Browse Submitted Surnames

Shironita Japanese (Rare)
From 城 (shiro) meaning "fortress, castle" or 白 (shiro) meaning "white" and 仁 (ni) meaning "compassion, benevolence", that is then combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field"... [more]

Shirono Japanese
Shiro means "white" and no means "field, wilderness".

Shirota Japanese

Shirtz Jewish

Shiryo Japanese

Shiryou Japanese

Shishikura Japanese
Shishi means "lion" and kura means "possess, have, storehouse, warehouse".

Shishinai Japanese

Shitamori Japanese
From 下 (shita) meaning "lower, downstream, under" combined with 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Shitao Japanese
From 下 (shita) meaning "lower, downstream, under" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Shiyune Japanese

Shiyuno Japanese

Shiyuno African

Shizu Japanese

Shizuma Japanese

Shizume Japanese

Shoda Japanese

Shoesmith English

Shoni Japanese

Shortman English

Shorts English

Shotton English

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

Shuto Japanese
From 首 (shu) meaning "neck, counter for songs or poems" combined with 藤 (to, fuji) meaning "wisteria".

Shuttle English

Shuttles English

Shuttlesworth English

Shuttleworth English

Shutz Jewish

Sia Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization 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
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 相馬 (see Sōma).

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
From 曽 (so) meaning "once, formerly, before, ever", 根 (ne) meaning "root", and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain, wilderness".

Sono Japanese
From 園 (sono) meaning "garden".

Sonobe Japanese

Sonogai Japanese

Sonogaya Japanese
Variant of Sonotani.

Sonoma Japanese

Sonomura Japanese
From Japanese 園 (sono) meaning "garden, orchard, plantation" and 村 (mura) meaning "village".

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

Sotomura Japanese
From 外 (soto) meaning "except, other, foreign, outside" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".

Soucier French

Soukabe Japanese

Souther German
Variant of Southers or Sauter.

Southland English
It means "south land".

Southman English

Southwood English

Sowa Japanese
From 宗 (so) meaning "religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence" and 和 (wa) meaning "harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan".

Span German

Spanish English

Sparacino Italian

Sparke English

Spearman English
Occupational name for a soldier armed with a spear, from Middle English spere "spear, lance" and man. It could also be from Old English given name Spereman, of the same origin.

Spellman English

Spillard English

Spoone English

Spratt English

Springs English

Springwind English

Spruce English

Stable English

Stach Polish
From the given name Stach.

Stachnik Polish
From Stach.

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

Strain Scottish, Irish
Derived from the valley of the Aan, or strath Aan.

Straton English

Stratt English

Streatfield English

Streete English

Streetfield English

Streeton English

Suai Japanese

Succi Italian

Suda Japanese
From Japanese 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sudoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Sudo.

Sudou Japanese
Variant transcription of Sudo.

Sue Japanese

Suegara Japanese

Suegawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Suekawa.

Suehara Japanese
From 末 (sue) meaning "tip, top, end" and 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".

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".

Suemune Japanese

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
From 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".

Sugai Japanese

Sugars German

Sugase Japanese
From 菅 (suga) meaning "reed, sedge, rush" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, shoal, ripple".

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

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

Sugaya Japanese
From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

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
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, promontory, peninsula".

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

Suguri Japanese (Rare)

Suguro Japanese

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

Suisenji Japanese

Sumen Japanese

Sumi Japanese
From 角 (sumi) meaning "corner, angle, nook".

Sumida Japanese
From Japanese 住 (sumi) meaning "dwelling, residence, abode" or 隅 (sumi) meaning "corner, nook" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

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

Sumura Japanese
From 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Sunabe Japanese

Sunada Japanese
From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

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

Sunaga Japanese

Sunagawa Japanese
From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sunahara Japanese
From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, plain, field".

Sunako Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 砂 or 沙 (suna) both meaning "sand" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child".

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
From Japanese 諏 (su) meaning "consult, confer" and 訪 (wa) meaning "visit, call on".

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".

Suzukamo Japanese

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

Tabeta Japanese
In eastern Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands, its often written as 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field" and 端 (beta) meaning "edge, end". However, tabe has also been spelled with 多 (ta) meaning "many" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Tabida Japanese

Tabio Japanese

Tabira Japanese

Tabita Japanese

Tabukasa Japanese

Tabuse Japanese

Tachigawa Japanese
Variant of Tachikawa.

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

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

Tadanaga Japanese

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

Taenaka Japanese

Tagami Japanese

Tagashira Japanese
From 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" combined with 頭 (hashira) meaning "head, brain".

Taglieri Italian

Tagomori Japanese

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".

Takanaka Japanese
From 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle, in between".

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

Takao Japanese
From 高 (taka) meaning "high, tall, expensive" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Takara Japanese
From 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high, boasting" and 良 (ra) meaning "good".

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

Takashina Japanese

Takashio Japanese (Rare)

Takasu Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 須 (su) meaning "necessary".

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