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Kamalas Na Krungthep Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kamalaswin Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kamaliazad Pakistani, Persian
It's derived from the words Kamali meaning "Ascetic's blanket" & aazaad meaning "free or independent", or even kamaal-i-aazaad meaning "perfection of the free, or independent".

Kamban Faroese, Old Norse, Old Celtic, Old Irish
Likely from Old Irish cambán "crooked one". This was the surname of Grímur Kamban, the legendary first settler in the Faroe Islands according to the Færeyinga saga. This name is still borne by a handful of people in the Faroe Islands today.

Kamble Indian, Marathi, Konkani
Occupational name for a weaver of blankets or a nickname for a person who often carried blankets with them, derived from Sanskrit कम्बल (kambala) meaning "blanket".

Kambos Greek (Anglicized), English (American), English (Australian)
Anglicized form of Kampos.

Kambosos Greek (Anglicized), English (American), English (Australian)
Anglicized form of Kamposos.

Kamei Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "turtle well". It is written as 亀井. A bearer of this surname is Eri Kamei. She is a member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. (1988-)

Kamenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kamenev.

Kamenov Bulgarian
Means "son of Kamen".

Kami Nepali
From the name of a caste of blacksmiths derived from Nepali काम (kam) meaning "work, act", ultimately from Sanskrit कर्मन् (karman).

Kami Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Kamieński Polish
Variant of Kamiński.

Kamigawa Japanese
Variant of Kamikawa.

Kamilov Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Tajik, Dagestani, Crimean Tatar, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Kamil 1".

Kamino Japanese
formed with 紙 (Shi, Kami) meaning "Paper" and 野 (Ya, Sho, No) meaning "Field". Which means the surname could possible come out as “Field of Paper”

Kaminskas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Kamiński.

Kaminskis Latvian
Latvian form of Kamiński.

Kaminsky Polish, Serbian
Variant of Kamiński.

Kamio Japanese
From 神 (kami) meaning "god, deity" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end, foot of a mountain".

Kamiyui Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 神 (kami) meaning "God, spirit" and 結 (yui) meaning "connection", referring to the event of someone praying for the descent of God.

Kamizaka Japanese
Variant of Kamisaka.

Kamkaew Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai คำแก้ว (see Khamkaeo).

Kamm German, Estonian
Means "comb" in German, an occupational name for a wool comber or fuller, or perhaps a maker of combs. In some cases it might have been used in the sense of "ridge of mountains, hills", making it a topographic name... [more]

Kämmerer German
from Middle High German kamerære "chamberlain" (from kamere "chamber") a status name for the treasurer of a court monastery a great household or a city and in Switzerland for the manager of a church property a so-called Widem... [more]

Kamolchanthr Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kamoldilok Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kamolkhontha Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kamolnawin Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kamolov Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Kamol".

Kamolsutthi Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kamolthani Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kamolwathin Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kamolyabut Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kamposos Greek
Diminutive of Kampos.

Kamprad German, Swedish (Rare)
Possibly a variant of the German surname Kamprath meaning ”cogwheel (in a mill)”. A notable bearer is Ingvar Kamprad (1926-2018), a Swedish business magnate and the founder of IKEA... [more]

Kampu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 寒風 (see Kampū).

Kampū Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 寒風 (Kampū) meaning "Kampū", a former division in the former large village of Kamiminamiaosawa in the former district of Akumi in the former Japanese province of Ugo in parts of present-day Akita and Yamagata in Japan.

Kampuh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 寒風 (see Kampū).

Kampuu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 寒風 (see Kampū).

Kamukakmun Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kamutharat Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kamuthwanit Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kamutka Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kamutphisamai Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kamutyoothin Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kan Korean (Russified)
Russified form of Kang used by ethnic Koreans living in parts of the former Soviet Union.

Kan Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Hokkien)
Cantonese and Hokkien romanization of Jian.

Kan Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Kana Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 海南 (see Unami).

Kanabut Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanada Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Kaneda.

Kanae Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Kanagai Japanese
Variant of Kanatani.

Kanagaya Japanese
Variant of Kanatani.

Kanagusuku Okinawan
The Okinawan language reading of its kanji, meaning "golden castle".

Kanakakhukun Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanakakorn Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanakanchali Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanakapinda Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanakapradisth Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanakarat Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanakomol Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanamara Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kananonth Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanasut Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanat Turkish
Occupational name for a seller of poultry from Turkish kanat meaning "(bird) wing".

Kanata Japanese
Variant of Kanada.

Kandel Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic قنديل (see Qandil).

Kandhal Indian, Gujarati
People with the last name of "Kandhal" are commonly descendants of Rao Kandhal who belonged to the "Rathore" clan of Rajputs (warrior class) in India. "Rao" is a royal title. Rao Kandhal was younger brother of Rao Jodha who founded the princely state of Jodhpur in western Rajasthan, India... [more]

Kandil Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic قنديل (see Qandil).

Kandimaa Estonian
Kandimaa is an Estonian surname derived from "kandis" ("neck of the woods") and "land".

Kandt German
Probably from Middle High German kant meaning "jug" (from Latin olla cannata meaning "pot with one spout") and hence an occupational name for a maker or seller of jugs.

Kanedaichi Japanese
Notably from the fictional character Toyohiro Kanedaichi, from the fourth instalment of the popular manga, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure.... [more]

Kaneki Japanese
This surname is used as 金城, 金木, 金気, 金喜, 兼城, 兼木 or 鹿子木 with 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane, -gane) meaning "gold," 兼 (ken, ka.neru, -ka.neru) meaning "and, concurrently," 城 (jou, shiro, ki) meaning "castle," 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood," 気 (ki, ke, iki) meaning "air, atmosphere, mood, mind, spirit," 喜 (ki, yoroko.basu, yoroko.bu) meaning "rejoice, take pleasure in," 鹿 (roku, ka, shika) meaning "deer" and 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of the Chinese zodiac)."

Kaneko Okinawan (Japanized)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganeko).

Kanemitsu Japanese
Kane means "gold, metal" and mitsu means "light".

Kang Chinese, Korean
From Chinese 康 (kāng), derived from Kangju (康居), the Chinese name for an ancient kingdom in Central Asia (now known as Sogdiana). It may also refer to the city of Samarkand in present-day Uzbekistan, which was called 康 in Chinese.

Kangas Finnish
Derived from Finnish kangas, denoting a type of soil and the type of forest (known as boreal forest or taiga) that grows in such soil.

Kanisthabut Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthachat Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthachinda Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthadit Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthaka Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthakhup Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthamal Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthanakha Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthanonth Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthapayakhr Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthaphut Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanistharat Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthasangkat Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthasawatd Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthasen Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthasunthon Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthasut Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthayon Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthayukta Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanja Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 冠者 (Kanja), a variant spelling of 管者 (Kanja) meaning "Kanja", a former division in the district of Chīsagata in the former Japanese province of Shinano in present-day Nagano, Japan.

Kankaze Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒風 (see Kampū).

Kannan Indian, Tamil
From the given name Kannan, the Tamil variant of Krishna.

Kanokmani Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanoknak Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanoknawin Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanoksiri Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanpistegi Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the commune of Ezterenzubi in the arrondissement of Baiona.

Kansiime Kiga
The surname of a certain Anne.

Kanssen Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Kant".

Kantakouzenos Greek
One of the noble Byzantine families, the surname is connected to the locality of Kouzenas, a name for the southern part of Mount Sipylus near Smyrna (Izmir).

Kantawong Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai คันธวงศ์ (see Khanthawong).

Kanters Dutch
An occupational name for a singer, such as a precentor (someone who leads songs or prayers in a church, monastery, or synagogue) or choir member. Ultimately derived from Latin cantor "singer, leader of song at a ceremony; prayer leader in a Jewish ceremony".

Kanzawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒風澤 (see Sabusawa).

Kanze Japanese (Rare)
Derived from Japanese 観世 (Kanze), a clipping of the given name 観世丸 (see Kanzemaru) or a variant reading of 観世 (Miyo), a clipping of the given name 観世丸 (see Miyomaru).

Käosaar Estonian
Possibly means "cuckoo island" in Estonian, from a genitive form of kägu "cuckoo" combined with saar "island". It could also indicate someone from the village Käo in Saare county, on the island Saaremaa.

Kapangyarihan Tagalog
Variant of Capangyarihan.

Kapilakanjana Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kapilakanonth Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kapilawatana Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kapincharanonth Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kapittatha Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kapittathai Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kapittatha Na Krungthep Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kaplan German, Czech, Jewish
Means "chaplain, curate" in German and Czech, ultimately from Latin cappellanus. It is also sometimes used as a Jewish name, from a translation of Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohen) meaning "priest" (see Cohen).

Kapodistrias Greek
This surname is a greek version of Capo d'Istria

Kappelin Swedish
Swedish cognate of Kappel.

Kapur Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Alternate transcription of Kapoor.

Kapuściński Polish
Habitational name for someone from the town of Kapuścin or Kapuścino, both named from Polish kapusta meaning "cabbage".

Kapustyak Ukrainian, Rusyn (?)
A form of Kapustin.

Kapustyuk Ukrainian
Variant of Kapustyak.

Karabeynik Belarusian
Belarusian form of Korobeynik.

Karađić Serbian
Variant of Karadžić, and often its misspelling.

Karakas Hungarian
Means "maker of wheels".

Karakatsanis Greek
Variant of Sarakatsanis.

Karal Indian, Bengali
This Surname was given in honour by the Britishers to Nikhil Chandra Banerjee to recognize his efforts in constructing The Karali Kali temple in Dhaka,now the capital of Bangladesh. It was a very expensive construction and still attracts tourists every year... [more]

Karalis Latvian
Cognate of Karalius.

Karamanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Քարամանյան (see Karamanyan).

Karamanukyan Armenian
Variant of Karamanyan.

Karan Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 加覧 (see Garan).

Karapetian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Karapetyan.

Karapetyan Armenian
Means "son of Karapet".

Kárason Icelandic
Means "son of Kári" in Icelandic.

Karasu Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 烏 (u, o, izukunzo, karazu, nanzo) meaning "crow, raven" or 鴉, which is an outdated variant of 烏.... [more]

Karbowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Karbowo in Torun voivodeship, a place so named from Polish karbowy "overseer (of farm laborers)", from karbowac "to make notches", i.e. to keep records.

Karch Jewish
1 Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized spelling of Karcz .... [more]

Kardashian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Kardashyan. This is the name of an Armenian-American family of socialites.

Kardashyan Armenian
Western Armenian transcription of Kartashyan.

Kareaga Basque
Derived from Basque kare "lime (mineral)" and -aga "place of, abundance of".

Karélin Russian
Altered spelling of Russian Karélin, ethnic name for someone from Karelia (see Karjala).

Kareluša Serbian
Famous bearer of this surname is Serbian singer Jelena Kareluša (1978-)

Karen Czech
From a diminutive of the given name Karel.

Karenin Russian
Masculine form of the surname Karenina.

Karenina Literature
In Leo Tolstoy's novel 'Anna Karenina' (1877), this is the title character's surname, the feminine form of her husband's surname, Karenin.

Kari Finnish, German (Austrian), Slovene (?), Hungarian, Indian, Marathi
As a Finnish name, it is a topographic and ornamental name from kari "small island", "stony rapids", "sandbar", or "rocky place in a field". This name is found throughout Finland.... [more]

Kariatsumari Japanese (Rare)
Combination of 狩り (kari) meaning "hunt(ing)" and 集まり (atsumari) meaning "gathering, meeting, assembly," mainly concentrated in Kagoshima prefecture in southern Japan.... [more]

Karimpour Persian
Means "son of Karim".

Kərimzadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Karimzadeh.

Karimzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Karim" in Persian.

Karin Estonian
Possibly derived from Estonian kari "reef, outcrop of stone in water".

Karineeme Estonian
Karineeme is an Estonian surname meaning "reef cape". It is also the name of several locations in Estonia.

Karjala Finnish
Finnish from karja ‘cattle’ + the local suffix -la, or possibly from a word of Germanic origin, harja- ‘host’, ‘crowd’, Old Swedish haer. Historic records suggest that the Germanic inhabitants of the area around Lake Ladoga (in present-day Russia) used this term to refer to the Finns who once lived there.

Karkavandian Armenian, Iranian
Those belonging to the Karkevand/Garkevand district of Iran who are most likely of Armenian origin. Typical modern Armenian last names end with the originally patronymic suffix -յան or -եան, transliterated as -yan, -ian, or less often '-jan'... [more]

Karki Nepali
Occupational name for a tax collector from Nepali कर (kar) meaning "tax" (ultimately of Sanskrit origin).

Kärkinen Finnish
Combination of Finnish kärki "peak point" and the common surname suffix -nen.

Karlberg Swedish
Variant of Carlberg.

Karlewicz Polish
Variant of Karłowicz.

Karlgren Swedish
Combination of the given name Karl and Swedish gren "branch".

Kärlin German
German surname from the personal name Karl. Also an altered spelling of German Gerling.

Karlin Jewish
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) habitational name for someone from Karlin, a suburb of Pinsk in Belarus, in which the Jews formed the majority of the population until the Holocaust. A well-known Hasidic sect originated in Karlin and at one time it attracted so many followers that a (now obsolete) Russian word for ‘Hasid’ was Karliner (of Yiddish origin)... [more]

Karlin Swedish (Rare)
Variant spelling of Carlin 3.

Karlov Russian
Means "son of Karl".

Karlović Croatian
Means "son of Karlo".

Karlowicz Polish (Anglicized)
Simplification of Karłowicz.

Karlowitsch German
German form of Karłowicz.

Karlowitz German
German form of Karłowicz.

Karlson English
Means "Son of Karl".

Karman Dutch
Dutch form of Carman 1

Karmann German
German form of Carman 1.

Karmazinas Lithuanian
Perhaps a habitational name taken from the Lithuanian village Karmazinai. The name of the village is allegedly derived from Polish karmazyn "crimson". See also Karmazsin, a Hungarian occupational name for a dyer or for someone making dyestuff (taken directly from Hungarian karmazsin "crimson").

Karol Jewish (Ashkenazi), Polish, Rusyn, Slovak
Polish, Slovak Rusyn, Slovak: from the personal name Karol 1, Polish and Slovak equivalent of Charles.... [more]

Karp Polish
From Middle High German karp(f)e Middle Low German karpe or Slavic (Russian and Polish) and Yiddish karp ‘carp’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a carp fisherman or seller of these fish or a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish.... [more]

Karpenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Karp".

Karr German, Scottish, English
German: truncated form of Karren or Karrer.... [more]

Karrantza Basque
Habitational name from Basque Country, Spain, a Basque adaptation of Carrantia, a toponym probably of Cantabrian origin meaning "high rocks" (compare Basque harri "rock, stone" and (h)andi "big, large").

Karslake English
Variant spelling of Kerslake.

Karson English
Variant of Carson

Kartashyan Armenian
Means "son of the stonemason" from Armenian քարտաշ (kʿartaš) meaning "stonecutter, stonemason".

Karter Breton
Breton form of Carter. This was the birth surname of Breton-French explorer Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), who is known for discovering the gulf of St. Lawrence.

Kartman English
Variant of Cartman.

Kartman German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Kartmann.

Kartner German
Variant of Cartner

Karunanayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණානායක (see Karunanayake).

Karunarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාරත්න (see Karunaratne).

Karunarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාරත්න (see Karunaratne).

Karunaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාරත්න (see Karunaratne).

Karunasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුනාසේකර (see Karunasekara).

Karunasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".

Karunathilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).

Karunathileka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).

Karunatilaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).

Karunatilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).

Karunatillaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).

Karunatillake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).

Karunatilleke Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).

Karunawardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාවර්ධන (see Karunawardana).

Karunungan Tagalog
Variant of Caronongan.

Kasabyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղասաբյան (see Ghasabyan)

Kasahara Japanese (Rare)
From an additional character of Japanese 上 (ka) meaning "above; high; up" added to 砂原 (Sunahara) (see Sunahara).

Kasei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).

Käser German, German (Swiss)
occupational name for a cheesemaker or a cheese merchant (see Kaeser ). topographic name for someone who lived by a summer dairy in the Alps from a Tyrolean dialect word derived from Ladin casura... [more]

Kasey English
Variant of Casey.

Kashani Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Kashan in Isfahan province, Iran. The name may be derived from the Kasian, the original inhabitants of the area.

Kashevarov Russian
Derived from Russian кашевар (kashevar) meaning "cook (in military unit or team of workers)".

Kashgari Uyghur, Arabic
Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Kashgar, located in the Xinjiang region of western China. The city's name is of Persian origin probably meaning "rock mountain".

Kashibara Japanese
Variant of Kashihara.

Kashio Japanese
Derived from 柏 ka meaning oak, cypress./ 尾 shio meaning tail-end, a counter for fish, the lower slope of a mountain.

Kashiwabara Japanese
Variant of Kashiwahara.

Kashiwade Japanese (Rare)
This name is made of two symbols literally meaning "Chef".

Kashiwako Japanese
Kashiwa means "oak" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Kashiwara Japanese
Variant of Kashihara.

Kashmanian Armenian
this name is believed to be a version of the name of a city called kashman

Kasimov Russian
From the city of Kasimov, located in Ryazan district, Russia.

Kasmi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Kissami, used more frequently in modern times.

Kasner German, Jewish
Variant of Kästner.

Kasongo Central African
A Congolese surname derived from the town with the same name, located in the Maniema Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kasparian Armenian (Expatriate)
Variant of Gasparyan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.

Kasparov Armenian (Russified)
Russified form of Gasparyan. A notable bearer is Garry Kasparov (1963-), a Russian chess grandmaster.

Kasparyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Գասպարյան (see Gasparyan).

Kaspbrak Polish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Kasprzak.

Kasperovich Belarusian
The last name taken literally is Kasper's son with -vich being a common patronymic suffix in Belarus and other slavic countries. The Kasper likey refers to an unknown Kasper in the family. However some stories tie the name to one of the wise men who visited Jesus after his birth - not named in the Bible but later referred to as Gaspar or Caspar/Kaspar in Eastern European traditions.

Kasperson English
Means "Son of Kasper".

Kaspersson Swedish (Rare)
Means "Son of Kasper".

Kasprzyk Polish
Variant of Kasprzak.

Kassel German
habitational name mainly from a place of this name in northeastern Hesse so named from Frankish castella cassela "fortification" a military term from Late Latin castellum "fortified position fort" or a topographic name from the same word.

Kasselmann German
Combination of the German place name Kassel (or Cassel) and German Mann "man".

Kassem Arabic
From the given name Kassem, a form of Qasim.

Kasteel Dutch
Dutch cognate of Castle.

Kastelan Jewish
Variant of Kastellan.

Kastellan Jewish
Variant of Castellan.

Kastl German
From a pet form of the saint's name Castulus, itself a diminutive of the Latin adjective castus 'chaste'.

Kastrati Albanian
Derived from the name of the Kastrati tribe inhabiting the region of Malësia in northern Albania.

Kasuba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Kasymov Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen
Means "son of Qasim".

Kaszperuk Ukrainian (Polonized)
Polonised form of Kashperuk.

Katakami Japanese
Variant transcription of Katagami.

Katalinić Croatian
Means "son of Katalin" in Croatian.

Katamba Bemba
A surname of the Bemba tribe meaning "small wave". To the Lozi tribe, it means "fishing net".

Katerinopoulos Greek
Descendant or son of Katerina.

Kathakanonth Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kathalipatrasamit Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kathriner German (Swiss, Rare)
From the given name Kathrin + er meaning "of, from."

Katin Russian
Matronymic surname derived from a diminutive Katya of the Russian given name Yekaterina.

Katje Dutch
Diminutive form of the surname Kat.

Katoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Kato.

Katono Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 上遠野 (see Katōno).

Katsav Hebrew
Occupational name for a butcher, derived from Hebrew קַצָּב (qatzav) meaning "butcher, purveyor of meat". A famous bearer is former Israeli president Moshe Katsav (1945-), born Musa Qassab.

Katsir Hebrew
Variant of Katzir.

Katsouras Greek
Variant of Katsaros.

Kattan Jewish
Variant of Katan.

Kattan Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic قطان (see Qattan).

Katzav Hebrew
Variant of Katsav.

Katzen Jewish (Ashkenazi)
Katzen is a variant of Kotzen, or a shortened version of Katzenellenbogen. Its origins can also be traced back to a habitational form of Katzenelnbogen. There is no clear answer of where this surname exactly came from... [more]

Katzenberg Jewish
Elaboration of Katz with the old German word berg meaning "mountain".

Katziyr Hebrew
Variant of Katzir.

Katzman Slavic
Slavic form of Katz. Means "high priest, king".

Kauk German
probably a variant of Kauke from Middle Low German koke "cake" (dialect kauke) hence a metonymic occupational name for a baker or confectioner or a nickname for a cake lover.

Kauka Low German, Sorbian
Best known as the surname of a certain Rolf. It is perhaps a Sorbian and Northeast Low German variant of Kafka and Kawa, both of which mean ‘Jackdaw’ in Czech and Polish.... [more]

Kauke German
Variant of Kauk from Middle high German kauke "cake" hence a metonymic occupational name for a baker or confectioner or a nickname for a cake lover.

Kaunas Lithuanian
From Kaunas, the name of a city in Lithuania, itself most likely derived from a given name.

Kauppi Finnish
From the medieval variant of the given name Jaakob. In some cases from the Finnish archaic term meaning "merchant, trader".

Kaus German
From a regional (Hessian) variant of the habitational name Kues, from a place on the Mosel river, probably so named from Late Latin covis "field barn", "rack" and earlier recorded as Couese, Cobesa.

Kausch German
Pet name derived from the Old High German personal name Gozwin, of uncertain origin.

Kausch German
From a medieval form of the Old High German personal name Chuzo.

Kaut German
Netonymic occupational name for a flax grower or dealer, from Middle High German kute, from Kaut(e) "male dove", hence a metonymic occupational name for the owner or keeper of a dovecote.

Kautzman German
Variant of Kautzmann.

Kautzmann German
Variant of Kautz, with the addition of Middle High German -man "man".

Kavakami Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Kawakami more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Kavasaki Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Kawasaki more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Kavka Slovak, Ukrainian, Czech
Yet another variant of Kafka and its pop culture equivalents Kefka and Cefca. Also like Kaffka, it simply means ‘Jackdaw’ in Slovak.

Kawabara Japanese
Variant of Kawahara.

Kawabata Japanese
'Side or bank of the river'; written two ways, with two different characters for kawa ‘river’. One family is descended from the northern Fujiwara through the Saionji family; the other from the Sasaki family... [more]

Kawagai Japanese
Variant of Kawatani.

Kawagaya Japanese
Variant of Kawatani.

Kawarazaki Japanese
Variant of Kawarasaki.

Kawata Japanese
Variant transcription of Kawada.

Kawawara Japanese
Variant of Kawahara.

Kawaya Japanese
Variant of Kawatani.

Kawaye Japanese (Americanized)
Americanized form of Kawai.

Kawazaki Japanese
Variant of Kawasaki.

Kawazoe Japanese
Variant of Kawasoe.

Kawazu Japanese (Rare)
Kawa (川, 河) means "river", tsu (津) means "port". Tsu changes to zu/dzu because of rendaku

Kawka Polish
Polish variant of Kawa and cognate of Kafka.

Kayano Japanese (Rare), Brazilian
Kaya means "yew tree",and No means "field,meadow,wilderness".People with this last name are Kayano Gonbei (a samurai),Ai Kayano(a voice actress of MANY characters /more than 30),and Shigeru Kayano(an Ainu politician who lived well up to 2006)... [more]

Kayler English
Variant of Kaylor.

Kaylor Scottish, German
Variant of Scottish Keillor.... [more]

Kayser German
Variant of Kaiser.

Kaz Jewish
Variant of Katz.

Kazachenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Kozachenko, from Russian казак (kazak) "cossack".

Kazacov Russian
Variant spelling of Kazakov.

Kazakh Kazakh
Derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kazakhstan.'

Kazamatsuri Japanese
From Japanese 風祭 (Kazamatsuri) meaning "Kazamatsuri", an area in the city of Odawara in the prefecture of Kanagawa in Japan.