Browse Submitted Surnames

Sakano Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Sakanoue Japanese

Sakata Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sakatani Japanese
阪 (Saka) means "hill, slope" and 谷 (tani) means "Valley".

Sakate Japanese

Sakaue Japanese

Sakawa Japanese

Sakawara Japanese
Variant of Sakahara.

Sakaya Japanese

Sakayanagi Japanese (Rare)
阪 (Saka) means "slope, hill" and 柳 (yanagi) means "willow". ... [more]

Sakei Japanese
Sake means "liquor" and I means "well, mineshaft".

Sakemi Japanese

Saki Japanese
Saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory".

Sakii Japanese
Saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".

Sakino Japanese
Saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Sako Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 古 (ko) meaning "old".

Sakoh Japanese

Sakon Japanese
A notable bearer is the actor Peter Sakon Lee.

Saku Japanese

Sakuami Japanese

Sakuda Japanese

Sakura Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 倉 (kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse".

Sakuramachi Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and machi means "town".

Sakurami Japanese
rom Japanese 桜 or 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 見 (mi) meaning "to see, appearance, look, view" or 実 (mi) meaning "berry, fruit, nut, seed, reality, truth, real".

Sakuramoto Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and moto means "origin, root, source".

Sakurasaka Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and saka means "cape, peninsula".

Sakurasaki Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and saki means "peninsula".

Sakurashima Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and shima means "island".

Sakurata Japanese
Variant of Sakurada.

Sakurazaka Japanese (Rare)
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and zaka is a form of saka that means means "peninsula, cape". ... [more]

Sakurazaki Japanese
Variant of Sakurasaki. Sakura means "cherry blossom" and zaki is a form of saki means "peninsula".

Sakuta Japanese

Saldano Spanish

Salisberry English
Variant of Salisbury.

Salsbury English
Variant of Salisbury.

Salt English
From the name of a town in Staffordshire, derived from Old English sealt "salt" due to its historical mining for salt and alabaster. In some cases, an occupational name for a maker or seller of salt, of the same origin (see Salter).

Salthouse English
From the name of any of the various places in England so-called or somebody who lived or worked in a salthouse, all derived from Old English sealthus "salt facility, storehouse for salt".

Salzano Italian

Sameron English

Sameshima Japanese

Samukawa Japanese
A notable bearer is Tatsukiyo Samukawa (1697-1739), the daimyo of the Zeze Domain.

Samura Japanese
Sa means "support, assist" and mura "village, hamlet" or "town".

San Spanish

Sanata Japanese

Sanda Japanese
Variant of Mita.

Sando Japanese

Sandrow English

Sandt German

Sanematsu Japanese

Saneto Japanese
From 實 (sane, jitsu, mino.ru, mi.chiru, mi, mame, makoto) meaning "fruit, seed, ripen, fulfill, truth, sincerity" and 藤 (to, fuji) meaning "wisteria".

Saneyoshi Japanese
This surname is a combination of 實 (sane) meaning or 実 (sane) meaning "fruit, seed, truth" and 好 (yoshi) meaning "to be fond of, to like", or 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck, fortune".

Sangawa Japanese
Variant of Sankawa.

Sanjoba Japanese

Sanjoh Japanese

Sanmiya Japanese
三 (san) meaning "three" and 宮 (miya) meaning "palace, temple, shrine".

Sann German

Sannomiya Japanese
From 三 (san) meaning "three", ノ (no) an invisible possessive particle, and 宮 (miya) meaning "palace, shrine".

Sansberry English

Sansbury English

Santa Japanese
Variant of Mita.

Santarelli Italian

Santas Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Possibly a nickame for someone born on All Saint's Day.

Santibáñez Spanish

Sappleton English

Saprino Italian

Saralina Italian

Saralino Italian

Saraumi Japanese (Rare)
From 皿 (sara) meaning "dish, plate" and 海 (umi) meaning "sea, ocean".

Sasago Japanese

Sasaguchi Japanese

Sasaguri Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".

Sasahara Japanese
From Japanese 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Sasai Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit"

Sasako Japanese
Sasa means "bamboo grass" and no means "child, first sign of the Chinese zodiac: the rat".

Sasamura Japanese

Sasano Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plains, wilderness".

Sasaoka Japanese

Sasayama Japanese
笹 (Sasa) means "bamboo" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".

Sasazawa Japanese

Sashihara Japanese
From 指 (sashi) meaning "finger" and 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".

Sata Japanese
From 佐 (sa) meaning "assist" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".

Satake Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo".

Satoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Satō.

Satoki Japanese
Sato means "village, city" and ki means "wood, tree".

Satomi Japanese
Sato means "village" and mi means "mindset, view, outlook".... [more]

Satomura Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".

Satorigi Japanese

Satoya Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Satsumi Japanese

Satsuya Japanese (Rare)

Savillón Spanish (?)

Savoie French

Savoir French

Sawabe Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh, wetlands, swamp" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section" or 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Sawai Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "wetland,swamp, marsh" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit".

Sawajiri Japanese
Sawa means "marsh, swamp" and jiri comes from shiri, meaning "rear".

Sawaki Japanese

Sawamura Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, marsh" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Sawano Japanese
Sawa means "swamp, marsh" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".

Sawaoka Japanese
Sawa means "swamp, marsh" and oka means "hill, mound".

Sawasaki Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh, swamp, wetland" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula, promontory".

Sawata Japanese

Sawatari Japanese

Sawazaki Japanese
Variant of Sawasaki.

Sayato Japanese

Sazaki Japanese
Sazaki means "wren".

Schaef German

Scheers German

Schere German

Schie German
From a nickname that meant "shy".

Schlembach German

Schliem German

Schlieman German

Schliemann German

Schlueck German

Schooler Dutch (?)
From School.

Schools Dutch
Variant of School.

Schu German

Schwann German

Schweget German

Schwimmer German, Jewish
From a nickname for a good swimmer, from an agent form of German schwimmen "to swim". As a Jewish name, it is ornamental.... [more]

Schwin German

Schwinger German

Schwinn German

Sciama Italian

Sciscoe English (?)

Scoffield English

Scofield English

Scot English, Scottish
Variant of Scott.

Seaberry English

Seabridge English
It means "sea bridge".

Seabury English

Seafield English

Seagrove English

Seau French

Seaux French

Seawright English

Sebu Japanese

Seburn English
Variant of Seaborn.

Seda Japanese

Segawa Japanese
Variant of Sekawa.

Seiichi Japanese

Seino Japanese
From Japanese 清 (sei) meaning "clear, pure, clean" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Seisui Japanese

Seisuiryuu Japanese

Sekawa Japanese
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sekhar Indian, Telugu, Bengali

Sekigawa Japanese
Variant of Sekikawa.

Sekihara Japanese
From 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Sekimoto Japanese

Sekina African

Sekino Japanese
From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Sellati Italian

Senami Japanese
Se means "ripple, current" and nami means "wave".

Senba Japanese
From Japanese 仙 (sen) meaning "immortal, transcendent, sage, hermit" and 波 (ba) meaning "wave".

Sengoku Japanese

Senjū Japanese
From Japanese 千 (sen) meaning "thousand" and 住 (jū) meaning "abode, residence".

Seno Japanese
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Senoo Japanese
From 妹 meaning "younger sister" combined with 尾 meaning "tail, end, foot of a mountain".

Senshu Japanese

Senuki Japanese (?)

Senuma Japanese
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Servers German

Serverson German

Sesaki Japanese
Se means "ripple, current" and saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory".

Seshita Japanese
From 瀬 (se) meaning "torrent, ripple, rapids, current" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Sesto Italian

Setoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Seto.

Setou Japanese
Variant transcription of Seto.

Setsuhara Japanese
From Japanese 節 (setsu) meaning "section, period, verse, melody" combined 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".

Setti Italian

Severt German

Severts German

Severtsen German

Severtson German

Sezaki Japanese
Variant of Sesaki.

Shackle English

Shang Chinese
This is a Chinese dynasty.

Shapland English

Shapley English

Shawe English
Variant of Shaw 1.

Shawnacy Irish (Anglicized)

Shear English
From Middle English schyre "pure, bright, fair", denoting someone who was beautiful or with fair hair. It could be a habitational name for someone from Shere in Surrey, of the same origin.

Sheare English

Sheares English

Shears English

Shee Chinese

Shee Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of O'Shea.

Shelford English

Shelvin English

Sherhouse English

Shibano Japanese

Shibazaki Japanese
From Japanese 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood, brushwood" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, promontory, eninsula".

Shibugai Japanese
Variant of Shibutani.

Shibugaya Japanese
Variant of Shibutani.

Shibuki Japanese
Shibu means "astringent, rough" and ki means "tree, wood".

Shibuzawa Japanese
Variant of Shibusawa.

Shidahara Japanese

Shidama Japanese
From 師 (shi) meaning "teacher, master, mentor" and 玉 (tama) meaning "ball, sphere, jewel, gem".

Shido Japanese

Shie Chinese

Shie German
Variant of Schie.

Shiga Japanese

Shigawa Japanese
Variant of Shikawa.

Shige Japanese
Shige means "luxurious".

Shigei Japanese

Shigematsu Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Shigemura Japanese
Shige means "luxurious" and mura means "hamlet, village" or "town".

Shigesato Japanese
Shige means "luxurious" and sato means "village".

Shigezato Japanese
Variant of Shigesato.

Shigusawa Japanese
Keiichi Shigusawa, professionally known as Keiichi Sigsawa, is an award winning novelist.

Shihashi Japanese

Shiiduka Japanese

Shiina Japanese

Shiio Japanese

Shiitake Japanese

Shijubou Japanese (Rare)
From 四 (shi) meaning "four", 十 (ju) meaning "ten", and 坊 (bo) meaning "monk, son, boy".

Shikada Japanese

Shikai Japanese
Possibly from 鹿 (shika) meaning "deer, antelope" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit".

Shikanai Japanese
A notable bearer is Kayleigh Shikanai.

Shikano Japanese

Shikata Japanese

Shikawa Japanese

Shiki Japanese

Shikimi Japanese

Shimabuku Japanese, Okinawan
Variant of Shimabukuro.

Shimabukuro Japanese, Okinawan
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 袋 (fukuro) meaning "bag, sack, pouch".

Shimai Japanese
Shima means "island" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Shimajiri Japanese
From 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 尻 (jiri) meaning "rear".

Shimajuko Japanese

Shimano Japanese
Shima means "island" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Shimaoka Japanese
島 (Shima) means "jsland", 岡 (oka) means "ridge, hill".

Shimasaki Japanese

Shimata Japanese

Shimatsu Japanese

Shimazaki Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Shimbe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Niibe).

Shimemura Japanese

Shimmyo Japanese
From 新 (shim) meaning "new, fresh" and 明 (myo) meaning "bright, enlighten".

Shimo Japanese

Shimobayashi Japanese

Shimogawara Japanese

Shimokata Japanese
Shimo can mean "under, below" and kata can mean "shape" or "single".

Shimokawa Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Shimomae Japanese

Shimooka Japanese
Shimo means "under, below" and oka means "ridge, hill". ... [more]

Shimosawa Japanese
Shimo means "below, under" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Shimota Japanese

Shimotsuki Japanese (Rare, ?)
霜 (Shimo) means "hoar, frost" and 月 (tsuki) means "month, noon". This is the traditional Japanese word for "November". ... [more]

Shimoyama Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "lower portion, end" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Shimozawa Japanese
Variant of Shimosawa.

Shina Japanese
Shina can mean "family, department, section".

Shinada Japanese

Shinagawa Japanese
Variant of Shinakawa.

Shinakawa Japanese
Shina means "family, department, section" and kawa means "river, stream".

Shinbe Japanese

Shinden Japanese
See Arata,this is simply the formal pronunciation.

Shingawa Japanese
Variant of Shinkawa.

Shinkura Japanese
From 新 (shin, ara, nii) meaning "fresh, new" and 蔵 (kura) or 倉 (kura) meaning "possess, storehouse, granary".

Shinmura Japanese
From 新 (shin, ara, nii) meaning "new, fresh" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".

Shino Japanese

Shinomi Japanese
From 篠 (shino) meaning "dwarf bamboo" and 見 (mi) meaning "view, outlook".

Shinosaki Japanese
Shino means "bamboo" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Shinota Japanese
Variant of Shinoda.

Shinotsuka Japanese
Shino means "dwarf bamboo" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".

Shinozuka Japanese

Shinsawa Japanese

Shinseki Japanese
Shin can mean "new" or "trust, faith" and seki means "frontier pass".

Shintoku Japanese

Shinzawa Japanese
Variant of Shinsawa.

Shio Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt".

Shioda Japanese

Shioe Japanese
From 潮 (shio) meaning "salt" and 江 (e) meaning "inlet, river".

Shiohata Japanese

Shiojiri Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 尻 (jiri) meaning "rear, end, back".... [more]

Shiokawa Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" combined with 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Shiono Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness, plain".

Shiosaki Japanese

Shiota Japanese

Shiozuka Japanese

Shirado Japanese

Shiradoh Japanese

Shiradou Japanese

Shiraga Japanese

Shiragawa Japanese
Variant of Shirakawa.

Shirako Japanese
Meaning "white child".

Shiramizu Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Shiranami Japanese
Shira means "white" and nami means "wave".

Shiranita Japanese
From 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 仁 (ni) meaning "compassion, benevolence", that is then combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".

Shirano Japanese
Shira means "white" and no means "field, plain".

Shirao Japanese

Shirasawa Japanese

Shirasuga Japanese
Shira means "white" and suga means "sedge".

Shiratoh Japanese

Shiratou Japanese

Shirino Japanese (Rare)
Shiri can mean "rear, behind" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Shiroda Japanese

Shiroi Japanese
Shrio means "white" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Shiroiwa Japanese

Shiroma Okinawan (Japanized)
Japanese form of the Okinawan surname 城間 (Gushikuma), derived from Okinawan 城 (gushiku) meaning "castle" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".