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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".

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.

Koslor German (?)

Koslov m Russian

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".

Kostikov Russian
Means "son of Kostik".

Kostin m Russian

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

Kostylev m Russian
Possibly from from костыль (kostyl') meaning "crutch"

Kostyuchenko Ukrainian
Variant of Kostenko.

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".

Kotaja Finnish

Kotaji Albanian

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

Kotake Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "little, small" and 竹 (take) meaning "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".

Kotelyak Ukrainian

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

Kotenko Ukrainian

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

Kotlyar Ukrainian
Means "boilermaker".

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

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".

Kotsyuba Ukrainian

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).

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

Koussa Arabic
Probably comes from Moroccan Darija, when Koussa mean "homosexuality", people with this name were seen as homosexual and had no choice.

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.

Kovaľ m Slovak
Slovak variant of Koval.

Kovalainen Finnish

Kovalchik Rusyn
Rusyn form of Kovalchuk.

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.

Kovalko m Ukrainian
Variant of Koval.

Kovaľová f Slovak
Feminine form of Kovaľ.

Kovalová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine from of Koval.

Kovalskis m Russian (Latvianized)
Latvianised form of Kovalskiy.

Kovalskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified)
Russian form of Kowalski.

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, mophead" in Ukrainian, refering to someone with unkempt hair "Polish plait" .

Kovtunov m Russian
A form of Kovtun.

Kowaka Japanese

Kowal Polish
Blacksmith

Kowalchuk Ukrainian (Anglicized, Rare)
Alternate transcription of Kovalchuk. This is mostly used in Canada and America.

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
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

Kozachenko Ukrainian
Means "son of a cossack", from Ukrainian козак (kozak) "cossack".

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
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom".

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”.

Kozarenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian variant of Kozar.

Kozatskyy m Ukrainian
Variant of Kozak.

Közen Turkish

Kozen Japanese

Kozeyev m Russian
Possibly another form of Kozlov.

Kozhara Ukrainian
From Ukrainian кожа (kozha), meaning "skin, leather".

Kozhedub Ukrainian
Probably from Ukrainian кожа (kozha) "skin, leather" and дуб (dub) "oak".

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.

Kozhukhov m Russian

Koziara Polish

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

Kozlyk Ukrainian

Kozmenko Ukrainian
Variant of Kuzmenko.

Kozorev Russian
From kozyr, meaning "trump".

Kozu Japanese
From 神 (ko) meaning "god" and 津 (tsu) meaning "harbor, port".

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).

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 "little, small" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Kozuki Japanese
It is written as 上 (Ko) meaning "above" and 月 (tsuki) meaning "month, moon".

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

Kozyreva Russian
Feminine form of Kozyrev.

Kozyukov m Russian

Kpodo Western African

Kporaro Nigerian (Rare)
The name Kporaro translates into the English language as "PROGRESS" (literally Kpo which is "Go", Ra which is "OF" and Aro which is "FRONT" in which case the Ra implies "For" or "Of" thus Kporaro is literally "Go Of Front" or more properly "Move Forward")... [more]

Kraaijkamp Dutch
Means "field of crows" in Dutch, from the plural form of Dutch kraai "crow" and kamp "camp, field".

Kraan Dutch
Means "crane" in Dutch, referring to both the bird and the machine. Usually a nickname for a tall or long-legged person, but can also be an occupational name for someone who worked a mechanical crane, or a habitational name from a place containing the element kraan.

Kraanvelt Estonian (Rare)
Possibly derived from Middle High German krane "crane (bird or machine)" and velt "field". Pre-dates widespread use of surnames in Estonia.

Kraav Estonian
Kraav is an Estonian surname meaning "ditch".

Krabbe German, Dutch, Danish
Means "crab, shrimp", either a metonymic occupational name for someone who caught or sold shellfish, or a nickname based on someone’s way of walking.

Kraber German (Austrian)
Variant of Kramer.

Krabi Estonian
Krabi is an Estonian surname meaning "crab".

Krabs Popular Culture
This is the surname of Eugene H. Krabs from SpongeBob SquarePants.

Kracík Czech
The origin is not known.

Kraeft German
Possible variant of Kraft and Kräft

Kraenzlein German

Krafčík Slovak

Kräft German, Jewish
Nickname for a strong man, from Old High German kraft, German Kraft ‘strength’, ‘power’.

Kraft German, Swedish, Danish
Variant of Kräft.

Kraftmel Yiddish
It literally means "starch".

Krah German
Nickname from Middle High German kra "crow" given to someone who resembles a crow.

Krahe German, Spanish
From the German word Krähe, meaning "crow".... [more]

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

Krahn German
Nickname for a slim or long-legged person, from Middle Low German krane "crane". Compare Kranich.

Krai Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kraina Czech, South Slavic, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian
Derived from Slavic word meaning "border" or "country".

Krais German, Brazilian
Brazilian adaptation of the German surname Greis; altered for easier comprehension by the Portuguese-speaking population of Brazil.

Kraivichian Thai
Variant transcription of Kraivichien.

Kraivichien Thai
From Thai กรัย (krai) of unknown meaning and วิเชียร (wichian) meaning "diamond".

Kraivixien Thai
Variant spelling of Kraivichien.

Krajca Czech
Means "tailor".

Krajči m Slovak
Variant of Krajčí.

Krajčí m Slovak
Derived from Krajčír.

Krajčík m Slovak
Derived from a diminutive of Krajčír.

Krajčíková f Slovak
Feminine form of Krajčík.

Krajčiová f Slovak
Feminine form of Krajči.

Krajčír Slovak, Czech
Means "tailor" in Slovak and Czech.

Krajcir Slovak (Anglicized), Czech (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Krajčír.

Krajčírová f Slovak
Feminine form of Krajčír.