Browse Submitted Surnames

Ichinoseki Japanese

Ichise Japanese

Ichiyasu Japanese
Ichi can mean "one" or "market" and yasu means "peace, relax, cheap".

Ide Japanese

Idezuki Japanese
From 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit", 出 (de) meaning "exit", and 月 (tsuki) meaning "month, moon".

Ido Japanese
From Japanese 井門 (Ido) meaning "Ido", a former township in the former district of Ukena in the former Japanese province of Iyo in present-day Ehime, Japan.

Idoh Japanese

Idou Japanese
"This wisteria".

Iegami Japanese
Variant of Iekami.

Ieiri Japanese (Rare)
家 (Ie) means "building, residency, family, dwelling, home, habitation", and 入 (iri) means "enter, input". ... [more]

Iekami Japanese
Ie means "family, household, residence" and kami means "below, under".

Iemoto Japanese

Iemura Japanese

Igai Japanese

Igari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari).

Igawa Japanese

Igaya Japanese

Igeta Japanese

Igusa Japanese
Variant of Ikusa.

Ihara Japanese

Ihira Japanese

Iigawa Japanese
Variant of Iikawa.

Iiguni Japanese
Variant of Iikuni.

Iijima Japanese
Variant of Iishima.

Iijma Japanese
Variant of Iishima.

Iikawa Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and kawa means "river, stream".

Iikubo Japanese

Iimori Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and mori means "forest".

Iimoto Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Iimura Japanese
From 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".

Iimuro Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and muro means "room".

Iino Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and no means "field, wilderness".

Iinuma Japanese

Iio Japanese
From 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains, cooked rice" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end."

Iisawa Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Iishima Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and shima means "island".

Iita Japanese

Iitani Japanese

Iiyama Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Iizaka Japanese

Iizawa Japanese
Variant of Iisawa.

Iizuka Japanese
From Japanese 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock".

Ijima Japanese
Variant of Ishima.

Ijimoto Japanese

Ikarigawa Japanese
Variant of Ikarikawa.

Ikawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ike Japanese
池 (Ike) means "pond, pool".

Ikegai Japanese

Ikegaya Japanese

Ikehata Japanese

Ikei Japanese
Ike means "pool, pond" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Ikemoto Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 本 or 元 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Ikenaga Japanese
Ike means "pond, pool" and naga means "long, chief".

Ikene Japanese
"Lake root."

Ikeno Japanese
Ike means "pool, pond" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".

Ikenoue Japanese
Ike means "river", no is a possessive particle and ue means "upper, top".

Ikesono Japanese
Ike means "pond, pool" and sono means "garden".

Ikesugi Japanese
池 (Ike) means "pond, pool" and 杉 (sugi) means "cedar".

Iketa Japanese

Iketani Japanese

Ikeuchi Japanese
Ike means "lake" and uchi means "inside".

Ikeura Japanese
From 池 (ike) meaning "pond, cistern, pool, reservoir" and 浦 (ho, ura) meaning "inlet, seacoast, seashore."

Ikeya Japanese
"Lake valley".

Ikezono Japanese
Ike means "lake". Zono comes from Sono meaning "garden".

Ikoma Japanese

Ikuda Japanese
Variant of Ikuta.

Ikumura Japanese

Ikurumi Japanese

Imahori Japanese
Ima means "now, present" and hori means "ditch, canal, moat".

Imaishi Japanese
今 (Ima) means "Now, Present" and 石 (Ishi) means "Stone". This was within the 1009's of most used Japanese surnames in 2012.

Imaizumi Japanese

Imakawa Japanese
Ima means "now, present" and kawa means "river, stream".

Imaki Japanese
This could be spelled with ima meaning "now, present" and ki meaning "tree, wood".

Imakoji Japanese

Imamichi Japanese
Ima means "now, present" and michi means "path, road".

Imanara Japanese
Ima means "now, present" and nara beans "oak".... [more]

Imanari Japanese

Imano Japanese
Ima means "now, present" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Imaruoka Japanese
I means "that one, Italy", maru means "round, circle", and oka means "hill, ridge".

Imaseki Japanese
Ima means "present, now" and seki means "frontier pass".

Imashiro Japanese
From 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".

Imata Japanese
Ima means "now" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Imazeki Japanese
Variant of Imaseki.

Imoku Japanese (Rare)

Imori Japanese
I could mean "this" or "mineshaft, pit, well".

Imura Japanese

Imuro Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and muro means "room".

Inage Japanese

Inaki Japanese (Rare)
Ina means "rice plant" and ki means "tree, wood".

Inamori Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Inamura Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Inari Japanese

Inata Japanese
Ina means "rice plant" and Da comes from Ta, meaning "rice field, paddy".

Inatomi Japanese

Inatsugu Japanese

Inatsuka Japanese

Inatsuma Japanese

Inazuka Japanese
Variant of Inatsuka.

Inkpen English

Ino Japanese

Inobe Japanese

Inoguchi Japanese
Ino means "boar" and guchi means "mouth, opening".

Inoki Japanese
Ino means "boar" and ki means "tree, wood".

Inoko Japanese
Ino means "boar" and ko means "child, first of the Chinese zodiac: the rat".

Inokuma Japanese
From 猪 (ino) meaning "boar" and 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear".

Inoo Japanese
Ino means "boar" and o means "tail".

Inugami Japanese (Rare), Japanese Mythology
A variant of Inukami.... [more]

Inui Japanese
From Japanese 乾 (inui) meaning "northwest".

Inukai Japanese
From Japanese 犬 (inu) meaning "dog" and 飼 (kai) meaning "domesticate, raise".

Inukami Japanese (Rare)
Inu means "dog" and kami means "god".

Inuma Japanese

Inusaka Japanese
Inu means "dog" and saka means "slope, hill".

Inutsuka Japanese
Inu means "dog" and tsuka means "mound".

Inuzaka Japanese
Variant of Inusaka.

Io Japanese
I could mean "this" or "well, pit, mineshaft" and o means "tail".

Ippongi Japanese
From 一 (i) meaning "one", 本 (pon) meaning "origin" and 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood".

Iredale English

Irie Japanese
From Japanese 入 (iri) meaning "entry, input" and 江 (e) meaning "river, inlet". 入江 (irie) means "cove, creek".

Irigai Japanese
Variant of Iritani.

Irigaya Japanese
Variant of Iritani.

Irikura Japanese
Iri means "entry, input" and kura means "have, possess, storehouse, warehouse".

Irimoto Japanese
Iri means "input, entry" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Irisaka Japanese
Iri means "enter, input" and saka means "slope, hill".

Iritani Japanese
Iri means "entry, input" and tani means "valley".

Iriyama Japanese
From 入 (iri) meaning "entry, input", and 山 (yama) meaning "hill, mountain".... [more]

Irodori Japanese

Irokawa Japanese

Iron English

Irukayama Japanese (Rare)

Isawa Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Ise Japanese

Isebara Japanese
A variant of Isehara.

Isegai Japanese

Isegaya Japanese

Isehara Japanese

Isemura Japanese

Iseno Japanese

Isetani Japanese

Isewara Japanese
Variant of Isehara.

Iseya Japanese

Isherwood English

Ishi Japanese
Ishi means "stone".

Ishidori Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and dori comes from tori, meaning "bird".

Ishigaki Japanese

Ishigami Japanese
Variant of Ishikami.

Ishigawa Japanese
Variant of Ishikawa.

Ishige Japanese

Ishigura Japanese
Variant of Ishikura.

Ishiguro Japanese
Ishi means "Stone" and Guro is just a form of Kuro, meaning "Black". Hiroshi Ishiguro was the director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory.

Ishihashi Japanese
Ishi means "stone, rock" and hashi means "bridge".

Ishiki Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and ki means "tree, wood".

Ishima Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and shims means "island", or it could be spelled with ishi meaning "rock, stone" and ma meaning "pause".

Ishimine Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and mine means "peak".

Ishimitsu Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and mitsu means "light".

Ishimoto Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and moto means "source, root, origin".

Ishinaka Japanese
Ishi means "stone, rock" and naka means "middle".

Ishiodori Japanese

Ishisaki Japanese
Ishi means "stone, rock" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Ishita Japanese

Ishito Japanese

Ishitsuka Japanese
"Stone mound".

Ishiuchi Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and uchi means "inside".

Ishiura Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and ura means "bay, coast".

Ishiwari Japanese

Ishiwatari Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and watari means "ferry".

Ishizaki Japanese

Iso Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, shore, beach".

Isoda Japanese

Isogai Japanese
It can be a variant of Isogai but other kanji combinations are possible.

Isogaya Japanese
Variant of Isotani.

Isoko Japanese
Iso means "beach, seashore" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Isomura Japanese

Isose Japanese
Iso means "sand" and se means "ripple".

Isotani Japanese
From 磯 (iso) meaning "beach, shore, seashore" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Isoya Japanese
Variant of Isotani.

Ita Japanese

Itabashi Japanese
Variant of Itahashi.

Itada Japanese
Ita means "board" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Itagaki Japanese

Itagura Japanese
Variant of Itakura.

Itahashi Japanese
Ita means "plank, board" and hashi means "bridge".

Itakaki Japanese
A variant of Itagaki.

Italia Italian

Itami Japanese
Ita means "board" and mi means "view, outlook".

Itamura Japanese
Ita means "plank, board" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Itani Japanese

Itano Japanese
Ita means "board" and no means "field, plain".

Iuchi Japanese

Iwabuchi Japanese

Iwada Japanese

Iwadoh Japanese

Iwadou Japanese

Iwae Japanese
Iwa means "stone, rock" and e means "bay, creek, inlet".

Iwagawa Japanese

Iwahana Japanese

Iwakawa Japanese

Iwakiri Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "boulder, cliff, rocks" and 切 (kiri) meaning "cut, cutoff, to be sharp".

Iwakuchi Japanese

Iwami Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and mi means "viewpoint, outlook".

Iwamura Japanese
Iwa means "stone " and mura can mean "village, hamlet" or "town".

Iwanaka Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and naka means "middle".

Iwanari Japanese
From 岩 (iwa) meaning "stone, rock", and 成 (nari, naru, sei) meaning "become, get".

Iwano Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and no means "wilderness, plain, rice paddy, field".

Iwao Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and o means "tail".

Iwaoka Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Iwasa Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and sa could mean "support".

Iwashimizu Japanese
From 岩 (iwa) meaning "rock, cliff", 清 (shi) meaning "pure, purify, exorcise, clean", and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Iwatake Japanese

Iwatsubo Japanese

Iwawaki Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and waki means "side".

Iwazaki Japanese
Variant of Iwasaki, meaning "stone slope, hill."

Iya Japanese

Iyadomi Japanese

Iyama Japanese
I means "well, pit, minehaft" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Iyazoi Japanese

Izawa Japanese
Variant of Isawa.

Izumigawa Japanese
Variant of Izumikawa.

Izumikawa Japanese
Izumi means "fountain" and means "river".

Izumiya Japanese

Izutsu Japanese

Jabes Spanish

Jabez Spanish

Jackey English

Jacklin English

Jacque French

Jacquette French

Jamet French

Jarra Spanish

Jaya Hindi, Marathi, Telugu

Jayanthi Tamil, Indian, Kannada

Jayapal Indian

Jayashankar Indian

Jeet Indian

Jefson English
"Son of Jef".

Jersey English

Jessie English
Possibly a variant of Jessey, an occupational name for someone making jesses (a short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry).

Jhatoliya Rajasthani

Jikumaru Japanese

Jimbo Japanese

Jimeson English

Jimison English

Jimmerson English

Jimmison English

Jimson English

Jinbo Japanese
From 神 (jin, kami) meaning "god, deity, divine" combined with 保 (ho, tamotsu) meaning "protect".

Jinda Japanese

Jingu Japanese
Formed with 神 (shin, jin, kami, kan, kou) meaning "god" and 宮 (kyuu, guu, kuu, miya) meaning "palace, shrine".

Jingushi Japanese

Jinnai Japanese

Jinzai Japanese

Jito Japanese

Jitsue Thai

Jitsue Japanese (Rare)

Jitsumori Japanese

Jizodo Japanese

Jodai Japanese

Joneson English

Josephsen English
Variant of Josephson meaning "Son of Joseph."

Joysmith English

Juang Chinese

Judkin English

Judkinson English

Jundo Japanese

Kabara Japanese
Variant of Kahara.

Kabashima Japanese
From Japanese 樺 (kaba) meaning "birch tree" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kabe Japanese (Rare)
Ka ("Increase,Step Up"), ... [more]

Kaburagi Japanese
A notable bearer is Saiko Kaburagi, an artist.

Kaburaki Japanese

Kada Japanese

Kade English

Kadohata Japanese
Kado means "gate" and hata means "field".

Kadohira Japanese
Kado means "gate" and hira means "peace, level, even".

Kadokawa Japanese (Rare)
Kado means "Gate" and Kawa means "River". This surname means "Gated River".

Kadomatsu Japanese (Rare)
Kado ("Gate") + Matsu ("Pine Tree").

Kadoshima Japanese (Rare)
I don't want to assume it's rare but it's definitely uncommon. Kado means "Gate" and Shima means "Island".

Kadota Japanese (Rare)
Kado means "gate" and ta means "rice paddy, field".

Kadowaki Japanese

Kagami Japanese
From 加 (ka) "increase, add, addition, Canada include, join" combined with 賀 (ga) meaning "joy, congratulate, greet, celebrate", 立 (takao, tatsu, ritsu) meaning "stand up, rise, erect, set, establish" combined with 基 (ki) meaning "underlying, base, basis, radicals" or 各 (kaku) meaning "each" combined with 務 (mu) meaning "duties, task, affairs" (各務 as a word means "duties")... [more]

Kagaya Japanese

Kagayama Japanese

Kagen Japanese

Kagoshima Japanese

Kagunaka Japanese

Kahale Hawaiian
"The house".

Kahara Japanese

Kaieda Japanese

Kailer English

Kaino Japanese

Kainou Japanese

Kaito Japanese
From 海 (kai, umi) meaning "sea, ocean" and 藤 (to, fuji) meaning "wisteria".

Kajibara Japanese
Variant of Kajihara.

Kajihara Japanese
Kaji means "wind" and hara means "plain, field".

Kajikawa Japanese

Kajima Japanese
Variant of Kashima.

Kajiura Japanese (Rare)
Kaji means "wind" and Ura means "seacoast, bay".... [more]

Kajota Polish

Kakashi Japanese
This might come from the given name.

Kakawa Japanese

Kakesu Japanese

Kakibara Japanese
Variant of Kakihara.