All Submitted Surnames

Aniol Catalan, German
Possibly derived from the Catalan given name Aniol. Alternatively it has a German origin.

Anis Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Anis.

Anishin Russian

Anisimov m Russian
Means "son of Anisim".

Anisimova f Russian
Feminine form of Anisimov.

Aniston English
"Town of Agnes, Agnes town"... [more]

Anita Indonesian

Anjie Nigerian

Anjo Japanese
An means "peace, relax, cheap" and jo means "castle".

Anjoh Japanese

Anjos Western African

Anjou Japanese

Anjoul English (Australian, Rare, ?)

Anjum Urdu, Bengali
Means "stars", the plural of Arabic نَجْم‎ (najm) meaning "star".

Ankenbauer German

Ankhbayar Mongolian

Ankjær Danish
From a place name meaning 'water-hole with ducks.'

Ankudinov Russian

Änn Estonian
Änn is an Estonian surname meaning "skua/jaeger" (bird species: Stercorarius parasiticus).

Ann English
Habitational name from Abbots Ann in Hampshire, named for the stream that runs through it, which is most probably named with an ancient Welsh word meaning ‘water’.

Anna English, Irish, Italian, Hungarian
Probably derived from the female first name Anna.

Annah African

Annai African

Annaka f African, Hebrew, Hausa
Annaka is a feminine appellation particularly beloved in the Chadic language of Hausa, spoken mainly in Nigeria, Niger, and throughout West Africa. Meaning “sweet-faced,” Annaka is a form of Anika, adding a dash of flavor with its triple “a” and double “n.” Annaka is also a form of the Hebrew Anna, meaning “graciousness.” American author Annaka Harris bears this beautiful appellation, whose work focuses on mental health in children and adults.

Annakin English (British, Rare)
Meaning unknown. Perhaps a medieval English diminutive of an unknown given name (compare Wilkin, Larkin, and Hopkin).

Annam Telugu
The surname is derived from the Telugu word అన్నం (annam) which means rice.

Annamaa Estonian
Annamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "give land".

Annan Western African, Akan
Means "fourth-born child" in Akan.

Annan Scottish
'The earliest reference of Annan used as a surname is found in the 13th century Ragman Rolls during which Scots pledged homage to nobles. It is likely that the inhabitants of Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Annandale, River Annan, Annanhead Hill, and Annan Castle adopted Annan as their surname.' (wikipedia)

Annarumma Italian
Probably derived from a regional variant of the feminine given name Annadomenica, the second element deriving from a short form of Rummeneca, a Neapolitan variant of Domenica.

Annasohn German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Anna and German Sohn "son".

Annast Estonian
Annast is an Estonians urname possibly derived from "anna" meaning "give".

Annavarapu Telugu
Means “one who has received the blessings or gifts of an elder brother or respected person”.

Anne Indian
Indian (Andhra Pradesh); pronounced as two syllables: Hindu name of unknown meaning.

Anneler German (Swiss)
Variant of Annen.

Anneley English

Annen German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Anna.

Annenkov Russian

Annerley English

Annes English

Annesley English
Variant of Ainsley, from the name of a town in Nottinghamshire.

Anni Estonian
Anni is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "anne" meaning "aptitude for" and "talent"; or "hani" meaning "goose".

Annibali Italian

Annikov Russian

Anninos Greek

Annis English

Annison English
This surname means “son of Anna”.

Anniste Estonian
Anniste is an Estonian surname possibly related or derived from "anne" meaning "gift" or "talent".

Anniston English
"Town of Agnes".

Anno Japanese
Means "of hermitage" in Japanese. A famous bearer is famous Japanese illustrator and children's educational book author Mitsumasa Anno (1926-present).

Anno Japanese
From Japanese 阿武 (Anno) meaning "Anno", a district in the former Japanese province of Nagatono in parts of present-day Yamaguchi, Japan.... [more]

Annō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿武 (see Anno 2).

Annou Japanese
From 安 (an) meaning "peaceful, cheap, relax" and 濃 (nou) meaning "thick, dark color".

Annoura Japanese
From 案 (an) meaning "table, desk, legal case, rough draft", (no) an invisible possessive particle, and 浦 (ura) meaning "inlet, bay".

Annson English
Variant of Anson.

Annunziato Italian
From the given name Annunziato.

Annus Estonian
Annus is an Estonian surname meaning "dose".

Ano Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿武 (see Anno 2).

Ano Western African

Anokhin Russian

Añonuevo Spanish (Philippines)
Means "New Year" in Spanish.

Anonuevo Spanish

Añorbe Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese municipality.

Anoshkin Russian

Anosov Russian

Anotidaishe Shona
Anotidaishe means "the Lord loves us".

Anotonella Italian

Anou Japanese
From 安 (a) meaning "peace, cheap, relax" and 納 (nou) meaning "to pay fees, to supply, to store, to complete, to restore".

Anouar Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Anwar.

Anouilh French
From Catalan anull, meaning "slow worm". It is originally a nickname given to a spineless and slow person. The French author Jean Anouilh is a famous bearer of this surname.

Anpilov m Russian

Anpiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Ampiru.

Anpo Japanese
From Japanese 安 (an) meaning "calm, peaceful" and 保 (ho) meaning "protect, maintain".

Anquetil Jèrriais
Derived from the medieval French personal name Ansketil.

Anraku Japanese

Anrep Russian
Derived from surname von Anrep

Anrig Romansh
Derived from the given name Henricus.

Anrimusthi Indonesian

Ans Romansh
Variant of Hans.

Ansai Japanese
From Japanese 安 (an) meaning "peace" and 西 (sai) meaning "west", 斎 (sai) meaning "purification, worship", or 済 (sai) meaning "settle, finish".

Ansaldo Italian
From the given name Ansaldo.

Ansar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ansar.

Ansari Arabic, Persian, Urdu
From the given name Ansar.

Anschuetz German
Variant of Anschütz.

Anschütz German
Occupational name for someone whose job was to keep a dam or pool filled with water. (Anschützen "to fill up")

Anselm German
From the given name Anselm.

Anselme French
From the given name Anselme.

Anshitsu Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.

Ansip Estonian

Ansley English (American)

Anslow English
Habitational name from Anslow in Staffordshire.

Ansong Nigerian

Ansous French

Ànsruthair Scottish Gaelic
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous town.

Anstead English
Possibly derived from places named with Old English ham-stede meaning "homestead".

Ansted English
Variant of Anstead, possibly derived from places named with Old English ham-stede meaning "homestead".

Anstey English
Means "person from Anstey or Ansty", the name of numerous places in England (either "single track" or "steep track"). F. Anstey was the pen-name of British barrister and author Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856-1934).

Ant Turkish

Antakov Russian

Antala Gujarati
ANTALA SURNAME CAME FROM MANDALIYA SURNAME (HINDU PATEL'S SURNAME), ANTALA FAMILIES LIVED IN MANDALDESH IN VIKRAM SAVANT 1416. IN VIKRAM SAVANT 1416, built a temple OF SHIVA IN ANTALESHWAR AND THEN MANDLIYA BECOME ANTALA.... [more]

Antanyan Armenian

Antelothanasis Greek

Antetokounmpo Western African, Yoruba (Hellenized)
Hellenized form of Adetokunbo. This name is borne by the Greek-Nigerian basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo (1994-), as well as his brothers Thanasis (1992-), Kostas (1997-) and Alex Antetokounmpo (2001-), also noted basketball players.

Anthonsson Swedish (Rare)
Means "Son of Anthon".

Anthrop English

Antichi Italian

Antico Venetian, Istriot

Anticristo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Means "antichrist" in Spanish.

Antigua Spanish
From Spanish meaning "antique".

Antilla Finnish, Finnish (Anglicized), English (American)
Variant and/or Anglicized form of Anttila

Antillón Aragonese
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Antinucci Italian
Variant of Antonucci

Antioco Italian
From the given name Antioco.

Antipin Russian, Kazakh
Derived from given name Antip (Антип). Also a variation of Antipov (Антипов)

Antipina f Russian
Feminine form of Antipin.

Antipov Russian
Derived from given name Antip (Антип). Feminine form is Antipova (Антиповa)

Antipova f Russian
Feminine form of Antipov.

Antkowiak Polish
Derived from the given name Antoni.

Antognoli Italian

Antoine French
From the given name Antoine.

Antolijao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano antulihaw meaning "Philippine oriole" (a type of bird).

Antolin Spanish
1 Spanish (Antolín): from the personal name, a vernacular form of Antoninus, a name borne by thirteen saints.... [more]

Antolinez Spanish

Antolini Italian
The family originated from Sarnano (Macerata) and at the end of the century XVII transplanted to Montealbodo today Ostra (Ancona) where it was aggregated to that nobility.

Antolović Croatian

Antonacci Italian
From the given name Antonio.

Antonakakis Greek

Antoñanzas Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Riojan municipality of Munilla.

Antonaz Istriot

Antonchyk Ukrainian
Variant of Antonenko.

Antonelle Portuguese (Brazilian)

Antonello Italian
From the given name Antonello.

Antonenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Anton".

Antongiorgi Italian
combination of Antonio and Giorgio

Antongiovanni Italian
combination of Antonio and Giovanni

Antoniades Greek
Variant of Antoniadis.

Antoniadis Greek
Means "son of Antonios".

Antoniak Polish
Derived from the given name Antoni.

Antonian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Antonyan.

Antonić Serbian

Antonides Greek
Means "son of Antonios".

Antoniewicz Polish
Derived from the given name Antoni.

Antonijević Serbian
Means "son of Antonije".

Antonios Greek, Arabic
From the given name Antonios.

Antoniu Albanian

Antonius Old Celtic
It means invaluable. In the Gaelic languaje is amhrisiadwy.

Antoniz Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Antonio.

Antonoff Russian (Anglicized), Bulgarian (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Antonov.

Antonovas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Antonov.

Antonovich Belarusian, Russian
Derived from given name Anton (Антон) meaning "son of Anton"

Antonsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Anton" in Icelandic.

Antonsson Icelandic, Swedish
Means "son of Anton".

Antonucci Italian
From the given name Antonio.

Antony English, Indian (Christian)
From the given name Antony.

Antonyan Armenian
Means "son of Anton".

Antonych Ukrainian
Means "son of Anton".

Antonyuk Ukrainian
Variant of Antonenko.

Antos Hungarian

Antoshin Russian
Derived from a diminutive Antosha of the Russian given name Anton.

Antoshina f Russian
Feminine form of Antoshin.

Antošová f Czech

Antrim Irish
Meaning "lone ridge". This is the name of an Irish county and was among some of Billy the Kid’s other known names (ie: Henry "Kid" Antrim).

Antrobus English
This very unusual name is of Old Norse origin and is a locational surname from the place in Cheshire called "Antrobus". The placename is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Entrebus", and in the Pipe Rolls of Cheshire of 1282 as "Anterbus"... [more]

Antropov m Russian

Antropovs Latvian

Antsorena Basque (Rare)
Habitational name of uncertain etymology. Possibly means "Antso’s place", from the given name Antso (a Basque form of Sancho) and the genitive suffix -aren "of".

Anttila Finnish
Derived from the given name Antti

Antu Gorontalo

Antufyev m Russian

Antuña Spanish
From the given name Antonio.

Antuna Italian (Rare)

Antuniez Spanish, Galician, Asturian
Meaning "son of Antonius." It is a last name that appears in northern Spain.

Antunyes Medieval Portuguese (Latinized, Modern)
Meaning Son of Anthony or Anton. There is a very old form of the latin which is Antonios or Antonius.

Antury Greek, Hebrew
Haifa, Israel.... [more]

Anuar Malaysian

Anuarbekov m Kazakh
Means "son of Anuarbek".

Anuarbekova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Anuarbekov.

Anufriyenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Onufriyenko.

Anukula Indian

Anulya Ukrainian
Possibly from diminutive of Anna.

Anundson Norwegian (Rare)
Means "son of Anund".

Anunoby Nigerian (?)
A famous bearer is the British basketball player O.G. Anunoby (1997-).

Anureyev m Russian

Anuruddha Sinhalese
From the given name Anuruddha.

Anvari Persian
From the given name Anwar.

Anwar Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Anwar.

Anwari Dari Persian
From the given name Anwar.

Anwarzai Pashto
Means "son of Anwar" in Pashto.

Anwell Welsh

Anwer Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic, Bengali
Variant transcription of Anwar.

Anwyl Welsh

Anyayahan Tagalog
Means "to invite, to be invited" in Tagalog.

Anyela Indonesian

Anza Basque
From Basque, which refers to a pasture in the dwarf elder trees.

Anzai Japanese
From Japanese 安 (an) meaning "peace" and 西 (sai) meaning "west", 斎 (sai) meaning "purification, worship", or 済 (sai) meaning "settle, finish".

Anzaldo Italian
Variation of Ansaldo.

Anzalone Italian
The surname Anzalone was first found in Bolgna (Latin: Bononia).

Anzan Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).

Anzorov Chechen
Means "son of Anzor".

Anzorova Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Анзоров (see Anzorov).

Ao Chinese
From Chinese 敖 (áo) referring to Tai Ao, a legendary teacher who mentored the mythological emperor Zhuanxu.

Ao Estonian
Ao is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "lao", meaning "warehouse".

Aoao Hawaiian
Aoao

Aoba Japanese
青 (Ao) means "green, blue" and 葉 (ba) being a form of, ha meaning "leaf". This surname refers to a fresh leaf. ... [more]

Aochi Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and chi means "ground".

Aoda Japanese
So means "green, blue" and da is a form of ta meaning "field, rice paddy".

Aogaki Japanese
Variant of Aokaki.

Aohara Japanese
From 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Aoi Japanese
From 蒼 (ao) meaning "blue" and 井 (i) meaning "well, pit, mineshaft".

Aoike Japanese
青 (Ao) means "blue, green" and 池 (ike) means "pond, pool".

Áojiā Manchu

Aojima Japanese
Variant of Aoshima.

Aokage Japanese

Aokaki Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and kaki means "fence".

Áolāshì Mongolian
A Daur surname.

Aomatsu Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and matsu means "pine".

Aomine Japanese
Written 青嶺 (青 ao, meaning "blue") (嶺 mine, meaning "peak"). It is the surname of a character in the anime/manga Kuroko no Basket.

Aondio Italian
Possibly a contracted form of Abundio.

Aono Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Aonuma Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Aoraki Maori (Rare)
This less-common Maori surname is from the name of New Zealand's highest mountain - Aoraki/Mt Cook

Aosaka Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and saka means "slope, hill".

Aosaki Japanese
Ao means "blue, green" and saki means "promontory, cape, peninsula".

Aosawa Japanese
Ao means "blue, green" and sawa means "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Aoshima Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and shima means "island".

Aota Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Aoto Japanese

Aotsuki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 青 (ao) or 蒼 (ao) both meaning "blue" combined with 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon".

Aoun Arabic (Mashriqi), Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from a French-influenced variant of a given name based on the Arabic noun عون (aun) meaning "help, aid". This surname is more commonly used by Maronite Christians in Lebanon. A notable bearer is the former Lebanese president Michel Aoun (1933-).

Aounallah Arabic (Maghrebi)

Aoyagi Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow".

Aozaka Japanese
Variant of Aosaka.

Aozaki Japanese (Rare)
Ao means "blue,somewhat green" & zaki means "blossom". So, Nobutaka "Blue Blossom",is an artist who was born in Japan,but now lives in New York as an artist who has been featured in magazines.

Aozawa Japanese
Variant of Aosawa.

Aozora Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "blue" and 空 (sora) meaning "sky".

Apa Samoan
Best known as the surname of KJ Apa.

Apachev m Russian

Apacible Spanish (Philippines)
Means "peaceful" in Spanish. Galicano Apacible was a Filipino physician and politician who was the co-founder of La Solidaridad and the Nacionalista Party.

Apale Nahuatl
Possibly means "coloured water", from atl "water" and tlapalli "painting".

Apalkov m Russian

Apanecatl Nahuatl
Possibly related to Nahuatl apantli, "canal, channel, water ditch".

Aparecido Brazilian

Aparício Portuguese
Cognate with spanish Aparicio.

Aparicio Spanish
Derived from the Latin word “aparitio” meaning “appearance” or “arrival”. It may also be a habitational name, indicating a person who lived near or at a place with the same name.

Apas Filipino, Cebuano
Means "catch up with, overtake" in Cebuano.

Apaydın Turkish
Means "very bright, well lit" in Turkish.

Apaydin Turkish
Means "very bright".

Apaza Indigenous American, Quechua (Hispanicized)

Apdunbut Thai (Muslim)

Apdunlo Thai (Muslim)
From the given name Apdunlo.

Apelado Filipino
Variant of Apilado.

Apellido Spanish (Philippines)
This likely originated as a surname taken by people who didn't have a surname and wrote "Apellido" (the Spanish for surname) when filling in an official form.

Apelqvist Swedish
Variant of Appelkvist.

Apelsinov m Russian
From Russian aпельсин (apel'sin) meaning "orange (fruit)". Probably denoted to someone who worked with oranges or lived by orange trees.

Apeltia English (Rare)
Comes from the word "appellation" referring to the Appellation Mountains.

Aperahama Maori

Apfel German
Means "apple" in German.

Apfelbaum German, Jewish
Means "apple tree" in German.

Aphelion Greek

Apicella Italian
Possibly derived from a diminutive of Italian ape "bee", an occupational name for a beekeeper, or perhaps a nickname for an industrious person. Alternatively, it could derive from the Latin cognomen Apicius.

Apikotoa Tongan

Apilado Spanish (Philippines)
Means "stack, pile up."

Apinelu Tuvaluan

Apinis Latvian

Apisamaimongkol Thai
From Thai อภิ (aphi) meaning "superhuman, magic knowledge", สมัย (samai) meaning "time, era", and มงคล (mongkhon) meaning "prosperity".

Aplin English
Probably a patronymic of the popular medieval English given name Abel, or from the pet form Abelin... [more]

Aplin Welsh
Derived from Welsh ap Lyon meaning "son of Lyon".

Aplin English
Possibly derived from the feminine given name Appoline, a variant form of Apollonia.

Aplon English (American)
Variant of Aplin.

Apolinar Spanish
From the given name Apolinar

Apolinario Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Apolinario; variant of Apolinar.

Apollo Italian, Spanish
From the Greek personal name Apollo. There are several saints Apollo in the Christian Church, including an Egyptian hermit and monastic leader who died in 395 ad. The personal name derives from the name in classical mythology of the sun god, Apollo, an ancient Indo-European name, found for example in Hittite as Apulana "god of the gate" (from pula "gate", cognate with Greek pylē), therefore "protector, patron".

Apolloni Italian
From the given name Apollonia, which is the Latin feminine form of Apollonios, which in turn was derived from the name of the Greek god Apollo.

Apollonio Italian
From the given name Apollonio

Aponte Spanish
A misdivision of Daponte. It originates from Majorca, Spain.

à Porta Romansh

Apóstol Spanish (Rare)
Means "apostle" in Spanish.

Apostol Spanish (Philippines), Romanian
Means "apostle" in Romanian and is an unaccented form of Apóstol in Filipino.

Apostoł Polish
Polish cognate of Apostol.

Apostolides Greek
Variant of Apostolidis.

Apostolidis Greek
Means "son of Apostolos".

Apostolidou f Greek

Apostolopoulos Greek
Means "apostle."

Apostolos Greek
Means "messenger, apostle" in Greek.

Apostoloska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Apostoloski.

Apostoloski m Macedonian
Means "son of Apostol".

Apostolou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Apostolos".

Apostolović Serbian
Means "son of Apostolos" in Serbian.

Apostolovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Apostolovski.

Apostolovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Apostol".

Apostolski Macedonian
Derived from apostol (апостол), meaning "apostle".

Appadoo Mauritian Creole
Derived from Telugu అప్ప (appa) meaning "father" combined with the suffix -డు (-du) added to nouns.

Appavoo Tamil, Mauritian Creole

Appazov m Crimean Tatar

Appel German, Dutch, Jewish, Yiddish
From Low German Appel, Middle Dutch appel, or Yiddish epl "apple", an occupational name for a grower or seller of the fruit. As a Jewish surname, it is generally ornamental rather than occupational.

Appel German, Dutch
From the personal name Appel, a pet form of Apprecht (common especially in Thuringia and Franconia), itself a variant of Albrecht... [more]

Appeley English
Variant of Apperley

Appelkvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish apel or äpple both meaning "apple" and kvist "branch, twig".

Appelman Dutch
Occupational name from Middle Dutch apelmanger "apple seller".

Appelmann German
German cognate of Appelman.