All Submitted Surnames

Yakhnenko Ukrainian

Yakhontov m Russian

Yakimov Russian
Means "Son of Yakim".

Yakimovich Belarusian

Yakini African

Yakini Nigerian

Yakivenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Yakiv".

Yakkola Karelian

Yako Japanese
From Japanese 椰 (ya) meaning "coconut palm" and 子 (ko) "child".

Yako African, Swahili, Xhosa
Derived from bantu yakho meaning "yours" or "yours alone" in Xhosa. It is implying a sense of possession or ownership. This surname may have an association with someone or something that belongs to them exclusively.

Yakobashvili Georgian, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Iakobashvili chiefly used by Georgian Jews.

Yakoub Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.

Yakovets' Russian, Ukrainian (?)
Derived from given name Yakov.

Yaku Japanese
From 夜 (ya) meaning "night, evening" and 久 (ku) meaning "long time, old story".

Yakub Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.

Yakubovich Russian, Belarusian
Derived from the given name Yakub.

Yakumo Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 八 (hachi, ya, ya'.tsu, ya.tsu, you) meaning "eight", 耶 (ja, ya, ka) meaning "question mark" or 家 (ka, ke, ie, uchi, ya) meaning "expert, family, home, house, performer, professional" with 雲 (un, kumo, -gumo) meaning "cloud."... [more]

Yakushev m Russian

Yakushigami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).

Yakushiji Japanese
From Japanese 薬師寺 (Yakushiji) meaning "Yakushiji", a former village in the district of Kawachi in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke in present-day Tochigi, Japan.

Yakushijin Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).

Yakushikami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).

Yakushimaru Japanese
A notable bearer is Hiroko Yakushimaru, a singer and actress. ... [more]

Yakushinji Japanese
Variant of Yakushiji.

Yakut Turkish
Means "ruby" in Turkish.

Yalandayev m Russian

Yalaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Algerian family name possibly derived from Arabic يَعْلَى (yaʿlā) or يَعْلَ (yaʿla) both meaning "exalted, high".

Yalçın Turkish
From the given name Yalçın.

Yalçınkaya Turkish
Means "steep rock", derived from Turkish yalçın meaning "steep" and kaya meaning "rock, cliff".

Yaldız Turkish
Means "gilding" in Turkish.

Yalman Turkish
Means "steep" in Turkish. Synonymous with the given name "Sarp".

Yalnazov Bulgarian

Yalnuzov Bulgarian

Yalonglong Paiwan

Yalta Ukrainian

Yam Hebrew
From the given name Yam.

Yam Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Ren.

Yama Indian

Yama Japanese
Yama means "Mountain".

Yamaba Japanese

Yamabe Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Yamabi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 火 (bi), the joining form of 火 (hi) meaning "fire". It is a reference to an event when the leader of the Morioka Domain came to the mountains and the residents warmed him up by starting a fire using flint... [more]

Yamabushi Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and bushi means "warrior, samurai".

Yamadaev Chechen
Means "son of Yamad", possibly from a form of the given name Ahmad.

Yamadaeva f Chechen
Feminine form of Yamadaev.

Yamadera Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and dera comes from tera meaning "temple".

Yamaga Japanese

Yamagai Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamagata Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 形 (gata) meaning "shape, form" or 縣 (gata) meaning "county, district".

Yamagaya Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamaguri Japanese
Variant of Yamakuri.

Yamaha Japanese (Rare)
This Japanese surname is more found in Brazil than Japan, because of Japanese immigrants who immigrated from Japan to Brazil. Notable bearer of this surname: Torakusu Yamaha (Japanese entrepreneur who was the founder of the Yamaha Corporation).

Yamahashi Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and hashi means "bridge".... [more]

Yamahi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山火 or 山日 (see Yamabi).

Yamai Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Yamaka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山火 (see Yamabi).

Yamakawa Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yamakuri Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and kuri means "chestnut".

Yamal Arabic, Indian

Yamamae Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and mae means "front".

Yamamba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山姥 (see Yamauba).

Yamamichi Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and michi means "path".

Yamamizu Japanese
山 (Yama) means "mountain" and 水 (mizu) means "water".

Yamamori Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Yamamura Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Yaman Turkish

Yaman Turkish
Means "intelligent, capable, efficient" in Turkish.

Yamana Japanese

Yamanae Japanese

Yamanaka Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Yamanashi Japanese

Yamanba Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 山姥 (see Yamamba).

Yamane Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 根 (ne) meaning "root".

Yamano Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Yamanobe Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Yamanoue Japanese
Yama means "mountain", no is a possessive article, and ue means "above, top, upper".

Yamaoka Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Yamara African

Yamasato Japanese
This surname combines 山 (san, sen, yama) meaning "mountain" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village," 県 or 縣 - outdated variant of 県 - (ken, ka.keru) meaning "county, district, subdivision, prefecture," the last meaning reserved for 県.... [more]

Yamasawa Japanese
Yama means "hill, mountain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Yamase Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and se means "ripple".

Yamashiro Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mounain, hill" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".

Yamata Japanese

Yamatani Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and tani means "valley". ... [more]

Yamato Japanese
From the given name Yamato.

Yamato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.

Yamauba Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山姥 (yamauba/yamamba) meaning "mountain hag", referring to someone with mountain hag-like traits.

Yamawaki Japanese
From 山 (yama, sen) meaning "mountain, hill", and 脇 (waki) meaning "armpit, side, flank, underarm".

Yamaya Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamaya Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Yamazawa Japanese
Variant of Yamasawa.

Yamazoe Japanese
Variant of Yamasoe.

Yamba Kongo

Yambao Filipino
Possibly from Vietnamese iàm-báu meaning "treasure."

Yameen Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
Variant transcription of Yamin.

Yamikawa Japanese
From Japanese 闇 (Yami) meaning "darkness" 川(Kawa) meaning "river", the name basically means "Dark river"

Yammada Indian

Yampilskiy Ukrainian (Rare)
This was used by people originating from any of various Ukrainian settlements by the name of "Yampil".

Yan Chinese (Russified)
Russified form of Yang used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union.

Yan Chinese
From Chinese 严 (yán) referring to the ancient fief of Yan Jun (嚴君) that existed in what is now Sichuan province.

Yan Chinese
From Chinese 阎 (yán) meaning "gate", also referring to a fief that existed in the ancient state of Jin in what is now Shanxi province.

Yan Chinese
From Chinese 颜 (yán) meaning "face, countenance", also referring to the ancient fief of Yan that existed during the Western Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.

Yanabu Japanese

Yanada Japanese

Yanagawa Japanese
Variant of Yanakawa.

Yanagawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yanagi Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".

Yanagibara Japanese
Variant of Yanagihara.

Yanagida Japanese
Yanagi (柳) means "willow", ta/da (田) means "ricefield", ta changes to da because of rendaku. Mikio Yanagida (柳田幹雄) from Btooom! is a notable character bearing this surname.

Yanagida Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Yanagihara Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Yanagimi Japanese
Yanagi means "willow" and mi means "viewpoint, outlook".

Yanagimoto Japanese
Yanagi means "Willow" and Moto means "Source, Root, Origin."

Yanagino Japanese

Yanagisawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yanagita Japanese

Yanagiwara Japanese
Variant of Yanagihara.

Yanagiya Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Yanagizawa Japanese
Variant of Yanagisawa.

Yanai Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 内 (nai or uchi) "inside."

Yanaibara Japanese
Variant of Yanaihara.

Yanaihara Japanese

Yanaiwara Japanese
Variant of Yanaihara.

Yanakawa Japanese

Yanami Japanese

Yanar Turkish
Means "burns, lights, combusts" in Turkish.

Yanase Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Yanase Japanese
From Japanese 簗 (yana) meaning "fish trap" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Yanata Japanese
Variant of Yanada.

Yancey Dutch (Anglicized)
Variant of Yancy.

Yanchenko Ukrainian
Variant of Yanenko.

Yandarbiev Chechen
Means "son of Yandarbi".

Yandarbieva f Chechen
Feminine form of Yandarbiev.

Yandarbin Chechen
Variant of Yandarbiyev.

Yandarbiyeva Chechen
Feminine spelling of Yandarbiyev.

Yandarov Chechen
Possibly from the given name Yandar, which is of uncertain meaning, perhaps of Turkic or Iranian origin.

Yandarova f Chechen
Feminine form of Yandarov.

Yane Korean

Yanenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Yan 1".

Yáñez Spanish
Patronymic of Juan 1.

Yang Korean
Korean form of Liang, from Sino-Korean 梁 (yang).

Yang Hui

Yanga Filipino

Yanık Turkish
Means "burn, scald" in Turkish.

Yaniv Hebrew
From the given name Yaniv.

Yankelovich Yiddish (Rare)
Means "son of Yankel".

Yankouskaya f Belarusian
Feminine form of Yankouski.

Yankouski m Belarusian
Belarusian form of Jankowski.

Yankoviac English
Variant of the name Yankovic.

Yankovic Slovene, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Polish
Americanized form of Janković, or perhaps Jankowicz.

Yanković Croatian, Serbian
means "son of Janko"

Yankovich Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Americanized spelling of Janković or Jankovič.

Yankovoy Russian

Yankovska f Ukrainian
Feminine form of Yankovskyi.

Yankovskaya f Russian
Feminine form of Yankovsky.

Yankovsky m Russian
Russian form of Jankowski.

Yankovskyi m Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Jankowski.

Yannotta American
Possibly a variant of Iannotta.

Yano Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Yanong Filipino
Yanong in Tagalog can mean "that kind" or "that sort".It can also be a regional name from local dialects and cultures.

Yanqi Chinese
Yanqi is/ was a county of China. It is also the surname of Mao Yanqi, also known as VAVA.

Yanshiji Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師寺 or 藥師寺 (see Yakushiji).

Yanson Filipino
From Hokkien 燕孫 (iàn-sun), derived from 燕 (iàn) meaning "swallow (bird)" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild".

Yant American

Yantorno Italian
Derived from the word torno which in Italian means "around".

Yanukovich Belarusian
See Yanukovych.

Yanukovych Belarusian (Ukrainianized)
Yanukovych was the last name of the Ukrainian president from 2010-2014 who was overthrown during Euromaidan.... [more]

Yanzon Filipino
Variant of Yanson.

Yao Chinese
From Chinese 姚 (yáo) meaning "handsome, elegant".

Yaoyorozu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight", 百 (o) meaning "one hundred", and 万 (yorozu) meaning "ten thousand"

Yap Chinese (Hakka), Chinese (Hokkien)
Hakka and Hokkien romanization of Ye.

Yapıcı Turkish
Means "builder, maker, constructor" in Turkish.

Yapontsev m Russian
Denotes to a Japanese person.

Yapp English (British)
Derives from Old English ġēap meaning "crooked, bent" and could either refer to a cunning person or someone with crooked features (e.g. curved nose). Famous bearers of this name include English botanist Richard Henry Yapp and Sir Stanley Graham Yapp, Labour politician and first leader of West Midlands County Council.

Yaprak Turkish
Means "leaf" in Turkish.

Yaqoob Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yaqub.

Yaqoub Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.

Yaqub Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yaqub.

Yaqubov Azerbaijani, Uzbek
Means "son of Yaqub".

Yaqubova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Yaqubov.

Yaqubzadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Yaqub".

Yara Japanese

Yarar Turkish
Means "benefit, profit, gain" in Turkish.

Yarasavych English (American, Rare)

Yarborough English

Yarbrough English
Habitational name derived from Yarborough or Yarburgh in Lincolnshire, England, both composed of Old English eorþe "earth, ground, dirt" and burg "fortress, citadel, stronghold".

Yarchak Ukrainian

Yarchevskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russian form of Jarczewski.

Yarchi Hebrew
From Hebrew יָרֵחַ (yareach), meaning "moon".

Yard Dutch (Surinamese)

Yarden Hebrew (Rare)
From the given name Yarden, which is named after the Jordan 2 River. ... [more]

Yardeni Hebrew (Modern)
Means "of Jordan 2" in Hebrew.

Yardım Turkish
Means "help, aid" in Turkish.

Yardımcı Turkish
Means "helper, assistant, aide" in Turkish.

Yardley English
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Yardley, derived from Old English gierd meaning "branch, twig, pole, stick" and leah meaning "wood, clearing".

Yardly English
Variant of Yardley.

Yardy English
The most likely origin of this surname is that it was used to denote someone who held a piece of land known as a "yarde", from the Middle English word "yerd".

Yared Arabic
From the given name Yared.

Yaremchuk Ukrainian

Yarger English (American)
Americanized form of German Järger or Jerger

Yarhak Ukrainian (Rare)

Yari Japanese
From the kanji 槍, meaning spear. Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Yarian English
Americanized form of Irion.

Yarigo Western African

Yarimizo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鑓 (yari) meaning "sword" and 溝 (mizo) meaning "ditch; drain".

Yarish American
Anglicized form of Jaroš.

Yarmolenko Ukrainian
Regional name for someone from Yarmolyntsi, an urban-type settlement in Ukraine.

Yaroshenko Ukrainian
Probably derived from the first name Yaroslav.

Yaroshevitz Jewish
Ashkenazi Jewish form of Yarrow.

Yaroslavl Russian

Yarrow English (British, Modern, Rare)

Yarusov Russian

Yarwood English
habitational name from Yarwood Heath in Rostherne Cheshire earlier Yarwode. The placename derives from Old English earn "eagle" or gear "yair enclosure for catching fish" and wudu "wood".

Yaryan English
Americanized form of Irion.

Yarzagaray Spanish (Caribbean), Papiamento (?)
Aruban surname of Basque origin.

Yasaka Japanese

Yasaki Japanese

Yaşar Turkish
From the given name Yaşar.

Yaseen Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yasin.

Yasenov Bulgarian
Means "son of Yasen".

Yaser Arabic
Derived from the given name Yasir.

Yasevich Belarusian
Possibly derived from ясна (yasna), meaning "clear" in Belarusian.

Yashima Japanese

Yashima Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Yashin Russian
Means "son of Yasha", a Russian diminutive of Yakov. This surname was borne by the Soviet soccer goalkeeper Lev Yashin (1929-1990).

Yashina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Я́шин (see Yashin).

Yashnikov m Russian

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

Yasinkov m Russian

Yasir Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Yasir.

Yasmin Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Yasmin.

Yasohachi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 八十八 (yasohachi), the characters broken down from a single character 米 (kome) meaning "rice".

Yasser Arabic
From the given name Yasir.

Yassin Arabic
From the given name Yasin.

Yassine Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yassine.

Yassir Arabic
Derived from the given name Yasir.

Yassman Russian

Yasuan Alaskan

Yasue Japanese

Yasue Japanese
From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Yasuhara Japanese

Yasuhiko Japanese
Yasu means "peace, even, level, cheap, inexpensive, relax" and hiko means "prince".

Yasuhiro Japanese
From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet" combined with 央 (hiro) meaning "centre, middle". Other Kanji combinations are possible.... [more]

Yasuhiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).

Yasui Japanese
Yasu (安) "Relaxed, Cheap" and I (井) "Well, Mineshaft ".

Yasui Japanese
From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "calm, peaceful, tranquil" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Yasuki Japanese
Yasu means "Relax, Cheap" and Ki mean "Tree". Yasuki is also a first name.

Yasukochi Japanese

Yasumatsu Japanese
Yasu means "relax, peaceful, cheap, inexpensive" and matsu means "pine, fir tree".

Yasumi Japanese
Yasu meaning ‘Restful’ and Mi meaning ‘one’s self/yourself’

Yasumoro Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.

Yasumoto Japanese
From 安 (yasu, an) meaning "relax, cheap, inexpensive" and 元 (moto) meaning "origin".

Yasumuro Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.

Yasunami Japanese
Means "calm wave" in Japanese.

Yasunishi Japanese
yasu means "Peace,Quiet" and nishi means "West". See Anzai for alternative, but similar meaning.

Yasura Japanese
Yasu means "cheap, relax, peace" and ra means "good".

Yasura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 安良 (Yasura) meaning "Yasura", a former village in the former district of Izushi in the former Japanese province of Tajima in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.

Yasuraoka Japanese (Rare)
安 (Yasu) means "Cheap, Low, Inexpensive, Rested, Peaceful, Relax".良 (Ra) means "Good, Excellent", and 岡 (Oka) means "Ridge, Hill". A notable bearer is Akio Yasuraoka, he was a composer in his earlier days.

Yasuryo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 安良 (see Yasuryō).

Yasuryō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安良 (see Yasura).

Yasusan Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).

Yasuta Japanese

Yasutomi Japanese
Yasu means "relax, cheap, peace" and tomi means "wealth, abundance".

Yasuyama Japanese
安 (Yasu) means "peaceful, rested, relax, cheap, low" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".

Yasuzato Japanese
See Asato.

Yasyuchek Russian, Ukrainian (?)

Yata Japanese

Yata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yataba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田羽 (see Hattawa).

Yatabe Japanese

Yatano Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hatta, added Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field; plains".

Yata'uyungana Tsou

Yatauyungana Tsou

Yatco Tagalog
Meaning uncertain, of Hokkien origin.

Yatsenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Yatsentiy.

Yatsenyuk Ukrainian
Another form of Yatsenko.

Yatsko Ukrainian

Yatsuda Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yatsue Japanese

Yatsui Japanese

Yatsujima Japanese

Yatsuka Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 束 (tsuka) meaning "bundle, bunch, sheaf".

Yatsuki Japanese

Yatsumura Japanese

Yatsushima Japanese

Yatsushiro Japanese

Yatsuta Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yatsuyama Japanese
Variant reading of Hachiyama.

Yatsyna Russian

Yatteau French (Acadian)
I was always told it was French

Ya'u Nigerian

Yau Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Qiu.

Yauchi Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Yaun Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of Jahn.

Yavari Persian
Derived from Persian یاور (yavar) meaning "assistant, supporter".

Yavaş Turkish
Means "slow, calm, soft" in Turkish.

Yavi Eastern African

Yavorov Bulgarian
Means "son of Yavor".

Yavuz Turkish
Means "stern, tough" in Turkish.

Yaw Irish, English, Chinese
Irish: reduced and altered Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eochadha Chinese : Cantonese variant of Qiu.