All Submitted Surnames

Tandon Indian, Punjabi, Hindi
Of unknown meaning.

Tandy English
From a pet-form of the male personal name Andrew.

Taneda Japanese

Tanehira Japanese

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.

Tanfal German

Tăng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Zeng, from Sino-Vietnamese 曾 (tăng).

Tang Chinese
From Chinese 汤 (tāng) meaning "hot water, soup, broth", originally derived from the name of Cheng Tang, the first king of the Shang dynasty.

Tangahu Gorontalo

Tangara Western African, Manding
Malian Bambara surname of unknown meaning.

Tange Japanese

Tangen Norwegian
Tangen is a village in south-east Norway.

Tangerine English
Possibly means "from Tangier".

Tanginoa Tongan

Tanglao Tagalog
From Tagalog tanglaw meaning "light, illumination", ultimately from Hokkien 燈樓/灯楼 (teng-lâu).

Tangoku Japanese

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.

Tanguy French

Tanhuser Romansh (Germanized)
Variant of Tannhauser.

Taniai Japanese

Tanibara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Tanihara.

Tanibuki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 谷吹 (see Yabuki).

Tanida Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

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."

Tanikuwa Japanese

Tanimizu Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

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".

Tanis Haitian Creole

Tanisawa Japanese
Tani means "valley" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Tanita Japanese

Taniwara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Tanihara.

Taniyama Japanese
Tani means "valley" and yama means "mountain". ... [more]

Tanizawa Japanese
Variant of Tanisawa.

Tanji Japanese (Rare)
Rare in Japan, the name is written with characters meaning ‘red’ and ‘govern’. The actual meaning is unclear.

Tanjung Minangkabau, Batak
Means "cape, headland, point" in Minangkabau and Batak.

Tankersley English

Tanko Romanian (Americanized)
In Romania Tankó is most common in Harghita, Covasna, and Bacău counties. Tankó is also common in Hungary and Slovakia.

Tanlee American

Tannahill Scottish
From the name of a place in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Tannen German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from any of several places in Lower Saxony or Baden named with German Tannen ‘pine’, or from a short form of any of the many compound names formed with this element... [more]

Tannenbaum Jewish, German
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) topographic name or Jewish ornamental name from German Tannenbaum ‘fir tree’, ‘pine tree’.

Tanneraho Finnish
My grandmother was from Finland was as is many generations according to her. Descendants are still located in Musta Jarva, near Ruovesi.

Tannert German

Tannhäuser German
Habitational name for someone from any of the places called Tannhausen in Brandenburg, Silesia or Württemberg.

Tannhauser Romansh (Germanized)
Germanized form of Danuser.

Tanni Finnish, Estonian (Rare)
Derived from a form of the given name Daniel.

Tanno Japanese
From Japanese 丹 (tan) meaning "red, vermilion" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tanno Romansh
Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a derivation from the given name Donatus.

Tannor English (African)

Tannous Arabic
Derived from the given name Tannous, an Arabic form of Anthony.

Tano Italian
From a short form of the personal name Gaetano.

Tanobe Japanese

Tanooka Japanese

Tanose Japanese (Rare)

Tanoue Japanese
Ta means "field, rice paddy", no is a possessive particle, and ue means "above".

Tanović Bosnian

Tanqueray French
Derived from the given name Tancred.

Tanskanen Finnish
Means "Danish" in Finnish.

Tansy English

Tantalo English

Tantawi Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Egyptian Arabic طنطاوى or Arabic طنطاوي (see Tantawy).

Tantawy Arabic (Egyptian)
Indicated a person from the Egyptian city of Tanta, possibly of Coptic origin.

Tantsyrev m Russian
Derived from танец (tanets) meaning dance.

Tanuma Japanese
Ta means "rice paddy, field" and Numa means "swamp, marsh".

Tanuma Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Tanush Albanian

Tanveer Urdu
From the given name Tanwir.

Tanvir Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Tanwir.

Tanyag Tagalog
Means "renowned, eminent, illustrious" in Tagalog.

Tanyan Nigerian

Tanyılmaz Turkish

Tanzie English

Tào Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Cao, from Sino-Vietnamese 曹 (tào).

Tao Chinese
From Chinese 陶 (táo) meaning "pottery, ceramics", used to denote someone who was responsible for making pottery.

Taoda Japanese

Taomi Thai

Taoufik Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Tawfiq.

Taouil Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic طويل (see Tawil) chiefly used in North Africa.

Taov Circassian

Tapachula Nahuatl, Aztec
Means "between the waters" in Nahuatl.

Tapahonso Navajo

Tapales Spanish (Philippines)

Tapavicza Hungarian

Tapdıqov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Tapdıq".

Tapdıqova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Tapdıqov.

Tape English, German
Variant spelling of Tapp.

Tapier English (Australian)

Tapio Finnish
From the given name Tapio.

Tapir Indian

Tapon French
From the old French word tapon, meaning "cork". Hence this surname was first given to corks makers.

Täpp Estonian
Täpp is an Estonian surname meaning "fleck" or "speckle".

Tapp English, German
Derived from an Old English given name Tæppa, of uncertain origin and meaning. In German, it is a nickname for a clumsy person or a simpleton, derived from Middle Low German tappe meaning "oaf".

Tapper Swedish
Swedish soldier name meaning "brave". ... [more]

Taptiklis Greek
Greek name.... [more]

Tapu Estonian
Tapu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Tapa", a town in Lääne-Viru County.

Tapu Moriori
Tapu in the Moriori language means sacred. This was the surname of a 19th century Owenga Moriori leader named Hirawanu Tapu (?-1900).

Taput Belarusian

Tara Indian

Tarabay Arabic
History of this surname is unknown. A famous bearer with this last name is Nick E. Tarabay, a Lebanese-American actor.

Tarabe Japanese

Tarafdar Bengali
From a title which denoted a holder of a taraf (a type of administrative division formerly used in South Asia), itself derived from Arabic طرف (taraf) meaning "area, section, side" and the Persian suffix دار (dar) indicating ownership.

Tarafder Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali তরফদার (see Tarafdar).

Tarai Indian (?)

Taraku Albanian

Tarancón Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Tarand Estonian
Tarand is an Estonian surname meaning "balustrade".

Taranova Russian
Russian form of Terranova.

Taranto Italian
Habitational name from the southern Italian city and provincial capital of this name (from Latin Tarentum from Greek Taras). Variant of Tarantino and Di Taranto.

Țăranu Romanian

Taras Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian
From the given name Taras.

Tarasenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Taras.

Tarasov Russian
Means "son of Taras".

Tarasova Russian
Feminine form of Tarasov.

Tarassaco Italian
Surname meaning “Dandelion” in Italian

Taratsas Greek

Tarawele Manding
The original variant of Traoré.

Tarbell English
Tarbell is an alteration of the English placename Turville in Buckinghamshire in England.

Tarc Ukrainian, Romanian

Tarchaneiotes Greek
(1) Either from the village of Tarchaneion in Thrace, (2) from Mongol word targan, for "smith",(3) from the Khazar noble title tarkhan, ultimately of Sogdian/Saka origin.

Tarcza Polish, Hungarian
Means "shield" in Polish.

Tardáguila Spanish
Tardáguila is a Spanish surname that is believed to have originated from the Basque region of Spain. The surname is a combination of the words "tarda", which means late, and "aguila", which means eagle... [more]

Tardif French, French (Quebec)
From Latin tardivus, "slow". Given its unusually frequency as a family name and derivatives like Tardieu or Tardivel, it may have been a medieval given name.

Tare Albanian

Tarek Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Tariq.

Tareq Bengali, Arabic
Derived from the given name Tariq.

Tareque Bengali
Derived from the given name Tariq.

Targuisti Arabic (Maghrebi)
Moroccan (northern): habitational name for someone from the town of Targuist.

Tariah African

Tarielashvili Georgian
Means "son of Darius" in Georgian.

Tarifa Albanian

Tarigan Batak

Tarik Arabic
Derived from the given name Tariq.

Tarimo Chaga

Tariq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Tariq.

Tarique Bengali
Derived from the given name Tariq.

Taris Italian
Meaning unknown, probably from Sardinian.

Tark Estonian
Tark is an Estonian surname meaning "wise" or "sage".

Tarkhov Russian
Means "son of Tarkh". This is a Russian noble surname.

Tarkington English

Tarkmeel Estonian
Tarkmeel is an Estonian surname meaning "wise minded".

Tarkowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Tarkowo in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship or Tarków in Masovian Voivodeship (of uncertain origin compare tarka ‘grater rasper’).

Tarkpea Estonian
Tarkpea is an Estonian surname meaning "wiseacre" (literally, "clever head").

Tarkus Estonian
Tarkus is an Estonian surname meaning "cleverness".

Tarlton English

Tarlykov m Russian, Kazakh (Russified, ?)
Possibly derived from Kazakh тарлық (tarlıq; russified: tarlyk) meaning "narrow", but probably not.

Tarmey Irish, Scottish
Variant of Tormey.

Tarmo Estonian
Tarmo is an Estonian name; from the masculine given name "Tarmo".

Tarmoh Western African

Tärn Estonian
Tärn is an Estonian surname meaning "star".

Tarnawa Polish (Modern)

Tărniceriu Romanian
From tărnicer meaning "saddler".

Tarnovschi Moldovan

Tarnowska Polish

Tarnowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish city of Tarnów.

Tarnutzer Romansh
Derived from the place name Malanser Tarnutz.

Taron German
Standardized variant of Tarruhn.

Taron German (Rare)
The standardized variant of Tarruhn which has origins in the Neumark region of Brandenburg, Prussia dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries. The Taron family was one of many German families who left the Neumark region and moved eastward into present-day Poland and Ukraine... [more]

Tarot French

Tarragon French (Rare)

Tarrant English

Tarro Estonian
Tarro is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "tare", meaning "hut".

Tarruhn German
Origins are found in Neumark, Brandenburg, Prussia.

Tarry English

Tarsney English (British)
Tarsney is a variant spelling of Tosne.

Tartaglia Italian
From Italian tartagliare "to stutter".

Tartakovsky Russian, Jewish
Name for someone originally from the town of Tartakiv (or Tartakov) in Ukraine, derived from Ukrainian тартак (tartak) meaning "sawmill".

Tartara Italian, French

Tartaro Spanish
Ethnic name or regional name for someone who was from Tatarstan or who had traded with Tatarstan.

Tartu Estonian
Tartu is an Estonian surname derived from the city of the same name in Tartu County.

Tarumoto Japanese

Țăruș Romanian
From Romanian ţăruş meaning ''stake, picket''.

Tarver English
Sodhut dweller, from old English

Tarverdiyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Tarverdi".

Tarverdiyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Tarverdiyev.

Taş Turkish
Means "stone" in Turkish.

Tasaka Japanese

Tasaka Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Tasaki Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Tasane Estonian
Tasane is an Estonian surname meaning "flat".

Tasawa Japanese
Variant of Tazawa.

Taşçı Turkish
Means "stonemason, stonecutter" in Turkish.

Taşdemir Turkish
From Turkish taş meaning "stone" and demir meaning "iron".

Taşdöğen Turkish

Taseska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Taseski.

Taseski m Macedonian
Means "son of Tase".

Tasev Bulgarian

Tasev m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Tase".

Taseva f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Tasev.

Tasevska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Tasevski.

Tasevski m Macedonian
Means "son of Tase".

Tashima Japanese
Ta means "field, rice patty" and shima means "island".

Tashiro Japanese

Tashiro Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 代 (shiro) meaning "price, cost".

Tasiadis Greek

Tasić Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Tasa".

Tasidjawa Moluccan

Tasifa Amharic
Means “hope” in Amharic.

Taşkın Turkish
Means "flood" in Turkish.

Taşkıran Turkish
Means "stone breaker" from Turkish taş meaning "stone, rock" and kıran meaning "destroyer, breaker, pestilence".

Tasman Dutch
Derived from Dutch tas "bag" and man "person, man". Usually a metonymic name for someone who made bags, though in at least one case it was taken from the name of a ship, De Tas.

Tass Estonian
Tass is an Estonian surname meaning "cup" and "dish".

Tassi Italian
Could be a patronymic form of the given name Tasso, indicate the bearer is from one of several municipalities called Tasso, or be a nickname from Italian tasso meaning "badger (animal)" or "yew".

Tassone Italian

Tassoni Italian
Probably derived from Italian tasso meaning "badger (animal)", though it can also mean "yew (tree)".

Taştan Turkish
Means "stone" in Turkish.

Tat Vietnamese

Tatami Japanese

Tatangelo French

Tatangelo Italian

Tatangelo Italian

Tatangelo Italian

Tatania Italian

Tatar Indian

Tătărescu Romanian
Means "son of a Tatar" in Romanian.

Tatari Albanian

Tatarshao Abazin
Possibly from a nickname for a Tatar person.

Tatasciore American, Italian
The surname Tatasciore is more commonly found in Italy than any other country or territory.

Tatavian Armenian

Tate Japanese
Tate can mean "rise, stand".

Tatebe Japanese
From 立 (tate) meaning "stand, set up, establish" and 部 (be) meaning "section, department, category".

Tateishi Japanese
Tate can mean "rise, stand" and ishi means "rock, stone".

Tatelman Russian, Yiddish
Man who tats or sew

Tatematsu Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tateru) meaning "stand, rise" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Tateno Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tateru) meaning "stand, rise" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tateo Italian (Italianized)
Italianized version of Tateossian

Tateoka Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tateru) meaning "stand, rise" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Tateossian Turkish, Armenian

Tates English
This is a variant of rather Tate or Tate, both having the same origin.

Tatewaki Japanese
From the Japanese 舘 (tate) "mansion," "large building," "palace" and 脇 (waki) "side."

Tateyama Japanese

Tateyama Japanese
From Japanese 館 (tate) meaning "large building, mansion" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Tati Popular Culture, French, Russian
A well known diminutive of both Tatiana and Tatischeff.

Tatischeff French, Russian, English
Best known as the actual full surname of Jacques Tati.

Tatka f Polish
Meaning Unknown.

Tatke German
Unknown source.

Tatlı Turkish
Means "sweet, pleasant, agreeable" in Turkish.

Tatlock English
Probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place in Lancashire or Cheshire, where the surname occurs most frequently.

Tatlonghari Tagalog
From Tagalog Tatlong Hari referring to the three kings (also known as the Magi or wise men) who were said to have visited the newborn Jesus.

Tatlow English (British, Rare)
I heard it was from a small village in England called Tallow.

Tatola Tongan

Tatomirović Serbian

Taton French

Tatopoulos Greek
Surname of dancer and actress Zoï Tatopoulos, and of her father, Patrick Tatopoulos, production designer and director

Tats German

Tatsuda Japanese
Means "dragon rice paddy" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 竜 (dragon) and 田 (rice paddy).

Tatsuki Japanese
Tatsu can mean "dragon" and ki means "tree, wood".

Tatsumi Japanese
This surname is used as the combinations shown above + others that aren't on this entry.... [more]

Tatsumura Japanese
Tatsu means "dragon" and mura could mean "town" or "hamlet, village".

Tatsuno Japanese
From Japanese 辰 (tatsu) meaning "dragon of the Chinese zodiac" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tatsuoka Japanese
Tatsu means "Stand" or "Dragon, Imperial", and Oka means "Ridge, Hill."

Tatsushima Japanese
立 (Tachi) means "stand" and 島 (shima) means island.... [more]

Tatsuta Japanese

Tatsuzono Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Ryūzono.

Tattiparthi Indian

Tatula Swiss (?)

Tatyanin Russian
Matronymic surname derived from the Russian given name Tatyana.

Taubenfeld Jewish

Taue Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper".

Tauekelov m Kazakh
Means "son of Tauekel".

Tauekelova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Tauekelov.

Taufer German (Rare, Archaic)
Taufer is a german surname. The meaning of Taufer is "to dip".... [more]

Taugelchee Navajo

Taukeiaho Tongan

Tauler Catalan
From the Catalan word tauler meaning "board".

Taumalolo Tongan

Taumoepenu Tongan

Taunton English
Habitational name from Taunton in Somerset, Taunton Farm in Coulsdon, Surrey, or Tanton in North Yorkshire. The Somerset place name was originally a combination of a Celtic river name (now the Tone, possibly meaning ‘roaring stream’) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’... [more]

Taunyane Tswana

Taura Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Taurén Finnish

Taurino Italian
From the given name Taurino

Tauro Italian
Taken from the words "bull" or "ox".

Tautou French, Occitan

Tautou French, Occitan
Derived from French tatou meaning "armadillo". It may have originally been given to a person who resembled an armadillo in some way. A famous bearer is the French actress and model Audrey Tautou (1976-).

Tauzin French

Tavakkoli Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian توکلی (see Tavakoli).

Tavakoli Persian
From the given name Tavakol.

Tavárez Spanish (Caribbean)
Spanish form of Tavares chiefly used in the Dominican Republic.

Tavern Scottish

Tavernier English

Tavernier French
occupational name from Old French tavernier "innkeeper" (from Late Latin tabernarius from taberna "inn")... [more]

Tavis English

Tavitha African

Tavitian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Davidyan.

Tavoukdijan Jewish

Tavoularis Greek
Meaning 'secretary or literary assistant'