Browse Submitted Surnames

Abplanalp German, German (Swiss)
Topographic name for someone living high on a mountainside, from German ab- "below", "off" + Planalp "high, flat mountain-meadow".

Abramov Russian, Jewish
Means "son of Abram 1 or Abram 2".

Abruzzese Italian
Regional name for someone from the Abruzzi, a mountainous region of Italy east of Rome (cf. Abruzzo).

Abruzzo Italian
Name for a person originally from the region of Abruzzo in northern Italy.

Acri Italian
Habitational name from a place in Cosenza province named Acri.

Adamov Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Adam".

Alderman English
Status name from Middle English alderman, Old English ealdorman, "elder". In medieval England an alderman was a member of the governing body of a city or borough; also the head of a guild.

Anatoliyev Russian
Means "son of Anatoliy".

Arkadiyev Russian
Variant transcription of Arkadyev.

Arkadyev Russian
Means "son of Arkadiy".

Artemov Russian
Variant transcription of Artyomov.

Arturov Russian
Means "son of Artur".

Artyomov Russian
Means "son of Artyom”.

Attwell English
Variant of Atwell.

Atwell English
Topographic name from Middle English atte welle "by the spring or stream"

Avgustov Russian
Means "son of Avgust".

Barbe French
Nickname for someone with a beard, Old French barbe (Latin barba).

Barbe French
From the given name Barbe.

Barbe German
From Middle High German barbe, the name of a species of fish resembling the carp; hence by metonymy an occupational name for a fisherman or fish dealer, or possibly a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish in some way.

Barbin French
Diminutive of Barbe.

Bauersack German
Semi-Germanized form of the Polish surname Burczak, originally derived from Polish burczec "growl; shout".... [more]

Bavaro Italian
Ethnic name from bavaro "Bavarian" someone from Bavaria, now part of Germany, but formerly an independent kingdom.

Becker English
Occupational name for a maker or user of mattocks or pickaxes, from an agent derivative of Old English becca "mattock".

Behringer German
Habitational name for someone from either of two places called Behringen, near Soltau and in Thuringia, or from Böhringen in Württemberg.

Belanger French
Variant of Béringer.

Belasco Spanish
Variant of Velasco

Belfer Jewish
Occupational name from Yiddish be(he)lfer, ba(he)lfer "teacher’s assistant".

Belzer German
Occupational name for a furrier, from an agent derivative of Middle High German bel(li)z "fur"

Belzer Jewish
Habitational name for someone from Belz in Ukraine.

Bentham English
Habitational name from any of various places named Bentham, from Old English beonet "bent grass" + ham "homestead" or hamm "enclosure hemmed in by water".

Benware French
Americanized spelling of Benoit.

Bessel German
Of uncertain origin; possibly from the name of a place or river.

Besselman German
Derived from the German surname Bessel + suffix man "man".

Billeaud French
From a personal name composed of the Germanic elements bil "sword" (or possibly bili "gentle") + wald "ruler".

Billot French
Variant of Billeaud.

Binder Upper German, German (Swiss)
Truncated form of Fassbinder.

Birchall English
Probably a habitational name from Birchill in Derbyshire or Birchills in Staffordshire, both named in Old English with birce "birch" + hyll "hill".

Bittenbender German
Altered form of Bittenbinder.

Bittenbinder German
Occupational name for a cooper, from Middle High German büte(n) "cask", "(wine) barrel" + binder "binder" (agent derivative of binden "to bind").

Bittner German
Variant of Büttner.

Blasco Spanish
Variant of Velasco

Blomquist Swedish
Variant of Blomqvist.

Bøen Norwegian
Habitational name from the common farm name Bøen, simply meaning "the farm" (ultimately derived from Old Norse býr "farm, village, settlement" and the definite article -en).

Boen Dutch
Variant form of Boon 3. Alternatively, a romanised form of the Chinese surname Wen, mostly found in Indonesia (a former Dutch colony).

Boettcher German
Occupational name for a cooper, from Middle High German botecher, bötticher, bütticher, an agent derivative of botech(e), bottich, bütte "vat", "barrel".

Bolar Spanish
Topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of soil of a particular type known as tierra bolar.

Bollard French
From a personal name composed of the Germanic elements boll "friend", "brother" + hard "hardy", "strong".

Bollard English, Irish
According to MacLysaght, this surname of Dutch origin which was taken to Ireland early in the 18th century.

Boone Dutch
Variant of Boen.

Bowersock English
Likely an Americanized spelling of Bauersack.

Bräger German
Habitational name for someone from Bräg in Bavaria.

Brager Norwegian (Rare)
From the name of any of the various farmsteads in eastern Norway, which may have derived their name from a river name meaning "roaring", "thundering".

Brecht German
From a short form of any of various personal names formed with Germanic element berth " bright" "famous".

Bresson French
From a pet form of the personal name Brès (see Brice).

Brook German
From Low German brook meaning "marsh, swamp".

Brook German, Jewish
Americanized spelling of German Bruch and Jewish Bruck.

Brooker English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, a variant of Brook.

Brück German
Topographic name for someone who lived near a bridge, or an occupational name for a bridge keeper or toll collector on a bridge, from Middle High German bruck(e) "bridge".

Bruck Jewish
From Polish, Belorussian, or Yiddish bruk "pavement", possibly an occupational name for a paver.

Bruck German
Variant of Brück.

Brucker German
Variant of Brück.

Brucker Jewish
From Polish brukarz or Yiddish bruk "pavement", possibly an occupational name for a paver.

Brucker English
Variant spelling of Brooker.

Brueck German
Variant of Brück.

Buettner German
Variant of Büttner.

Burkhalter German
Topographic name composed of the Middle High German elements burc "castle" "protection" and halter from halde "slope".

Burlington English
Habitational name from Bridlington in East Yorkshire, from Old English Bretlintun meaning Berhtel's town.

Buttacavoli Italian
Nickname composed of the elements butta "throw" + cavoli "cabbages".

Buttafuoco Italian
Nickname composed of the elements butta "throw" + fuoco "fire".

Büttner German
Occupational name for a cooper or barrel-maker, an agent derivative of Middle High German büte(n) "cask", "wine barrel". This name occurs chiefly in eastern German-speaking regions.

Cairns Scottish
From Gaelic carn "cairn", a topographic name for someone who lived by a cairn, i.e. a pile of stones raised as a boundary marker or a memorial.

Cambria Italian
Denoted to someone from Cambria, Sicily, possibly of Arabic origin.

Cardella Italian
Habitational name from a place called Cardella in Sicily.

Carnegie Scottish
Habitational name from a place called Carnegie, near Carmyllie in Angus, from Gaelic cathair an eige "fort at the gap".

Carrasquillo Spanish
Diminutive of Carrasco.

Catone Italian
Derived from the name of the Roman republican statesman Cato, used as a nickname.

Cavell English
Nickname for a bald man, from a diminutive of Anglo-Norman French cauf.

Cespedes Spanish
From the plural of cesped "peat", "turf" (Latin caespes, genitive caespitis), applied as a habitational name from a place named Céspedes (for example in Burgos province) or named with this word, or a topographic name for someone who lived by an area of peat, or possibly as a metonymic occupational name for someone who cut and sold turf.

Cicero Italian
From the Italian cicero "pea," "chickpea," or "lentil."

Ciminelli Italian
Diminutive of Cimino

Ciminello Italian
Diminutive of Cimino

Cimino Italian
Occupational name for a spice dealer, from cimino "cumin", Sicilian ciminu.

Cocuzza Italian
From cocuzza "gourd", "pumpkin", applied either as an occupational name for a grower or seller of gourds or a nickname for a rotund individual.

Comins Irish
Variant of Cummings

Conrad German, German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from the given name Conrad.

Cordasco Italian
From the given name Corda or Cordio (a short form of Accord(i)o, literally "agreement") + the suffix -asco denoting kinship.

Córdoba Spanish
Indicates someone who was originally from the city of Córdoba (Cordova) in Andalusia, Spain. The name itself is derived from Phonecian Qʾrtuba meaning "Juba’s city", itself from Phonecian qʾrt meaning "city" and juba referring to King Juba I of Numidia.

Córdova Spanish
Variant of Córdoba.

Corio Italian
Variant of Coiro.

Corr Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Corra "descendant of Corra".

Corrado Italian
From the personal name Corrado.

Corrao Italian
Reduced form Corrado.

Corrie English
Habitational name from places in Arran, Dumfries, and elsewhere, named Corrie, from Gaelic coire "cauldron", applied to a circular hanging valley on a mountain.

Corrie Scottish
Scottish spelling of Mccorry.

Cosca Italian
Topographic name from the Calabrian dialect word c(u)oscu "oak", also "wood".

Cosco Italian
Masculinized form of Cosca.

Cosgrove English
Habitational name from Cosgrove in Northamptonshire, named with an Old English personal name Cof + Old English graf "grove", "thicket".

Cosgrove Irish
From the Gaelic name Ó Coscraigh "descendant of COSCRACH."

Crippen English
Variant of Crispin.

Crispen English
Variant spelling of Crispin.

Crispin English, French
From the Middle English, Old French personal name Crispin.

Crockett English, Scottish
Nickname for someone who affected a particular hairstyle, from Middle English croket ''large curl'' (Old Norman French croquet, a diminutive of croque "curl", "hook").

Crockett Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Riocaird "son of Richard".

Cruzan Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of Cruyssen.

Cumming Irish, Scottish, English
Perhaps from a Celtic given name derived from the element cam "bent", "crooked"

Currie Scottish, Irish, English
Irish: Habitational name from Currie in Midlothian, first recorded in this form in 1230. It is derived from Gaelic curraigh, dative case of currach ‘wet plain’, ‘marsh’. It is also a habitational name from Corrie in Dumfriesshire (see Corrie).... [more]

Dame French, English
From the old French dame, "lady" ultimately from Latin domina, "mistress".

Damm German
From a short form of a personal name containing the Old High German element thank "thanks", "reward".

Damm German, Danish
Topographic name from Middle High German damm "dike".

Daniilov Russian
Variant transcription of Danilov.

Danilov Russian
Means "son of Daniil".

Darragh Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Dhubhdarach, a personal name meaning "black one of the oak tree".

Darrah Irish
Variant of Darragh.

Daum German, Jewish
Nickname for a short person, from Middle High German doum "tap", "plug", or dume, German Daumen "thumb".

Davidov Russian
Means "son of David".

Davila Spanish
Habitational name for someone from Ávila.

Davydenko Ukrainian
From the given name Davyd + the suffix enko.

Defrain French
Variant of Frain combined with the French de "from".... [more]

Demyanenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Demyan".

Demyanov m Russian
Means "son of Demyan".

Denisov Russian
Means "son of Denis".

Desser Jewish
Habitational name from the city of Dessau in Germany.

Devon Irish
Variant of Devin 1.

Devon English
Regional name for someone from the county of Devon. In origin, this is from an ancient British tribal name, Latin Dumnonii, perhaps meaning "worshipers of the god Dumnonos".

Dewan Indian, Pakistani
Status name for a treasurer or court official, from Arabic diwan "royal court", "tribunal of justice", or "treasury". Under the Mughal administration in India the dewan was usually the highest official in a state.

Diamond Jewish
Americanized form of a Jewish surname, spelled in various ways, derived from modern German Diamant, Demant "diamond", or Yiddish dimet or diment, from the Middle High German diemant (via Latin from Greek adamas ‘unconquerable’, genitive adamantos, a reference to the hardness of the stone)... [more]

Diamond Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Diamáin "descendant of Diamán", earlier Díomá or Déamán, a diminutive of Díoma, itself a pet form of Diarmaid.

Dmitriev Russian
Means "son of Dmitry".

Dmitriyev Russian
Variant transcription of Dmitryev.

Dmitryev Russian
Means "son of Dmitriy".

Dominie Scottish
Occupational name for a church schoolmaster, from Latin domine, a vocative form of dominus, "lord" "master".

Donahoe Irish
Variant of Donoghue.

Donahue Irish
Variant of Donoghue.

Donough Irish
From the Gaelic Ó Donnchadha meaning "the descendent of Donnchadh" (cf. Donoghue).

Dorofeev Russian
Variant transcription of Dorofeyev.

Dorofeyev Russian
Means "son of Dorofey".

Dragonetti Italian
Diminutive of drago or dragone "dragon".

Dufrene French
Variant of Dufresne.

Dufresne French
Topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent ash tree from Old French fraisne fresne "ash" from Latin fraxinus "ash".

Eckland English (Rare), Norwegian (Anglicized, Rare, Expatriate), Swedish (Anglicized, Expatriate)
Possibly a variant of Ecklund. It might also be an anglicization of the rare Swedish surname Ekland or of a Norwegian name derived from several farmsteads named with eik "oak" and land "land".

Efimov Russian
Variant transcription of Yefimov.

Ehler German
Variant of Ehlert.

Ehlert German
From a Germanic personal name composed of the elements agil "edge", "point (of a sword)" + hard "brave", "hardy", "strong" or ward "guard".

Ermolaev Russian
Variant of Yermolayev.

Ermolayev Russian
Variant of Yermolayev.

Euler German, Jewish
Occupational name for a potter, most common in the Rhineland and Hesse, from Middle High German ul(n)ære (an agent derivative of the dialect word ul, aul "pot", from Latin olla).

Facente Italian
Nickname for an industrious person, from Latin facere "to make" "to do".

Faddeev Russian
Variant transcription of Faddeyev.

Faddeyev Russian
Means "son of Faddey".

Farmer Irish
Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Mac an Scolóige "son of the husbandman", a rare surname of northern and western Ireland.

Fee Irish
Variant of O'fee.

Feldman Jewish
Americanized spelling of Feldmann

Feldmann Jewish
From the surname Feld combined with the German suffix mann "man"

Feliksov Russian
Means "son of Feliks".

Feofanov Russian
Means "son of Feofan".

Feofilaktov Russian
Means "son of Feofilakt".

Feofilov Russian
Means "son of Feofil".

Ferapontov Russian
Means "son of Ferapont".

Fichter German
Topographic name for someone who lived near pine trees (originally bei den Fichten, Feichten, or Feuchten), from Old High German fiohta. The vowel of the first syllable underwent a variety of changes in different dialects.

Fichter German (Austrian)
Habitational name deriving from places named with this word in Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony, or Austria.

Fiechter German
Variant of Fichter.

Filatov Russian
Means "son of Filat".

Fokov Russian
Means "son of Foka".

Foligno Italian
Derived from the Latin word folium "leaf"

Fomov Russian
Means "son of Foka".

Foy Irish
Variant of Fee.

Frain French
Topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent ash tree from Old French fraisne fresne "ash" from Latin fraxinus "ash".

Francese Italian
Ethnic name for a Frenchman.

Freier German
Status name of the feudal system denoting a free man, as opposed to a bondsman, from an inflected form of Middle High German vri "free".

Freier German
Archaic occupational name, from Middle High German, Middle Low German vrier, vriger, denoting a man who had the ceremonial duty of asking guests to a wedding.

Freyer German
Variant of Freier.

Gabbert German
Variant of Gebhardt.

Gabbett English
From the middle English Gabbett, which is from a pet form of the personal name Gabriel.

Gagliano Italian
Habitational name from a few places in Italy, which all derived from the Latin personal name Gallius

Galasso Italian
Italianized from Galahad.

Gavett English
Variant of Gavitt

Gavitt English
Perhaps an altered spelling of the middle English Gabbett, which is from a pet form of the personal name Gabriel.

Gavriilov Russian
Variant transcription of Gavriilov.

Gavrilov Russian
Means "son of Gavriil".

Gebhardt German
From a Germanic given name composed of the elements geb "gift" and hard "hardy", "brave", "strong".

Geddes Scottish, Irish
There is a place of this name in Nairn, but the name is more likely to be a patronymic from Geddie.

Georgiyev Russian
Means "son of Georgiy".

Georgopoulos Greek
Patronymic form of Georgios.

Giglio Italian
From the personal name Giglio, from giglio "lily" (from Latin lilium), a plant considered to symbolize the qualities of candor and purity.

Gittens Welsh
Variant of Gittings.

Gittings Welsh
From the Welsh personal name Gutyn, Guto, a pet form of Gruffydd, with the redundant addition of English patronymic -s.

Gittings Welsh
Possibly a patronymic from a byname from Welsh cethin "dusky", "swarthy".

Giudice Italian
Occupational name for an officer of justice, Italian giudice " judge" (Latin iudex, from ius "law" + dicere "to say"). In some cases it may have been applied as a nickname for a solemn and authoritative person thought to behave like a judge.

Godek Polish
Variant of Gondek.

Gołąb Polish
Nickname for a mild-mannered or peace-loving man, from Polish golab "dove".

Golan Jewish
Israeli ornamental name from the Golan Heights in Israel.

Golomb Polish
Variant of GOLAB.

Golomb Jewish
Ornamental name from Polish golab "dove" (from Latin columba "dove").

Gondek Polish
From the given name Godzisław.

Gorry Irish, Scottish
Variant of Mcgorry.

Granado Spanish
Nickname from Spanish granado "mature", "experienced", "distinguished".

Granado Spanish
Occupational name for a grower or seller of pomegranates, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a pomegranate tree, from granado "pomegranate tree" (cf. GARNETT).

Granato Italian
Occupational name for a jeweler or lapidary, from granato "garnet".

Granoff Jewish
Short form of Granovsky.... [more]

Granov Jewish, Bosnian
Habitational name from Granov, Ukraine.... [more]

Granovsky Jewish
From the town of Granov, Ukraine (cf. Granov).

Grigoriev Russian
Variant transcription of Grigoriyev.

Grigoriyev Russian
Means "son of Grigoriy".

Grossman Jewish
Jewish nickname for a large man.

Grossmann Jewish
Variant of Grossman

Guralnick Jewish
Occupational name from Ukrainian guralnyk, Yiddish guralnik "distiller".

Guralnik Jewish
Variant of Guralnick.

Gurry Irish
Variant of Gorry.

Haener German
Variant of Hähner or Hänner.

Hähner German
Pet form of Heinrich.

Hahner German
Occupational name for a poultry farmer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German hane "rooster".

Hahner German
Habitational name for someone from any of several places called Hahn or Hag.

Hallinan Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁilgheanáin "descendant of Áilgheanán", a pet form of a personal name composed of old Celtic elements meaning "mild, noble person".

Häner German
Variant of Hanner.

Haner German
Altered spelling or variant of Hahner.

Hanlon Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAnluain "descendant of Anluan", a personal name from the intensive prefix an- and luan "light", "radiance" or "warrior". Occasionally it has been used to represent Hallinan.

Hänner German
Pet form of Heinrich.

Hanner German
From a pet form of Hann, short form of Johann.

Harvard English
From the Old English given name Hereweard, composed of the elements here "army" and weard "guard", which was borne by an 11th-century thane of Lincolnshire, leader of resistance to the advancing Normans... [more]

Hascall English
Variant of Haskell.

Haskell English
From the Norman personal name Aschetil.

Haskell Jewish
From the personal name Khaskl.

Haus German
Topographic and occupational name for someone who lived and worked in a great house, from Middle High German, Middle Low German hus "house" (see House).

Hauser German, Jewish
From Middle High German hus "house", German haus, + the suffix -er, denoting someone who gives shelter or protection.

Hausmann German
From Middle High German hus "house" (see Haus) + man "man".

Heiner German
From the given name Heiner.

Hereford English
Habitational name from Hereford in Herefordshire, or Harford in Devon and Goucestershire, all named from Old English here "army" + ford "ford".

Hertzog German, Jewish
Variant of Herzog.

Hervarðr Old Norse
Old Norse cognate to Harvard

Hick English
From the medieval personal name Hicke, a diminutive of Richard. The substitution of H- as the initial resulted from the inability of the English to cope with the velar Norman R-.

Hick Dutch
From a variant of the Germanic personal name Hilke, such as Icco or Hikke, a pet form of names beginning with the element hild "strife, battle".

Hick German
From a derivative of a Slavic pet form of Heinrich.

Hick German
From Hiko, a pet form of any of the Germanic personal names formed with hild "strife", "battle" as the first element.

Hiscock English
From Hick, a Middle English pet form of Richard, with the diminutive suffix -cok.

Hock German
Topographic name for someone living by a hedge, from a dialect variant of Heck.

Hollander German, English, Jewish, Dutch, Swedish
Regional name for someone from Holland 1.

Hoogenboom Dutch
Means "high tree" in Dutch, from hoog "high" and boom "tree", a topographic name for someone living by a tall tree, or a habitational name from places called Hoogboom and Hogenboom in the Belgian province of Antwerp... [more]

Hosekin Dutch (Archaic)
Occupational name for a maker or seller of hose (garments for the legs), from Middle Dutch hose "stocking, boot".

Hoskin English
From the Middle English personal name Osekin.

Hoskins Dutch
Variant of Hosekin.

Hoskins English
Patronymic form of Hoskin.

Hoskinson English
Patronymic form of Hoskin.

Houser English
Variant of House.

Igorov Russian
Means "son of Igor".

Illarionov Russian
Means "son of Illarion".

Iosifov Russian
Variant transcription of Yosifov.

Isidorov Russian
Means "son of Isidor".

Kachel German
Occupational name for a potter, from Middle High German kachel "pot", "earthenware vessel".

Kächele German
Variant of Kachel.

Kächler German
Variant of Kachel.

Kachler German
Variant of Kachel.

Kackley German
Probably an Americanized spelling of German Kächele (see Kachel).

Kaden German
Habitational name for someone from Kaaden in North Bohemia, or any of several other places called Kaden.

Kau German
From Middle High German gehau "(mountain) clearing" hence a topographic name for a mountain dweller or possibly an occupational name for a logger.

Kau German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a mineshaft, from Middle High German kouw(e) "mining hut".

Kaus German
From a regional (Hessian) variant of the habitational name Kues, from a place on the Mosel river, probably so named from Late Latin covis "field barn", "rack" and earlier recorded as Couese, Cobesa.

Kausch German
Pet name derived from the Old High German personal name Gozwin, of uncertain origin.

Kausch German
From a medieval form of the Old High German personal name Chuzo.

Kaut German
Netonymic occupational name for a flax grower or dealer, from Middle High German kute, from Kaut(e) "male dove", hence a metonymic occupational name for the owner or keeper of a dovecote.

Kaut German
Topographic name from the Franconian dialect word Kaut(e) "hollow", "pit", "den".

Kautz German
Nickname for a shy or strange person, from Middle High German kuz "screech owl".

Kautzman German
Variant of Kautzmann.

Kautzmann German
Variant of Kautz, with the addition of Middle High German -man "man".

Kearse Irish
Variant of Keirsey.

Keirsey Irish
Topographic name of Norman origin name dating back to the 13th century.

Kelso Scottish
Habitational name from Kelso on the river Tweed in Roxburghshire, perhaps so named from Old English cealc "chalk" + hoh "ridge", "spur".

Ketcham English
Contracted form of Kitchenham.

Ketchum English
Variant of Ketcham

Kilbride Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Bhrighde "son of the devotee of Saint Brigid" (cf... [more]

Kintz German (Silesian), German
Variant of Kuntz.

Kinzler German
Variant of Kintz or Künzler.

Kitchenham English
Occupational surname for a person who was in charge of the kitchen in a royal or noble house, or a monastery. From the Anglo Saxon cycene (German: Küche Dutch: kjøkken Latin: cocina Italian: cucina)

Kitson Scottish, English
Patronymic form of Kit.

Klarić Croatian, Slovene
From the given name Klara

Klarich English
English spelling of Klarić.

Klayn Jewish
Variant of Klein

Kleffner German
Topographic name from Middle Low German clef, cleff "cliff", "precipice".

Kleffner German
Nickname for a prattler or gossip, from Middle High German, Middle Low German kleffer(er).

Klimentov Russian
Means "son of Kliment."

Knapp German
Occupational name from the German word Knapp or Knappe, a variant of Knabe "young unmarried man". In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings "servant", "apprentice", or "miner"... [more]

Knapp English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a hillock, Middle English "nappe, Old English cnæpp, or habitational name from any of the several minor places named with the word, in particular Knapp in Hampshire and Knepp in Sussex.

Köhn German
From the given name Köhn.

Kohn Jewish
Variant of Cohen.

Kokoszka Polish
Nickname for a fussy or broody person, from kokoszka "laying hen".

Konrad German
From the given name Konrad.

Koppen German
Patronymic from a reduced pet form of the personal name Jakob.

Koppen German
Habitational name from any of several places named Koppen.

Korbel German
Diminutive of Korb "basket".

Korbel Czech
Occupational name for a maker of drinking vessels, from korbel "tankard".

Kot Polish, Slovak, Czech, Belarusian, Jewish, German
From a personal name or nickname based on Slavic kot "tom cat".

Koyfman Jewish
Variant of Kaufman

Kozák Slovak, Hungarian
Variant of Kozak.

Kozak Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian, Ukrainian
Ethnic name for a Cossack, a member of a people descended from a group of runaway serfs who set up a semi-independent military republic in Ukraine in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Kozak Jewish
Nickname from Yiddish kozak from a Ukrainian loanword meaning "warrior", "brave man".

Kozakiewicz Polish
Patronymic from Kozak.

Kress German
From Middle High German kresse "gudgeon", hence probably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish in some way or an occupational name for a fisherman.

Kress German
From Old High German krassig, gratag "greedy".

Kress German
From a much altered pet form of the personal name Erasmus.

Kuennen German
Variant of Künnen.

Kues German, Dutch (Rare)
Habitational name from Cues, now part of Bernkastel-Kues in the Rhineland Palatinate.