All Submitted Surnames

Karino Japanese

Kariņš Latvian

Karion Russian

Karitani Japanese

Kariv Hebrew
Means "battle, fight, war" in Hebrew.

Kariya Japanese

Kariyapperuma Sinhalese
Derived from the words “black” or "dark", and “peruma,” which means “big.” Together, the name can be interpreted to mean "great blackness" or "big darkness."

Karja Estonian
Karja is an Estonian surname meaning "herding".

Karjahärm Estonian
Karjahärm is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "pasture (karjamaa) frost (härmatis)".

Karjala Finnish
Finnish from karja ‘cattle’ + the local suffix -la, or possibly from a word of Germanic origin, harja- ‘host’, ‘crowd’, Old Swedish haer. Historic records suggest that the Germanic inhabitants of the area around Lake Ladoga (in present-day Russia) used this term to refer to the Finns who once lived there.

Karjamaa Estonian
Karjamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "pastureland".

Karjane Estonian
Karjane is an Estonian surname meaning "herdsman".

Karjewski Polish (Rare)

Kark Estonian
Kark is an Estonian surname meaning "stilt" (Himantopus himantopus).

Karkavandian Armenian, Iranian
Those belonging to the Karkevand/Garkevand district of Iran who are most likely of Armenian origin. Typical modern Armenian last names end with the originally patronymic suffix -յան or -եան, transliterated as -yan, -ian, or less often '-jan'... [more]

Karkhanis Marathi

Karkhin m Russian

Karki Nepali
Occupational name for a tax collector from Nepali कर (kar) meaning "tax" (ultimately of Sanskrit origin).

Kärkinen Finnish
Combination of Finnish kärki "peak point" and the common surname suffix -nen.

Kärkkäinen Finnish
From Finnish kärkäs meaning ”eager” and the suffix -nen. A Finnish department store chain bears this name after its founder, Juha Kärkkäinen.

Karkus English
Anyone with information about this last name please edit.

Karla Czech
Karla, from English - carla

Karlberg Swedish
Variant of Carlberg.

Karlewicz Polish
Variant of Karłowicz.

Karlgren Swedish
Combination of the given name Karl and Swedish gren "branch".

Kärlin German
German surname from the personal name Karl. Also an altered spelling of German Gerling.

Karlin Jewish
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) habitational name for someone from Karlin, a suburb of Pinsk in Belarus, in which the Jews formed the majority of the population until the Holocaust. A well-known Hasidic sect originated in Karlin and at one time it attracted so many followers that a (now obsolete) Russian word for ‘Hasid’ was Karliner (of Yiddish origin)... [more]

Karlin Swedish (Rare)
Variant spelling of Carlin 3.

Karlin Polish
Polish habitational name from a village in Poland.

Karling German
A habitational name from Karling in Bavaria.

Karlov Russian
Means "son of Karl".

Karlović Croatian
Means "son of Karlo".

Karłowicz Polish
Patronymic from Karol 1 or Karl.

Karlowicz Polish (Anglicized)
Simplification of Karłowicz.

Karlowitsch German
German form of Karłowicz.

Karlowitz German
German form of Karłowicz.

Karlsberg German
Means "Carl's Mountain" in German language, it is also used in other Germanic languages

Karlson English
Means "Son of Karl".

Karlström Swedish
Literally means "Carl's stream" in Swedish.

Karlu Indian

Karm Estonian
Karm is an Estonian surname meaning "strict" and "austere".

Karmakar Indian, Bengali, Assamese
Means "blacksmith" in Bengali and Assamese.

Kármán Hungarian
An ethnic name for people from Karaman, Turkey, via Medieval Latin Caramanus.

Karman Dutch
Dutch form of Carman 1

Karman Jewish
From Russian карман (karman) meaning "pocket, bag pocket", probably an occupational name for someone who made such items. Alternatively, could derive from Hungarian Kármán.

Karmann German
German form of Carman 1.

Kärmas Estonian
Kärmas is an Estonian surname meaning "smart", "ready", "swift" and "brisk".

Karmazinas Lithuanian
Perhaps a habitational name taken from the Lithuanian village Karmazinai. The name of the village is allegedly derived from Polish karmazyn "crimson". See also Karmazsin, a Hungarian occupational name for a dyer or for someone making dyestuff (taken directly from Hungarian karmazsin "crimson").

Kärner Estonian, German
Derived from an archaic loan word meaning "gardener", related to German Gärtner.

Karnik Bengali

Karol Jewish (Ashkenazi), Polish, Rusyn, Slovak
Polish, Slovak Rusyn, Slovak: from the personal name Karol, Polish and Slovak equivalent of Charles.... [more]

Károly Hungarian
From the given name Károly.

Karon Filipino

Karotamm Estonian
Karotamm is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "karu" (bear) and "tamm" (oak).

Kärp Estonian
Kärp is an Estonian surname meaning "stoat" or "ermine".

Karp English
From the given name Karp.

Karp Polish
From Middle High German karp(f)e Middle Low German karpe or Slavic (Russian and Polish) and Yiddish karp ‘carp’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a carp fisherman or seller of these fish or a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish.... [more]

Karpenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Karp".

Karpiak Ukrainian
Likely from the given name Karp.

Karpiński m Polish
Derived from karp, the Polish spelling of "carp." Historically, the Karpiński family was part of the royal Clan of Korab, one of the twelve noble tribes of Poland.

Karpoche Tibetan

Karpov m Russian
Means "son of Karp".

Karpova f Russian
Feminine form of Karpov.

Karpowicz English
Patronymic from Karp.

Karrantza Basque
Habitational name from Basque Country, Spain, a Basque adaptation of Carrantia, a toponym probably of Cantabrian origin meaning "high rocks" (compare Basque harri "rock, stone" and (h)andi "big, large").

Karras Greek
Means "dark" in Greek. Feminine form is Karra.

Karsan Indian

Karslake English
Variant spelling of Kerslake.

Karson English
Variant of Carson

Kartallozi Albanian
Meaning unknown.

Kartashov Russian
Meaning uncertain.

Kartashyan Armenian
Means "son of the stonemason" from Armenian քարտաշ (kʿartaš) meaning "stonecutter, stonemason".

Karter Breton
Breton form of Carter. This was the birth surname of Breton-French explorer Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), who is known for discovering the gulf of St. Lawrence.

Kartman English
Variant of Cartman.

Kartman German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Kartmann.

Kartmann German
Derived from German karte meaning "card". Possibly an occupational name for someone who makes, sells or trades cards. In an alternative representation, it could be a nickname for someone who gambles.

Kartner German
Variant of Cartner

Kartoshkin Russian
From Russian Картошка (kartoshka) "potato".

Karube Japanese
From Japanese 苅 (karu) meaning "reap, cut" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Karuli Indian

Karunachandra Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon".

Karunadasa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and दास (dasa) meaning "servant, slave".

Karunananda Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and नन्द (nanda) meaning "joy, delight".

Karunanayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණානායක (see Karunanayake).

Karunanayake Sinhalese
From Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, kindness, mercy" and नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".

Karunapala Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and पाल (pala) meaning "guard, protector".

Karunarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාරත්න (see Karunaratne).

Karunarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාරත්න (see Karunaratne).

Karunaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාරත්න (see Karunaratne).

Karunaratne Sinhalese
From Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, kindness, mercy" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Karunasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".

Karunasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Karunasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුනාසේකර (see Karunasekara).

Karunasena Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".

Karunasinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Karunasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".

Karunathilaka Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, kindness, mercy" and तिलक (tilaka) meaning "mark (on the forehead), dot, ornament".

Karunathilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).

Karunathileka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).

Karunatilaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).

Karunatilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).

Karunatillaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).

Karunatillake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).

Karunatilleke Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).

Karunawardana Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, strengthening, growing".

Karunawardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාවර්ධන (see Karunawardana).

Karunaweera Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".

Karunungan Tagalog
Variant of Caronongan.

Karusha African

Karvelas Greek

Karvellas Greek

Karyakin Russian
Meaning uncertain.

Karyotakis Greek

Karzai Afghan

Kaş Turkish

Kasabyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղասաբյան (see Ghasabyan)

Kasahara Japanese
From Japanese 笠 (kasa) meaning "conical hat" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kasahara Japanese (Rare)
From an additional character of Japanese 上 (ka) meaning "above; high; up" added to 砂原 (Sunahara) (see Sunahara).

Kasai Japanese
It means fire in Japanese

Kasalica Montenegrin

Kasana Indian

Kasap Turkish
Means "butcher" in Turkish.

Kasaya Japanese

Kašćelan Montenegrin
Derived from Italian castello, meaning "castle".

Kasdaglis Greek

Kase Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Kaseda Japanese
If kase is spelled like 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase, join, include, Canada" and 世 (se, yo) meaning "generation, world, society, public", then it can also be read as kayo... [more]

Kasei Japanese
From Japanese 火星 (kasei) meaning "Mars".

Kasei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).

Kasekivi Estonian
Kasekivi is an Estonian surname meaning "birch stone".

Kaselaid Estonian
Kaselaid is an Estonian surname meaning "birch islet".

Kasemaa Estonian
Kasemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "birch land".

Käsemann German
Occupational name for someone who makes or sells cheese.

Kasemets Estonian
Kasemets is an Estonian surname meaning "birch forest".

Kasemsant Thai

Kasenurm Estonian
Kasenurm is an Estonian surname meaning "birch meadow".

Kaseorg Estonian
Kaseorg is an Estonian surname meaning "birch valley".

Kasepõld Estonian
Kasepõld is an Estonian surname meaning "birch field".

Kasepuu Estonian
Kasepuu is an Estonian surname meaning "birch tree".

Käser German, German (Swiss)
occupational name for a cheesemaker or a cheese merchant (see Kaeser ). topographic name for someone who lived by a summer dairy in the Alps from a Tyrolean dialect word derived from Ladin casura... [more]

Kasesalu Estonian
Kasesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "birch grove".

Kasetalu Estonian
Kasetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "birch farmstead".

Kasetsiri Thai
From Thai เกษตร (kaset) meaning "farmland" and ศิริ (siri) meaning "glory; splendor".

Kasey English
Variant of Casey.

Kashak Indian

Kashani Persian

Kashani Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Kashan in Isfahan province, Iran. The name may be derived from the Kasian, the original inhabitants of the area.

Kashapov Russian

Kashari Albanian

Kashatok Yupik

Kashem Assamese, Bengali (Muslim)

Kashevarov Russian
Derived from Russian кашевар (kashevar) meaning "cook (in military unit or team of workers)".

Kashgari Uyghur, Arabic
Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Kashgar, located in the Xinjiang region of western China. The city's name is of Persian origin probably meaning "rock mountain".

Kashia Georgian

Kashibara Japanese
Variant of Kashihara.

Kashif Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Kashif.

Kashihara Japanese
Kashi means "candy" and hara means "plain, field".

Kashii Japanese
Kashi can mean "candy" or "oak" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit"

Kashima Japanese

Kashima Japanese
From Japanese 鹿 (ka) meaning "deer" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kashimoto Japanese
From Japanese 樫 (kashi) meaning "oak" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kashimura Japanese

Kashimura Japanese
From Japanese 樫 (kashi) meaning "oak" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Kashio Japanese
Derived from 柏 ka meaning oak, cypress./ 尾 shio meaning tail-end, a counter for fish, the lower slope of a mountain.

Kashiwa Japanese
This surname is used as 柏 (haku, hyaku, byaku, kashiwa) meaning "oak."... [more]

Kashiwabara Japanese
Variant of Kashiwahara.

Kashiwabara Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kashiwada Japanese (Rare)
Kashiwa means "oak" and da comes from ta meaning "field, rice paddy". ... [more]

Kashiwade Japanese (Rare)
This name is made of two symbols literally meaning "Chef".

Kashiwado Japanese (Rare)
Kashiwa means "oak" and do means "door". ... [more]

Kashiwaeda Japanese
柏 (Kashiwa) means "Japanese emperor oak" and 枝 (eda) means "bough, twig, branch".

Kashiwagi Japanese
From 柏 (kashiwa), which specifically refers the Japanese Emperor Oak/Daimyo oak (Quercus dentata), and 木 (ki), meaning "tree".

Kashiwagi Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Kashiwahara Japanese
Kashiwa means "oak" and hara means "field, plain".

Kashiwako Japanese
Kashiwa means "oak" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Kashiwara Japanese
Variant of Kashihara.

Kashiwazaki Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Kashiyama Japanese

Kashkov Russian
From kashka, meaning "bald".

Kashmanian Armenian
this name is believed to be a version of the name of a city called kashman

Kashperskiy m Russian, Jewish

Kashyap Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
From the given name Kashyapa.

Kasich Ukrainian

Kaşıkçı Turkish
Means "spoonmaker" from Turkish kaşık meaning "spoon".

Kasim Arabic, Filipino, Maguindanao, Tausug
From the given name Qasim.

Kasimov Russian
From the city of Kasimov, located in Ryazan district, Russia.

Kasiyan Ukrainian

Kasmi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Kissami, used more frequently in modern times.

Kasner German, Jewish
Variant of Kästner.

Kasongo Central African
A Congolese surname derived from the town with the same name, located in the Maniema Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kasoutas Greek

Kasovich American

Kasparian Armenian (Expatriate)
Variant of Gasparyan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.

Kasparov Armenian (Russified)
Russified form of Gasparyan. A notable bearer is Garry Kasparov (1963-), a Russian chess grandmaster.

Kasparyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Գասպարյան (see Gasparyan).

Kaspbrak Polish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Kasprzak.

Käsper Estonian
Käsper is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Kasper".

Kasper German, Czech
From the given name Kasper.

Kasperovich Belarusian
The last name taken literally is Kasper's son with -vich being a common patronymic suffix in Belarus and other slavic countries. The Kasper likey refers to an unknown Kasper in the family. However some stories tie the name to one of the wise men who visited Jesus after his birth - not named in the Bible but later referred to as Gaspar or Caspar/Kaspar in Eastern European traditions.

Kaspersky Polish, Russian

Kasperson English
Means "Son of Kasper".

Kaspersson Swedish (Rare)
Means "Son of Kasper".

Kass Estonian
Means "cat" in Estonian.

Kassaiuli Yupik

Kassavetis Greek

Kassel German
habitational name mainly from a place of this name in northeastern Hesse so named from Frankish castella cassela "fortification" a military term from Late Latin castellum "fortified position fort" or a topographic name from the same word.

Kasselmann German
Combination of the German place name Kassel (or Cassel) and German Mann "man".

Kassem Arabic
From the given name Kassem, a form of Qasim.

Kassie Western African

Kassler German
habitational name for someone from Kassel (see Kassel).

Kassoma Central African

Kastamonites Greek
Someone from Kastamoni (Kastamonu).

Kastanis m Greek
From Greek καστανιά (kastania) meaning "chestnut, chestnut tree". This name is given to someone with chestnut hair or someone who lived near a chestnut tree.

Kasteel Dutch
Dutch cognate of Castle.

Kaštelan Croatian
Derived from Croatian kaštelan "castellan".

Kastelan Jewish
Variant of Kastellan.

Kastelic Slovene
Means "from a castle".

Kastellan Jewish
Variant of Castellan.

Kastepõld Estonian
Kastepõld is an Estonian surname meaning "dew field".

Kastl German
From a pet form of the saint's name Castulus, itself a diminutive of the Latin adjective castus 'chaste'.

Kastoriades Greek

Kastrati Albanian
Derived from the name of the Kastrati tribe inhabiting the region of Malësia in northern Albania.

Kastrup English

Kasuba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Kasuga Japanese

Kasugano Japanese

Kasukabe Japanese

Kasukabo Japanese

Kasukawa Japanese

Kasumoviq Albanian

Kasumu African

Kasun Sinhalese
From the given name Kasun.

Kasunić Croatian
Possibly derived from the old Slavic word kazati, meaning "to order, to command".

Kasurinen Finnish

Kasuya Japanese
From Japanese 粕 (kasu) meaning "dregs, sediment, scrap" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Kasvand Estonian
Kasvand is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kavand" meaning "layout", "design" and "outline".

Kasycz Ukrainian

Kasymov Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen
Means "son of Qasim".

Kasymova f Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Feminine form of Kasymov.

Kaszperuk Ukrainian (Polonized)

Kat Dutch, Frisian, South African, Jewish
Means "cat", a habitational name for someone who lived by a sign depicting a cat, or a nickname for someone who somehow resembled a cat, perhaps in agility or an independent nature.

Kataba Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "one side; one-sided" and 場 (ba) meaning "place".

Katadrepan Puyuma

Katagami Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "single" and 上 (gami) meaning "above".

Katagiri Japanese
From the Japanese 片 (kata) "single-" and 桐 (giri) "foxglove tree."

Katai Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 井 (i) meaning "well".

Kataja Finnish
Finnish for common juniper. Originally given to people living near juniper trees.

Katakami Japanese
Variant transcription of Katagami.

Katalinić Croatian
Means "son of Katalin" in Croatian.

Katamba Bemba
A surname of the Bemba tribe meaning "small wave". To the Lozi tribe, it means "fishing net".

Katambo African

Katan Jewish
From Hebrew קָטָן (katan) meaning "small, little, young".

Katanabe Japanese
Kata could mean "single" or "shape" and nabe could mean "pot, pan".

Katančević Vlach

Katanga Congo (Rare)

Katano Japanese

Katano Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "one-sided, part" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kataoka Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Katarposhishyan Armenian (Western), Armenian (Eastern)
Eastern Armenian: Gatarboshishyan, Gatarboshishian, Gatarboshyshyan, Gadarboshishyan, Gadarboshishian, Gadarboshyshyan... [more]

Katase Japanese
From 片 (kata) meaning "one side, single" and 瀬 (se) meaning "current, ripple".

Katasonov m Russian

Katauskas Lithuanian

Katava Croatian

Katayama Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Katayose Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "one-sided, partial" and 寄 (yose) meaning "contribute, donate, increase".

Katchen English

Kate English
Derived from the given name Kate.

Kateb Arabic
From Arabic كَاتِب (kātib) meaning "writer, scribe, clerk".

Katechis Greek

Katehis Greek

Katembo African

Katen English

Katerinas Greek

Katerinopoulos Greek
Descendant or son of Katerina.

Katerl German (Austrian)

Kathakanonth Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kathal Indian

Kathalipatrasamit Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kathar Indian

Katherine English
Derived form the given name Katherine.

Kathriner German (Swiss, Rare)
From the given name Kathrin + er meaning "of, from."

Kathure African

Katić Croatian, Serbian

Katie Assyrian

Katili Gorontalo

Katin Russian
Matronymic surname derived from a diminutive Katya of the Russian given name Yekaterina.

Katio African

Katje Dutch
Diminutive form of the surname Kat.

Katoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Kato.

Katonayev m Russian

Katongo Southern African

Katōno Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ka) meaning "above, top, upper", 遠 (tō) meaning "distant, far off" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Katono Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 上遠野 (see Katōno).

Katopodis Greek
It cames only from the greek island lefkada, its by the word meaning is "Downfoot" nut actually it means The guy who run away

Katori Japanese

Katravas Greek

Katretskiy m Russian

Katrina Indonesian

Katron Lebanese

Katsarakis Greek