All Submitted Surnames

Aw Serer

Awa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿波 (Awa), a clipping of 上阿波 (Kamiawa) or 下阿波 (Shimoawa), both areas in the city of Iga in the prefecture of Mie in Japan.

Awa Japanese
From Japanese 阿波 (Awa) meaning "Awa", a former Japanese province in present-day Tokushima, Japan.

Awaayaɣeř Berber
Moroccan (Rifian): tribal name from the tribe of Ayt Waayaɣeř from the province of Řḥusima.

Awad Arabic
Refers to a person who makes "Oud", an oriental musical instrument.

Awad Arabic
Occupational name for a player or maker of lutes, ultimately derived from Arabic عود ('ud) meaning "oud, lute".

Awad Arabic
Derived from the given name Awad.

Awada Japanese

Awadis Assyrian

Awagai Japanese
Variant of Awatani.

Awagaya Japanese
Variant of Awatani.

Awai Japanese
Awa means "millet" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Awais Urdu
From the given name Awais.

Awamura Japanese
Awa means "millet" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Awan Punjabi, Urdu
From the name of a Punjabi tribe which is most likely derived from Arabic عون ('awn) meaning "help, aid" or "helper".

Awano Japanese
Awa means "millet" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Awanoue Japanese

Awaoka Japanese
Awa means "millet" and oka means "mound, hill".

Awara Japanese
A variant of Ahara.

Awata English

Awatani Japanese
Awa means "millet" and tani means "valley".

Awaya Japanese
From Japanese 粟 (Awa) meaning "Mllet" and 谷 (Tani) meaning "valley".

Awayama Japanese
Away means "millet" and yama means "mountain".

Awe Nigerian

Awoon Indian

Awsumb Norwegian
Norwegian habitation surname. Åsum/Aasum/Aasumb is a common place name in Scandinavia, generally referring to an ancient farm or homestead. Derived from Old Norse aas ‘hill’ + um ‘around’. Norwegian emigrants from the Åsum farm in the traditional district of Vinger (Hedmark, Norway) adopted the Anglicized spelling ‘Awsumb’ after arriving in North America in the 19th and 20th Centuries.

Awtrey English (American)

Awwad Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic عواد (see Awad).

Ax German
Variant form of Axt.

Axe English
Locational surname which describes one who lived by the Axe Rivers in Somerset or Dorset.

Axel English (Rare), German, Dutch, Danish (Rare)
From the given name Axel.

Axel Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare)
Habitational name for someone from either of two places, Aksel in East Flanders or Axel in Zeeland, both possibly derived from a relative of Old High German ahsala "shoulder", referring to an elevated piece of land.

Axell Swedish
Possibly a habitational name with the combination of ax, a Swedish word for the fruiting body of a grain plant, and the common surname suffix -ell.

Axelman Swedish (Rare)
From the Scandinavian given name Axel and man "man".

Axelrod Jewish (Americanized)
Derived from the Yiddish given name Akslrod.

Axels English
Derived from the given name Axel.

Axelson English
Means "son of Axel".

Axén Swedish
Combination of ax, a Swedish word for the fruiting body of a grain plant, and the common surname suffix -én.

Axente French

Axford English
Derived from Axford, which is the name of two villages in England (one is located in the county of Hampshire, the other in Wiltshire). Both villages derive their name from Old English æsc(e) "ash tree(s)" and Old English ford "ford", which gives their name the meaning of "ford by the ash trees" or "a ford with ash trees"... [more]

Axinte Romanian
From the given name Axinte.

Axiotis Greek
Axiotis refers to a family that originated in Naxos Greece. The feminine form is Axioti.

Axisa Maltese

Axmed Somali
Somali form of Ahmed.

Axt German
From a Middle High German ackes or axt, meaning "axe". Name for a woodcutter, carpenter, or axe maker.

Axtell English

Axton English
From Old English æsc(e) meaning "ash tree(s)" and Old English ton meaning "town".

Axundov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of the akhund", from Azerbaijani axund referring to a Persian title for an Islamic scholar.

Axundova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Axundov.

Ay Turkish
Means "moon" in Turkish.

Ayade Arabic

Ayan Turkish
Means "evident, clear, manifest" in Turkish.

Ayanami Japanese
Aya (綾) means "twill", nami (波) means "wave"

Ayano Japanese
綾 (Aya) means "design" and 野 (no) means "field".... [more]

Ayanokoji Japanese
A variant transcription of Ayanokouji meaning "design small road".

Ayanokouji Japanese
綾 (Aya) means "design", no is a possessive particle, 小 (kou) means "small, little", and 路 (ji) means "road."

Ayanov Kazakh
Means "son of Ayan 2".

Ayari Arabic (Maghrebi), Persian
Derived from Arabic عَيَّار (ʿayyār) or Persian عیار (ayyâr) meaning "vagabond, loafer, idler" (chiefly Tunisian).

Ayat French

Ayayi French, African (?)

Ayaz Turkish
Derived from the given name Ayaz.

Ayaz Turkish, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ayaz.

Aybar Basque (Hispanicized)
Aybar Name Meaning. Spanish (of Basque origin): habitational name, in most cases probably from Aibar in Navarre, but in some cases perhaps a variant of Eibar, the name of a place in Gipuzkoa. The place names are from Basque ai 'side', 'slope' + ibar 'flood plain', 'valley'.

Aybekov Kazakh
Variant transcription of Aibekov.

Aycock English (American)
Medieval English diminutive of personal names beginning with A-.

Aycox English
Variant of Aycock.

Aydəmirov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Aydəmir".

Aydamirov m Chechen, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Aydamir".

Aydəmirova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Aydəmirov.

Aydemir Turkish
From the given name Aydemir.

Ayden English, Scottish
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic caol meaning "narrows, channel, strait".

Ayden Turkish
Possibly a variant of Aydın.

Aydın Turkish
From the given name Aydın.

Aydin Turkish (Cypriot)

Aydınlar Turkish
Derived from the Turkish word “aydın” meaning “enlightened”.

Aydinlisoy Turkish
Means "enlightened family" in Turkish.

Aydoğan Turkish
From the given name Aydoğan.

Aydoğdu Turkish
From Turkish ay meaning "moon" and doğdu meaning "born".

Aydyn Turkish (Russified)
Russified form of Aydın.

Ayenew Ethiopian

Ayer English, Scottish
Means "heir, inheritor", from Anglo-Norman aire.

Ayer English
From the Middle English given name Aier, a form of Germanic Agihari, possibly derived from agaz "fear" and hari "army".

Ayerbe Spanish

Ayestarán Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Aiestaran.

Ayet French

Aygün Turkish
From Turkish ay meaning "moon" and gün meaning "sun".

Ayhan Turkish
Derived from the given name Ayhan.

Aykroyd English
Variant of Ackroyd. A famous bearer is Canadian actor and comedian Dan Aykroyd (1952-).

Aylen English
Either derived from the given name Alan or from the Old English word ætheling which were princes eligible to be king. The word ætheling was sometimes used as a given name

Ayler English
occupational name from Old French aillier ‘garlic seller’, from ail ‘garlic’ (from Latin allium).... [more]

Aylesworth English
It was first found in Warwickshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor of Kineton.... [more]

Aylett English (British), English (Australian)

Ayliff English
From the medieval female personal name Ayleve (from Old English Æthelgifu, literally "noble gift"), or from the Old Norse nickname Eilífr, literally "ever-life".

Ayllón Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality.

Aylwen English (?)

Ayman Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Ayman.

Aymond French

Aynesworth English
Variant of Ainsworth.

Ayohua Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly from ayotli "squash, pumpkin" or ayotl "turtle" combined with the possessive suffix -hua, or from ayohua "to fill with water".

Ayón Spanish (Mexican)

Ayonan Maranao
Means "king, ruler" in Maranao.

Ayoob Arabic
From the given name Ayyub

Ayotle Nahuatl
Possibly from Nahuatl ayoctle "nothing, no more", or from ayotli "squash, pumpkin".

Ayotte French
It means 'small hedge' or 'small woody plot of land' in Old French.

Ayoub Arabic
From the given name Ayyub.

Ayoubi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Ayyub.

Ayre English
Variant of Eyre

Ayres English
Variant of Ayers 1, Ayers 2 or Ayers 3.

Ayris English

Ayriss English (British, Anglicized)

Ayrton English

Aysayev m Avar

Ayson English

Aysultanov Kazakh, Dagestani
Means "son of Aysultan."

Aytekin Turkish
From the given name Aytekin.

Aytmatov Kyrgyz
Means "son of Aytmat".

Ayub Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Ayyub.

Ayubi Persian, Pashto, Urdu
Variant transcription of Ayoubi.

Ayugawa Japanese
Variant of Ayukawa.

Ayukawa Japanese
From 鮎 (ayu) meaning "trout" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river."

Ayuluk Yupik

Ayunerak Yupik

Ayurov m Buryat (Russified)
Means "son of Ayur".

Ayurova f Buryat (Russified)
Feminine form of Ayurov.

Ayutthaya Thai
From Ayutthaya, the name of a kingdom that reigned from 1350 to 1767 that is considered the precursor of modern Thailand.

Ayyagari Indian
Owner, Teacher

Ayyub Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ayyub.

Az Indonesian

Azabagić Bosnian

Azabu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 麻布 (Azabu), a clipping of 元麻布 (Motoazabu) meaning "Motoazabu", an area in the ward of Minato in the city of Tokyo in Japan.

Azabu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 麻布 (Azabu) meaning "Azabu", a division in the area of Nakauri in the city of Shinshiro in the prefecture of Aichi in Japan.

Azad Bengali, Persian, Urdu
From the given name Azad.

Azadi Persian
From the given name Azad.

Azadpour Persian
Means "son of Azad".

Azah African

Azahara Japanese
From Japanese 字 (aza) meaning "a section of a village" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Azakami Japanese

Azale Arabic (Maghrebi)

Azalea Indonesian

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

Azamatov Uzbek
Means "son of Azamat".

Azami Japanese

Azami Persian
From the given name Azam.

Azami Japanese
From Japanese 薊 (azami) meaning "thistle".

Azar Hebrew
Means "(he) helped" in Hebrew, a verb form of Ezer or Ezra.

Azaranka Belarusian
Belarusian form of Azarenko.

Azarcon Filipino

Azarenka Belarusian
Alternate transcription of Belarusian Азаранка (see Azaranka).

Azarenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Azarov.

Azari Persian
Means "Azeri, Azerbaijani" in Persian.

Azaria Jewish
From the given name Azariah.

Azarian Armenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Azaryan, a patronymic likely derived from an Armenian form of the Hebrew given name 'Azaryah.

Azarin Russian
Variant of Azarov (Азаров)

Azarina Russian
Feminine form of Azarin (Азарин)

Azarov Russian
Derived from given name Azariy.

Azarova f Russian
Feminine form of Azarov.

Azarpey English

Azaryan Armenian
Patronymic from the Persian personal name Azar

Azayi Moroccan
Derived from the Berber singular word for Zayanes.

Azbury English

Azcárate Spanish, Basque

Azcárraga Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Azkarraga.

Azcatl Nahuatl
Means "ant" in Nahuatl.

Azcona Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Azkona.

Azconovieta Spanish

Azebiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Azebry Nigerian

Azeem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Azim.

Azeez Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Aziz.

Azemi Albanian

Azemi Albanian
Derived from the given name Azem.

Azenira Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Azer Persian
Azer or temple fire from the Zoroastrian period in ancient Persia,as a surname relates the individual to the fire maintainers at the Zoroastrian temples

Azeri Japanese (Rare)
Means "acharya" in Japanese.

Azeri Azerbaijani
Means "Azeri (Azerbaidzhani)" in Azerbaidzhani.

Azevedo Portuguese

Azhar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Azhar.

Azhel'skiy m Russian (Rare), Belarusian (Rare), Yiddish (Russified, Rare)

Azi Afizere
Azi is actually pronounced Azīh which means "Unending, in ended father of many generations" it is named after children believed to become the origin or source of lasting families.

Azim Arabic, Bengali, Dhivehi, Urdu
From the given name Azim.

Azimi Persian
From the given name Azim.

Əzimov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əzim".

Azimov Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Dagestani, Kazakh
Means "son of Azim".

Əzimova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Əzimov.

Azinheira Portuguese
Originates from the Portuguese word "azinheira," which refers to the evergreen oak tree known as the "holm oak"

Aziz Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Aziz.

Aziza African

Azizi Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Aziz.

Azizian Persian
From the given name Aziz.

Əzizov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əziz".

Azizov m Uzbek, Tajik, Azerbaijani, Dargin, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Aziz".

Əzizova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Əzizov.

Azizpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian عزیزپور (see Azizpour).

Azizpour Persian
Means "son of Aziz" in Persian.

Azizzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Aziz" in Persian.

Azkarraga Basque
Derived from Basque azkar "maple tree" and -aga "place of, group of". Alternatively, it may contain the element harri "stone, rock".

Azkona Basque
From the name of a location in Navarre also called Aizkoa, probably derived from Basque (h)aitz "stone, rock", though azkon "badger" has also been suggested.

Azlor Aragonese (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Aflor.

Azmat Urdu
Derived from the Arabic عَظَمَة (ʿaẓama) meaning "majesty, glory".

Azmi Arabic
From the given name Azmi.

Azmoun Persian
Means "test exam" in Persian.

Aznar Spanish
Aznar is a Spanish surname of Basque origin and an obsolete given name. It probably stems from old Basque "azenar(i)" ('fox', modern "azeri").

Aznavuryan m Armenian
Means "son of Aznavur".

Azoulai Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Azoulay.

Azoulay Judeo-Spanish
Meaning uncertain. It may derived from Spanish azul or French azur meaning "blue" (both ultimately derived from Persian via Arabic), possibly used as a nickname for someone with blue eyes or an occupational name for a maker of blue ceramic ware... [more]

Azov Russian, Ukrainian
From the Sea of Azov. Probably denoted to somebody who lived on the Azov coast... [more]

Azpilcueta Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Azpilkueta.

Azpilkueta Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous settlement in the Navarrese municipality of Baztan.

Azria French

Azria Judeo-Spanish
From the given name Azariah.

Azua Basque
Habitational and topographic name derived from Basque (h)artsu "stony place; rocky", itself derived from (h)arri "stone, rock" and the suffix -tsu.

Azuaje-fidalgo Portuguese (Rare), Spanish, Italian
Fidalgo from Galician and Portuguese filho de algo — equivalent to "nobleman", but sometimes literally translated into English as "son of somebody" or "son of some (important family)"—is a traditional title of Portuguese nobility that refers to a member of the titled or untitled nobility... [more]

Azuara Aragonese
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Azubuike Igbo
From the given name Azubuike.

Azuchi Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.

Azudimma Nigerian

Azukigawa Japanese
Variant of Azukikawa.

Azukikawa Japanese

Azulai Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Azoulay.

Azulay Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Azoulay.

Azuma Japanese
From Japanese 東 (azuma) meaning "east".

Azuma Japanese

Azuma Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.

Azuma Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿萬 (see Ama).

Azumagaito Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 東垣外 (see Higashigaito).

Azumagakito Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 東垣外 (see Higashigaito).

Azumayashiki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 東屋敷 (see Higashiyashiki).

Azusagawa Japanese (Rare)
Azusa (梓) means "catalpa", gawa/kawa (川) means "river", kawa changes to gawa due to rendaku. Sakuta Azusagawa (梓川 咲太) and his sister Kaede (梓川 花楓) from Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai are notable fictional characters who bear this surname.

Azusakawa Japanese

Azusawa Japanese
Surname of Kohane Azusawa from project sekai

Azzam Arabic
From the given name Azzam.

Azzilla Maltese

Azziz Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Aziz.

Azzopardi Maltese
Possibly derived from the Hebrew term סְפָרַדִּי (s'faradí) used to refer to Jews originating from Iberia (called Sephardim or Sephardic Jews). It may also be of Greek origin from a word meaning "black, Mauritanian" or "soldier" with a connection to Middle Persian spʿh "army" used to refer to a person of African descent or someone who worked as a mercenary... [more]

Azzoulai Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Azoulay.

Ba Arabic
Arabic from a shortened form of Aba, accusative case of Abu ‘father’.

Ba Chinese
Chinese from the name of the kingdom of Ba, which existed in Sichuan during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc). Descendants of some of the ruling class adopted the name of the kingdom as their surname... [more]

Ba Manding
From the Mandinka word ba(a) meaning "big, great".

Bâ Western African
Senegal

Baack German, North Frisian
Either from a reduced form of the Germanic personal name Baldeke (a short form of any of the compound names with the first element bald "bold, brave ", for example Baldewin), or from Middle Low German baec, bake "pork, bacon", hence a metonymic occupational name for a butcher or pig farmer.

Baamonde Galician
This indicates familial origin within either of 5 eponymous parishes.

Baamonde Spanish
habitational name from one of the Galician places called Baamonde (earlier written Bahamonde) in the province of Lugo most probably Santiago de Baamonde (Begonte).

Baard Afrikaans

Baatarsükhiin Mongolian

Baatirov Kyrgyz
Means "son of Baatir" in Kyrgyz.

Baba Nigerian, Yoruba, Western African
From an honourific title used to denote a father, wise man, or an elder.

Baba Japanese
From Japanese 馬場 (baba) meaning "riding ground".

Babaei Persian, Iranian

Babaev Uzbek, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian
Variant transcription of Babayev.

Babaian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Babayan.

Babajanian Armenian
Meaning unknown.

Babajanyan Armenian
Means "son of Babajan".

Babaliu Albanian

Babalola Nigerian

Babao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano babaw meaning "top, above, over".

Babao Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog babaw meaning "shallowness".

Babaoka Japanese
Baba means "riding ground" and oka means "hill".

Babar Urdu
From given name Babar

Babaryka Belarusian, Ukrainian (?)

Babasa Filipino, Tagalog
Means "will read" in Tagalog.

Babauta Chamorro
Chamorro name for "our banner or flag"

Babayan Armenian
Derived from Turkish baba meaning "father".

Babaylan Visayan
From "babaylan" which were pre-Hispanic priestesses or mediums. The root word of which is "babaye" which is Cebuano for woman.

Babazoe Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 馬場添 (Babazoe) meaning "Babazoe", a name of a group of several households for the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Babb English (Canadian)

Babbit English (American)
Variant spelling of Babbitt.

Babbitt English (American)
Variant form of Bobbitt.

Babbs English (Rare)
A matronymic of Barbara.

Babchenko Ukrainian
Variant of Babenko.

Babe English

Babe Japanese
Variant reading of Umabe.

Babel French
Either (i) from the medieval French personal name Babel, apparently adopted from that of St Babylas, a 3rd-century Christian patriarch of Antioch, the origins of which are uncertain; or (ii) an invented Jewish name based on German or Polish Babel "Babylon".

Babenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Babić.

Babeș Romanian
Meaning unknown.

Babiel Sundanese

Babika African

Babiker Arabic
From the given name Abu Bakr.

Babineau French
Variant of Babineaux.

Babinec Czech
Nickname from Old Czech babinec meaning "coward".

Babington English
Habitational name for someone from Babington in Somerset or Great or Little Bavington in Northumberland, named with the Old English personal name Babba + the connective particle -ing- meaning "associated with", "named after" + tūn meaning "settlement".

Babla Polish, Indian
Polish: nickname from babula ‘(old) little woman, granny’, a hypocoristic derivative of baba (see Baba).... [more]

Babloki Albanian

Baboli Mazanderani
Means “from Babol”.

Babović Montenegrin, Serbian

Babowicz Polish

Babraitis Lithuanian
From babras, a variant of bebras meaning "beaver".

Babrauskas m Lithuanian
Ultimately from the Balto-Slavic element *bébrus meaning "beaver". It is possibly an adaptation of Polish Bobrowski, or a related Slavic surname.

Babu Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada
Derived from Hindi बाबू (babu) meaning "father, sir", used as a respectful term of address for a man as well as a term of endearment for a young boy.

Babushkin m Russian, Jewish
Derived from Russian бабушка (babushka) meaning "grandmother".

Babych Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Babić.

Bac Mayan
From Mayan b'aq meaning "bone, needle" or "thin".

Bača Czech, Slovak
Meaning Shepherd

Baca Spanish
From Spanish vaca meaning "cow".

Bacal Romanian, Jewish
Derived from Romanian bacal, an alternative form of băcan meaning "grocer".

Bacall Romanian, Jewish
Variant spelling of Bacal. A famous bearer was the American actress Lauren Bacall (1924-2014).

Bacalso Filipino, Cebuano
Meaning uncertain.

Bacani Filipino, Pampangan, Pangasinan
Meaning uncertain.

Bacaraman Filipino, Maranao

Bacardi Italian

Bacatan Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano bakat meaning "billow, large wave of water".