen) meaning "priest" (see Cohen).

Kapleau French

Kaploun Jewish

Kapodistrias Greek
This surname is a greek version of Capo d'Istria

Kapoor Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
From Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpura) meaning "camphor".

Kapos Greek

Kaposi Hungarian
Derived from places named Kaposvár or Kapos.

Käpp Estonian
Käpp is an Estonian surname meaning both "orchid" and "paw".

Kapp English, German

Kappelin Swedish
Swedish cognate of Kappel.

Kapralov m Russian

Kapranov m Russian

Kapsa Polish

Kapshuk Belarusian

Kapsokolis Greek

Kaptan Turkish

Kapu Indian, Telugu
It is a Telugu name, denoting an "agricultural worker".

Kapur Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Alternate transcription of Kapoor.

Kapuściński Polish
Habitational name for someone from the town of Kapuścin or Kapuścino, both named from Polish kapusta meaning "cabbage".

Kapustin Russian
From kapusta, meaning "cabbage".

Kapustyak Ukrainian, Rusyn (?)
A form of Kapustin.

Kapustyuk Ukrainian
Variant of Kapustyak.

Kar Turkish
Means "snow" in Turkish.

Kara Turkish

Kara Turkish
Means "black, dark" in Turkish.

Karaan Filipino

Karabatsos Greek
Uncommon Greek surname.

Karabay Turkish

Karabegović Bosnian

Karabeynik Belarusian
Belarusian form of Korobeynik.

Karaboué Ivorian, Western African

Karabourniotis Greek (Rare)

Karabuğa Turkish
Means "black bull" from Turkish kara meaning "black, dark" and boğa meaning "bull".

Karabulut Turkish
Means "black cloud" in Turkish.

Karabychevskyy m Ukrainian

Karaca Turkish
Means "roe deer" in Turkish.

Karaçam Turkish
Means larch.

Karacan Turkish

Karachun Ukrainian
Karachun is ceremonial Western Ukrainian Christmas bread, ultimately from Romanian crăciunul (крэчунул), meaning "Christmas".

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.

Karađić Serbian
Variant of Karadžić, and often its misspelling.

Karadinovski Macedonian (Italianized)

Karađorđević Serbian
Derived from the nickname Karađorđe.

Karaduman Turkish
Means "black smoke" in Turkish.

Karadžić Montenegrin, Serbian, Bosnian (?)
Derived from Turkish karaca, meaning "roe deer".

Karaev Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Ossetian, Dagestani

Karagiannakis Greek

Karagiannopoulos Greek

Karagöz Turkish
Means "black eye" in Turkish.

Karagulian Armenian

Karahan Turkish

Karahasan Bosnian

Karahasanović Bosnian

Karaj Albanian

Karak Ukrainian

Karakalos Greek

Karakas Hungarian
Means "maker of wheels".

Karakaş Turkish
Means "black eyebrow" from Turkish kara meaning "black, dark" and kaş meaning "eyebrow".

Karakatsanis Greek
Variant of Sarakatsanis.

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

Karakaya Turkish
Means "black rock" in Turkish.

Karakitsos Greek

Karakoç Turkish
Means "black ram" in Turkish.

Karakostas Greek

Karakuş Turkish
Means "black bird" from Turkish kara meaning "black, dark" and kuş meaning "bird".

Karal Indian, Bengali
This Surname was given in honour by the Britishers to Nikhil Chandra Banerjee to recognize his efforts in constructing The Karali Kali temple in Dhaka,now the capital of Bangladesh. It was a very expensive construction and still attracts tourists every year... [more]

Karalić Serbian

Karalis Latvian
Cognate of Karalius.

Karalius Lithuanian
From Lithuanian meaning "king".

Karam Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Karam.

Karaman Turkish

Karamanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Քարամանյան (see Karamanyan).

Karamanli f Greek
Feminine form of Karamanlis. Anna Karamanli (1968-) is a Greek politician, sports journalist, and former athlete.

Karamanlis m Greek
Originally indicated a person who came from Karaman, a city located in south-central Turkey, itself is derived from Karaman Bey, a Turkoman chieftain who ruled the Karamanids in the 13th century... [more]

Karamanukyan Armenian
Variant of Karamanyan.

Karamanyan Armenian
From Ottoman Turkish قرامان (Karaman), a city in south-central Turkey, or قرامان (karaman) "swarthy, black, dark-skinned".

Karamarko Croatian

Karamatić Croatian, Serbian

Karamatsu Japanese
Kara means "Larch" (green needles poking from a tree) and Matsu means "Pine/Fur Tree".

Karamehmedović Bosnian

Karamel Indian

Karami Persian
From the given name Karam.

Karamoy Minahasan

Karan Indian

Karan Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 加覧 (see Garan).

Karanci Turkish
Means "merchant","someone who deals with transport"

Karanfil Turkish
Means "carnation" or "clove" in Turkish.

Karangounis Greek

Karanjeet Nepali

Karantinos Greek

Karapandža Croatian (?)
Originally given to people by their then masters (Ottomans) as an insult. Meaning "dark witch".

Karapetian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Karapetyan.

Karapetyan Armenian
Means "son of Karapet".

Karas m Czech

Karas Ukrainian (?)

Kara-Sal Tuvan
Means "black beard", derived from Tuvan кара (kara) meaning "black" combined with сал (sal) meaning "beard, moustache".

Karasawa Japanese

Karasevdas Greek
Possibly from the Turkish word kara meaning "black, dark" and the given name Sevda literally meaning "passion, strong love" in Turkish.

Karasick Cherokee

Karask Estonian
Karask is an Estonian surname meaning "barley bread".

Karaskevich Belarusian

Kárason Icelandic
Means "son of Kári" in Icelandic.

Karasu Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 烏 (u, o, izukunzo, karazu, nanzo) meaning "crow, raven" or 鴉, which is an outdated variant of 烏.... [more]

Karasu Turkish
Means "black water" derived from Turkish kara meaning "black, dark" combined with su "water".

Karasuma Japanese

Karasyov m Russian
From карась (karas') meaning "crucian carp".

Karatarakis Greek

Karataş Turkish
From Turkish kara meaning "black" and taş meaning "stone, rock".

Karatay Turkish

Karatayev m Uzbek

Karatzas Greek

Karavayev m Russian

Karavella Albanian

Karay Turkish

Karayusuf Turkish
Yusuf is a name for men and Karayusuf means Dark Yusuf.

Karaz Turkish

Karbasi Iranian

Karbauskis Lithuanian

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.

Karbyshev m Russian

Karch Jewish
1 Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized spelling of Karcz .... [more]

Karchinskiy m Russian, Jewish

Karczewski Polish
habitational name for someone from Karczew, named with Polish karcz ‘stump’.

Kardas Polish

Kardashian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Kardashyan. This is the name of an Armenian-American family of socialites.

Kardashyan Armenian
Western Armenian transcription of Kartashyan.

Kardjena Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kardović Bosnian

Kareaga Basque
Derived from Basque kare "lime (mineral)" and -aga "place of, abundance of".

Kareama Maori

Kareem Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Karim.

Karélin Russian
Altered spelling of Russian Karélin, ethnic name for someone from Karelia (see Karjala).

Kareluša Serbian
Famous bearer of this surname is Serbian singer Jelena Kareluša (1978-)

Karen Czech
From a diminutive of the given name Karel.

Karene Western African

Karenin Russian
Masculine form of the surname Karenina.

Karenina Literature
In Leo Tolstoy's novel 'Anna Karenina' (1877), this is the title character's surname, the feminine form of her husband's surname, Karenin.

Karepesina Moluccan

Kärg Estonian
Kärg is an Estonian surname meaning "honeycomb".

Kargačin Croatian

Kargaja Estonian
Kargaja is an Estonian surname meaning "jumper" and "springer".

Kargar Persian
Means "worker, labourer" in Persian.

Kargin German

Karhu Finnish
Means "bear" (the animal) in Finnish.

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]

Kari Estonian
Kari is an Estonian surname meaning both "reef" and "herd".

Karia Indian (Christian)
Derived from the given name Zechariah.

Kariatsumari Japanese (Rare)
Combination of 狩り (kari) meaning "hunt(ing)" and 集まり (atsumari) meaning "gathering, meeting, assembly," mainly concentrated in Kagoshima prefecture in southern Japan.... [more]

Karić Croatian

Karigai Japanese

Karigaya Japanese

Karimian Persian
From the given name Karim.

Kərimli Azerbaijani
From the given name Kərim and the Turkic adjective suffix -li.

Karimpour Iranian

Karimpour Persian
Means "son of Karim".

Kərimzadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Karimzadeh.

Karimzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Karim" in Persian.

Karin Estonian
Possibly derived from Estonian kari "reef, outcrop of stone in water".

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

Karino Japanese

Kariņš Latvian

Kario Japanese
From 苅 (kari) meaning "reap, prune, cut" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, rear, end".

Karion Russian

Karitani Japanese

Kariv Hebrew
Means "battle, fight, war" in Hebrew.

Kariya Japanese

Kariyapperuma Sinhalese
Derived from the words “black” or "dark", and “peruma,” which means “big.” Together, the name can be interpreted to mean "great blackness" or "big darkness."

Karja Estonian
Karja is an Estonian surname meaning "herding".

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

Karjala Finnish
Finnish from karja ‘cattle’ + the local suffix -la, or possibly from a word of Germanic origin, harja- ‘host’, ‘crowd’, Old Swedish haer. Historic records suggest that the Germanic inhabitants of the area around Lake Ladoga (in present-day Russia) used this term to refer to the Finns who once lived there.

Karjamaa Estonian
Karjamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "pastureland".

Karjane Estonian
Karjane is an Estonian surname meaning "herdsman".

Karjewski Polish (Rare)

Kark Estonian
Kark is an Estonian surname meaning "stilt" (Himantopus himantopus).

Karkavandian Armenian, Iranian
Those belonging to the Karkevand/Garkevand district of Iran who are most likely of Armenian origin. Typical modern Armenian last names end with the originally patronymic suffix -յան or -եան, transliterated as -yan, -ian, or less often '-jan'... [more]

Karkhanis Marathi

Karkhin m Russian

Karki Nepali
Occupational name for a tax collector from Nepali कर (kar) meaning "tax" (ultimately of Sanskrit origin).

Kärkinen Finnish
Combination of Finnish kärki "peak, point, tip" and the common surname suffix -inen.

Kärkkäinen Finnish
From Finnish kärkäs meaning ”eager” and the suffix -nen. A Finnish department store chain bears this name after its founder, Juha Kärkkäinen.

Karkus English
Anyone with information about this last name please edit.

Karla Czech
Karla, from English - carla

Karlberg Swedish
Variant of Carlberg.

Karlewicz Polish
Variant of Karłowicz.

Karlgren Swedish
Combination of the given name Karl and Swedish gren "branch".

Kärlin German
German surname from the personal name Karl. Also an altered spelling of German Gerling.

Karlin Jewish
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) habitational name for someone from Karlin, a suburb of Pinsk in Belarus, in which the Jews formed the majority of the population until the Holocaust. A well-known Hasidic sect originated in Karlin and at one time it attracted so many followers that a (now obsolete) Russian word for ‘Hasid’ was Karliner (of Yiddish origin)... [more]

Karlin Swedish (Rare)
Variant spelling of Carlin 3.

Karlin Polish
Polish habitational name from a village in Poland.

Karling German
A habitational name from Karling in Bavaria.

Karlov Russian
Means "son of Karl".

Karlović Croatian
Means "son of Karlo".

Karłowicz Polish
Patronymic from Karol 1 or Karl.

Karlowicz Polish (Anglicized)
Simplification of Karłowicz.

Karlowitsch German
German form of Karłowicz.

Karlowitz German
German form of Karłowicz.

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

Karlson English
Means "Son of Karl".

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

Karlu Indian

Karm Estonian
Karm is an Estonian surname meaning "strict" and "austere".

Karmakar Indian, Bengali, Assamese
Means "blacksmith" in Bengali and Assamese.

Kármán Hungarian
An ethnic name for people from Karaman, Turkey, via Medieval Latin Caramanus.

Karman Dutch
Dutch form of Carman 1

Karman Jewish
From Russian карман (karman) meaning "pocket, bag pocket", probably an occupational name for someone who made such items. Alternatively, could derive from Hungarian Kármán.

Karmann German
German form of Carman 1.

Kärmas Estonian
Kärmas is an Estonian surname meaning "smart", "ready", "swift" and "brisk".

Karmazinas Lithuanian
Perhaps a habitational name taken from the Lithuanian village Karmazinai. The name of the village is allegedly derived from Polish karmazyn "crimson". See also Karmazsin, a Hungarian occupational name for a dyer or for someone making dyestuff (taken directly from Hungarian karmazsin "crimson").

Kärner Estonian, German
Derived from an archaic loan word meaning "gardener", related to German Gärtner.

Karnik Bengali

Karnovskiy m Russian

Karol Jewish (Ashkenazi), Polish, Rusyn, Slovak
Polish, Slovak Rusyn, Slovak: from the personal name Karol 1, Polish and Slovak equivalent of Charles.... [more]

Károly Hungarian
From the given name Károly.

Karomatov m Uzbek

Karon Filipino

Karotamm Estonian
Karotamm is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "karu" (bear) and "tamm" (oak).

Karotki m Belarusian
Means "small, short" in Belarusian.

Kärp Estonian
Kärp is an Estonian surname meaning "stoat" or "ermine".

Karp English
From the given name Karp.

Karp Polish
From Middle High German karp(f)e Middle Low German karpe or Slavic (Russian and Polish) and Yiddish karp ‘carp’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a carp fisherman or seller of these fish or a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish.... [more]

Karpenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Karp".

Karpiak Ukrainian
Likely from the given name Karp.

Karpiński m Polish
Derived from karp, the Polish spelling of "carp." Historically, the Karpiński family was part of the royal Clan of Korab, one of the twelve noble tribes of Poland.

Karpoche Tibetan

Karpov m Russian
Means "son of Karp".

Karpova f Russian
Feminine form of Karpov.

Karpowicz English
Patronymic from Karp.

Karr German, Scottish, English
German: truncated form of Karren or Karrer.... [more]

Karrantza Basque
Habitational name from Basque Country, Spain, a Basque adaptation of Carrantia, a toponym probably of Cantabrian origin meaning "high rocks" (compare Basque harri "rock, stone" and (h)andi "big, large").

Karras Greek
Means "dark" in Greek. Feminine form is Karra.

Karsan Indian

Karslake English
Variant spelling of Kerslake.

Karson English
Variant of Carson

Kartallozi Albanian
Meaning unknown.

Kartashov Russian
Meaning uncertain.

Kartashyan Armenian
Means "son of the stonemason" from Armenian քարտաշ (kʿartaš) meaning "stonecutter, stonemason".

Karter Breton
Breton form of Carter. This was the birth surname of Breton-French explorer Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), who is known for discovering the gulf of St. Lawrence.

Kartman English
Variant of Cartman.

Kartman German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Kartmann.

Kartmann German
Derived from German karte meaning "card". Possibly an occupational name for someone who makes, sells or trades cards. In an alternative representation, it could be a nickname for someone who gambles.

Kartner German
Variant of Cartner

Kartoshkin Russian
From Russian Картошка (kartoshka) "potato".

Karube Japanese
From Japanese 苅 (karu) meaning "reap, cut" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Karuli Indian, Southern African

Karunachandra Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon".

Karunadasa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and दास (dasa) meaning "servant, slave".

Karunananda Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and नन्द (nanda) meaning "joy, delight".

Karunanayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණානායක (see Karunanayake).

Karunanayake Sinhalese
From Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, kindness, mercy" and नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".

Karunapala Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and पाल (pala) meaning "guard, protector".

Karunarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාරත්න (see Karunaratne).

Karunarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාරත්න (see Karunaratne).

Karunaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාරත්න (see Karunaratne).