All Submitted Surnames

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)

Tapari Papuan

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".

Taranov m Russian

Taranova f Russian
Feminine form of Taranov.

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.

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'

Tavros Greek (Cypriot)

Tăvuța Romanian (Rare)

Tawa Japanese

Tawada Japanese

Tawaji Arabic

Tawanda Shona
Tawanda means "We have increased or multiplied". #It is a name acknowledging the birth of a child as an increase to the family".

Tawaraya Japanese

Tawata Japanese
Variant of Tawada.

Tawfik Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Tawfiq.

Tawil Arabic
Means "tall" in Arabic.

Tawney English, Norman
Habitational name from either of two places, Saint-Aubin-du-Thennay or Saint-Jean-du-Thennay, in Eure, Normandy, both so named from an uncertain first element (possibly a Gallo-Roman personal name or the Gaulish word tann ‘oak’, ‘holly’) + the locative suffix -acum.

Tax Hungarian

Tay Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zheng.

Tayah English

Tayama Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Tayar Kurdish (Arabized, Rare)
Flying, pilot. This name originated from Arabic.

Taye Ethiopian

Tayeb Arabic
From the given name Tayeb.

Tayebi Persian
From the given name Tayeb.

Tayen Thai

Tayer Arabic

Taylar English

Tayler English
Variant of Taylor.

Taylor Kelly English

Taylorson English
Means "son of Taylor".

Taymaskhanov m Chechen
Means "son of Taymaskhan".

Taynak Indian
The Surname needs a definition. The surname comes from India and is viewable from facebook profiles and google searches. Ganesh Taynak is a common name. The meaning is unknown so far.

Taynen English (Rare)

Taynor English

Tayson English

Tayson Filipino

Taysumov Chechen
Means "son of Taysum".

Tayyab Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Tayyab.

Tazawa Japanese
From the Japanese 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many" and 澤 or 沢 (zawa or sawa) "swamp."

Tazelaar Dutch
Dutch (Zeeland) variant of ’t Hazelaar "the hazel bush", a topographic name for someone living by hazel bushes.

Tazhibaev Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Means "son of Tazhibay".

Tazhibaeva f Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Feminine form of Tazhibaev.

Tazhudinov Russian

Tazz English (American)

Tcherneshoff Russian (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Chernyshoff or Tchernyshov.

Tchiki Kongo

Tchouaméni Central African

Tea English
Variant of Tee.

Tea Khmer

Teach English
This surname is derived from the Middle English phrase "at asche," meaning at,or near the ash tree.

Teacher English
From an English word for someone who taught schools.

Teagarden Low German
The surname Teagarden was first found in Bavaria, where the name Tiegarten was anciently associated with the tribal conflicts of the area. The name appeared in Solingen as Thegarden as early as 1374 and was recorded as Tegarden in 1488... [more]

Teal English (Canadian)

Teare Manx
Manx form of McIntyre, from Manx "mac y teyr" and Irish "mac an tSaoir" meaning "son of the craftsman"

Tearle English

Tears Scottish

Teasdale English
From Teesdale, the name of a valley of the River Tees in northern England, derived from the river's name (meaning "warmth" in Old English) combined with dæl meaning "valley".

Teasley English

Teates German (Americanized)
Probably an altered spelling of German Dieter .

Teather English

Tebay English
From the name of a village in Cumbria, England, derived from the German name element theod meaning "people".

Tebble English

Tebbs English
Variant of Tibbs.

Tebogo Southern African

Tebow French (Americanized)
Americanized form of French Thibault.

Tecelão Portuguese (Rare)
Means "weaver."

Techaapaikhun Thai

Tecky French (African)

Tecson Filipino
From Hokkien 德孫 (tiak sun) meaning "virtuous grandchild, benevolent grandchild". The bearers of this name are said to be descended from any of the three Tek Son brothers who originally came from Guangzhou, China.

Tector English (Rare)

Tecuanhuehue Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "old tiger".

Tecuceanu Romanian
A topographical Romanian surname meaning "from Tecuci". Tecuci is a city in the Galaţi county of Romania.

Tedder English
From the Middle English word Thedere or Teddere which either comes from the Old English name Thēodhere or the Germanic name Theudher. Alternatively, it could be an occupational name from the Middle English Teddere, meaning “one who teds”... [more]

Teder Estonian
Means "black grouse" in Estonian (species Tetrao tetrix, aka Lyrurus tetrix).

Tedeschi Italian
Plural; From the Italian word tedesco meaning "German".

Tedford Scottish, Northern Irish, English

Tedison Indonesian

Tedman English

Tedpahogo Chamorro
Chamorro for "Not able to complete or finish"

Tedre Estonian
Tedre is an Estonian surname meaning "grouse" and "freckle".

Tedrekull Estonian
Tedrekull is an Estonian surname meaning "grouse hawk".