Browse Submitted Surnames

Rei Portuguese, Galician
Cognate of Rey 1

Reider German
Variant of Reiter.

Reinoso Spanish
Meaning "place of fields".

Reinstadler German (Austrian)
From German rein meaning "pure" and stadt meaning "city".

Rekov Russian
From Russian река (reka) meaning "river".

Renfroe English, Scottish
Variant of Renfrew

Resurrección Spanish
A nickname for someone who had resurrected from the dead.

Retegui Basque (Hispanicized)

Reus Dutch
Means "giant" in Dutch, a nickname for a big man.

Reyez Spanish (Mexican), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Reyes.

Reynaga Spanish (Mexican)

Reynaldez Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Means "son of Reynaldo" in Spanish.

Reynholds English
Variant of Reynolds.

Reynoldson English
Means "son of Reynold".

Reynoso Spanish
Variant of Reinoso.

Ribas Spanish
Variant of Rivas.

Ribeira Portuguese
Variant of Ribeiro.

Ribić Croatian
Occupational surname for a fisherman.

Ridder German, Dutch
Dutch form and German variant of Ritter.

Ridesatthedoor Indigenous American

Rideshorse Indigenous American
Variant of Ridesthewhitehippedhorse.

Ridesthehorse Indigenous American
Variant of Ridesthewhitehippedhorse.

Rigoldi Italian
Derived from the given name Rigo, a short form of various names.

Rigoli Italian
Derived from the given name Rigo, a short form of various names.

Rigondeau French, Occitan (?)

Rigondeaux Caribbean

Riguccini Italian
Derived from the given name Riguccio.

Rijkaard Dutch (Surinamese)

Rikiishi Japanese
From Japanese (力) 'riki' meaning "force, power" and (石) 'ishi' meaning "stone".

Risso Italian
Variant of Riccio.

Rittinghaus German
Name for someone who lives in a farmhouse.

Ritzi German
Diminutive of Ritz.

Ro Korean

Robare English (American)

Robben Dutch, Low German
Patronymic from the given name Robbe, a short form of Robert.

Roberti Italian
Derived from the given name Roberto.

Robertis Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Robertiz.

Robertiz Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the given name Roberto.

Robleda Spanish
From Spanish meaning "oak grove".

Rocă Romanian
Romanian cognate of Roach.

Rochedo Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Rocha.

Rødahl Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
From Norwegian and Danish rød meaning "red" and dahl meaning "valley, dale".

Rodebush Dutch (Americanized), Belgian (Americanized)
Variant of Roudebush

Rodericks English
From the given name Roderick.

Rodger English
From the given name Rodger.

Rodrick English
Derived from the given name Roderick.

Rohrbaugh German (Americanized)
Americanized from Rohrbach.

Rohrbough German (Americanized)
Variant of Rohrbaugh.

Roi French
French variant of Rey 1.

Rolandez Provençal
Derived from the given name Roland.

Romo Spanish
Derived from latin (rhombus) meaning obtuse, blunt.

Ronde Dutch
Means "round" in Dutch, originally a nickname for a plump person, ultimately from Latin rotundus.

Rosado Spanish
Derived from the Spanish word rosa, meaning "rose".

Rosas Spanish, Catalan
Variants of Rosa or Rosales.

Rosen English, German
Variant of Rose 1.

Rosicki Polish

Rosickis Latvian

Rosický Czech

Rossis Greek

Rostovsky Russian
Referring to a region in Southwestern Russia named "Rostov".

Rotterdam Dutch
Denoting someone from a place named Rotterdam "place of the muddy water".

Roudebush Dutch (Americanized), Belgian (Americanized)
Americanized form of Dutch and Belgian Ronderbosch or Rondenbosch, a habitational name for someone from Ronderbos in Dilbeek, Brabant, or Ronden Bos in Maldegen, East Flanders.

Roue Breton
From Breton meaning "king".

Round English
Variant of Rounds.

Routin French
From French route meaning "road".

Routine French
Variant of Routin.

Röwekamp German
From old German röwe meaning "lion" and kamp meaning "fighter". Perhaps named for someone who's brave.

Rueger German
The name was likely first bestowed on someone thought to have the characteristics of a heron as a nickname, eventually becoming a hereditary surname.

Ruegger German
Variant of Rueger

Ruffini Italian
Derived from the given name Rufinus.

Rugamas Spanish, Central American

Rugg English
Nickname for a person associated with the color red, whether through hair color, clothing, or complexion. Accordingly, the name is derived from the Old French word ruge, meaning red.

Ruh German
Derived from German ruhig meaning "quiet".

Rulli Italian

Rumbia Indonesian
Named after the rumbia fruit in Indonesia.

Rungvisai Thai

Ruotsi Finnish
Variant of Ruotsalainen.

Rusch Low German
Derived from Middle Low German rusch "quick, rash, hasty; unkempt", this was a nickname for a quick or unkempt, unrefined person.

Rusch German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Rudolf.

Ruschel German
Variant of Rusch

Ruslanov Kazakh, Dagestani, Tatar
Means "son of Ruslan".

Russi Italian
Variant of Rossi.

Rust English, Scottish
A nickname to someone with reddish hair or a ruddy complexion.

Ruthström Swedish
Means "Ruth's stream" in Swedish.

Ruz Spanish
Possibly a variant of Ruiz or Cruz.

Ruz Breton
From Breton meaning "red".

Rwizi Southern African, Shona

Rybalkin Russian
Occupational name for a fisherman.

Rybalko Russian, Ukrainian
Occupational name for a fisherman.

Rybski Polish
Occupational name for a fisherman.

Rybskyi Ukrainian
Occupational name for a fisherman.

Rymer English
Occupational name for a poet.

Rzymski Polish
Derived from a place named ryzm "Rome". Denoting for someone from Rome.

Saaremaa Estonian
Toponymic surname from an island in the West Estonian archipelago, derived from saar "island" and maa "land, earth".

Sabitzer German (Austrian)

Sacramento Spanish, Portuguese
Meaning "sacrament" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Sadjo Central African

Sævarsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Sævar" in Icelandic.

Sævarsson Icelandic
Means "son of Sævar" in Icelandic.

Safarov Tajik, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Safar".

Safonov Russian

Sagat Marathi

Sagdiyev Uzbek
Famous barrier: Borat Sagdiyev

Säger German

Sahara Arabic, Persian
Alternate transcription of Sahra.

Sahra Arabic, Persian, Somali, Turkish (Rare)
Derived from Arabic meaning "desert".

Sakhalinsky Russian
Refers to an island in Eastern Russia named "Sakhalin."

Sala Latvian
From Latvian sala meaning "island".

Salgado Galician, Portuguese
Nickname for a witty person, from Galician or Portuguese salgado meaning "salty" (figuratively "witty, sharp").

Saludar Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Saludo.

Saludo Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish meaning "to greet".

Salvat Catalan, Occitan
Catalan and Occitan cognate of Savage. Derived from salvatge.

Samara Greek
Variant of Samaras.

Samarsky Russian
Refers to a region named "Samara" in Russia.

Samedov Russian

Samiri Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Samir 1. It also means "samaritan" in Arabic.

Samirov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Samir 1".

Samit Thai

Sampsted Icelandic

Sanborn English (American)
Variant of Sambourne.

Sánchiz Spanish
Variant of Sánchez.

Sane Western African

San Francisco Spanish
In honor of Saint Francis.

Sans Catalan
From the given name Sans.

Sánta Hungarian
From Hungarian meaning "limping".

Santa Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of Santos.

Santano Spanish
Possibly a variant of Santana.

Santee English
A topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree.

Santino Italian
Derived from the given name Santino.

São Lucas Portuguese
Means "St. Luke" in Portuguese.

Saparov Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Tatar
Means "son of Sapar".

Sarangapani Hindi
From the sanskrit words Sarangan "bow of Vishnu" and pani "hand".

Sardarov Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Kazakh
Means "son of Sardar".

Sargeant English
Variant of Sergeant.

Sargento Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino
Spanish and Portuguese form of Sergeant. It's also mostly used in the Philippines.

Sarioğlu Turkish

Saterfield English (American)

Saturno Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian, Spanish
Descendant of Saturn.

Sauls English
From the given name Saul.

Saunches English Creole, Jamaican Patois
English form of Sanches.

Saunder English
From the given name Alexander.

Scales English
Name for a person who lives in a shed.

Scaloni Italian
Likely derived from Italian scala meaning "ladder, stairs". It may have originated as a occupational name for someone who built or worked with ladders.

Scarf English
Variant of Scarff.

Scarfe English
Variant of Scarff.

Scarff English
Nickname from Old Norse skarfr meaning "cormorant".

Schallenberger German
Variant of Schollenberger.

Schaufelberg German (Swiss, Americanized)
Americanized form of Schaufelberger.

Schaufelberger German (Swiss)
likely refers to someone from a place named Schaufenberg.

Scheicher German (Austrian)
Variant of Schleicher.

Scheremet German
German cognate of Şeremet.

Schick German
A nickname given to a person who's smart, stylish, and well-dressed.

Schlander German

Schleiden German
Variant of Schleider.

Schleider German
Derived from places named Schleid or Schleiden.

Schoenbeck German, Jewish
Means "beutiful stream" in German.

Scholes English
A name for a person who lives in a shed.

Schollenberger German
Habitational name for someone from a place called Schollenberg.

Schoonhoven Dutch
Variant of Van Schoonhoven.

Scotts Scottish, English
Variant of Scott.

Scull English, Spanish (Caribbean)

Scuro Italian
From Italian meaning "dark".

Seakanyeng Tswana

Seal English
Variant of Seals, perhaps an occupational name for a person who makes saddles.

Seaman English
Means "born by a sailor".

Seb Hindi
From सेब (seb) meaning "apple".

Sebas French
From the given name Sébastien.

Second French
From the given name Second.

Seel German
Occupational name for a person who makes or sells ropes.

Sefer Turkish
From the given name Sefer.

Seferoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Sefer" in Turkish.

Seferović Bosnian
Means "son of Sefer" in Bosnian.

Segadães Portuguese
Derived from several places named Segadães in Portugal.

Segawa Eastern African, Swahili

Segoviano Spanish
One who came from Segovia, a region from Spain.

Segundo Spanish
From the given name Segundo.

Seidakhmet Kazakh

Selbee English (American)
Variant of Selby.

Selbey English
Variant of Selby.

Seldin English (American)
Variant of Selden.

Seldon English
Variant of Selden.

Semenin Russian
From the given name Semen.

Sensi Italian
Derived from Italian "senso" meaning "sense, feeling". Historically, the surname could have been given to someone who was known for their wisdom or intelligence, or to someone who had a keen sense of perception or intuition... [more]

Sepeda Spanish
Variant of Cepeda

Serçe Turkish
From Turkish meaning "sparrow".

Serdarov Turkmen
Means "son of Serdar".

Şeremet Turkish
Means "poor man" in some turkic languages.

Seremet Moldovan
Moldovan cognate of Şeremet.

Sergent French, English
Variant of Sergeant.

Sergente Italian
Italian cognate of Sergeant.

Sergeyan Armenian, Russian
Means "son of Sergey" with the Armenian suffix yan.

Serote Spanish (Filipinized)
Means fecal matter in Spanish

Servania Cebuano
Meaning unknown. Probably a form of Cervantes.

Servantes Spanish
Variant of Cervantes.

Serzhantov Russian
Means "son of a sergeant".

Sett Indian, Hindi, Bengali
Variant transcription of Seth.

Seuss German, Jewish
Means "sweet", "pleasant", or "agreeable".

Seville Spanish, English
a city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain. Synonyms: Sevilla Example of: city, metropolis, urban center. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts... [more]

Shakurov Bashkir, Tatar, Uzbek
Means "son of Shakur".

Shaptefrats Moldovan

Shavers English
Variant of Shaver.

Shchotkin Russian

Sheeraz Sindhi, Arabic

Sheet Indian, Hindi, Bengali
Variant transcription of Seth.

Shein Jewish
Ornamental name derived from German schön meaning "beautiful, good, nice"

Shein Burmese
From the given name Shein.

Sheinbaum Jewish
Derived from German schön meaning "beautiful, friendly" and baum meaning "tree".

Sheremet Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian
Ukrainian cognate of Şeremet.

Sheremeta Ukrainian, Russian
Variant of Sheremet.

Sheremetev Russian
Derived from the Turkic word Şeremet meaning "poor man". (See Şeremet)

Sheremeteva Russian
Feminine equivalent of Sheremetev.

Sherlock English, Irish
Nickname for someone with "fair hair" or "a lock of fair hair."

Sheth Indian, Marathi, Bengali, Hindi
Variant transcription of Seth.

Shevalier English (American), English (Canadian)
Anglicized form of the French surname Chevalier.

Shevchenkov Russian, Ukrainian (Rare)
Variant of Shevchenko.

Shibakawa Japanese
From Japanese 芝 (shiba) meaning "turf, lawn, sod" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".

Shigeoka Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Shikari Indian, Hindi
From Hindi meaning "hunter, huntsman".

Shipman English
Occupational name for a mariner, or occasionally perhaps for a boatbuilder, from Middle English "schipman". One notable person is known evildoer Harold Shipman. He was an English general practitioner who is believed to be one of the most prolific serial killers in modern history.

Shipwright English
Occupational name for a ship builder.

Shit Indian, Hindi, Bengali
Variant transcription of Seth.

Shoels English (American)
Variant of Scholes.

Shokutsu Japanese
From Japanese 食 (shoku) meaning food and 通 (tsu) meaning "connoisseur".

Shomko Ukrainian

Shomurodov Uzbek
Means "son of Shomurod".

Shortall English
Nickname from Anglo-Saxon scorkhals meaning "a person with a short neck".

Shreck German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Schreck.

Shukurov Uzbek
Means "son of Shukur" in Uzbek.

Shuler German (Americanized), English (American)
Americanized form of Schuler.

Shvetsov Russian, Ukrainian
Means "son of a cobbler" or "shoemaker" in Russian or Ukrainian.

Sicilia Spanish, Italian
Denotes someone from Sicily.

Siciliano Italian, Sicilian
One who came from Sicily.

Siddi Hindi, Marathi
Named after the Siddi tribe in Karnataka.

Sidiropoulos Greek
Means "son of a blacksmith worker" in Greek.

Sierpień Polish
Derived from Polish sierpień "August (month)".

Sigmund German, Czech
From the given name Sigmund.

Sigþórsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Sigþór" in Icelandic.

Sigþórsson Icelandic
Means "son of Sigþór" in Icelandic.

Sigur Croatian
Nickname from Croatian siguran meaning "secure, safe, certain".

Sigurdson English (Canadian)
English form of Icelandic and Swedish surname Sigurdsson.

Sikari Punjabi, Bengali, Nepali, Marathi
Means "hunter, huntsman".

Silcock English
From the Middle English given name Silcoc, a diminutive of Sil.

Silcocks English
Variant of Silcock.

Silcox English
Variant of Silcock.

Šílenosti Czech

Silvera Spanish
Spanish cognate of Silveira.

Silversmith English
Occupational name for a worker in silver.

Simeunović Serbian
Means "son of Simeun" in Serbian.

Simonin French
From the given name Simon 1. Possibly brought by the Russian migrants who came to France.

Sina Arabic (Egyptian), Albanian
Derived from the given name Husain.

Sintron Spanish (Caribbean)
Variant of Cintron.

Siopis Greek
From Greek σιωπή (siopi) "silence". Usually a nickname for someone who is always silent, basically the quiet kid.

Sirar Serbian, Bosnian
Occupational name for someone who makes or sells cheese.

Sirenko Ukrainian
From Сірен (siren) meaning "cheese".

Sirigu Sardinian

Sirotkin Russian

Sith Indian, Hindi, Odia
Variant transcription of Seth.

Skarsvåg Norwegian
From Norwegian meaning "scarp, promontory, rock cliff". It is derived from a place name in Norway, located in the municipality of Magerøya in the northernmost part of the country. As a surname, "Skarsvåg" likely originated as a toponym, referring to a person who hailed from the Skarsvåg area in Norway.

Skultety Hungarian, Slovak

Slavazza Italian

Slotboom Dutch
From a place name meaning "lock beam", a piece of wood used to close an opening.

Slowik Polish, Jewish
Nickname for someone with a mellifluous voice or a night-time reveler. From Polish slowik "nightingale".

Smartt English
Variant of Smart.

Smoker English
Derived from the Old English word "smoc," meaning "smock" or, literally, "woman's undergarment." The name was most likely originally borne by someone who made or sold smocks.

Smolenskas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Smolensky.

Smolensky Russian
Refers to a region in Western Russia named "Smolensk".

Smolov m Russian
Russian form of Smolak.

Snead English
Variant of Sneyd.

Sneed English
Variant of Sneyd.

Sneyd English
Derived from multiple locations named 'Sneyd'.

Solbakken Norwegian
From Norwegian meaning "sun hill".

Soldat Russian, Ukrainian, French, German
Means "soldier" in various languages.

Soldatović Serbian
Means "son of a soldier" in Serbian.

Sole Catalan

Solíz Spanish
Variant of Solís.

Solomonenko Ukrainian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Solomon.

Solomonov mu Russian, Belarusian, Jewish
Derived from the Hebrew name. Means "son of Solomon".

Solxayev Azerbaijani
Means "son of a left-hander" in Azerbaijani.

Sommar Swedish
Swedish cognate of Summer.

Sommerfelt Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish cognate of Summerfield.

Sommerhalder German (Swiss)
From High German sommer meaning "summer" and halder meaning "holder".

Sommerset Norwegian
Norwegian cognate of Somerset.

Sonne Danish, German
Variant of Sonnen.

Sonora Spanish
From Spanish sonoro meaning "sonorous", perhaps a nickname for a loud person.

Sophomore English (American, Rare)
Meaning unknown. Could be a nickname for the 2nd son.

Šorgo Croatian
Derived from Slavic sorga "sorghum". This surname might've been given to someone who lives or work near sorghum plants.

Sørloth Norwegian

Sosona Ukrainian (Rare)

Soulik Micronesian
Named after the traditional title of chiefs on Pohnpei.

Sounders English
Variant of Saunders.

Souris French
Means "mouse" in French.

Southernland English (American), Scottish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Sutherland.

Southwark English (British)
A near-extinct surname. It is derived from the name of a borough in London located on the south bank of the River Thames.

Spaccarelli Italian

Spain English, Spanish (Anglicized)
Derived from a geographical locality. 'of Spain.' A very early incomer.

Spanier German
Means "Spaniard" in German.

Sparky English (Canadian)
Diminutive of Sparks.

Spatz German
From German meaning "sparrow".

Spearow English (American)
Corruption of Sparrow.

Speicher German
occupational name for someone in charge of a granary. From middle high German spicher meaning "grain store".