All Submitted Surnames

Koolhof Dutch
Denoted someone from the Dutch neighbourhood Koolhof, derived from koolhof "vegetable garden".

Kooli Estonian
Kooli is an Estonian surname meaning "scholastic".

Koomar Indian

Koon American
Americanized spelling of German Kuhn or Dutch Koen.

Koonings Dutch
Means "of the king", related to Koning.

Kööp Estonian
Kööp is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "köök" meaning "kitchen".

Koop West Frisian
From the given name Jakob, a form of Jacob.

Koop Estonian
Derived from Estonian koopa, the genitive form of koobas meaning "cave; hole, burrow".

Koop German, Dutch
From kopen "to buy".

Kööpikkä Finnish

Koopmans Dutch
Patronymic form of Koopman.

Koopmeiners Dutch, German
Perhaps derived from koop "purchase, buy" and meiners "mine." An alternate interpretation is that "meiners" could be derived from the German word miner.

Koops Dutch, Low German
Patronymic from the given name Koop, a diminutive form of Jakob. Alternatively, a variant of German and Dutch Koop.

Koor Estonian
Koor is an Estonian surname meaning "bark" or "crust".

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

Koorits Estonian
Koorits is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "koor" meaning both "(tree) bark" and "choir". It may also be a corruption of "kõrvits" meaning "pumpkin".

Koorogi Japanese

Koort Estonian
Koort is an Estonian surname meaning "cord".

Koósz German (Austrian)

Koot Estonian
Koot is an Estonian surname meaning both "flail" and "leg/shank".

Koot Dutch
Possibly derived from Middle Dutch kuut "coot (bird)".

Koovit Estonian
Koovit is an Estonian surname meaning "curlew" (Numenius).

Kopaczewski Polish

Kopanuk Yupik

Kopchagin m Russian

Kopciuch Polish (?)

Kopečný Czech

Kopel Jewish
From a Yiddish diminutive of the given name Jacob.

Kopeliovich Belarusian (Russified, ?)

Kopernik Polish
Occupational name for a copper miner or copper smelter.

Kopf German
Means "head" in German.

Kopfle German (Austrian)
“Kopfle” Lower Austria.

Kopko Polish, Ukrainian
Kopeck is a reduced pet form of the personal name Prokop.... [more]

Koplakov m Russian

Kopli Estonian
Kopli is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "koppel", meaning "enclosure" or "paddock".

Kopo Southern African

Koppán Hungarian

Köppel German (Silesian)
Derived from Silesian German Köppel "head" (ulitmately derived from Low German Kopp), this name was a nickname for someone with a visible deformity or peculiarity of the head.

Koppen German
Patronymic from a reduced pet form of the personal name Jakob.

Koppen German
Habitational name from any of several places named Koppen.

Kopřiva Czech
Means "nettle".

Kopriva Slovak
Means "nettle".

Koprivica Serbian, Croatian
A diminutive of kopriva meaning ''nettle''.

Köprülü Turkish
Derived from Turkish köprü meaning "bridge". It was the name of an influential noble family of Albanian background from the Ottoman Empire.

Kopyl Ukrainian

Kopylov m Russian

Kopyto Polish, Jewish
Jewish Polish name possibly meaning "hoof"

Kopytov Russian
Patronymic surname derived from Russian копыто (kopyto) meaning "hoof". This may have been a nickname for a lame man or a shepherd.

Kopyttsev m Russian

Kör Turkish
Means "blind" or "blunt" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian کور (kor).

Korablev m Russian
From Russian корабль (korabl'), meaning "ship, boat".

Korać Serbian

Korada Polish
Polish: nickname from porada ‘advice’, ‘counsel’.

Koralewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Koralewo in Ciechanów voivodeship.

Kõrb Estonian
Kõrb is an Estonian surname with several meanings depending on the context: "desert", "wilderness", and "chestnut(color)/tawny".

Korb German
Means "basket" in German, denoting a basket maker or a basket vendor.

Korbeci German, Albanian
German name for Korb "basket" changed over time to Korbeci

Korbee Dutch
From the French surname Corbé, which might derive from courbet "bent, bowed", a nickname based on a crooked posture or manner of walking, or from corbeau "crow, raven".

Korbel German
Diminutive of Korb "basket".

Korbel Czech
Occupational name for a maker of drinking vessels, from korbel "tankard".

Korbut Ukrainian, Belarusian
From a form of the Lithuanian given name Kaributas. A famous bearer is former Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut (1955-).

Korchak Rusyn, Ukrainian (?), Polish (Ukrainianized)

Korchev m Russian

Korchevnikov m Russian

Korchuganov m Russian

Kordestani Kurdish
Originally indicated a person from the Kurdistan province (also known as the Kordestan province) in Iran.

Kordić Croatian, Serbian

Kore German

Korea ?

Kore-eda Japanese (Rare)
Derived from the medieval given name Kore-Eda(是枝) means 'correct branch'. Hirokazu Kore-Eda is a famous movie director.

Koremune Japanese

Koren Slovene, Hebrew
Koren is a surname which has multiple origins. Koren may be a variant of the German occupational surname Korn, meaning a dealer in grain. Alternatively, it may be a variant of the Greek female name Kora... [more]

Korentajer Polish, Yiddish

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

Koridze Georgian
Meaning unknown.

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.

Korneliussen Norwegian

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.

Korniychuk Ukrainian
Variant of Korniyenko.

Korniyenko Ukrainian
From the given name Korniy.

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 Russian
Feminine 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
Means "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.

Korostylev m Russian

Korotchenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian короткий (korotkyy), meaning "small, short".

Korotkov m Russian
From Russian короткий (korotkiy), meaning "short, small".

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

Korsak m Russian
Possibly denoting a sly person, derived from Russian корсак (korsak) "corsac fox", itself derived from Proto-Turkic *karsak "short, steppe fox".

Korsakov m Russian
From Russian корсак (korsak), meaning "corsac (fox)". Probably to a sly person. A variant of Korsak.

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

Korsik Belarusian

Korsun Ukrainian

Korsunskyy m Ukrainian
Variant of Korsun.

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

Kort Ottoman Turkish
Kort is an ottoman surname from Anatolya,most korts are of ottoman or berber origin,the people with this surname have expressed that their ancestors were aghas(ottoman military or harem commanders)

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
Habitational name derived from Basque korta "stable, stall, yard; farm" and zahar "old".

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
Means "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".

Koryagin m Russian
From Russian коряга (koryaga), meaning "uprooted tree stump, rotten tree".

Koryakin Russian

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

Kosach Ukrainian
Means "mower" in Ukrainian, ultimately from косити (kosyty), meaning "to mow". This was the birth surname of Lesya Ukrainka.

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

Kosasih Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Gao (高), Gu (古), Guan (關), Qiu (邱, 丘) or Xu 2 (許)... [more]

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.

Kose Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" or 古 (kose) meaning "old" combined with 瀬 (se) meaning "current, ripple".

Kosek Czech

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

Kosem Cham

Kösen Jewish (Ashkenazi)
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Chaim, Joachim, Yosef.... [more]

Kösetürk Turkish

Koshchakov m Russian

Koshelev m Russian

Koshiba Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" and 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood".

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

Kosinets Belarusian

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

Kosivtsov Russian

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

Kosora Japanese

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
Means "son of Kostya".

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".

Kostornykh Russian
From костореза (kostoreza) meaning "bone carver".

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"

Kostyshyn Ukrainian
From the given name Kostyantyn.

Kostyuchenko Ukrainian
Variant of Kostenko.

Kostyuk Ukrainian
Variant of Kostenko.

Kostyukevich Belarusian
Probably from a diminutive of Konstantin.

Kostyushko Ukrainian
Variant of Kostyuchenko.

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

Kotabe 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".

Kotlyarov m Russian

Kotnikov m Russian

Koto Minangkabau
Minangkabau clan name derived from Sanskrit कोट (koṭa) meaning "fortress, fort, castle".

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
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 Georgian

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.