All Submitted Surnames

Masuda Japanese
From Japanese 増 (masu) meaning "increase", 益 (masu) meaning "benefit", 舛 (masu) meaning "oppose, to go against" (kun reading), 桝 (masu) meaning "box seat, measure" or 升 (masu) meaning "box" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Masudov Uzbek
Means "son of Masud".

Masuge Southern African

Masugi Japanese

Masuho Japanese

Masui Japanese
From Japanese 増 (masu) meaning "increase" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Masuko Japanese
From 益 (masu) meaning "profit, benefit" and 子 (ko) meaning "child, sign of the rat".

Masumizu Japanese
From 升 (masu) meaning "measuring box, ascend, rise" or 増 (masu) meaning "increase" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Masumoto Japanese
From Japanese 増 (masu) meaning "increase" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Masunaga Japanese

Masuo Japanese

Masuta Japanese

Masuyama Japanese
From the Japanese 増 (masu) "increase," 益 (masu) "benefit," 桝 (masu) "box seat," "measure" or 升 (masu) "box" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Masvidal Spanish
surname formed by the union of the word, mas, meaning a house from rural zones that is appart from the village and is surrounded by farming land and forests; and another word relating to the owner of the mas.

Mata Albanian

Matadi Western African

Matajudíos Spanish

Matakas Lithuanian

Matake Japanese
Ma means "genuine" and take means "bamboo".

Matalka Arabic (Mashriqi)
Jordanian surname of uncertain meaning.

Matalobos Spanish

Matamala Catalan
Town of the Capcir district, in the Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France.

Matamata Indigenous Australian

Matamoros Spanish
Given to the Apostle James, who according to tradition helped Christians to fight against the Moors.

Matan Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
From the given name Matan which means "gift" or "to give" in Hebrew.

Matana Hebrew
Literally means "gift" in Hebrew.

Matanari Batak

Matanguihan Tagalog
From Tagalog matanggihan meaning "to refuse, to decline".

Mataplana Catalan
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous farmhouse in the municipality of La Coma i la Pedra.

Matar Various
Means "rain" in Hebrew and Arabic.

Matarazzo Italian
From Sicilian matarazzu meaning "mattress".

Matarese Italian
habitational name for someone from Matera (see Matera ) from materräisë a local adjectival form of the placename (in standard Italian materano).

Matari Indian

Matarranz Spanish
Originated in northern Spain, probably from mat- which means to kill and the surname Arranz. It is currently a very rare surname and is found mainly in the province of Segovia.

Matarrita Spanish (Latin American)
Mostly used in Costa Rica.

Mätas Estonian
Mätas is an Estonian surname meaning "sod" or "turf".

Matas Lithuanian
From the given name Matas.

Matas Croatian, Czech, Slovak
Derived from the given name Matej.

Matas Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan
Variant of Mata.

Matassa Italian
Means "hank, skein, coil" in Italian and Sicilian, derived from Ancient Greek μέταξα (metaxa) via Latin mataxa "raw silk; thick string, thread", an occupational name for a silk merchant (compare Metaxas)... [more]

Matasz Polish (Rare)
Derived from the given name Mateusz.

Matava Czech

Matavelli Italian

Matavž Slovene

Match English

Matcharashvili Georgian

Matcott Australian
Australian/UK variant of Marcotte, a surname of French origin, which means ‘vineshoot forming a layer’ or vine-grower in Old French. This surname is most commonly found in Australia and England.

Maté Hungarian
Hungarian (Máté): from the ecclesiastical personal name Máté, Hungarian form of Matthew.

Mateas Romanian
Romanian cognate of Matthias.

Mateen American

Mateen Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Matin.

Mateer Northern Irish (Anglicized)
A variant of Mcateer used chiefly by Northern Irish Protestants. The change in spelling of the element Mac or Mc, meaning "son" in Irish, removed its bearers' connections to Irish-speaking Catholics during a time when it would have been socially beneficial to be seen as Protestant Unionists.

Matejić Serbian
Means "son of Mateja 2".

Matejka Slovak
Derived from the given name Matej.

Matek Croatian
From the given name Matek.

Matela Finnish
Possibly based on the Finnish given name Mattias.

Matellon Friulian
Possibly from Late Latin matta meaning "reed mat".

Matera Italian
Habitational name from Matera, a city in Basilicata, Italy. ... [more]

Mateša Croatian

Matešić Croatian

Matharu Indian (Sikh, Modern)
Matharus were fierce warriors especially during, the time when the Matharu tribe, had converted to Sikhism; they fought numbers of wars for Guru Gobind Singh, Banda Singh Bahadur and Jassa Singh Ramgarhia.... [more]

Matheas Indonesian
From the given name Matheas, a variant of Matthias. This surname is found among Indonesian populations.

Mathema Shona
Meaning unknown.

Mathema Ndebele
The Mathema people mostly inhabit the Northern Matebeleland in Zimbabwe, however their clan names are linked and related of those other Nguni clans. These are as follows: ... [more]

Mathen Indian (Christian)
From the given name Mathen.

Mathena English (American, Rare, ?)

Mathenge Swahili

Matheny French (Anglicized)
Of French origin. According to Matheny family tradition, this surname comes from the name of a village in France named Mathenay. This may also have been a French Huguenot surname.

Matheos Indonesian
From the given name Matheos, a variant of Matthias. This surname is found among Indonesian populations.

Mather English

Mather English
Means Mower or Reaper.

Mathew Indian (Christian)
Named based of off a Biblical character named St. Matthew. The way the name is pronounced as a first name in the native language is different. However, the last name "Mathew" is pronounced the same.

Mathez Swiss

Mathias French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish
French, Dutch: from the personal name Mathias (see Matthew).... [more]

Mathíassdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Mathías" in Icelandic.

Mathíasson Icelandic
Means "son of Mathías" in Icelandic.

Mathis German, German (Swiss), Flemish, Alsatian, English
Derived from the given name Matthias.

Mathison English
Variant of Matheson.

Mathiuet Romansh
Derived from the given name Mathiu in combination with a diminutive suffix.

Mathrafal Medieval Welsh
Named for Castle Mathrafal (Castell-Mathrafal) in Powys, Mid Wales. The House of Mathrafal ruled over Powys for much of the Mediaeval period. Notable members of the family included Owain Glyn Dŵr, who led a rebellion against English rule in 1400.

Mathson Scottish
Means "son of Matthew".

Mathur Indian
Indian surname meaning, 'of Mathura'

Mathys French
Derived from the given name Mathieu.

Matias Filipino, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Czech (Americanized)
Spanish (Matías), Portuguese, and Dutch: from the personal name (see Matthew).... [more]

Matibag Filipino, Tagalog
Means "cave in, fall, collapse" in Tagalog.

Matican Romanian

Matics Hungarian (?), German (Austrian, ?)

Matika Istriot

Matile Swiss

Matin Arabic, Bengali, Persian
Derived from the given name Matin.

Matinoulis Greek

Matins Nigerian, Portuguese

Matira Tagalog
Means "to remain, to endure" in Tagalog.

Matis Romanian

Matiyko Ukrainian
A diminutive form of mother мати (maty).

Matiyuk Ukrainian

Mátiz South American

Matkin m Russian

Matko Croatian
From the given name Matko.

Matley English

Mätlik Estonian
Mätlik is an Estonian surname meaning "tufted".

Matlock English
From the name of a town in Derbyshire, England, meaning "moot oak, oak where meetings were held", derived from Old English mæðel "meeting, gathering, council" (see mahal) and ac "oak (tree)".

Mato Japanese

Matoba Japanese
From Japanese 的 (mato) meaning "target, mark" and 場 (ba) meaning "place, situation, circumstances".

Matocha Czech

Matoi Japanese

Matonti English
My grandfathers last name from Italy . He grew up in Naples but the name is from a small country village by Tuscany named Matonti. That's all we know so far.

Matoš Croatian
Means "son of Mato".

Matošević Croatian
Means "son of Mato".

Matov Bulgarian
Variant of Mateev.

Matovic Montenegrin, Serbian
Patronymic last name - descendants of Mato. Originally from Kotor, Montenegro.

Matovinović Croatian

Matovski Macedonian
Means "son of Mato".

Matracia Sicilian
Family from Termini-Imerese, Sicily.

Matrenichev m Russian

Matricciani Italian
Possibly denoted an inhabitant of Matrice, Italy.

Matrix f Medieval Latin
After the Latin word Matrix meaning womb or source.

Matrosov m Russian

Matsen English
Variant of Matson, Mattsen, etc.

Matshu Central African

Matskevich Belarusian
From the given name Maciek, a variant of Maciej, which is the Polish variant of Matthias.

Matson English

Matsoo Estonian
Matsoo is an Estonian surname possibly derived from the Danish/Germanic surname "Madsen" or "Matsen".

Matsouka Greek (Cypriot)
Means "Bat" from Latin maxuca.

Matsu Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Matsuba Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 葉 (ba) meaning "leaf".

Matsubae Japanese

Matsubari Japanese

Matsubase Japanese (Rare)

Matsubayashi Japanese
Matsu means "Pine Tree" and Bayashi is a variant pronunciation of "Hayashi" meaning "Forest". This surname means "Pine Tree Forest". Matsubayashi-ryu is a kind of martial arts.

Matsudai Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 大 (dai) meaning "big, large, great".

Matsudaira Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree" and 平 (daira) meaning "flat, peace, calm".

Matsudo Japanese

Matsudou Japanese

Matsue Japanese

Matsueda Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and eda means "twig, branch".

Matsugawa Japanese
Variant of Matsukawa, meaning "pine tree river".

Matsugi Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 継 (tsugi) meaning "inherit, acquire, succeed, continue".

Matsuhara Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 松原 (see Matsubara.)

Matsuhashi Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Matsui Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Matsui Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Matsuike Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 生 (ike) meaning "living, life".

Matsukata Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 方 (kata) meaning "direction".

Matsukawa Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Matsukaze Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 風 (kaze) meaning "wind". A notable bearer of this surname is Japanese actor Masaya Matsukaze (松風 雅也).

Matsuki Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Matsukura Japanese
Matsu means "pine tree" and kura means "storehouse".

Matsumae Japanese
松 (Matsu) means "pine" and 前 (mae) means "forward, front".

Matsumori Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and mori means "forest".

Matsunaga Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".

Matsunawa Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree" and 縄 (nawa) meaning "rope".

Matsuno Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Matsuo Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Matsupa Ukrainian (Anglicized, ?)
Ukrainian; although may also have found in other forms in other countries such as Galicia (Western Ukraine), Poland and Hungary; due to the changing borders and occupation of land at various points in history.

Matsusaki Japanese

Matsuse Japanese

Matsushige Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds".

Matsushima Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Matsuto Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 藤 (to) meaning "wisteria".

Matsuura Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Matsuwaki Japanese

Matsuwara Japanese
Variant of Matsuhara.

Matsuyama Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Matsuyev m Russian

Matsuyuki Japanese
Matsu (松) means "pine" and yuki (雪) means "snow". ... [more]

Matsuzaka Japanese
Variant of Matsusaka.

Matsuzaki Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Matsuzawa Japanese
Variant of Matsusawa.

Matsuzawa Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Matt English

Matta Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of Mata.

Matta Italian
Probably derived from a feminine form of Matto, though other theories include Logudorese Sardinian matta "belly, paunch, entrails" and southern Sardinian matta "plant, tree" (compare Mata).

Matta Slovak
Derived from the personal name Matúš.

Matta English, Cornish
From Middle Cornish mata "mate, friend, companion".

Mattalatta Buginese

Mattana Italian
From Sardinian mattana "madness, annoyance".

Mattedi Italian

Mattei Italian
Means "son of Matteo". The Mattei family was a powerful noble family in Rome during the Middle Ages.

Matten Flemish
Could derive from a short form of a given name such as Matthias or Mathilde, or be a toponym derived from either Middle High German mata "meadow" or French motte "clod, mound of earth".

Matteo Italian
From the given name Matteo.

Matteotti Italian

Mattes German
Variant of Matthias

Matteson English (American)

Matteusen Norwegian
Means "son of Matteus" in Norwegian.

Matteussdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Matteus" in Icelandic.

Matteusson Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Matteus" in Swedish.

Matthaiou Greek
Means "son of Matthaios".

Matthau German
Derived from the given name Matthias. This name was borne by the American actor Walter Matthau (1920-2000).

Matthäus German
From the given name Matthäus.

Mattheas German
Variant of Matthias.

Mattheou Greek
Variant of Matthaiou.

Matthes German
From German given name Matthias.

Mattheus Belgian

Matthew English, Scottish
Derived from the given name Matthew.

Matthey German

Matthias German, Dutch
From the personal name Matthias (see Matthew).

Matthíassdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Matthías" in Icelandic.

Matthíasson Icelandic
Means "son of Matthías" in Icelandic.

Matthieu French
From the given name Matthieu.

Matthijs Dutch
From the given name Matthijs.

Matthiou Greek
Means "son of Matthias".

Matthis German, French
Variant of Mathis.

Matthysse Italian

Mattíassdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Mattías" in Icelandic.

Mattíasson Icelandic
Means "son of Mattías" in Icelandic.

Mattice English

Mättik Estonian
Mättik is an Estonian surname derived from "mätas" meaning "sod". Could also derive from "mätlik" meaning "tufted", or the German surname "Mättig".

Mattila Finnish
Means "Matti's farm". A combination of Matti and the suffix -la "farm, place".

Mattingley English
From a place name meaning "Matta's clearing" in Old English.

Mattingly English (British)
This name dates all the way back to the 1200s and research shows that Mattingly families began immigrating to the United States in the 1600s and continued until the 1900s. However, the place name (Mattingley, England) dates back to the year 1086, but spelled as Matingelege... [more]

Mattioli Italian
From the given name Mattia.

Mattisen Norwegian (Rare)
Means son of Mattis

Mattison English
Means son of "Matthew"

Mattisson Swedish
Variant of Mattsson.

Mattli German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Matthias.

Matto Italian
Means "mad, crazy" or "madman" in Italian, regionally used in the sense of "rascal, joker", derived from Latin mattus "drunk, intoxicated".

Matto Italian
From the Germanic given name Matto.

Mattocks English
An occupation name for a digger or pryer.

Mattox m Welsh (Rare, Archaic), English (Modern, Rare)
The name Mattox originated in England and is derived from the Welsh personal name Madoc, meaning fortunate. It traces its roots back to the Middle Ages when names began to be adopted to differentiate individuals... [more]

Mattsen English
Variant of Matson.

Mattson English
Anglicized form of Mattsson or a variant of Matson.

Mattson Swedish
Variant of Mattsson.

Matuidi Central African

Matuk Jewish

Matulac Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)
Means "pushful" in Tagalog.

Matunec Croatian
Meaning - "mason" from Croatian màtūn, from Italian mattone meaning brick + agent noun -ec

Maturana Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous council of the municipality of Barrundia.

Maturanec Croatian (Rare)

Maturin French
From the French male personal name Maturin, from Latin Mātūrīnus, a derivative of Mātūrus, literally "timely". It was borne by the Irish "Gothic" novelist Charles Maturin (1782-1824).

Maturkaničová f Slovak

Matuščak Serbian (Rare)

Matuševas Lithuanian

Matushchak Ukrainian

Matusiak Polish
Derived from "Son of Matus (Matthew)."

Matusz Polish
Derived from a diminutive of Mateusz or Maciej.

Matuszeski Polish (Americanized, Archaic)
Variant of Matuszewski.

Matuszewska f Polish
Feminine form of Matuszewski.

Matuszewski m Polish
Variant of Matusz suffixed with -ewski based on habitational names.

Matute Spanish

Matvejs Latvian
From the given name Matvejs.

Matveychuk Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Matviychuk.

Matviychuk Ukrainian
Variant of Matviyenko.

Matviyenko Ukrainian
From the given name Matviy.

Mátyás Hungarian
From the given name Mátyás.

Matyikó Hungarian

Matyukha Ukrainian

Matz German
From A Pet Form Of The Personal Names Matthäus Or Matthias (See Matthew).

Matzerath Polish
This was used in The Tin Drum, a 1959 novel originally published as Die Blechtrommel in Germany, written by Günter Grass. The main character was Oskar Matzerath.

Matzeu Italian
Variant of Mazzeo.

Matzliach Hebrew
Means "successful" in Hebrew.

Mâu Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Mou, from Sino-Vietnamese 牟 (mâu).

Mau Khmer
From Chinese 毛 (máo) meaning "Mao", an ancient region in parts of present-day Henan, China, during the Zhou Dynasty.

Maude English
Habitational name derived from Anglo-Norman French mont hault meaning "high hill".

Maude English
From the female given name Maude.

Maudling English
From the medieval female personal name Maudeleyn, the English form of Greek Magdalene, the sobriquet in the New Testament of the woman Mary who was cured of evil spirits by Jesus... [more]

Maudslay English

Maudsley English

Mauer German
Variant of Maurer.

Mauer German, Jewish
Topographic name for someone who lived near a wall, from Middle High German mure "wall".

Mauger French, Guernésiais, Jèrriais
From the given name Mauger, the Norman French form of Malger. It is a cognate of Major.

Maugeri Sicilian, Italian
From Sicilian maugeri "herdsman".

Maugham English
Variant of Malham.

Maughan Irish, English
Anglicized from the original Irish Gaelic form Ò Mocháin meaning 'descendant of Mochain'. This name was one of the earliest known Irish surnames brought to England and remains a fairly common surname in the North East of the country.

Maughin Scottish
Variant of Maughan.

Mauhay Tagalog
From Tagalog uhay meaning "blade of grain, spike".

Mauk Czech, Russian
The word Mauk is the Eastern European meaning for night. In the early ages a small group of people in the area now known to be in or around Russia and the czech republic founded this word and made it their name... [more]

Maul German, Danish
From Middle High German meaning "mouth, jaw". Possibly a nickname for someone with a deformed mouth or jaw.

Maulenov m Kazakh
Means "son of Maulen".

Maulenova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Maulenov.

Mauleon Spanish (Archaic)
All I know is that there is a place in spain "Basque Country" that their town, apartments, holtes are named Mauleon. The language spoken is Basque a form of "Spanish and French"

Mault French

Mauranen Finnish

Maurel Occitan
Occitan cognate of Morel.

Mauri Italian, Catalan
From the given name Mauro.

Maurício Portuguese
From the given name Maurício.

Mauricio Spanish
From the given name Mauricio

Mauriello Italian
Derived from the given name Mauro.

Mauris English
This surname may be a variant of Maurice.

Mauritsen Norwegian (Rare)
Means "son of Maurits".

Mauritzson Swedish
Means "son of Mauritz".

Maurizio Italian
From the given name Maurizio

Mauro Italian
From the given name Mauro.

Maurović Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Mauro".

Maury French, Occitan, English
As a French name, it derives from a short form of the given name Amaury (see Emery)... [more]

Mauser German
Occupational name for a mouse catcher.

Maust German
Possibly an altered form Mast.

Mautasch Czech
SUDOMERICE, TABOR DISTRICT, BOHEMIA 1880

Mautz German
Meaning "to gripe", or "to complain" in Swabian German.

Mauvais French
Means "unfortunate" in French derived from Latin malus "bad" and fatum "fate".

Mauvin French

Mauz German

Mav Slovene

Maver Slovene

Maverick English (Rare)
Surname notably borne by Texas lawyer, politician and land baron Samuel Maverick (1803-1870) to whom the word maverick was coined.

Maverickson English
Means "son of Maverick".

Mavrek Croatian

Mavridis Greek
Means "son of Mavros.

Mavrikiou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Mavrikios".

Mavris Greek
From the Greek word mavros (black).