All Submitted Surnames

Kavakami Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Kawakami more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Kavaĺkoŭ m Belarusian

Kavallaris Greek

Kavarai Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, meaning "landowner".

Kavasaki Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Kawasaki more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Kavazović Bosnian

Kavčič Slovene

Kavin Indian

Kavka Slovak, Ukrainian, Czech
Yet another variant of Kafka and its pop culture equivalents Kefka and Cefca. Also like Kaffka, it simply means ‘Jackdaw’ in Slovak.

Kavra Yupik (?)

Kavtaradze Georgian

Kavulungan Paiwan

Kavulya Russian (?)

Kavur Turkish

Kawabara Japanese
Variant of Kawahara.

Kawabata Japanese
'Side or bank of the river'; written two ways, with two different characters for kawa ‘river’. One family is descended from the northern Fujiwara through the Saionji family; the other from the Sasaki family... [more]

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
From 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" combined with 内 (dai, nai, uchi, chi) meaning "among, between, home, house, inside, within."

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

Kawaei Japanese
From 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 栄 (ei) meaning "glory, honour, flourish, prosper".... [more]

Kawagai Japanese
Variant of Kawatani.

Kawagaya Japanese
Variant of Kawatani.

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".

Kawahatsu Japanese

Kawahigashi Japanese
From 河 or 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 東 (higashi) meaning "east".

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".

Kawaki Japanese

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

Kawakubo Japanese

Kawalerowicz Polish

Kawamata Japanese

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".

Kawana Hawaiian (?)

Kawanabe Japanese

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

Kawanami Japanese

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

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) meaning "river, stream" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain, wilderness."

Kawanoue Japanese

Kawara Japanese
Variant Kahara.

Kawaragi Japanese
From 河 (ka) meaning "river, stream", 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain", and 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood".

Kawarasaki Japanese

Kawarazaki Japanese
Variant of Kawarasaki.

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

Kawasumi Japanese

Kawata Japanese
Variant transcription of Kawada.

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".

Kawawara Japanese
Variant of Kawahara.

Kawaya Japanese
Variant of Kawatani.

Kawaye Japanese (Americanized)
Americanized form of Kawai.

Kawazaki Japanese
Variant of Kawasaki.

Kawazoe Japanese
Variant of Kawasoe.

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

Kawka Polish
Polish variant of Kawa and cognate of Kafka.

Kay Chinese
From Chinese 凯 (kǎi) meaning "triumphant, victorious, triumphal".

Kaya Japanese
From 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate", combined with 屋 (ya) meaning "house, shop".

Kayah Indonesian

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

Kayan Turkish

Kayan Turkish
Means "slippery, smooth, gliding" in Turkish.

Kayana Central African

Kayano Japanese (Rare), Brazilian
Kaya means "yew tree",and No means "field,meadow,wilderness".People with this last name are Kayano Gonbei (a samurai),Ai Kayano(a voice actress of MANY characters /more than 30),and Shigeru Kayano(an Ainu politician who lived well up to 2006)... [more]

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

Kayce Turkish

Kaydahzinne Apache

Kaydan Ukrainian (?), Crimean Tatar (Ukrainianized, ?), Tatar (Ukrainianized, ?)
Possibly from Tatar кайдан (qaydan), meaning "from (place)".

Kaye English
From the first name Kaye.

Kaygan Turkish

Kaygisiz Turkish
Derived from the Turkish word for “carefree, relaxed”.

Kaygusuz Turkish

Kayhan Turkish

Kayıkçı Turkish
Means "boatman, rower" in Turkish.

Kayitz Hebrew, Jewish
Means "summer" in Hebrew.

Kayla Eastern African

Kayland English

Kayler English
Variant of Kaylor.

Kayll English

Kaylor Scottish, German
Variant of Scottish Keillor.... [more]

Kaymak Turkish

Kaynak Turkish
Means "source" in Turkish.

Kaynarca Turkish

Kayratov m Kazakh
Means "son of Kairat".

Kayratova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Kayratov.

Kayse English

Kayser German
Variant of Kaiser.

Kayshav Iranian

Kayth Indian

Kayton English

Kayyali Turkish

Kayyrzhanova Kazakh

Kaz Jewish
Variant of Katz.

Kazaana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 風穴 (kazaana) meaning "air hole", referring to a place with many air holes.

Kazachenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Kozachenko, from Russian казак (kazak) "cossack".

Kazachyonok m Russian, Belarusian

Kazačjonok m Belarusian
Belarusian Latin form of Kazachyonok.

Kazacov Russian
Variant spelling of Kazakov.

Kazah Nigerian (Anglicized, Modern)

Kazak Russian
Unisex Russian surname, meaning the word "Cossack"

Kazakh Kazakh
Derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kazakhstan.'

Kazakhstansky Russian, Kazakh
One who came from Kazakhstan.

Kazakidis Greek

Kazakov Russian
From Russian казак (kazak) meaning "Cossack".

Kazamachi Japanese

Kazamatsuri Japanese
From Japanese 風祭 (Kazamatsuri) meaning "Kazamatsuri", an area in the city of Odawara in the prefecture of Kanagawa in Japan.

Kazami Japanese
From Japanese 風 (kaza) meaning "wind, style" and 見 (mi) meaning "looking, viewing".

Kazan Jewish
From Hebew chazan, which is an occupational name for a cantor in a synagogue.

Kazan Ukrainian, Belarusian, Jewish
From Turkish kazan meaning "kettle, boiler, furnace".

Kazan Greek
Reduced form of Kazandis which is an occupational surname for a maker of cauldrons or someone who uses a cauldron for the distillation of ouzo or raki... [more]

Kazan Turkish
From Turkish meaning "cauldron".

Kazanchian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).

Kazanchyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).

Kazancı Turkish
Occupational name for a maker or seller of cauldrons, kettles or boilers, from Turkish kazan meaning "cauldron, boiler".

Kazandjian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).

Kazanjian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).

Kazanjyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).

Kazanov Russian
Means "of Kazan", either referring to the city of Kazan in Tatarstan, Russia, or from a given name. The name is most likely of Turkic origin, possibly from Bulgar qazan meaning "cauldron, pot", which would have been used to denote someone who made pots.

Kazantsev m Russian
Denotes to a person from Kazan'.

Kazantzakis Greek

Kazari Japanese (Rare)
Means "decoration" in Japanese.

Kazarian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազարյան (see Ghazaryan).

Kazaryan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազարյան (see Ghazaryan).

Kaze Japanese
Kaze means "wind".

Kazeana Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 風穴 (see Kazaana).

Kazegai Japanese
Variant of Kazetani.

Kazegaya Japanese
Variant of Kazetani.

Kazehaya Japanese
Kaze means "wind" and haya means "fast".

Kazemi Japanese

Kazempour Persian
Means "son of Kazem".

Kazemzadeh Persian
Means "born of Kazem".

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

Kazeya Japanese
Variant of Kazetani.

Kazi Indian (Muslim)
Variant spelling of Qazi ‘judge’.

Kazi Bengali, Indian
Variant of Qazi.

Kazi Bengali, Indian (Muslim)
Bengali form of Qazi as well as an alternate transcription of Hindi काज़ी and Urdu قاضی.

Kazikowski Polish
Variant of Kozikowski.

Kazim Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic
From the given name Kazim.

Kazimiraŭ Belarusian
Means "son of Kazimir".

Kazimirov Russian
Means "son of Kazimir".

Kazımov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Kazım".

Kazımova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Kazımov.

Kazinets Belarusian

Kazinskiy m Russian, Jewish

Kaziuk Polish

Kazlov m Belarusian (Russified)
Russified form of Kazlow.

Kazlowski Russian

Kázmér Hungarian
From the given name Kázmér.

Kazmi Urdu
From the given name Kazim.

Kaźmierczak Polish
Derived from the given name Kazimierz.

Kazoe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 主計 (see Kazue).

Kazue Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 主計 (kazue) meaning "(Ancient Japan) tax officer".... [more]

Kazueda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 数枝 (see Kazue).

Kazuk Belarusian

Kazuyuki Japanese

Kbausz Hungarian

Kc Chinese, Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Teochew), Chinese (Hokkien), Taiwanese, Korean, Burmese, English, Hungarian
Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Kwang, Yong, Sung, Jae, Eun, Hyun, Myung, Jung, Kyong, Sang, Wing. Korean Chang, Chong, Chung, Byung, Byung Soo, Hak, Jeong, Kwang Soo, Min, Myong, Pak, Sinae.... [more]

Ke Chinese
From Chinese 柯 (kē) meaning "axe handle, stalk, branch".

Keady English

Keagle German

Keagle German (Americanized)
Americanized form of the German surname "Kegel".

Keahi Hawaiian
From the given name Keahi.

Keal Irish (Anglicized)

Keala Hawaiian
From the given name Keala.

Kealoha Hawaiian
From the given name Kealoha.

Kealy Irish (Anglicized)

Keanan Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ó Cianáin.

Keane Irish (Modern)
A nickname for a "brave" or "proud" person deriving from Middle English given name Kene

Kear Scottish Gaelic
Kear is derived from the Gaelic name O'Ciarain or O'Ceirin, which comes from the Gaelic word ciar, meaning black or dark brown.

Kearl English (American)

Kearns Irish (Anglicized)
Irish anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Céirín ‘descendant of Céirín’, a personal name from a diminutive of ciar ‘dark’, ‘black’... [more]

Kearny Irish
Variant of Kearney.

Kearse Irish
Variant of Keirsey.

Kearsey English
Variant of Kearsley

Kearsley English
Derived from any of the English settlements called Kearsley

Kearson English

Keasley English
Variant of Kearsley

Keason English

Keate English
Variant of Kite.

Keather English (American)

Keats English
Variant of Kite.

Keay Irish (?), Scottish
Possibly from the given name Kay 1.

Kebel German (Americanized)
Possibly an Americanized form of German Kübel "tub, vat", a metonymic occupational name for a cooper or barrel-maker.

Kebi Indian

Kebre African

Kebukawa Japanese

Keçeci Turkish
Means "felt seller, person who makes felt" in Turkish, derived from keçe meaning "felt, cloth".

Kedem Hebrew
Either means "east" or "ancient" in Hebrew.

Keder Estonian
Keder is an Estonian surname meaning "wheel".

Kedrow Polish (Americanized, Rare)

Kedzie English

Keedus Estonian
Keedus is an Estonian surname meaning "brew".

Keek Estonian

Keel English
English habitational name from Keele in Staffordshire, named from Old English cy ‘cows’ + hyll ‘hill’, or from East and West Keal in Lincolnshire, which are named from Old Norse kjolr ‘ridge’... [more]

Keel Irish
Irish reduced form of McKeel.

Keel German (Swiss)
Swiss German variant of Kehl.

Keel German (Anglicized)
Americanized spelling of German Kühl, Kiehl, or Kiel.

Keel Estonian
Keel is an Estonian surname meaning "language/speech" and also "reed".

Keele English

Keeler English
English: occupational name for a boatman or boatbuilder, from an agent derivative of Middle English kele ‘ship’, ‘barge’ (from Middle Dutch kiel). Americanized spelling of German Kühler, from a variant of an old personal name (see Keeling) or a variant of Kühl.

Keeling Irish, English
Irish: see Keeley. ... [more]

Keenan Irish
Variant of O'keenan.

Keene English
Variant of Keen.

Keener English
Anglicized form of Kiener or Kühner.

Keeper English

Keeper German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Kuper.

Keeping English

Keerd Estonian
Keerd is an Estonian surname meaning "winding", "turn" and "spin".

Keerles Estonian
Keerles is an Estonian surname derived from "keerlema" meaning to "whirl" and "spin".

Keery Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ciardha.

Keeth Irish
A Scottish and Irish place surname meaning "forest" or "wood" or "windy place".

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".

Keever Celtic
From McKeever, a form of McIver, meaning "son of Ivor".

Kefalas Greek
Nickname for a big-headed or obstinate person, derived from Greek κεφάλι (kefali) meaning "head".

Keffler German
Derived from Koeffler.

Kegasawa Japanese
From 気 (ke) meaning "feeling, spirit, mood", 賀 (ga) meaning "celebrate, congratulate, greet", and 沢 (sawa) meaning "swamp, marah".

Kegee English

Kegelmann German

Kegler German
Nickname for a skilled or enthusiastic skittles player, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kegel meaning "skittle", "pin".

Kego Scottish
Scottish - Eaglesham, Renfrewshire Scotland

Kehayias Greek

Keheley Irish (Anglicized)
americanized version of an irish clan name

Kehler German
Habitational name from various places called Kehl, notably the town across the Rhine from Strasbourg. In some cases it may be a variant of Köhler.

Kehoe Irish
Variant of McKeogh.

Keicher German
from the East Prussian dialect word keicher "small cake, pastry" hence a metonymic occupational name for a pastry chef or cook.

Keidar Hebrew
Keidar is an ancient nickname given to the descendants of Ishmael.

Keidel German

Keidrich German

Keif English

Keifer German
Variant of Kiefer.

Keight English

Keigwin Welsh
From "kei", meaning 'a dog' and "gwyn", meaning, 'white' in Cornish.(a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family.)... [more]

Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele Hawaiian (Rare)

Keikilawa Hawaiian

Keillor Scottish
Habitational name from a place in Angus called Keilor.

Keim German
Unknown.

Keinath German
Possibly a variant of Keinrath, from the personal name Konrad. ... [more]

Keiner German
Reduced form of the personal name Kagenher, from Old High German gagan 'against' + heri 'army'.

Keiper German
Similar to the origins of Kuiper (Dutch) and Cooper (English), Keiper was an occupation which means "cooper" or "barrelmaker".

Keira Japanese

Keirnan Irish
Gaelic form of Keirnan is Mac Thighearnain, which is derived from the word tighearna, meaning "lord." First found in County Cavan, Ireland.

Keirns English
Name for someone who works at a mill of makes butter.

Keirsey Irish
Topographic name of Norman origin name dating back to the 13th century.

Keiser German
Variation of Kaiser.

Keita Western African

Keith German
Nickname from Middle High German kit "sprout, offspring".

Keizer Dutch
Dutch cognate of Kaiser.

Kekakho Batak

Keke Nauruan

Kekilli Turkish

Kekkai Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 結解 (see Kekke).

Kekke Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 結解 (kekke), a variant reading of 結解 (ketsuge) meaning "klesha to nirvana".

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.

Kekkonen Finnish

Keklik Turkish
Means "partridge" in Turkish.

Kekoa Hawaiian
From the given name Kekoa.

Kelava Croatian
Possibly derived from Turkish kel, meaning "bald".... [more]

Kelby English

Kelce English
Variant of Kelsey.

Kelch German
nickname from Middle High German kelch "double chin", "goiter". from another meaning of Middle High German kelch "glass", "chalice", hence a metonymic occupational name for a chalice maker or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a chalice.

Kelchen Russian

Kelchin m Russian

Kelder Estonian
Kelder is an Estonian surname meaning "cellar".

Kelecom Belgian

Kelekolio Hawaiian
From the given name Kelekolio.

Keleş Turkish

Keleş Turkish
Means "brave, handsome" as well as "bald" or "ugly" in Turkish.

Keley Indonesian

Kelham English
Derived from the village of Kelham, near Newark-upon-Trent, Nottingham.

Keli African

Kell Estonian
Kell is an Estonian surname meaning "clock".

Kellam English

Kelleher Irish
From Gaelic Ó Céileachair meaning "son of Céileachar". The Irish given name Céileachar means "companion-dear", i.e., "lover of company".

Kellejian Armenian
Meaning unknown.

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".

Kellenberger Swiss

Kellerman South African

Kellers German
Variant of Keller.

Kellett Irish, English
Unknown meaning. Comes from Anglo-Saxon origin.

Kelli Indian

Kellner German, Dutch, Jewish, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, French
Means "waiter, cellarman" in German, ultimately derived from Latin cellarium "pantry, cellar, storeroom". This was an occupational name for a steward, a castle overseer, or a server of wine.

Kello Estonian
Kello is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kell" meaning "clock", or "kellu" meaning "trowel".

Kellock Scottish

Kellog English, Irish
Variant of Kellogg

Kellogg Irish
Anglicised form of Ó Ceallaigh