All Submitted Surnames

Mundaca Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Mundaka.

Mundaka Basque (Rare)
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Spain, of uncertain etymology. A popular theory is that it derives from Latin munda aqua "clean water", but there is no evidence to support this origin... [more]

Munday English (British)

Munden English
From the name of a parish in Hertfordshire, England.

Mundi African

Mundle Jamaican Patois

Muñecas Spanish
It literally means "dolls" or "wrists".

Muneer Arabic
From the given name Munir

Munekawa Japanese
From 宗 (mune) meaning "origin, religion, sect" and 川 (kawa) means "stream, river".

Munenobu Japanese (Rare)
From the given name 宗信 or 宗延 (see Munenobu).

Munesato Japanese

Munesinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala මුණසිංහ (see Munasinghe).

Munevar Colombian
I actually don't know its orgin, just the meaning and that I have it.... [more]

Mung Chin
From a part of a Chin masculine compound personal name of unexplained meaning.

Munga Southern African

Mungaray Apache, Spanish (Mexican)
Very rare Apache name give to the Apache still in Mexico. We are decents of victorio and the local spa is/ Mexicans gave us this name that we still carry today.

Munger English
Variant of Monger.

Mungia Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, possibly derived from the personal name Munio combined with the locative suffix -(t)egi.

Mungro English (American, ?)

Munguía Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Mungia.

Munhoz Portuguese
Portuguese form of Muñoz.

Munich German
From the lower German word for monk, most likely first used as a surname for a former member of a monastery.

Munir Arabic
From the given name Munir

Munisi Eastern African
Found in Tanzania.

Munissi Eastern African
Variant of Munisi.

Muñiz Spanish
Variant of Muñoz.

Munk German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
From Middle High German münich Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish munk Middle Dutch munc "monk" a nickname for someone thought to resemble a monk or a metonymic occupational name for someone in the service of a monastery... [more]

Munkdahl Swedish (Rare)
Perhaps derived from the name of the municipality and locality Munkedal in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. If that's the case, then the first element is Swedish munk "monk" and the second element is dal "valley"... [more]

Munkdale English

Munkdmbwe Southern African

Munn Scottish, English
Variant form of McMunn. In English, it is a nickname or an occupational name for a person who worked for monks, derived from Anglo-Norman French moun meaning "monk" (see Monk).

Munna Bengali

Munno Italian
An assimilated form of Mundo.

Muño Spanish

Muno Luxembourgish

Munsch Alsatian
Alsatian variant of Monge and Münch.

Munshi Urdu, Bengali
Derived from Persian منشی (monshi) meaning "secretary, teacher, writer", ultimately of Arabic origin.

Munson English

Münster German, Dutch
habitational name from any of the places called Münster (in Germany) or Munster derived from Latin monasterium "monastery" or a topographic name for someone living near a monastery.

Münt Estonian
Münt is an Estonian surname meaning "coin".

Muntaner Catalan

Muntasser Arabic (Maghrebi)

Muntean Romanian
Variant of Munteanu.

Munua Medieval Spanish (Latinized, Archaic)
Its meaning is Son of Muno.

Muoth Romansh

Mura Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet".

Murabashi Japanese
Variant of Murahashi.

Murabayashi Japanese
Variant of Murahayashi.

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

Murada Japanese

Muradbegović Bosnian

Murado Spanish

Muradov m Azerbaijani, Avar, Lezgin, Chechen, Ingush
Means "son of Murad".

Muradova f Azerbaijani, Avar, Lezgin, Chechen, Ingush
Feminine form of Muradov.

Muragawa Japanese
Variant of Murakawa.

Murahama Japanese
Mura means "hamlet, village" and hama means "seashore, veach".

Murahashi Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and hashi means "bridge".

Murahayashi Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and hayashi means "forest, grove".

Murai Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Muraira Portuguese

Muraiwa Japanese (Rare)
Mura means "town, hamlet" and iwa means "stone".

Muraji Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village" and 治 (ji, haru, osamu) meaning "clinical, administer, govern, rule".

Murakami Japanese
From the Japanese 村, 邑 or 邨 (mura) "village" and 上 (kami, kan or ue) "upper," "above," 神 (kami, kan or shin) "god" or 守 (kami or mori) "guard," "protect," "defend."

Murakami Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 上 (kami) meaning "start, high place, top".

Murakata Japanese

Murakawa Japanese
Mura means "village" and kawa means "river".

Muraki Japanese
Mura means "hamlet, village" and ki means "tree, wood".

Muraki Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Murakita Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet" and 北 (kita) meaning "north".

Murako Japanese (Rare)
Mura means "village, hamlet" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Murakoshi Japanese

Muramatsu Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Muramori Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and mori means "forest".

Muramoto Japanese
Mura means "village" and moto means "origin".

Muran Arabic

Muranaka Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "village" combined with 中 (naka) meaning "inside, middle".

Murano Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and no means "wilderness, plain, field."

Murao Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail".

Muraoka Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Murasaki Japanese

Murase Japanese
"Mura" (村) meaning village, and "se" (瀬) meaning rapids or fast moving water

Murase Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Murashima Japanese
Shima means "island" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Murat French

Murata Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Muratagi Japanese
From Japanese "村" (mura) meaning village, "田" (ta) rice field and "義" (gi) meaning righteousness

Murataj Albanian
Means "descendant of Murat" in Albanian.

Muratalla Spanish (Mexican)

Murataya Japanese (Rare, ?)

Murati Albanian
Derived from the given name Murat.

Muratov Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Murat".

Muravez Hungarian
Most likely a corruption of the surname Moravec.

Murav'ya Russian
Means ant in Russian.

Muravyov Russian
Means 'son of Ant'.

Muravyov-Amursky Russian (Rare)
Combination of surname Muravyov and Amursky. The famous bearer of this surname is Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, who played a major role in the expansion of the Russian Empire into the Amur River basin and to the shores of the Sea of Japan.

Murawski Polish
Name for someone from placed called Murawa or Murawy, both derived from Polish murawa meaning "lawn, green, sward".

Murayama Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Murayoshi Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" or "town" and yoshi means "good luck".

Murch English (New Zealand)

Murchants English

Murchie English (American, Anglicized), English (British, Anglicized)
"Murchie" comes from the personal name "Murdo". The Scottish Gaelic form of the surname was "Mac Mhurchaidh", meaning son of "Murdo". The name "Murdo" is equivalent to "Murdock", and means sea warrior.

Murchin Russian

Murchin Moldovan

Murchinskaya Russian

Murchinski Brazilian

Murchinson English

Murchison English (American)
May be an Anglicized form of the Gaelic "Mac Mhurchaidh" meaning "Son of Sea Warrior"

Murcia Spanish
Habitational name from the city Murcia.

Murd Estonian
Murd is an Estonian surname meaning "break" and "fracture".

Murdaugh Scottish

Murdick Scottish
Most likely a derivative of Murdock, or Murdoch. Historical documentation, as late as the mid-1800's refer to my ancestors as Murdock, but can also reference the surname of Murdick - even, on occasion, in the same document... [more]

Murdmaa Estonian
Murdmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "off-road" (literally, "fraction(al) land").

Murdvee Estonian
Murdvee is an Estonian surname meaning "break water".

Murea Romanian

Murel Estonian
Murel is an Estonian surname meaning "heart cherry".

Murer German (Swiss)
Cognate of Maurer.

Mureșan Romanian
Originally denoted a person from Mureș County in Romania.

Mureșanu Romanian
Variant of Mureșan.

Murfield English

Murganović Vlach
Means "son of Murgan".

Murgulescu Romanian

Murić Bosnian

Murieta Basque

Murillo Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations called Murillo, so named from a diminutive of Spanish muro meaning "wall".

Mürk Estonian
Mürk is an Estonian surname meaning "poison" and "venom".

Murkerson English (American)
May be related to the surname Murchison

Murkey English (American)

Murkowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Murkowo.

Murland Irish
Murland is an Irish surname, which according to MacLysaght's The Surnames of Ireland is MacMurghalain in Gaelic, ultimately deriving from words meaning "sea" and "valor".

Murley English

Murmu Indian, Santali

Mūrnieks Latvian
Means "mason".

Muro Japanese
From Japanese 室 (muro) meaning "room, chamber, apartment, cellar, greenouse".

Murodov Tajik, Uzbek
Means "son of Murad".

Murofushi Japanese

Murohashi Japanese

Muroi Japanese
From Japanese 室 (muro) meaning "room" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Muroya Japanese
From Japanese 室 (muro) meaning "room" and 屋 (ya) meaning "shop".

Murphey Irish
Variant of Murphy

Murrah Scottish Gaelic
This Irish surname of MURRAH is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac MURCHADHA, from the personal name MURCHADHA, composed of the elements MUIR (sea) + CADH (warrior).

Murre Estonian
Murre is an Estonian surname meaning "dialect".

Murren Irish (Anglicized)
Variant of Murrin.

Murrey English, Scottish, Irish
English, Scottish, and Irish variant of Murray 1 or Murray 2.

Murrow Irish, Scottish
Variant of Morrow. A famous bearer of the surname was Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965), US radio and television journalist.

Murs French

Mürsəlov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Mürsəl".

Mürsəlova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Mürsəlov.

Murshed Bengali
Derived from the given name Murshed.

Mürşüdov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Mürşüd".

Murtagh Irish
Anglicized form of Muirchertach or Muiredach.

Murtaugh Irish

Murtaza Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Murtada.

Murtazaliev Avar, Chechen
From a combination of the given names Murtaza and Ali 1.

Murtazalieva f Avar, Chechen
Feminine form of Murtazaliev.

Murtha Irish
Variant of Murtagh.

Murthy Indian
This surname means manifestation, image.

Murto Finnish

Murtov Georgian
Means "son of Murtaz".

Murturi Albanian

Murtuzov m Azerbaijani, Dagestani
Means "son of Murtuz".

Murtuzova f Azerbaijani, Dagestani
Feminine form of Murtuzov.

Muru Estonian
Muru is an Estonian surname meaning "lawn".

Murumaa Estonian
Murumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "lawn/sod land".

Murutalu Estonian
Mututalu is an Estonian surname meaning "lawn farm/farmstead".

Murvai Romanian
Probably they originate from Murva (Transilvania-Siklód http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikl%C3%B3d).

Murvin Scottish, English (American)
From the given name Murvin. Predominantly used in the USA.

Murwin English (American)
Variant of Murvin.

Mury Spanish (Rare)

Mur'yaviyev m Russian

Musa Albanian

Musa Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Musa.

Musabekov m Kazakh
Means "son of Musabek".

Musabekova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Musabekov.

Mūsaev Kazakh

Musaev Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Dargin, Lezgin, Kumyk
Means "son of Musa".

Musaeva Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Dargin, Lezgin, Kumyk
Feminine transcription of Kyrgyz/Chechen/Avar/Dargin/Lezgin/Kumyk Мусаева and Kazakh Мұсаева (see Musaev).

Musah Western African

Musaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Musa" in Albanian.

Musaji Gujarati, Indian (Muslim)
Derived from the Arabic name Musa and English Moses.

Musakowski Polish

Musalam Arabic
Alternate transcription of Musallam.

Musallam Arabic
From the given name Musallam.

Musaraj Albanian

Musat Romanian

Musəvi Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Mousavi.

Musayev Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Dargin, Lezgin, Kumyk
Alternate transcription of Kyrgyz/Chechen/Avar/Dargin/Lezgin/Kumyk Мусаев and Kazakh Мұсаев (see Musaev).

Musayeva Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Dargin, Lezgin, Kumyk
Feminine transcription of Kyrgyz/Chechen/Avar/Dargin/Lezgin/Kumyk Мусаева and Kazakh Мұсаева (see Musayev).

Musazadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Musa".

Musca Italian, Romanian

Muscal German

Muscarà Sicilian

Muscat English
Variant of Muscott

Müsch German
Either a habitational name from a place named Müsch in Germany, or a topographic name meaning "bog", perhaps given to someone living near a bog.

Musch Dutch, German
From Middle Dutch mussche "house sparrow", a nickname for a quick person, or perhaps someone who was small and weak.

Musco Italian
From Sicilian muscu "moss".

Muscolino Italian

Muscott English
A surname for someone from Muscott.

Musemić Bosnian

Musgrave English

Musgrove English

Mushahary Indian, Bodo

Mushakoji Japanese
Variant transcription of Mushakouji.

Mushakouji Japanese
From Japanese 武 (mu) meaning "military", 者 (sha) meaning "person", 小 (kou) meaning "small" and 路 (ji) meaning "street".

Mushanokoji Japanese
Variant transcription of Mushanokouji.

Mushanokouji Japanese
From Japanese 武 (mu) meaning "military", 者 (sha) meaning "person", an unwritten possessive marker の (no), 小 (kou) meaning "small" and 路 (ji) meaning "street".

Musharraf Urdu, Bengali (Muslim)
Derived from Arabic مُشْرِف (mušrif) meaning "supervisor, overseer" or "honourable, dominant".

Mushinski Jewish
Habitational name for someone from Moshny, in Ukraine.

Mushiranzigo Eastern African

Mushket Russian, Ukrainian
Means "musket, matchlock" from Russian "mušket" - maybe a nickname of some bandit.

Mushkolaj Albanian

Mushohwe Shona
Meaning unknown.

Mushold German (Rare)
Unknown

Mushtaq Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Mushtaq.

Music English
Anglicized form of Mušič and Musić.

Musić Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian
Patronymic from the personal name Musa, a pet form of the Biblical name Mojsije.

Musick Polish
This Polish and Czech surname was a name of two-fold origin. It was a name given to a peasant or vassal and was also a nickname from the Polish word 'musiec' meaning 'must'. It appears that the name derived from someone who had to take orders, perhaps from an overseer or lord of the manor.

Mušicki Serbian

Musin Tatar, Bashkir, Russian, Kazakh
From the given name Musa.

Musk English
Perhaps a variant of Dutch Musch.

Muskal Jewish, Ukrainian, Polish

Muskel German

Muskoka English (Canadian)

Muskow French (Archaic)
French Variant of Moscow.

Musleh Arabic
Derived from the given name Muslih.

Muslim Arabic
From the given name Muslim.

Muslimov Azerbaijani, Dagestani

Muslimov Russian, Muslim
Means "son of Muslim".

Muslimović Bosnian

Müslümov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Müslüm".

Müslümova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Müslümov.

Musmacher German

Mušović Bosnian

Mussard French
French cognate of Mussett.

Mussert Dutch
Dutch cognate of Mussett. This name was borne by the infamous Nazi politician Anton Mussert (1894-1946), the leader of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB) during World War II.

Mussett English
Nickname for a foolish or dreamy person, derived from Middle English musard meaning "absent-minded, stupid", ultimately from Old French musart, musarde meaning "confused".

Mussey English
Nickname from Middle English mūs ‘mouse’ + ēage ‘eye’.

Mussi Italian

Mussley English

Musso Italian
Nickname for someone with some peculiarity of the mouth.

Mussorgsky Russian

Must Estonian
Means "black (colour)" in Estonian.

Mustafaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Mustafa" in Albanian.

Mustafayev Azerbaijani
Means “son of Mustafa”.

Mustafayeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Mustafayev.

Mustafazadə Azerbaijani
Means "child of Mustafa", using the Persian suffix زاده (zade) meaning "offspring".

Mustafi Albanian, German (Rare)
Means "the chosen one"

Mustafić Bosnian
Means "son of Mustafa".

Mustafin Tatar, Bashkir, Uzbek, Kazakh
From the given name Mustafa.

Mustafina Tatar, Kazakh, Uzbek, Bashkir
Feminine form of Mustafin.

Mustafoska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mustafoski.

Mustafoski m Macedonian
Means "son of Mustafa".

Mustafov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Mustafa".

Mustafova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Mustafov.

Mustafovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mustafovski.

Mustafovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Mustafa".

Mustaine English
meaning unknown. though we all no singer/guitarist for the metal band megadeth. Dave Mustaine!

Mustajbegović Bosnian

Mustamu Moluccan

Mustanen Finnish
It derives from the Finnish word for the colour "black", musta.

Mustapha Arabic, Filipino, Maguindanao, Maranao
From the given name Mustafa.

Mustedanagić Bosnian

Mustin English
Origin uncertain, possibly a variant of Muston or Musto.

Mustkivi Estonian
Mustkivi is an Estonian surname meaning "black stone".

Mustmaa Estonian
Mustmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "black land".

Muston English
Habitational name from places so named, from Old English mus "mouse", or must, "muddy stream or place" combined with tun "enclosure, settlement". Another explanation could be that the first element is derived from an old Scandinavian personal name, Músi (of unknown meaning), combined with tun.

Mustons English (Archaic)
Variant of Muston.

Musumbu Central African

Muszynski Polish
Habitational name for someone from places called Muszyna in Nowy Sacz voivodeship and elsewhere, named with mucha "fly" (see Mucha).

Muta Japanese
From Japanese 牟 (mu) meaning "pupil (of the eye)" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mütəllibov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Mütəllib".

Mütəllibova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Mütəllibov.

Mutambo Luba
It means "forest" in Songye and Tshiluba, but can also mean "supreme ruler" in Tshiluba.

Mutapčić Bosnian

Mutema Southern African

Muthmare Tamil

Muthusamy Tamil
Pearl god; Lord Murugan

Mutia Eastern African, Maasai
A Kenyan Maasai surname known mostly in the West as the name of a certain fictitious escarpment, which appears infrequently in old Tarzan Films.

Mutley English

Mutlu Turkish
Means "happy, glad" in Turkish.

Mutoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Mutō.

Mutombo Kongo

Mutoni Eastern African

Mutou Japanese
Variant transcription of Mutō.

Mutsu Japanese (Rare)
Similar to Mutsumi, Mutsu means "order".

Mutsumi Japanese (Rare)
Mutsumi means "order".... [more]

Mutsuya Japanese
Variant of Mutsutani.

Mutsuyama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Rokuyama.

Mutsuyoshi Japanese

Mutter German
(also Mütter): occupational name for an official employed to measure grain, from Middle High German mutte, mütte 'bushel', 'grain measure' (Latin modius) + the agent suffix -er.

Muttersbach German (Rare)

Muttski Polish, Popular Culture, Literature
Not known, A Notable bearer is Ben Muttski from Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog comics

Muuk Estonian
Muuk is an Estonian surname meaning "skeleton key".

Muul Estonian
Muul is an Estonian surname meaning both "mule" and "seawall".

Müür Estonian
Müür is an Estonian surname meaning "wall".

Müürikivi Estonian
Müürikivi is an Estonian surname meaning "wall stone".

Müüripeal Estonian
Müüripeal is an Estonian surname derived from the compounds "müür" (wall) and "peal" (atop, above); "above wall".

Müürisepp Estonian
Müürisepp is an Estonian surname meaning "brick mason" (literally: "wall smith").

Muvaza Dungan
From the first part of the given name Muhammad and Chinese 娃子 (wázi), a dialectal term meaning "(small) child".

Muxika Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Coincides with, or possibly derives from, the Basque word muxika meaning "peach".

Muxtarov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Muxtar".