Browse Submitted Surnames

Shotwell English

Shotz Jewish

Shoutz English (American)

Shouyu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Shoyu.

Shoyu Japanese (Rare)
Shoyu is made up of two kanji that literally means "soy sauce".

Shu Chinese

Shumiya Japanese

Shuri Japanese

Shuttle English

Shuttles English

Shuttlesworth English

Shuttleworth English

Shutz Jewish

Sia Chinese
Variant of Xie.

Sigsawa Japanese (Anglicized)
The professional surname of Keiichi Shigusawa, an author.

Sikó Hungarian

Sikorski Polish, Lithuanian

Sikorsky Polish, Russian

Sikowicz Jewish

Sikowitz Jewish

Silverton English

Silvi Italian

Singla Indian

Sioux Indigenous American

Sister English

Sky Jewish
Shortened from last names ending in -sky.

Skylar Dutch (Anglicized)
Variant of Schuyler.

Skyler Dutch (Anglicized)
Variant of Schuyler.

Slauenwhite German

Slaunwhite German

Smallman English

Smallridge English

Smallwood English

Smally English

Smitham English

Smithart Scottish, English

Smithhart Scottish, English

So Japanese (Rare)
A notable bearer is So Yoshiyori (1818-1890), a fuedal lord of the So clan.

Soda Japanese

Sode Anglo-Saxon

Soejima Japanese
Variant of Soeshima.

Soeshima Japanese

Soeta Japanese

Soga Japanese

Sogami Japanese
Variant of Sokami.

Sogawa Japanese

Sohma Japanese

Sokabe Japanese

Soma Japanese

Somai Japanese
A notable bearer is Shinji Somai (1948-2001). He was a film director.

Someno Japanese

Sommerlee English

Sommers German (?), English (?)
From Sommer 1 or Sommer 2.

Sonan Japanese

Sonehara Japanese

Sono Japanese
Sono means "garden".

Sonobe Japanese

Sonogai Japanese

Sonogaya Japanese
Variant of Sonotani.

Sonoma Japanese

Sonoo Japanese
Sono means "garden" and o means "tail".

Sonosaki Japanese
Sono means "garden" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".

Sonota Japanese

Sonotani Japanese (Rare)
Sono means "garden" and tani means "valley".

Sonoue Japanese
"Garden under."

Sonoya Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Sonotani.

Soramoto Japanese
Sora means "sky, heaven" and "source, root, origin".

Sorley English

Sotomi Japanese

Soucier French

Soukabe Japanese

Souther German
Variant of Southers or Sauter.

Southland English
It means "south land".

Southman English

Southwood English

Span German

Spanish English

Sparacino Italian

Sparke English

Spearman English

Spellman English

Spillard English

Spoone English

Spratt English

Springs English

Springwind English

Spruce English

Stable English

Stäcker Low German

Stallone Italian

Stamps English

Stanbridge English

Standridge English

Stanfield English

Stanhope English

Stanner English

Stanney English

Stanny Polish

Stefton English

Stellino Italian

Stello Italian

Stewards English

Stickney English

Stidham English

Stillwell English

Stilwell English

Stingley English

Stockston English

Stonefield English
Meaning "stone field".

Stoneham English

Stonehill English
Meaning "stone hill".

Stoneley English

Stott English

Stradler German (Austrian), Scottish, English

Straton English

Stratt English

Streatfield English

Streete English

Streetfield English

Streeton English

Suai Japanese

Succi Italian

Suda Japanese

Sudoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Sudo.

Sudou Japanese
Variant transcription of Sudo.

Sue Japanese

Suegara Japanese

Suegawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Suekawa.

Suekawa Japanese
Sue means "posterity, close, end, powder, tip" and kawa means "river, stream".

Suematsu Japanese
From 末 (batsu, matsu, sue) meaning "close, posterity, end, powder, tip" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine".

Suenaga Japanese

Suenobu Japanese

Suetsugu Japanese

Suetsuna Japanese

Suetsune Japanese
A notable bearer is the actress Sachiko Chijimatsu (1937-), who was born Sachiko Suetsune.

Sueyoshi Japanese

Sugabara Japanese
Variant of Sugahara.

Sugahara Japanese
Suga means "sedge" and hara means "plain, field".

Sugai Japanese

Sugars German

Sugatani Japanese
Suga means "sedge" and tani means "valley".

Sugawara Japanese
From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 原 (wara) meaning "field".

Sugaya Japanese
Variant of Sugatani.

Sugida Japanese
Variant of Sugita.

Sugieda Japanese
杉 (Sugi) means "cedar" and 枝 (eda) means "branch, bought, twig".... [more]

Sugigai Japanese
Variant of Sugitani.

Sugigaya Japanese
Variant of Sugitani.

Sugihara Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Sugiki Japanese
Sugi means "pine, fir tree" and ki means "tree, wood".

Sugimiya Japanese
"Pine tree shrine."

Sugimori Japanese
杉 (Sugi) means "cedar tree" and 森 (mori) means "forest".

Suginaka Japanese
Sugi means "cedar" and naka means "middle".

Sugino Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Sugio Japanese
"Pine tree tail."

Sugisaki Japanese
Sugi means "cedar" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".

Sugitani Japanese
Sugi means "cedar" and tani means "valley".... [more]

Sugiuchi Japanese
Sugi means "cedar" and uchi means "inside".

Sugiya Japanese
Variant of Sugitani.

Sugo Japanese

Suguro Japanese

Suichi Japanese
Su means "oil" and ichi means "market".

Suisenji Japanese

Sumida Japanese
Sumi means "pure, clean" and da means "rice patty, field".

Sumigai Japanese
Possibly from (ko) meaning "small" and 住 (sumi) meaning "residence, dwelling, abode" or 隅 (sumi) meaning "corner, nook.

Sumigaya Japanese

Sumikura Japanese
Sumi means "pure" and kura means "storehouse, warehouse".

Sumino Japanese

Sumita Japanese

Sumitani Japanese

Sumiya Japanese

Summerton English

Sunabe Japanese

Sunada Japanese

Sunadori Japanese (Rare)
漁 (Sunadori) means "fishing".

Sunaga Japanese

Sunagawa Japanese

Sunahara Japanese
A notable bearer is Yoshinori Sunahara, a record producer.

Sunamoto Japanese
Suna means "sand" and moto means "origin, source, root".

Sunata Japanese

Suoh Japanese

Suruga Japanese

Suruki Japanese

Suta Japanese

Sutherly English
Variant of Southerly.

Suwa Japanese

Suwabe Japanese
A notable bearer is Junichi Suwabe, a singer and voice actor.

Suwada Japanese

Suwano Japanese

Suwata Japanese

Suzuda Japanese

Suzugai Japanese
Variant of Suzutani.

Suzugawa Japanese
Variant of Suzukawa.

Suzugaya Japanese
Variant of Suzutani.

Suzuhira Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and hira means "peace, level, even".

Suzukawa Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and kawa means "river, stream".

Suzumiya Japanese (Rare)
Suzu means "chime, bell" and miya means "shrine".

Suzumoto Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and moto means "base, source, root, origin".

Suzushiro Japanese
From 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell, chime" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".

Suzuta Japanese

Suzutani Japanese (Rare)
Suzu means "bell, chime" and tani means "valley".

Suzuura Japanese
Suzu means "chime, bell" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

Suzuya Japanese (Rare)
This is the more commonly heard variation of Suzutani.

Sweat English

Syoukai Japanese

Syouki Japanese

Tabako Japanese (Rare)

Tabata Japanese

Tabi Japanese

Tabida Japanese

Tabio Japanese

Tabira Japanese

Tabita Japanese

Tabukasa Japanese

Tabuse Japanese

Tachigawa Japanese
Variant of Tachikawa.

Tachikawa Japanese
Tachi means "stand" ad kawa means "river, stream".

Tachikura Japanese
Tachi means "stand" and kura means "granary, storehouse, warehouse, have, possess".

Tadanaga Japanese

Tadokoro Japanese
It literally means "farmland, country", from 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy", and 所 (dokoro) meaning "place, institute, plant, station".

Taenaka Japanese

Tagami Japanese

Taglieri Italian

Taida Japanese

Taita Japanese

Taite English

Tajiri Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "paddy, field" combined with 尻 (shiri) "behind, end, rear".

Takagahara Japanese

Takagai Japanese

Takagami Japanese

Takagaya Japanese

Takagiri Japanese
高 (Taka) means "high, tall, expensive" and giri is a variant of 桐 (Kiri) meaning "foxglove, paulownia tree".... [more]

Takahama Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and hama means "beach".

Takahata Japanese
高 (Taka) means "expensive, tall, high" and 畑 (hata) means "field, farmland".... [more]

Takahide Japanese (Rare)
Taka means "eagle" such as in surname "Takasu" but more commonly means "tall,high" instead. Hide means "fine,excellence". This must be one of the very few Japanese surnames that has "Hide" in it. It is mostly just a first name element... [more]

Takaki Japanese
Taka means "high" and ki means "wood, tree".

Takaku Japanese

Takakura Japanese

Takamatsu Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Takami Japanese
Taka means "High, Tall, Expensive" and Mi means "Viewing, See, Outlook".

Takamine Japanese
Tákats means "high, expensive" and mine means "peak".

Takamizu Japanese

Takamura Japanese
Taka means "high, expensive, tall" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Takanashi Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 梨 (nashi) meaning "pear".

Takao Japanese
高 (Taka) means "high, tall, expensive" and 尾 (o) means "tail".... [more]

Takasato Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and sato means "village, hamlet, type of measurement, league, parent's home".

Takase Japanese
Taka means "high, tall" and se means "current, riffle".

Takashina Japanese

Takashio Japanese (Rare)

Takasu Japanese
Takasu is a surname that means "Hawk's nest". Taka alone means "hawk"(and others not used for this)and Su is the "nest".

Takasumi Japanese

Takata Japanese
Variant of Takada.

Takatani Japanese

Takatō Japanese

Tákats Hungarian

Takatsuka Japanese
Taka means "high" and tsuka means "mound, hill".

Takatsutsumi Japanese
Taka means "high, tall, expensive" and tsutsumi means "river, bank, enbankment, dike".

Takaura Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

Takawa Japanese

Takaya Japanese

Takayanagi Japanese
Taka "High,Tall" and Yanagi "Willow".

Takayasu Japanese
Taka means "tall, high" and yasu means "cheap, inexpensive, relax"

Takazaki Japanese
Variant of Takasaki.

Takazato Japanese
高 (Taka) means "high, expensive, tall" and zato is a variant of 里 (sato) meaning "type of measurement, village, league, parent's home". ... [more]

Takazuka Japanese
Variant of Takatsuka.

Takeba japa

Takebara Japanese
Variant of Takehara.

Takegawa Japanese
Variant of Takekawa.

Takegoshi Japanese

Takehara Japanese (Rare)
Take means "Bamboo" while Hara means "Plain". This surname means " Plain of the Bamboo". Takehara is also a city in Hiroshima and a railway station.

Takehomi Japanese

Takeiri Japanese

Takekawa Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and kawa means "stream, river".

Takemitsu Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and mitsu can mean "light".

Takemiya Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Takemori Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and mori means "forest".

Takemura Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Takeno Japanese
Take means "Bamboo" and No means "Field, Wilderness".

Takenouchi Japanese

Takeo Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and o means "tail".

Takeoka Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and oka means "ridge, hill".

Takesada Japanese

Taketa Japanese

Taketatsu Japanese
竹 (Take) means "bamboo", 達 (tatsu) means "reach". ... [more]

Taketsuru Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and tsuru means "crane".... [more]

Takewara Japanese
Variant of Takehara.

Takeyama Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and yama means "mountain".

Takezo Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and zo means "castle".

Takezou Japanese

Taki Japanese (Rare)
Tami means "Waterfall". This is occasionally a first name too,as a matter of a fact,neither of them are common.

Takida Japanese

Takigai Japanese
Variant of Takitani.

Takigami Japanese

Takigawa Japanese
Variant of Takikawa.

Takigaya Japanese
Variant of Takitani.

Takiguchi Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and guchi comes from kuchi meaning "mouth, opening".

Takikawa Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and kawa means "river, stream".

Takimura Japanese
Taki means "waterfall, rapids" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Takino Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and no means field, rice paddy".

Takinoue Japanese
Taki means "waterfall", no is a possessive particle meaning "therefore, of", and ue means "top, above, upper".

Takisaki Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".