All Submitted Surnames

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

Yang Hui

Yanga Filipino

Yanık Turkish
Means "burn, scald" in Turkish.

Yanishchyts Belarusian

Yanishevskyy m Ukrainian

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.

Yanovichov m Russian

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

Yansen Indonesian, Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Jansen. Most commonly found in Indonesia and Argentina.

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 (Americanized)
Probably an altered spelling of Iantorno, which could derive from the given name Ianni combined with torno meaning "returns, comes back".

Yanukovich Belarusian
See Yanukovych.

Yanukovych Ukrainian
Viktor Yanukovych was president of Ukraine from 2010-2014.

Yanushevych Ukrainian
Variant of Yanukovych.

Yanvaryov m Russian
From Russian январь (yanvar'), meaning "January".

Yanytskyy m Ukrainian

Yanyuk Ukrainian
Variant of Yanenko.

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.

Yapıcıoğlu Turkish

Yapontsev m Russian
Denotes to a Japanese person.

Yapp English
From a nickname for a clever or cunning person, derived from Middle English yap "deceitful, shrewd", from Old English geap "crooked, bent, curved".

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

Yarakhmedov m Dagestani

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
Means "son of Yarema".

Yaremenko Ukrainian
Variant of Yaremchuk.

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.

Yarmak Ukrainian

Yarmola Ukrainian

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

Yarmolnik Russian, Ukrainian (Russified, ?)

Yarosh Ukrainian, Polish (Ukrainianized)
Variant of Yaroshenko or Ukrainianised form of Jarosz.

Yaroshchuk m Ukrainian
Variant of Yaroshenko.

Yaroshenko Ukrainian
Derived from a diminutive form of Yaroslav.

Yaroshevitz Jewish
Ashkenazi Jewish form of Yarrow.

Yaroslavl Russian

Yaroslavtsev m Russian
From the given name Yaroslav.

Yarovenko Ukrainian
Possibly from the given name Yaroslav.

Yarovyi m Ukrainian
Variant transcription of Yarovyy.

Yarovyy m Ukrainian
Means "spring".

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.

Yas Ukrainian

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.

Yash Polish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Polish Jeż ‘hedgehog’ and possibly also of its Slovenian or other Slavic cognate Jež (see Jez).

Yashchenko Ukrainian

Yashchina Russian

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

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

Yashin Uzbek
Means "lighting" in Uzbek.

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

Yastrebov m Russian
Derived from Russian ястреб (yastreb) meaning "hawk".

Yastremskyi m Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Jastremski.

Yasu Japanese

Yasuan Alaskan

Yasue Japanese
From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "inexpensive, rested, 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.

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

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 安 (yasu) meaning "rest, peace, cheap, relax" and 己 (mi) meaning "oneself".

Yasumizu Japanese
From 安 (yasu) meaning "calm, peaceful, low, inexpensive" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Yasumoro Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.

Yasumoto Japanese
From 安 (yasu) 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.

Yasur Jewish

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"... [more]

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
From 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" or 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow", 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field", and 部 (be) meaning "section, bureau, division".

Yatani 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
Means "child of Yatsentiy".

Yatsenyuk Ukrainian
Variant 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".

Yatsukh Ukrainian

Yatsuki Japanese

Yatsumura Japanese

Yatsunskyy m Ukrainian

Yatsushima Japanese

Yatsushiro Japanese

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

Yatsutko Russian (?), Ukrainian (?)

Yatsuyama Japanese
Variant reading of Hachiyama.

Yatsyk Ukrainian
Variant of Yatsenko.

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.

Yawana African

Yaxley English
From the names of two places in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, both derived from Old English geac "cuckoo" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Yaya Western African
From the given name Yaya.

Yayama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Hachiyama.

Yayla Turkish
Means "mountain pasture, highland, plateau" in Turkish.

Yaylacıoğlu Turkish
Means "descendant of the nomad" from Turkish yaylacı meaning "nomad, highlander, transhumant".

Yazaka Japanese

Yazaki Japanese
A variant of Yasaki.... [more]

Yazar Turkish
Means "writer, author" in Turkish.

Yazawa Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yazawa Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yazbeck Arabic
Variant transcription of Yazbek.

Yazdi Persian
Indicated a family or person from the city of Yazd in Iran

Yazıcı Turkish
Means "writer" or "clerk" in Turkish.

Yaziji Turkish, Arabic
Arabic surname of Turkish origin meaning “clerk” or “writer”. Alternate spelling to Yazıcı.

Yazukhin m Russian

Yazvinskiy m Russian
From Russian язвина (yazvina), meaning "ulcer".

Yazzi Navajo

Yazzie Indigenous American, Navajo
Derived from the Navajo word yázhí meaning "little".

Ybañez Spanish (Philippines)
Filipino form of Ibáñez.

Ybanez Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented variant of Ybañez.

Ybiricu Basque (Hispanicized, Rare)
Derived from Basque ibi "ford, river crossing".

Ybl Hungarian

Ybyrai Kazakh

Ychon Chinese (Filipino)
Variant of Echon.

Yde Danish

Ye Western African

Yeager English, Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of German Jäger.

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

Yeardley English
Variant of Yardley.

Yearley English

Yearwood English

Yeasmin Bengali
From the given name Yeasmin.

Yeats English
Scottish and northern English variant spelling of Yates.

Yeboah Western African, Akan

Yednak Ukrainian

Yee Chinese (Taishanese)
Taishanese romanization of Yu 2.

Yefet Hebrew
From the given name Yefet (see Japheth).

Yefimov Russian
Means "son of Yefim".

Yefimova Russian
Feminine form of Yefimov.

Yefimovich Russian
Grigori Yefimovich who is best known as "Rasputin" was a Russian peasant, mystic and private adviser to the Romanovs (Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Tsarina Alexandra in the early 20th century).

Yefremov m Russian
Means "son of Yefrem".

Yegachev m Russian

Yeganeh Persian
Means "unique" in Persian.

Yeganyan Armenian

Yeghiazaryan Armenian
Means "son of Yeghiazar".

Yegiazarov m Russian

Yegin m Russian
Means "son of Yegor."

Yeh Chinese
Variant romanization of Ye.

Yehezkel Jewish
From the given name Yehezkel.

Yehia Arabic
From the given name Yahya.

Yehubchenko Ukrainian

Yehya Arabic, Uyghur
From the given name Yehya.

Yeibi Nigerian

Yeien Malaysian (Rare, ?)

Yekelchyk Ukrainian

Yekhamov m Russian

Yekhuranov m Russian

Yekutieli Hebrew
From the given name Yekutiel.

Yel Turkish
Means "wind, breeze" in Turkish.

Yelagin m Russian

Yelich Serbian (Anglicized, Rare)
Yelich is an Anglicized spelling of the last name Jelić.

Yelistratov m Russian

Yelizarov m Russian
Possibly from the given name Yelizaveta.

Yelkin m Russian
From Russian елка (yelka), meaning "christmas tree".

Yelley English (British)
The surname Yelley was first found in Oxfordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed... [more]

Yellman English
Yellman comes from the English words yell and man creating Yellman. The last name Yellman was also given to a person who consistently yelled a lot.

Yellow English
Nickname for someone who has yellow hair; wore yellow clothing or has a yellow complexion

Yellowhair Navajo, Cheyenne
Native American (mainly Navajo; also Yellow Hair): translation into English of a personal name such as Navajo Bitsiiʼ Łitsoii (literally ‘His Yellow Hair’), which is derived from bitsiiʼ ‘his hair’ and łitso ‘yellow’, or Cheyenne Heova'ehe, derived from the prefix heov- ‘yellow’ and the suffix -a'e ‘hair’.

Yellowman Indigenous American
Native American (also Yellow Man): translation into English of a personal name such as Navajo Hastiin Łitso, based on hastiin ‘man’ and łitso ‘yellow’, referring to the color of the complexion or the hair (Juxtapose Yellowhair).

Yellow Robe Indigenous American

Yellowtail Indigenous American

Yelly English

Yelnats Literature
Invented by Louis Sacher for his novel "Holes". The name was created because it is Stanley spelled backwards. Stanley Yelnats IV is the main character in the novel.

Yeltsin m Russian
Possibly from Russian word ель (jel') meaning "spruce, fir" and the relational suffix -ин (-in).

Yel'tsov m Russian
A form of Yeltsin.

Yelverton English

Yemelyanenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Yemelyanov.

Yemelyanov Russian
Means "son of Yemelyan".

Yemelyanova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Емельянов (see Yemelyanov).

Yemen Arabic
From the Given Name YEMEN.

Yemesi Papuan

Yemets Ukrainian

Yemtsev m Russian

Yen Khmer

Yen Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 严 (see Yan).

Yenaldiyev m Ossetian

Yende South African

Yener Turkish
From the given name Yener.

Yeng Korean

Yeni Turkish
Means "new" in Turkish.

Yeo Korean

Yeo Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yang.

Yeoh Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yang.

Yeoman English, Scottish
Occupational name for an official providing duties in a royal household, ranking between a Sergeant and a Groom or between Squire and a Page, or for a freeholder, derived from Middle English yoman, of uncertain origin.

Yeong Korean
Korean form of Yang, from Sino-Korean 楊 (yeong) meaning "willow".

Yeongju Japanese

Yeosu Korean

Yeow Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Yao.

Yepa Papuan

Yepes Spanish
Habitational name from Yepes in the province of Toledo (named as Hippo or Hipona in or before Roman times).

Yépez South American

Yepikhov m Russian

Yepishev m Russian

Yerba Spanish (Latin American)

Yerbabuena Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish yerba buena meaning "good herb"

Yeregin m Russian

Yeremenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Yeremeyev.