All Submitted Surnames

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Takaura Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and ura means "bay, seacoast".
Takayama Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Takayanagi Japanese
Taka "High,Tall" and Yanagi "Willow".
Takayanagi Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
Takayasu Japanese
Taka means "tall, high" and yasu means "cheap, inexpensive, relax"
Takazato Japanese
高 (Taka) means "high, expensive, tall" and zato is a variant of 里 (sato) meaning "type of measurement, village, league, parent's home". ... [more]
Takebe Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
Takebe Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
Takehara Japanese (Rare)
Take means "Bamboo" while Hara means "Plain". This surname means " Plain of the Bamboo". Takehara is also a city in Hiroshima and a railway station.
Takehara Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Takei Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Takei Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Takeishi Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone".
Takeishi Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone".
Takekawa Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and kawa means "stream, river".
Takemitsu Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and mitsu can mean "light".
Takemiya Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Takemizu Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Takemori Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and mori means "forest".
Takemoto Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Takemura Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Takeno Japanese
Take means "Bamboo" and No means "Field, Wilderness".
Takeo Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and o means "tail".
Takeoka Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and oka means "ridge, hill".
Takesawa Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Takeshita Japanese
Meaning ‘(one who lives) beneath the bamboo’; it was originally pronounced Takenoshita and taken from a village of that name in Suruga (now part of Shizuoka prefecture). The original bearers were descended from the northern Fujiwara through the Kuzuyama family... [more]
Takeshita Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".
Taketa Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Taketatsu Japanese
竹 (Take) means "bamboo", 達 (tatsu) means "reach". ... [more]
Taketsuru Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and tsuru means "crane".... [more]
Takeyama Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and yama means "mountain".
Takeyama Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Takezawa Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Takezo Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and zo means "castle".
Taki Japanese (Rare)
Tami means "Waterfall". This is occasionally a first name too,as a matter of a fact,neither of them are common.
Taki Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids".
Takigawa Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Takiguchi Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and guchi comes from kuchi meaning "mouth, opening".
Takiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Takikawa Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and kawa means "river, stream".
Takimoto Japanese
From Japanese 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Takimura Japanese
Taki means "waterfall, rapids" and mura means "village, hamlet".
Takino Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and no means field, rice paddy".
Takinoue Japanese
Taki means "waterfall", no is a possessive particle meaning "therefore, of", and ue means "top, above, upper".
Takisaki Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".
Takitani Japanese
Taki means "waterfall, rapids" and tani means "valley".
Takiya Japanese (Rare)
Taki (滝) means "waterfall", ya (谷) means "valley". One notable fictional character who bears this surname is Genji Takiya (滝谷 源治) from Crows Zero, this surname is very rare.
Takiyama Japanese
From Japanese 滝 (taki) meaning "waterfall; rapids" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Takizawa Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and zawa comes from sawa meaning "marsh, swamp".
Takizawa Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Takvam Norwegian
Literally: "Thanks For"
Takyi Akan
Meaning unknown.
Tal Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Tal, means "dew" in Hebrew.
Talaat Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Tal'at.
Talaba Filipino, Cebuano
Means "oyster" in Cebuano.
Talamantes Spanish
Habitational name from Talamantes in Zaragoza province
Talarico Italian
Of uncertain origin; probably from the Germanic personal name Athalaric.
Talat Arabic
Derived from the given name Tal'at.
Talavera Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from any of several places named Talavera, especially Talavera de la Reina in Toledo province.
Talbert English, French
From a continental Germanic personal name composed of the elements tal "valley" and berth "bright".
Talbi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Talib.
Talcott English, Norman
Norman habitational name from Taillecourt in France.... [more]
Taleb Arabic
From the given name Talib.
Talebi Persian
From the given name Taleb.
Talgatov Kazakh
Means "son of Talgat".
Talha Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
Derived from the given name Talha.
Talhaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Talha (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).
Tali Estonian
Tali is an Estonian surname meaning both "winter" and "tackle" or "pulley".
Talib Arabic
From the given name Talib.
Talıbov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Talıb".
Talihärm Estonian
Talihärm is an Estonian surname meaning "winter frost".
Talija Serbian
Talija... [more]
Talingting Filipino, Cebuano
Means "sieve, plover" in Cebuano.
Talivee Estonian
Talivee is an Estonian surname meaning "winter water".
Talivere Estonian
Talivere is an Estonian surname meaning "winter blood".
Tall Estonian
Tall is an Estonian surname meaning both "lamb" and "stable/barn".
Tallant English (British, ?), Norman, Irish
English (of Norman origin) occupational name for a tailor or nickname for a good swordsman, from taillant ‘cutting’, present participle of Old French tailler ‘to cut’ (Late Latin taliare, from talea ‘(plant) cutting’)... [more]
Tallarico Italian
It came from the Medieval Italian names Tallarico and Talarico ultimately from the Ostrogothic name Atalarico.... [more]
Tallent English
Habitational name from Talland in Cornwall, which is thought to be named as ‘hill-brow church site’, from Cornish tal + lann.
Tallentire English (Rare)
From a small village in Cumbria, England, meaning 'head of the land' in Cumbric.
Talley English
Variant of Tolley.
Talley Irish (Anglicized)
Shortend anglicized form of Ó Taithligh.
Talley English (American)
Americanized form of Tallig.
Tallinn Estonian
Tallinn is an Estonian surname, derived from "Tallinn", the capital city of Estonia.
Tallón Spanish
Either a Spanish variant of Catalan Talló (see Tallo) or a habitational name from any of the places in A Coruña, Ourense, and Pontevedra provinces called Tallón.
Tallon English, Irish, Norman, French
English and Irish (of Norman origin), and French from a Germanic personal name derived from tal ‘destroy’, either as a short form of a compound name with this first element (compare Talbot) or as an independent byname... [more]
Talts Estonian
Talts is an Estonian surname, possibly deriving from "taltsas", meaning "tame".
Talu Estonian
Talu is an Estonian surname meaning "farmstead".
Talujärv Estonian
Talujärv is an Estonian surname meaning "farm lake".
Talukdar Bengali, Indian, Assamese
Bengali alternate transcription of Talukder as well as the Assamese form.
Talukder Bengali
From a title for land-owning aristocrats in the Mughal Empire and British Raj who were responsible for collecting taxes. The title itself was derived from Arabic تعلق (ta'alluq) meaning "attachment, affiliation" combined with the Persian suffix دار (-dar) indicating ownership.
Talumaa Estonian
Talumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "farmland".
Talumets Estonian
Talumets is an Estonian surname literally meaning "farm (talu) forest (mets)"; a farmstead in or near a forest.
Talusaar Estonian
Talusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "farm island".
Talvet Estonian
Talvet is an Estonian surname derived from "talve-" meaning "wintry".
Talvi Estonian
Talvi is an Estonian surname meaning "winter" (from "talv", also a surname).
Talvik Estonian
Talvik is an Estonian surname meaning "winter" (from "talv", also a surname).
Talwar Indian
Sikh name based on the name of a clan in the Khatri community, derived from Panjabitəlwār ‘sword’ (Sanskrit taravāri).
Tam Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Tan.
Tam Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Tan.
Tamada Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Tamai Japanese
From the Japanese 玉 (tama) "ball," "bundle" and 井 (i) "well."
Tamakawa Japanese
Tama means "jewel square" and kawa means "river".
Tamaki Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball, sphere" combined with 城 (ki) meaning "castle", 置 (ki) meaning "put, place, set", or 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Tamamura Japanese
Tama means "Jewel" and Mura means "village."... [more]
Tamang Tibetan
Tamang may be derived from the word Tamang, where Ta means "horse" and Mang means warrior in Tibetan. However there are no written documentations of Horse Rider naming nor present Tamang people have horse riding culture.
Tamang Tamang
From Tamang རྟ་དམག་ (Ta Damag) meaning "Tamang", a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group.
Tamanishi Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (Tama) meaning "jewel; ball" and 西 (Nishi) meaning "west; Spain".
Tamano Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball, sphere" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" or 乃 (no), a possessive particle.
Tamaru Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "paddy, field" combined with 丸 (maru) meaning "whole, complete".
Tamashiro Japanese
Means "jewel castle" or "ball castle" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 玉 (jewel, ball) and 城 (castle). This surname is of Okinawan origin.
Tamatsuka Japanese
Tama means "jewel" and tsuka means "mound".
Tamatsuki Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 玉槻 with 玉 (gyoku, tama, tama-, -dama) meaning "ball, jewel" and 槻 (ki, tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree."
Tamayama Japanese
玉 (Tama) means "jewel, gem" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".
Tamayo Spanish
from a town in the burgos region in spain.
Tamazashvili Georgian
Means "son of Tamaz".
Tamazight Berber, Northern African
Derived from ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵗⵜ (Tamaziɣt), the Berber (Amazigh) name for the collective Berber language family used in North Africa.
Tambat Marathi
Marathi form of Tamrakar.
Tambor Jewish
Derived from German Tambour "drummer in a regiment", ultimately via French tambour from Old French tambor "drum".
Tambunan Batak
Derived from Batak tambun meaning "large, many" or "hill, heap, mound".
Tamburini Italian
Means "drummer", from Italian tamburo "drum".
Tameishi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 為 (tame) meaning "advantage; benefit" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone", referring to useful stone.... [more]
Tamenari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 為成 (Tamenari) meaning "Tamenari", a former area in the city of Bungotakada in the prefecture of Ōita in Japan.... [more]
Tamenari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 為成 (Tamenari) meaning "Tamenari", a former division in the area of Fuchū in the city of Toyama in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan.... [more]
Tamer Arabic
Derived from the given name Tamir.
Tamir Jewish
From the given name Tamir.
Tamiya Japanese (Rare)
Tamiya means "Ricefield palace". See also Miyata
Tammam Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Tammam.
Tammearu Estonian
Tammearu is an Estonian surname meaning "oaken upland meadow".
Tammejuur Estonian
Tammejuur is an Estonian surname meaning "oak root".
Tammemaa Estonian
Tammemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "oak land".
Tammemägi Estonian
Tammemägi is an Estonian surname meaning "oak hill/mountain".
Tammeoks Estonian
Tammeoks is an Estonian surname meaning "oak branch".
Tammeorg Estonian
Tammeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "oak valley".
Tammepuu Estonian
Tammepuu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak tree".
Tammert Estonian
Tammert is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" ("oak") and "tamme-" ("oaken").
Tammetalu Estonian
Tammetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak farm/farmstead".
Tammets Estonian
Tammets is an Estonian surname meaning "oak forest".
Tammeväli Estonian
Tammeväli is an Estonian surname meaning "oak field".
Tammeveski Estonian
Tammeveski is an Estonian surname meaning "oak mill".
Tammik Estonian
Tammik is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood" and "oak forest".
Tammiksaar Estonian
Tammiksaar is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood island".
Tammiku Estonian
Tammiku is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood" and "oak forest".
Tamminen Finnish
From "tammi" meaning "oak tree". A place with lot of oaks.
Tammiste Estonian
Tammiste is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" meaning "oak".
Tammjärv Estonian
Tammjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "oak lake" and "dam/levee lake".
Tammsaar Estonian
Tammsaar is an Estonian surname, meaning "oak island".
Tammsalu Estonian
Tammsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak ridge".
Tammus Estonian
Tammus is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" meaning both "oak" and "dam".
Tamon Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 多門, 多聞 or 田門 with 多 (ta, oo.i, masa.ni, masa.ru) meaning "frequent, many, much", 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field/paddy", 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate" and 聞 (bun, mon, ki.ku, ki.koeru) meaning "ask, hear, listen."... [more]
Tampõld Estonian
Tampõld is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" ("oak") and "põld" ("field").
Tampubolon Batak
From Batak tampuk meaning "leaf stalk, base" and bolon meaning "big, large, great".
Tamrakar Newar, Indian
Means "copper maker; craftsman" in Sanskrit. This is used by the Tamrakar caste of Nepal and India, and mainly of Newar ethnicity in Nepal.
Tamta Kumaoni, Garhwali
Kumaoni and Garhwali form of Tamrakar.
Tan English (Australian, Rare)
Possibly from the English Word "Tan", or from the Given Name Tan.
Tan Turkish
Means "dawn, daybreak" in Turkish.
Tan Chinese
From Chinese 谭 (tán) referring to the state of Tan that existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.
Tan Chinese
From Chinese 谈 (tán) referring to the ancient vassal state of Tan, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.
Tanabata Japanese (Rare)
This surname refers to the Japanese Star Festival on July 7th.
Tanabe Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 辺 or 邊 (nabe) meaning "area, place".
Tanahara Japanese
Variant transcription of Tahara or variant of Takahara.
Tănăsescu Romanian
Patronymic surname meaning "the son of Tănăs".
Tänav Estonian
Tänav is an Estonian surname meaning "street".
Tänavots Estonian
Tänavots is an Estonian surname meaning "street end".
Tänavsuu Estonian
Tänavsuu is an Estonian surname literally meaning "street mouth" ("street entry", or "the beginning of the street"); derived from the compound words "tänav" ("street") and "suu" ("mouth").
Tancock English
From a shortened variant of the male personal name Andrew, with the suffix -cock (literally "cockerel", hence "jaunty or bumptious young man"), that was often added to create pet-forms of personal names in the Middle Ages.
Tancredi Italian
From the given name Tancredi.
Tandon Indian, Punjabi, Hindi
Of unknown meaning.
Tandy English
From a pet-form of the male personal name Andrew.
Taneichi Japanese
From Japanese 種 (tane) meaning "seed, pit, origin" and 市 (ichi) meaning "market".
Taneja Indian
This surname was apparently derived from tən‘blade of grass’ (from Sanskrit tṛna).
Tanev Bulgarian
Derived from the forename Tane.
Taneva Bulgarian
Feminine form of Tanev.
Tăng Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 曾 (tăng) meaning "high".
Tang Chinese
From Chinese 汤(tāng) means soup.
Tangara Western African, Manding
Malian Bambara surname of unknown meaning.
Tangen Norwegian
Tangen is a village in south-east Norway.
Tangerine English
Possibly means "from Tangier".
Tanglao Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog tanglaw meaning "light, illumination" (a poetic word), ultimately from Hokkien 燈樓 or 灯楼 (teng-lâu).
Tanguay French, English
From a personal name, a contraction of Tanneguy, from Breton tan meaning 'fire', and ki meaning 'dog', which was the name of a 6-th century Christian saint associated with Paul Aurelian.
Tanguma Indigenous American (?), Mexican
Mexican surname of uncertain origin, probably Native American.
Tanibuki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 谷吹 (see Yabuki 3).
Tanie Japanese
Tani means "valley" and e means "inlet, river".
Tanielian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Դանիելյան (see Danielyan)
Tanielu Samoan
From the given name Daniel.
Tanifuji Japanese
Tani means "valley" and fuji means "wisteria".
Tanigawa Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Tanihara Japanese
Tani means "valley" and hara means "plain". ... [more]
Tanikawa Japanese
From the Japanese 谷 (tani or ya) "valley" and 川 or 河 (kawa or gawa) "river."
Tanimoto Japanese
Tani (谷) means valley, and Moto (本) means origin or base or root.
Tanimoto Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Tanimura Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Taninaka Japanese
Tani means "valley" and naka means "middle".
Tanioka Japanese
Tani means "valley" and oka means "ridge, hill".
Tanisawa Japanese
Tani means "valley" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Taniyama Japanese
Tani means "valley" and yama means "mountain". ... [more]