Browse Submitted Surnames

Chamberlin French, English
French cognate and English variant of Chamberlain. Occupational name for an official in charge of the private chambers of his master from Old French chamberlenc "chamberlain".

Chamblee English
Possible variant of Chambley.

Chambley English
Variant of Chumbley.

Chambo English (Canadian)
Suspected to be of French origin. Specifically, a derivative of Archambault.

Chambrelent French
Variant of Chamberlin.

Chamlee English
Variant of Chamley.

Chamley English
Variant of Chumley

Chamoun Arabic, Arabic (Maghrebi), Assyrian, Jewish
French-influenced variant of Arabic شمعون (see Shamoun), mainly used in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and parts of North Africa. This name was borne by Lebanese president Camille Chamoun (1900-1987).

Champagne French
regional name for someone from Champagne, named in Latin as Campania (from campus "plain", "flat land")... [more]

Champaud French
Diminutive of Champ.

Champin French
It is the french form of Chapman

Champion English, French
Derived from the Middle English and Old French words campion, champiun and champion all meaning "athlete" such as a wrestler or boxer; also "warrior hired to do battle in single combat on behalf of others" (from Late Latin campio genitive campionis a derivative of campus "plain field of battle")... [more]

Champlain French
Name given to those who live in or around fields. Known barrer of the name is Samuel de Champlain who founded Quebec, Canada and after whom the lake is named.

Champley English
Variant of Chumley.

Champlin Belgian, English
Means Champion, was a family name in Belgium, a status and influence that was envied by the princes of the region.... [more]

Chan Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 詹 (see Zhan).

Chandarangsu Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai จันทรางศุ (see Chantharangsu).

Chander Indian, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi
Variant of Chandra.

Chandia Punjabi
Surname rarely used in Pakistani Punjab. The origin of Chandia is Pali. Chandia is a variation of the name Chanda (English and Indian).

Chandra Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of various Chinese surnames such as Chen (陳), Lin (林), Xie (謝) or Zeng (曾)... [more]

Chandrarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala චන්ද්‍රරත්න (see Chandrarathna).

Chandraratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala චන්ද්‍රරත්න (see Chandrarathna).

Chandraratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala චන්ද්‍රරත්න (see Chandrarathna).

Chandrasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala චන්ද්‍රසේකර (see Chandrasekara).

Chandrasekhar Indian
A Hindu name meaning literally "holder of the moon" (an epithet of the god Shiva). A notable bearer of this surname was the Indian-born US physicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995); the Chandrasekhar limit, i.e. the upper limit for the mass of a white dwarf star beyond which the star collapses to a neutron star or a black hole, is named after him.

Chandrasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".

Chandrathilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala චන්ද්‍රතිලක (see Chandrathilaka).

Chandratilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala චන්ද්‍රතිලක (see Chandrathilaka).

Chandratilleke Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala චන්ද්‍රතිලක (see Chandrathilaka).

Chandrawansha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala චන්ද්‍රවංශ (see Chandrawansa).

Chanelle French
Variant of Chanel.

Chang Korean
Variant romanization of Jang.

Changdo Chinese
Changdo was originated from a earlier translation of the word "Change"

Chanruang Thai
Variant transcription of Chanrueang.

Chanrueng Thai
Variant transcription of Chanrueang.

Chantarangsu Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai จันทรางศุ (see Chantharangsu).

Chantharangsu Thai (Rare)
From Thai จันทราง (chantharang), possibly from จันทร (chan) meaning "moon" and ศุ (su) of unknown meaning.

Chantry English
Means "singer in a chantry chapel" or "one who lives by a chantry chapel". A chantry was a type of chapel, one endowed for the singing of Masses for the soul of the founder (from Old French chanterie, from chanter "to sing").

Chao Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 趙 (see Zhao).

Chapa Spanish
An occupational name for a metalworker meaning "metal sheet", amongst other things. It may also come from the name of a place in Galicia, Spain, or the Basque word and oak bush, "chaparro".

Chapdelaine French
Compound name derived from Old French chape meaning "hooded cloak, cape, hat" and de laine meaning "of wool", probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such apparel, or as a nickname for someone who wore a distinctive cloak or hat.

Chapek Czech (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Čapek.

Chapel French
Occupational name for a maker of cloaks or a nickname for a person who wore a distinctive cloak, from a diminutive of Old French chape meaning "cape, cloak".

Chapelle French
Topographic name for someone who lived near a chapel from French chapelle "chapel" or from several places in France and Belgium called (La) Chapelle and variant of Lachapelle, Capelle, and Chappelle.

Chapin French, Spanish
From a reduced form of French eschapin or Spanish chapín, a term for a light (woman's) shoe; perhaps a nickname for someone who habitually wore this type of footwear or possibly a metonymic occupational name for a shoemaker.

Chapiro Jewish (Ashkenazi, Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American), German
Variant and hispanicized form of Shapiro.

Chapiro Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a variant of Chaparro.

Chaplyn English
son of chaplain or servant of chaplain

Chappelle French
Variant of Lachapelle.

Chappuis French
Variant of Chapuis.

Chapuis French
Occupational name from Old French chapuis "carpenter joiner" a derivative of chapuiser "to cut" (from Late Latin cappulare)... [more]

Chapul Aztec, Nahuatl, Indigenous American
Variant of Chapulin.

Char Croatian, Serbian, Polish, Slovene
Anglicized spelling of the Slovenian nickname Čar, an ironic nickname from car "tsar".

Char Arabic
French-influenced spelling of Shaar. Borne by both Muslims and Christians.

Char Indian
Name from Sanskrit āčārya "teacher, spiritual guide". Originated among Brahmins, members of the highest caste in Hindu society, who traditionally serve as priests and teachers.

Charalampopoulos Greek
Descentand or son of Charalampos

Chardin French
Meaning uncertain, possibly of Norman origin.

Charest French (Quebec)
Variant of Chauret.

Charette French
Variant of Charrette. In some cases it may also be derived from the place name.

Charette French (Quebec)
Variant of Charest.

Charisse French
Of unknown meaning. It was used as a given name in honour of American actress and dancer Cyd Charisse (1921-2008).

Charleston English
Means "son of Charles."

Charlet French
From the French given name Charlet, a pet form of Charles.

Charlier French, Walloon
Occupational name for a cartwright wheelwright from Old French charrelier a derivative of charrel "cart" a diminutive of char "cart carriage".

Charlot French
It's from the given name Charlot a pet form of Charles. Variant of Charles.

Charlton English, Caribbean
Location last name from any of the numerous places called Charlton, from Old English Ceorlatun meaning "settlement of the peasants"... [more]

Charm English
The surname "Charm" is of English origin and refers to someone who did odd jobs or chores. It's derived from Middle English "char(re)" or "chere," which means "turn (of activity), small job, or chore"... [more]

Charnock English (Rare)
The locational surname originates from two places, Charnock Richard and Heath Charnock, which are both located in Lancashire, England.... [more]

Charretier French
French form of Carter.

Charrette French
Derived from Old French char(r)ete "small cart", itself a diminutive of char "cart carriage".

Charteris Scottish
The family is said to have originated in the French town of Chartres.

Charters English
Scottish (Kirkcudbrightshire) and northern English, ultimately of Norman origin. This is a habitational name derived from the French town of Chartres, which is named from the Gaulish tribe recorded in Latin sources as the Carnutes.

Chartier French
An occupational name for a carter from an agent derivative of Old French charette "cart".

Charyev Turkmen
Means "son of Çariýar", a given name of unknown meaning. This is the most common surname in Turkmenistan.

Charyeva Turkmen
Feminine transcription of Turkmen Чарыев (see Charyev).

Charyew Turkmen
Alternate transcription of Turkmen Чарыев (see Charyev).

Charyewa Turkmen
Alternate transcription of Turkmen Чарыева (see Charyeva).

Chase French
Topographic name for someone who lived in or by a house, probably the occupier of the most distinguished house in the village, from a southern derivative of Latin casa "hut, cottage, cabin".

Chastagner French
Variant of Chataignier

Chataba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 茶立場 (see Chatateba).

Chatateba Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 茶立場 (Chatateba) meaning "Chatateba", a division in the area of Tōkaichi in the city of Hachinohe in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan.

Château French
French cognate of Castle.

Châtelain French
from châtelain "lord (of the manor)" Old French chastelain (from Latin castellanus a derivative of castellum "castle") applied either as a status name for the governor or constable of a castle or as an ironic nickname.

Chatelaine French
A chatelaine is the mistress of a wealthy house or a castle.... [more]

Chattapadhyay Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali চট্টোপাধ্যায় (see Chattopadhyay).

Chatterjee Bengali
Variant of Chattopadhyay.

Chattopadhyay Bengali
From Chatta, the name of a village, and Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher, instructor".

Chatzigeorgiou Greek
Means "son of Georgios the pilgrim" from Greek χατζη (chatzi) meaning "pilgrim", ultimately from Arabic حاجي (haji), combined with the given name Georgios.

Châu Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Zhou, from Sino-Vietnamese 周 (châu).

Chau Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhou.

Chaucer English
Occupational name for a hosier, derived from Old French chaucier, an agent derivative from chauce "stocking, hose". A famous bearer of the name was English author Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), well known for writing the 'Canterbury Tales'.

Chaudari Indian, Telugu
Variant transcription of Chaudhary used in Southern India.

Chaudary Urdu
Variant transcription of Chaudhary.

Chaudhry Indian, Hindi, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Chaudhary.

Chaudri Urdu
Variant of Chaudhary.

Chaudry Urdu
Variant of Chaudhary.

Chauhan Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Punjabi, Gujarati
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Sanskrit चतुर् (chatur) meaning "four" or from the name of a legendary hero, Chahamana.

Chaumont French
Habitational name from any of numerous places called Chaumont "bald mountain" from the elements chals caux "bald" and mont "mountain" (ultimately from Latin calvus mons) for example in Cher Orne Jura Haute-Savoie.

Chauncey American
Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Norman French habitation names Chancé or an American adaptation of a German place name of Schanze located on the Upper Rhine. Could also be a short form of Chancellor.

Chauré French (Quebec)
Either derived from Old French chaurer "to warm up; to stir up" or a variant of Chauray.

Chauret French (Quebec)
Variant of Chauré.

Chaux French
French / Switzerland.... [more]

Chavali Telugu
Brahmin last name of South India, Andhra Pradesh

Chavara Indian (Christian)
Form of Chavarría used by Christians in India.

Chavez Spanish, Filipino
Variant of Chávez.

Chavis Lumbee
The earliest possibly record of this is from 1728. The spelling at the time was possibly different. It was the surname of freed servant mulatto servant named Will Chaviss. In 1900 census of Robeson County, North Carolina the word was self-identified as a Lumbee last name.

Chawdhuri Indian, Bengali, Assamese
Variant transcription of Chaudhary.

Chawdhury Bengali
Variant transcription of Chaudhary.

Chawla Indian, Hindi, Punjabi, Indian (Sikh)
Derived from the name of a clan in the Arora community, which is apparently named with Sanskrit तांडुल (cawal) meaning "rice". Originating from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, the name is also derived from Aror (now Rohri), a city in the Sukkur District, Sindh, Pakistan, and the community comprises both Hindus and Sikhs.

Chay Khmer
Variant transcription of Chhay.

Che Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Xie.

Chea Chinese
Variant of Xie.

Chea Khmer
Khmer romanization of the Chinese surname Xie.

Cheah Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew), Chinese (Hakka)
Hokkien, Teochew and Hakka romanization of Xie.

Cheam Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Zhan.

Cheang Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zheng.

Chechenov Karachay-Balkar, Chechen
Means "son of a Chechen."

Chee English
Possibly derived from the place name Cheadle, composed of Brythonic koɨd "woodland, forest" and Old English leah "clearing".

Chee Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Xu 1.

Cheeks Popular Culture
This is the surname of Sandy a Cheeks from SpongeBob SquarePants.

Cheema Punjabi
Meaning unknown. This is the name of a Punjabi-speaking subclan of the Jat people found in India and Pakistan, with most members being either Muslim or Sikh.

Cheeseman English
Occupational name for a maker or seller of cheese.

Cheever English
Occupational name for a goatherd or a nickname for a capricious person, from Anglo-Norman chevre "goat". A famous bearer of the name was American author John William Cheever (1912-1982).

Cheim Khmer
Variant transcription of Choem.

Chekalenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Chekalov.

Chekhov Russian
Possibly referred to someone from Czechia, or a derivative of the ancient Russian name Chekh or Chokh, which in turn relates to the verb chikhat "to sneeze"... [more]

Chekov Russian
This is the surname of the fictional Star Trek Character, Pavel Andreievich Chekov.

Chelebidzhikhan Crimean Tatar (Russified), Crimean Tatar (Ukrainianized)
Russified and Ukrainianised form of Çelebicihan.

Chell French
Probably a respelling of the French habitational name Challe, from any of the various places so named from Late Latin cala ‘rock shelter’.

Chellberg Swedish (Anglicized), Norwegian (Anglicized, Rare)
Anglicised form of Kjellberg.

Chelsee English (Rare)
Variant of Chelsea.

Chen Thai
Possibly a Name that Thai People with Chinese Descendants have. It has a Meaning of "Deserve".

Chêne French
from Old French chesne "oak" (from Late Latin caxinus), hence a topographic name denoting someone who lived near a conspicuous oak tree or in an oak wood, or a habitational name from (Le) Chêne, the name of several places in various parts of France... [more]

Chénier French
French surname which indicated one who lived in an oak wood or near a conspicuous oak tree, derived from Old French chesne "oak" (Late Latin caxinus). In some cases it may be from a Louisiana dialectical term referring to "an area of shrub oak growing in sandy soil" (i.e., "beach ridge, usually composed of sand-sized material resting on clay or mud... [more]

Cheong Korean
Variant of Jeong.

Cheong Chinese (Hakka), Chinese (Cantonese)
Hakka and Cantonese romanization of Zhang.

Chepchumba Kalenjin
Matronymic surname meaning "daughter of Chumba".

Chérif Arabic (Maghrebi), Western African
Form of Sharif used in North Africa and parts of French-influenced western Africa.

Cherkassky Russian, Jewish
Name for someone from the city of Cherkasy (or Cherkassy) in Ukraine, which is of uncertain meaning.

Chernoff Russian, Jewish
Alternative spelling of Chernov, a patronymic from the byname Chernyj meaning ‘black’, denoting a black-haired or dark-skinned person.

Chernova Russian
Derived from Russian чёрный (chyorniy) meaning "black". Feminine counterpart of Chernov.

Chernychenko Ukrainian
Variant of Chernenko.

Chernyshenko Ukrainian
Variant of Chernenko (compare Chernysh).

Cherrington English
Habitational name from any of several places in England called Cherington or Cherrington... [more]

Cherro Medieval Spanish (Latinized)
Meaning villager or farmer of Salamanca, especially of the region which includes Alba, Vitigudino, Ciudad Rodrigo And Ledesma. Concerning the villager from Salamanca called Charro and its equivalent demonym or gentilic is salmantino, salmanticense, salamanqués, salamanquino.

Cherry English
From Middle English chirie, cherye "cherry", hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of cherries, or possibly a nickname for someone with rosy cheeks.... [more]

Cherryman English
It is topographical or perhaps occupational and describes a person who lived or worked at a cherry orchard, or who lived by a house known by the sign of the cherry. In the days before house numbering, it was the tradition in almost all western countries to give the house a sign... [more]

Chérubin French
French cognate of Cherubin from Old French chérubin "cherub", perhaps a nickname for a baby-faced individual.

Cherubini Italian
Means "son of Cherubino". Italian cognate of Cherubin and variant of Cherubino.

Cherubino Italian
Italian cognate of Cherubin, either from the given name Cherubino or the nickname of the same word from Ecclesiastical Latin Cherubin... [more]

Chervenelekov Bulgarian
Means "son of Chervenelek".

Chesbro English
Variant of Chesebro and Chesbrough.

Chesbrough English
habitational name from Cheeseburn in Northumberland early recorded as Cheseburgh possibly from Old English cis "gravel" and burh "stronghold"... [more]

Chesebro English
Variant of Chesbro and Chesbrough.

Chessa Italian
Probably from Sardinian chersa "lentisk", a kind of tree.

Chesterton English
From the name of a parish in Cambridgeshire.

Chetrit Judeo-Spanish
Alternate transcription of Shitrit.

Chetti Indian, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil
Variant of Chettiar.

Chettiar Indian, Tamil, Malayalam
Refers to a member of any of the various South Indian castes of traders, businessmen, and merchants. The name itself may be from the Tamil honorific எட்டி (eṭṭi) or from a Sanskrit word meaning "wealth".

Chetty Indian, Tamil, Telugu
Variant of Chettiar.

Cheuk Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhuo.

Chevapravatdumrong Thai
Possibly from Thai ชีวประวัติ (chiwaprawat) meaning "biography" combined with ดำรง (damrong) meaning "uphold, sustain". A notable bearer is Cherry Chevapravatdumrong (1977-), an American screenwriter of Thai descent known for her work in the animated television series Family Guy.

Chevrier French
Occupational name for a goatherd from an agent derivative of chèvre "goat" (from Latin capra "nanny goat").

Chew Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zhou.

Cheyo Tanzanian (Rare)
Italian and Spanish variation of Elisha. "God is my salvation"

Chhay Khmer
Khmer romanization of the Chinese surname Cai, which derives from the name of the ancient Cai state.

Chhetri Nepali, Indian, Bengali
Derived from Sanskrit क्षत्रिय (kṣatríya), the name of the Hindu social class consisting of warriors and rulers.

Chiaki Japanese (Rare)
Depending on the kanji used can mean different things. Chi means "thousand" or "wisdom" and aki means "bright", "autumn", "sparkle", "crystal ball" or "shining". This is the last name of Naomi Chiaki, a Japanese singer... [more]

Chiala Italian
Possibly a variant of Cicala.

Chiam Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Zhan.

Chiang Chinese
Alternate transcription of Jiang.

Chiang Chinese
Alternate transcription of Jiang 1.

Chiang Chinese
Alternate transcription of Jiang 2.

Chiao Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 焦 (see Jiao).

Chiapello Italian
Possibly connected to chiappare "to catch, to trap", a nickname for a hunter. Alternately, may be an elaborate form of Chiappa.

Chiappetta Italian
A nickname derived from chiappa, meaning "buttock, butt cheek". Alternately, may be a diminutive of Chiappa.

Chiaramonte Italian
Italianized from of the French surname Clermont, using Italian chiaro "bright, clear" and monte "mountain". It was brought to Sicily from Picardy, France, by a branch of the House of Clermont in the 11th century, and several locations were subsequently named after them... [more]

Chiarella Italian
Diminutive of Chiara, itself from the given name Chiara.

Chiasson French, English
French surname originally denoting someone from the the municipality of Chiasso in Ticino, Switzerland, located along the Swiss/Italian border.... [more]

Chibana Japanese
千 (Chi) means "one thousand" and 花 (bana) is a variation of hana, meaning "blossom, flower".... [more]

Chibara Japanese
Variant of Chihara.

Chica Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Apparently from chica, feminine form of chico ‘small’, ‘young’ (see Chico), but a variant of the habitational name Checa, from a place so named in Jaén province is also a possibility.

Chicane Various
Unknown origins/meaning. Some sources claim it is a variation of the surname "Chick". Chicane is also a French word meaning "to cavil, to quibble".

Chicheportich Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Chicheportiche.

Chicheportiche Judeo-Spanish
French variant of Sasportas.

Chichigova Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Чичигов (see Chichigov).

Chiclana Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous Andalusian municipalities: Chiclana de la Frontera or Chiclana de Segura.

Chieco Italian
Shortened form of Chirico, ultimately from the given name Ciriaco.

Chien Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 简 (see Jian).

Chiesa Italian
Means "church" in Italian, originally a topographic name for someone who lived near a church, a habitational name from any of various places named Chiesa or perhaps an occupational name for someone who worked in a church.

Chigusa Japanese
This surname is used as 千種, 千草 or 千艸 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand", 種 (shu, -gusa, tane) meaning "class, kind, seed, species, variety", 草 (sou, kusa, kusa-, -gusa) meaning "draft, grass, herbs, pasture, weeds, write" and 艸 (sou, kusa) meaning "grass, plants."... [more]

Chihara Japanese
From Japanese 茅 (chi) meaning "thatch" or 千 (chi) meaning "thousand" combined with 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain". A notable bearer of this surname is Minori Chihara (茅原 実里), a Japanese voice-actress who is best known for voicing Yuki Nagato from the Haruhi Suzumiya series and Aya Natsume from Tenjō Tenge.

Chikuchishin Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 築地新 (see Tsukijishin).

Chila Italian
Italian form of Cheilas.

Chilcott English
Variant of Chilcote.

Child English
From a nickname for an affectionate term for a person, or for a young man of noble birth, or for a young noble waiting for knighthood, or for someone who was younger than their siblings, or who was a minor on the death of his father, derived from Old English cild "baby, child"... [more]

Childree English (American)
Variant of Childrey.

Childress English
Variant of Childers.

Childrey English
From the name of a village in Oxfordshire, England, derived from either the Old English given name Cilla or the element cille/cwylla "spring, well" combined with riþ "stream".

Chillingworth English (Rare)
Notable as the surname of Hester Prynne's husband Roger Chillingworth in the 1850 novel 'The Scarlet Letter'

Chilton English, Irish
habitational name from any of various places called Chilton for example in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, County Durham, Hampshire, Kent, Shropshire, Somerset, Suffolk, and Wiltshire... [more]

Chilvers English
Means "son of Chilver" (probably from the Old English male personal name Cēolfrith, literally "ship-peace").

Chim Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhan.

Chim Khmer
Variant transcription of Choem.

Chimalhua Nahuatl
Means "has a shield, possessor of shields" in Nahuatl.

Chin Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of Chen.

Chin English (American)
Variant of Chinn.

Chin Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 金 (see Jin).

Chinc Polish
Variant of Hinc.

Chinchilla Spanish
Originally denoted a person from the Spanish town of Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón in the province of Albacete. The place name is possibly of Arabic origin.

Chińcz Polish
Variant of Hinc.

Chincz Polish
Variant of Hinc.

Ching Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cheng 1.

Chini Italian
Possibly a variant of Zini.

Chinji Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鎮寺 (Chinji), from 鎮寺門 (Chinjimon), a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan, as well as surrounding areas.

Chinouriri Shona
Believed to be from a local dialect, interpretations of the name could be resilience or strength.

Chionidis Greek
From the Greek word for snow, 'χιόνι'. Descendant, son of the 'snowy one.'

Chipperfield English
Derived from Hertfordshire Village of Chipperfield

Chips English (British)
Chips is a rare English (british) last name which is a nickname of Christopher and Charles

Chiravejsundornkul Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai จิรเวชสุนทรกุล (see Chirawetsunthonkun).

Chiriboga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Txiriboga.

Chirico Italian
Variant of Ciriaco, ultimately from the Ancient Greek given name Kyriakos. Alternatively, could be from Italian chierico "cleric, acolyte; learned man, clerk", from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klerikos) "of the clergy" via Latin clericus.

Chirigu Italian
Variant of Cherchi.

Chirino Spanish
Variant of Quirino.

Chirivella Catalan (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Xirivella.

Chishall English
The name comes from when they lived in Chishall, two parishes in the county of Essex.

Chishiya Japanese
From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand", 地 (chi) meaning "earth, land", 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" 散 (chi) meaning "scatter", 梓 (shi) meaning "Japanese cherry birch", 塩 (shio) meaning "salt", 沙 (shi) meaning "sand", 司 (shi) meaning "to take charge of; to control; to manage", 史 (shi) meaning "history", 四 (shi) meaning "four", 士 (shi) meaning "samurai, warrior", 子 (shi) meaning "child", 市 (shi) meaning "market", 志 (shi) meaning "purpose, will, determination, aspiration, ambition", 氏 (shi) meaning "a family; a clan", 糸 (shi) meaning "thread", 紙 (shi) meaning "paper", 紫 (shi) meaning "purple; violet", 至 (shi) meaning "to reach; to arrive", 詩 (shi) meaning "poetry, poem", 資 (shi) meaning "money; fund; wealth; capital", 汐 (shi) meaning "evening tide; night tides; ebb", 心 (shi) meaning "heart, mind, soul" or 清 (shi) meaning "clear; limpid", and 也 (ya) meaning "also" or 哉 (ya), an exclamation... [more]

Chisholm Scottish
The name of a location in Roxburghshire, Scotland, which itself comes from cisil "gravel" and holm "islet".

Chishti Urdu
From the name of the town of Chisht in present-day Herat province, Afghanistan.

Chiswell English
Variant of Chishall.

Chitsawangdee Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai จิตต์สว่างดี (see Chitsawangdi).

Chittsawangdee Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai จิตต์สว่างดี (see Chitsawangdi).

Chiu Chinese
Alternate transcription of Qiu chiefly used in Taiwan.

Chivton English (American)
Portmanteau of Chiovaro and Cranston. First known use in 2023.

Chiwara Japanese
Variant of Chihara.

Chiya Japanese (Rare)
Means "bloody arrow; arrow of blood" in Japanese.

Chiyonofuji Japanese
It means "One thousand years of wisteria."

Chizaka Japanese
Variant of Chisaka.

Chizaki Japanese
Variant of Chisaki.

Ch'ng Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Zhuang.

Cho Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Hakka), Chinese (Hokkien)
Cantonese, Hakka and Hokkien romanization of Cao.

Chockalingam Indian, Tamil
From a nickname referring to the Hindu god Shiva, composed of the Sanskrit words चोक्का (cokkā) meaning "alluring" and लिङ्गम् (liṅga) meaning "sign, symbol, mark".

Chodecki Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Kuyavian town of Chodecz.

Chohan Urdu, Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Alternate transcription of Chauhan.

Choi Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cai.

Chokalingam Indian, Tamil
Variant of Chockalingam. A famous bearer is American actress and comedienne Vera Mindy Chokalingam (1979-), who uses the stage name Mindy Kaling.

Chokshi Indian
From Gujarati čoksi ‘jeweler’, ‘assayer of gold and silver’, from čokəs ‘precise’, ‘circumspect’, a compound of čo- ‘four’, ‘four-way’, ‘all-round’ (Sanskrit čatus- ‘four’) + kəs ‘assaying’ (Sanskrit kạsa ‘rubbing’, ‘touchstone’).

Cholerzyński Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Cholerzyn.

Cholmely English
The Cholmely family lived in the township of Cholmondley in the parish of Malpas in Cheshire.

Chon Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 전 (see Jeon).

Chong Korean
Variant romanization of Jeong.

Chönz Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Conrad.

Choo Korean
Variant romanization of Chu.

Choo Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zhu.

Chopin French
French and English: nickname for a heavy drinker, from Old French chopine, a large liquid measure (from Middle Low German schopen "ladle"). The derived Old French verb chopiner has the sense 'to tipple’, ‘to drink to excess’... [more]

Choppin French
Variant of Chopin.

Chopra Indian, Punjabi
Of unknown meaning.

Choquette French
Altered spelling of French Choquet, a Picard form of Old French soquet, which was the term for a tax on wines and foodstuffs, hence a metonymic occupational name for a collector of such taxes.

Choret French (Quebec)
Variant of Chauré.

Choriev Tajik, Uzbek
Masculine form of Chorieva.

Chorieva Tajik, Uzbek
Feminine form of Choriev.

Chornykh Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Chernykh.

Chosokabe Japanese
Variant transcription of Chousokabe.

Choudary Urdu, Indian, Telugu
Variant of Chaudhary.

Choudhry Indian, Hindi, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Chaudhary.

Choudhuri Indian, Bengali, Odia, Assamese
Variant of Chaudhary.

Choudry Urdu, Punjabi
Urdu and Punjabi form of Chaudhary.

Chougule Marathi
Alternate transcription of Marathi चौगुले (see Chaugule).

Chouhan Indian, Assamese, Bengali, Hindi
Alternate transcription of Chauhan.

Chouinard French (Quebec)
Nickname of a diminutive from French choucas meaning "jackdaw".

Choukri Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Shukri chiefly used in Morocco.

Choules English (British, Rare)
The surname Choules is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a variant of Scholes, itself "a topographical name for someone who lived in a rough hut or shed", from the Northern Middle English 'scale, schole'... [more]

Chow Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhou.

Chowdary Indian, Telugu, Tamil
Variant of Chaudhary used in Southern India.

Chowdhary Indian, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Chaudhary.

Chowdhry Indian, Hindi, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Chaudhary.

Choy Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cai.

Chrapko Belarusian
Belarusian Latin spelling of Khrapko.

Chraplewski Polish
This indicates familial origin within either of 3 Greater Polish villages named Chraplewo.

Chresta Romansh
Variant of Cresta.

Chrétien French, French (Quebec)
French form of Christian.

Chriqui Judeo-Spanish
Alternate transcription of Chouraqui.

Christ German, Dutch
Either from a short form of the personal name Christian, or from a nickname meaning "the Christian", both from Latin Christ (see Christos 1).

Christenson English
Anglicized form of Christensen

Christie Scottish
Means "son of Christian" or "son of Christopher".

Christl German
Pet form of the given name Christian.

Christmas English
Either an occupational name for someone who was responsible for arrangement of festivities for Christmas day, or it might a nickname for someone who was born on Christmas.

Christmass English
Variant of Christmas.

Christodoulopoulos Greek
Means "descendant of Christ's servant" in Greek.

Christoffersson Swedish
Means "son of Christoffer".

Christofi Greek (Cypriot)
From the given name Christofis, a short form of Christophoros.

Christoforou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Christophoros".

Christopoulos Greek
Means "son of Christos 1".

Christou Greek
Means "son of Christos 1".

Christoyannopoulos Greek
Means "descendant of John and Christ" in Greek. A notable bearer of this surname is Alexandre Christoyannopoulos.

Chromczak Polish (Latinized, Rare, ?)
The meaning of the name is: Chromium approval throughput time might.

Chromy Polish
Polish form of Khromykh

Chromý Czech
Czech form of Khromykh

Chronis Greek
From a short form of Greek Polychronis. The word χρόνος (chrónos) itself means "time" in Greek.

Chronowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within either of 5 Lesser Polish villages: Chronów-Kolonia Dolna, Chronów-Kolonia Górna, Chronówek, Chronów in Gmina Orońsko, or Chronów in Gmina Nowy Wiśnicz.