LykoudisGreek Lykoudis (Greek: Λυκούδης) is a Greek surname, derived from the Greek word for wolf (Greek: λύκος, lykos). It may also have been used for individuals from the village of Lykoudi in Greece.
MacisItalian From Sardinian maccia "shrub, thick bush, brush", or possibly denoting someone from the village Simax.
MagallanesSpanish Spanish: Castilianized Form Of A Habitational Name From The Village Of Magaláns (Castilian Magalanes) In Pontevedra Province Galicia (Spain).
MagheryIrish Name for a resident of the village of town of Maghery in Northern Ireland.
MahatoIndian, Bengali, Hindi, Assamese, Odia, Nepali From a title given to the head of a village or a well-to-do peasant, possibly derived from Sanskrit महत् (mahat) meaning "great, large, big".
MaiaBasque From the name of a village in Navarre, Spain, called Amaiur in Basque, derived from amai "end, boundary, limit" (compare the given name Amaia).
MaiàCatalan Habitational name from Maià de Montcal, a village in Girona, or any of several other places named with Maià, which is of pre-Roman origin.
MaitraBengali Habitational name from either the village of Maitreya or Mohit (present-day locations unknown).
MajerleSlovene Slovene surname Majerle, a variant of the Polish, Czech, and Slovak Majer, which was a status name for "steward, bailiff, tenant farmer, or village headman", from the German Meyer 1.
MakerEnglish From the name of a village in Cornwall, England, derived from Old Cornish magoer meaning "wall" or "ruin".
MakimuraJapanese Maki can mean (牧) "shepherd" and mura can be spelled like this (村) meaning "hamlet, village".
MalkawiArabic (Arabized) The surname 'Malkawi' deprives from the town of Malka, a small village in Jordan bordering Syria.
MalsagovIngush (Russified) Russified form of the Ingush clan name Малсагнаькъан (Malsagnaqan) meaning "tribe of Malsag", from a given name derived from Ingush малх (malkh) meaning "sun, solar" and саг (sag) meaning "person, man".
ManheimGerman, Jewish Habitational name from the city of Mannheim in southwestern Germany (formerly the residence of the electors Palatine) so named from the ancient Germanic personal name Manno (see Mann ) annd Old High German heim "homestead"... [more]
ManivanhLao From Lao ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel" and ວັນ (vanh) meaning "sun, day".
ManjarrezSpanish Habitational Name From Manjarrés A Village In La Rioja Province.
ManleyEnglish Habitational name from places in Devon and Cheshire, named in Old English as "common wood or clearing", from (ge)mǣne "common, shared" and lēah "woodland clearing". The surname is still chiefly found in the regions around these villages.
MarigoItalian Either from Venetian marigo "mayor of a rural village", or from the given name Amerigo.
MarjoribanksScottish Reputedly from the name of a Scottish estate (Ratho-Marjoribankis) bestowed on Robert the Bruce's daughter Marjorie on her marriage in 1316... [more]
MarkerGerman Status name for someone who lived on an area of land that was marked off from the village land or woodland, Middle High German merkære.
MassinghamEnglish From the name of either of two villages in Norfolk, England, meaning "Mæssa’s village", composed of the personal name Mæssa and possessive suffix ing combined with ham "home, settlement".
MastenbroekDutch Originally indicated a person from the polder area of Mastenbroek in the Dutch province of Overijssel, as well as a small village built around a church in the middle of that polder area. The place names derive from Middle Dutch mast meaning "pole, mast" or "pig feed, fodder" combined with broek meaning "marsh, wetland".
MasvidalSpanish surname formed by the union of the word, mas, meaning a house from rural zones that is appart from the village and is surrounded by farming land and forests; and another word relating to the owner of the mas.
MatharuIndian (Sikh, Modern) Matharus were fierce warriors especially during, the time when the Matharu tribe, had converted to Sikhism; they fought numbers of wars for Guru Gobind Singh, Banda Singh Bahadur and Jassa Singh Ramgarhia.... [more]
MathenyFrench (Anglicized) Of French origin. According to Matheny family tradition, this surname comes from the name of a village in France named Mathenay. This may also have been a French Huguenot surname.
MatontiEnglish My grandfathers last name from Italy . He grew up in Naples but the name is from a small country village by Tuscany named Matonti. That's all we know so far.
MaudlingEnglish From the medieval female personal name Maudeleyn, the English form of Greek Magdalene, the sobriquet in the New Testament of the woman Mary who was cured of evil spirits by Jesus... [more]
MccolganIrish, Scottish Has several possible meanings. It might mean someone from the village of Kilcolgan, County Galway; a follower of St. Columba; or the son of someone named Colga... [more]
MeadesEnglish The name Meades is a plural variation of the name Meade, Mead, Mede, etc., the spelling being rather arbitrary and phonetic in the middle ages (even among the very few scribes, clerics and high-born persons who were literate) and without due consideration of standarized form, hence the various spellings of the name today... [more]
MeguriJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 廻 (meguri), from 廻り (meguri) meaning "transport route, regular visit". This is the name of a former village in the district of Aira in the former Japanese province of Ōsumi in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
MehraIndian, Hindi, Punjabi Either derived from Middle Persian mihr meaning "friendship, sun" or from a Punjabi word meaning "chief, master".
MendinuetaBasque From the name of a village in Itzagaondoa, Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque mendino "small mountain" and the toponymic suffix -eta "place of, abundance of".
MendiolaBasque From the name of a village in Álava, Basque Country, derived from mendi "mountain" combined with either ola "hut, cabin; foundry, factory" or -ola "place of".
MengChinese From Chinese 孟 (mèng) meaning "eldest brother". It was also adopted by descendants of Meng Sun, a prince from the state of Lu that existed during the Zhou dynasty.
MerkhGerman (Anglicized, ?) Anglicized form of the name Märkh, a German name that existed in southern Germany with Arabic roots tied to the village of al-Märkh in Qatar; the name became Anglicized in the early 17th century. It is one of those surnames where anyone who possesses it is related to everyone else who possesses the name.
MessamEnglish (British) originates from a place called Measham in the county of Leicestershire. The placename is first recorded in the famous Domesday Book of 1086, as Messeham, and in the Pipe Rolls of the county of 1182 as Meisham... [more]
MethenyEnglish Originated from the village name of Methley in Yorkshire.
MethvenScottish From the village name "Methven" in Scotland.
MichalczewskiPolish This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Michalczew.
MirotvoretsRussian Means "maker of peace" in Russian, from мир (mir) "peace" and творец (tvorets) "creator, maker". Probably given to someone who often mediated fights between villagers.
MitamuraJapanese From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy", and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
MitchamEnglish Habitational name from Mitcham in Surrey so named from Old English micel "big" and ham "village homestead" or ham "water meadow" meaning either "the great homestead" or "the great meadow".
MitfordEnglish From the name of a village in Northumberland, England, derived from either Old English midd "middle" or (ge)myþe "confluence, stream junction, river mouth" combined with ford "ford, river crossing".
MiyanichiJapanese Miya means "temple, palace, shrine" and nichi means "sun, day".
MiyasatoJapanese From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 里 (sato) meaning "village".
MiyazatoJapanese From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 里 (sato) meaning "village".
MizumuraJapanese Mizu means "water" and mura means "village, hamlet".
MoclinSpanish A town positioned outside of Granada and Toledo Spain, its current occupants number in the thousands. But, 700’s this town was positioned in a mist of sprawling Moorish control. And, for the next 800 years, it was the epic center of Europe’s culture and medicine... [more]
MotomuraJapanese Moto means "origin, source" and mura means "village, hamlet".
MstishynUkrainian It indicates familial origin within the eponymous village.
MuffettScottish A different form of Moffatt. 'Little Miss Muffett' is a traditional nursery rhyme: Little Miss Muffett / Sat on a tuffet, / Eating her curds and whey; / There came a big spider, / Who sat down beside her / And frightened Miss Muffet away. It has been speculated that 'Miss Muffett' is Patience Muffet, the daughter of the physician and entomologist Dr Thomas Muffet (1553-1604).
MumbyEnglish Habitational name from a place in Lincolnshire so named from the Old Norse personal name Mundi (see Monday ) + Old Norse bȳ 'farmstead village'.
MuradaJapanese From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
MurahamaJapanese Mura means "hamlet, village" and hama means "seashore, veach".
MurahashiJapanese Mura means "village, hamlet" and hashi means "bridge".
MurahayashiJapanese Mura means "village, hamlet" and hayashi means "forest, grove".
MuraiJapanese From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
MurajiJapanese From 村 (mura) meaning "village" and 治 (ji, haru, osamu) meaning "clinical, administer, govern, rule".
MurakamiJapanese From the Japanese 村, 邑 or 邨 (mura) meaning "hamlet, town, village" combined with 上 (kami) meaning "upper, top, above" or 神 (kami) meaning "god" or 守 (kami) meaning "guard, protect, defend."
MurakawaJapanese From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
MurakiJapanese From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
MurakitaJapanese From 村 (mura) meaning "village, town, hamlet" and 北 (kita) meaning "north".
MurakoJapanese (Rare) Mura means "village, hamlet" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".
MuramatsuJapanese From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
MuramoriJapanese Mura means "village, hamlet" and mori means "forest".
MuranakaJapanese From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "village" combined with 中 (naka) meaning "inside, middle".
MuranoJapanese Mura means "village, hamlet" and no means "wilderness, plain, field."
MuraoJapanese From 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail".
MuraokaJapanese From 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
MurasawaJapanese From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".
MuraseJapanese rom Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".
MurashimaJapanese Shima means "island" and mura means "hamlet, village".
MurataJapanese From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
MuratagiJapanese From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "village", 田 (ta) meaning "rice field" and 義 (gi) meaning "righteousness".
MurayamaJapanese From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
MurayoshiJapanese Mura means "village, hamlet" or "town" and yoshi means "good luck".
MurkowskiPolish This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Murkowo.
NadolnyPolish, Jewish, Sorbian Topographic name from Polish nadól, Sorbian nadol "downwards", denoting someone who lived lower down in a village on a slope, or on relatively low-lying ground.
NainggolanBatak From the name of a village located on the island of Samosir in Lake Toba (itself on the island of Sumatra).
NaitanaItalian, Sardinian Probably from the name of a disappeared village, itself derived from Latin navita "sailor, navigator".
NakasatoJapanese From Japanese 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship" and 里 (sato) meaning "village".
NakazatoJapanese From 中 (naka) meaning "center, middle" and 里 (sato) meaning "village."
NamazuJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 鯰 (Namazu) meaning "Namazu", a former large village in the former district of Aida in the former Japanese province of Mimasaka in parts of present-day Okayama, Japan.
NatsumeJapanese From Japanese 棗 (natsume) meaning "jujube". Natsume was a large village in the former district of Sakai, but the surname could also be from the former name for the area of Ishishimbo.
NepalNepali Name for someone from the village of Nepa in western-central Nepal.
NesbittScottish, Irish, English Derives from the hamlets of East Nisbet and West Nisbet, Berwickshire. Some bearers of Nisbet/Nesbitt (and variant) names may originate from the village of Nisbet in Roxburghshire.
NettingEnglish As Needham the derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th century elements 'ned' meaning need, with 'ham', a homestead or village, the name indicating a place that provided a poor living.
NeudorfGerman Derived from various places named Neudorf. From German neu meaning "new" and dorf meaning "village". This surname had been used by the Mennonite communities in Mexico.
NevilisVenetian (Archaic) An extinct surname. Likely derives from Italian "neve", meaning "snow". This surname was possibly given as a nickname to someone with light hair or fair skin. It could also be a cognate of the French surname Neuville.
NeyGerman, English A dialectal form of the common German word neu "new".... [more]
NieuwenhuisDutch Means "new house" in Dutch. Indicated that the bearer lived in a new house or lived in a village of the same name
NiezabitowskiPolish This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Lesser Polish villages: Niezabitów or Niezabitów-Kolonia.
NimuraJapanese From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
NireharaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 楡原 (Nirehara), an variant reading of 楡原 (Nirebara) meaning "Nirebara", a former large village in the district of Koshi in the former Japanese province of Echigo in parts of present-day Niigata, Japan or an area in the same place, in the city of Nagaoka in the prefecture of Niigata in Japan.
NishantIndian Derived from the Sanskrit name for dawn or the end of night. In Sanskrit Nisha (निशा) means 'Night' and Ant (अन्त) means 'End', which can be alliterated as the end of night or the first ray of the morning sun.
NizińskimPolish Might be derived from a Polish village called Niziny. It comes from Polish nizina, meaning "plain, lowland."
NoarEnglish This surname is thought to be derived from nore which could mean "shore, cliff." This could denote that someone might have lived in a shore or cliff. It may also be used as a surname for someone who lived in the now 'diminished' village of Nore in Surrey.
NõmmeEstonian Nõmme is an Estonian surname, derived from "nõmm", meaning "heath". It is also the name of several locations of towns and villages in Estonia.
NomuraJapanese From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
NonomuraJapanese From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field" and 村 (mura) meaning "village".
NordenskiöldSwedish, Finland Swedish (Archaic) Combination of Swedish nord "north" and sköld "shield". Norden is also the Swedish name for the Nordic countries, but it is not the element used in this surname. Nordenskiöld is a Swedish and Fennoswedish noble family, the first known members are brothers Anders Johan Nordenskiöld (1696-1763) and Carl Fredric Nordenskiöld the elder (1702-1779)... [more]
NoriegaAsturian This indicates familial origin within an eponymous village.
NoronhaPortuguese Derived from Noreña, the name of a village in Asturias, northern Spain.
NorthamEnglish habitational namefrom Northam (Devon) Northam Farm in Brean (Somerset) Northam in Southampton (Hampshire) or a lost Northam in Redbridge Hundred Hampshire. The place names derive from Old English norþ "north northern" and ham "village homestead" or ham "water meadow".
NoshoJapanese From 納 (no) meaning "payment, supply, acceptance" and 庄 (sho) meaning "village, manor, hamlet."
NouveauFrench Denoting someone who was new to a village or country. From French meaning "newcomer".
NovoselecCroatian Derived from nov, meaning "new", and selo, meaning "village", so the possible meaning is "the one who's new to the village".
NovoselićCroatian Derived from nov, meaning "new", and selo, meaning "village", so the possible meaning is "the one who's new to the village".... [more]
NovoselovmRussian From Russian новый (novyy), meaning "new", and село (selo), meaning "village".
NovotutovmRussian Maybe from Russian новый (novyy) meaning "new", and тут (tut), meaning "here", probably denoting to a new person in a village.
OakwellEnglish Probably either from the former village of Oakwell-in-the-Blean in the county of Kent, or Ockwell Manor, and again a former village, near Bray, in Berkshire
ObolenskyRussian Indicates familial origin within the village of Obolensk in the Kaluga Oblast, Russia. This was the name of a Russian aristocrat family of the Rurik Dynasty.
OdomEnglish Medieval nickname for someone who had climbed the social ladder by marrying the daughter of a prominent figure in the local community, from Middle English odam ‘son-in-law’ (Old English aðum).
OeffeltDutch Oeffelt is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant, part of the Boxmeer municipality.
OgasawaraJapanese From Japanese 小笠原 (Ogasawara) meaning "Ogasawara", a former village in the former district of Koma in the former Japanese province of Kai in parts of present-day Yamanashi, Japan.
OginskiaiLithuanian This indicates familial origin within the village of Uogintai.
OglethorpeEnglish From Oglethorpe Hall in Bramham (WR Yorks) which is recorded as Ocelestorp in 1086 and Okelesthorp in 124 The place-name derives from the Old Scandinavian personal name Oddkell and Old Scandinavian or Old English þorp "secondary settlement outlying farmstead" meaning "Oddkell's village" the surname derived from oddr "point of a weapon" and ketill "cauldron".
OkocimskiPolish This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Okocim.
OmtzigtDutch Derived from Dutch omzicht meaning "cautious, careful, circumspection", ultimately from the verb omzien meaning "to look around". It may have originated in a Dutch village with several farms named Omzicht, or as a nickname for a cautious person... [more]
ŌmuraJapanese From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
ÖngoEstonian Öngo is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "õng", meaning "fishing rod/pole" or from the village of Õngu in Hiiu County.
OnidiItalian Denoting someone from Onida, a former village.
OppegårdNorwegian Habitational name meaning "upper farm". Derived from Old Norse uppi "upper" and garðr "farm, yard". This was the name of several farmsteads in Norway. ... [more]
OrbisonEnglish From a village in Lincolnshire, England originally called Orby and later Orreby that is derived from a Scandinavian personal name Orri- and the Scandinavian place element -by which means "a farmstead or small settlement."
OrczyHungarian Was the surname of a family of Hungarian nobility (including Baroness Emmuska Orczy, author of *The Scarlet Pimpernel*) originating from the village Orczi (now called Orci).
OryschakUkrainian Refers to someone from the village of Oryshkivsti in Ternopil Oblast in present-day Western Ukraine.
OsatoJapanese O means "big" and sato means "hamlet, village, town".
OsowskimPolish Habititional surname for someone from a village called Osowa, derived from Polish osowy meaning "aspen" (the type of tree).
OssolińskiPolish This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Ossolin.
ØstbyNorwegian Habitational name from farmsteads in Norway named Østby or Austby. Derived from Old Norse aust "east" and býr "farm, village".
OudelandDutch Habitational name from places called Oudeland in the Netherlands, or perhaps the village of Oudelande in the Dutch province of Zeeland. Their names mean "old land" in Dutch.
OudshoornDutch From the name of a former village in South Holland, Netherlands, derived from Out, a Middle Dutch diminutive of the given name Otgar, and hoorn "horn; corner, protruding bend (of a river)"... [more]
OueslatiArabic (Maghrebi) Habitational name for someone from the village of Oueslatia in northern Tunisia.
OverholserGerman (Swiss) The Oberholtzer family originated in the Swiss village of Oberholtz, south of Zurich, before the 15th century. However, in 1661, one family left Switzerland for the Palatinate in Germany.
OwariJapanese From Japanese 終 (owa) meaning “last, to finish” and 里 (ri) meaning “village, the home of one’s parents, hometown”. The latter character is also an archaic Japanese unit of area.
PagánSpanish Castilianized spelling of Catalan Pagà, from the Late Latin personal name Paganus, which originally meant "dweller in an outlying village" (see Paine).
PaitonEnglish Locational surname derived from the village of Peyton in Essex, England; Variant of Peyton
PająkowskiPolish This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Pająków.
PalolaFinnish Probably from Palo, the name of many Finnish villages or palo meaning "fire" and the suffix -la signifying a place.
PaluchowskiPolish This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Paluchów.
PamireddyIndian, Telugu From the name of the village of Pamidi in Andhra Pradesh, India, combined with Telugu రెడ్డి (reddi) meaning "village headman". The village's name means "snake killer" from Telugu పాము (pamu) meaning "snake, serpent".
PanbalPunjabi The surname Panbal is predominantly associated within the Sikh Jatt community. The surname "Panbal" is a distinctive Punjabi Jatt surname rooted in the region of Punjab, specifically associated with Pandori Ganga Singh in Hoshiarpur district... [more]
ParajuliNepali From the name of a village in Dailekh District called Parajul.
PareliusNorwegian Latinization of a learned Hellenized translation of either Solvorn, a placename in Luster (Sogn og Fjordane), or of Solnør, a placename in Skodje/Ørskog (Møre og Romsdal), Norway. The surname itself is then derived from Greek para heliou "near (or close by) the sun".
ParleyEnglish A place name meaning "pear field" from Old English 'per' with 'lee' or 'lea' meaning a field or clearing, perhaps where land was cleared to cultivate pear trees. Therefore this name denotes someone who lived near or worked at such a location or came from a habitation associated with the name... [more]
PećanacSerbian Habitational name for someone from the village of Peći, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
PenryWelsh, Cornish, English Derived from Welsh ap Henry meaning "son of Henry". It is also a variant of Pendray, which is derived from a place name in Cornwall meaning "top of the village" in Middle Cornish... [more]
PerhamEnglish A variation of the English name Parham, based on the village of Parham (one in county Suffolk, another in county Sussex). From the Old English peru, meaning "pear" (the fruit), and ham, meaning "homestead".
PerpichEnglish (American) Americanized spelling of Croatian and Serbian Prpić. Prporuše was a term denoting young girls who, in the dry season, would visit houses in the village and pray for rain.
PerskyBelarusian, Lithuanian, Jewish Derived from the village of Pershai in the Valozhyn District of Belarus, or the place named Perki in Lithuania.
PikalovmRussian Means "from Pikalovo, Pikalevo, Pikalev" or other similar sounding places. These are the names of various Russian villages.
PirhadiPersian Either from Persian پیر (pir) meaning "old" combined with Hadi or from the name of the Persian village of Pirhadi.
PlevnelievBulgarian From the Bulgarian name for the Greek village of Petroussa (called Plevnya in Bulgarian), itself derived from Bulgarian плевня (plevnya) meaning "barn". A notable bearer is Bulgarian president Rosen Plevneliev (1964-).
PlievIngush (Russified), Ossetian (Russified) Russified form of an Ingush and Ossetian name, which is derived from the name of an Ingush teip (clan). The name itself comes from Plievo, the name of a village in Ingushetia, which means "village of the sons of Pkhile", referring to a given name possibly derived from Ossetian пыл (pyl) meaning "elephant".
PogonowskiPolish This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Lesser Polish villages.
PolliEstonian Possibly derived from the name of a village in Estonia, which may be related to põld "field".
PoortvlietDutch From the name of the village and former municipality called Poortvliet in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands, derived from Middle Dutch port meaning "port, harbour, storage yard, city" and vliet meaning "brook, stream, river, creek, inlet"... [more]
PotockiPolish This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Potok, Gmina Szydłów.
PotulickiPolish This indicates familial origin within either of 3 Greater Polish villages named Potulice.
PowroznikPolish Derived from Powroźnik, a village in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland.
PratleyEnglish Originates from a now "lost" medieval village believed to have been in the south east of England.
PrusinowskiPolish (Rare) Habitational name for someone from any of various Polish places called Prusinow, Prusinowo, or Prusinowice, named with the ethnic name Prus, meaning 'village of the Prussians'.
PrzespolewskiPolish This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Greater Polish villages in Gmina Ceków-Kolonia: Przespolew Pański or Przespolew Kościelny.
PulowGerman Pulow is the name of a small village in the northeast of Germany. There is also a lake with the same name.
PungaMaori The name means "reason, cause, origin". Punga is the name of the daughter of Ra (Sun) and his spouse Tame. This was the name of Ngati Mutunga chief Apitea Punga (1827?-1885) who had Moriori slaves and was a big land owner... [more]
PurzyckiPolish This indicates familial origin within either of 3 Masovian villages: Purzyce, Purzyce-Rozwory, or Purzyce-Trojany.
PuttickEnglish (British) A variant spelling of the Sussex surname Puttock from the Village of Puttock, which itself derives from the Old English "Puttocke" a bird of prey, the kite. ... [more]
QuestedEnglish (British) English surname of uncertain origin, possibly derived from the lost village of Questers.
QuezonFilipino Meaning uncertain, possibly a variant of Quizon or from Hokkien 郭孫 (keh-sun) derived from 郭 (keh) meaning "outer city" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild"... [more]
QuimsonFilipino From Hokkien 金孫 (kim-sun) meaning "golden grandchild".
RabsztyńskiPolish This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Rabsztyn.
RadleyEnglish From rēadlēah meaning "red clearing". Radley is a village and civil parish in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.
RadolińskiPolish This indicates familial origin within the Greater Polish village of Radolin.
RaffordScottish, English From a village called Rafford in Moray, Scotland. The surname itself is derived from Gaelic rath meaning "fort, dwelling", and ford reffering to a river crossing.
RavenscarEnglish (British) From a coastal village with the same name, located in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England.
RavenswaaijDutch From the name of a village in Gelderland, Netherlands, meaning "Raven’s ford", derived from the personal name Raven combined with Old Dutch wade "ford, shallows", later reinterpreted as Middle Dutch way "pool, kolk lake".
ReddishEnglish This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Reddish,' a village near Stockport, Cheshire.
RédeyHungarian Indicated a person from Kisréde or Nagyréde, a village in Hungary.
RedgraveEnglish From the name of a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, derived from Old English hrēod meaning "reed" or rēad "red", and græf meaning "pit, ditch" or grāf "grove"... [more]
RequiãoPortuguese Derived from the name of a village in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal, ultimately from the name of Rechila, a 5th-century Suevic king of Gallaecia.
RibchesterEnglish This name originates from the small village in Lancashire that shares the same name. Interestingly, most people with the name 'Ribchester' are in Lancashire, but a lot are also found in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
RichEnglish Derived from the name of a (former) village in Lincolnshire, England named with the Old English element ric "stream, drainage channel".
RoffeyEnglish There are two small villages named "Roffey". One in England, near Horsham, and one in France, Burgundy. The name is of Norman orgin. First mentioned in (surviving English documents) in 1307 when a George Roffey buys a house... [more]
RoginJewish Habitational name from any of various villages named Rogi or from Rogin, all in Belarus.
RomanskyCzech, Slovak, Polish, Russian In Czech and Slovak usage, it is a habitational name from Romanov, a village in central Bohemia. In Polish usage, it is a habitational name for someone from any of several places in Poland called Romany, named with the personal name Roman... [more]
RoncesvallesSpanish The name of a village in Navarre (Spain) where there was a Priory of Saint Mary of which the Hospital of Our Lady of Rouncevale at Charing Cross London was a cell.
RosevearCornish, English From the name of a Cornish village near St Mawgan which derives from Celtic ros "moor, heath" and vur "big".
RostworowskiPolish This indicates familial origin within the Greater Polish village of Rostworowo.
RouthEnglish From the village and civil parish of Routh in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (recorded in the Domesday book as Rutha). The place name may derive from Old Norse hrúedhr meaning "rough shaly ground"... [more]
RoxburghScottish From Roxburgh, a village near the market town of Kelso in the Scottish Borders area in Scotland, derived from the Old English byname Hroc meaning "rook" and burh meaning "fortified place"... [more]
RózsavölgyiHungarian, Jewish Either a Magyarized form of Rosenthal, or a habitational name denoting a person from the village of Ružindol in the Trnava region of Slovakia (formerly a part of Hungary and called Rózsavölgy).
RundellEnglish Nickname derived from a diminutive of Middle English and Old French rond, rund meaning "fat, round" (see Rounds), or derived from Rundale, a local place in the village and civil parish of Shoreham in Kent, England, named with Old English rum(ig) meaning "roomy, spacious" and dæl meaning "valley".
RusskikhRussian Means "Russian" in Russian, probably used as a nickname for a person who lived in a village where the majority of residents were non-Russian.
RzewuskiPolish It indicates familial origin within the Podlachian village of Rzewuszki.
SabusawaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 寒風沢 (Sabusawa), a clipping of 寒風沢浜 (Sabusawahama) meaning "Sabusawahama", a former village in the district of Miyagi in the former Japanese province of Rikuzen in parts of present-day Miyagi and Iwate in Japan, or a clipping of 浦戸寒風沢 (Uratosabusawa) meaning "Uratosabusawa", an area in the city of Shiogama in the prefecture of Miyagi in Japan.... [more]
SakhnoUkrainian From any Ukrainian village called Sakhno (Сахно), the name itself of unknown origin.
SalmingSwedish (Rare) Derived from Salmi, the name of a small village in Northern Sweden (see also Salmi).
SamsonFilipino From Hokkien 三孫 (sam-sun) meaning "third grandson".
SamuraJapanese Sa means "support, assist" and mura "village, hamlet" or "town".
SanyalBengali Habitational name from the village of Senlal (or Sen Lal) in present-day Bangladesh.
SaotomeJapanese From Japanese 早乙女 (saotome) meaning "Saotome", a former village in the former district of Shioya in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke in present-day Tochigi, Japan. The name of the location itself is derived from Japanese 早乙女 (saotome) meaning "a woman who plants rice in the fields"... [more]
SarakatsanisGreek Derived from the Greek Σαρακατσάνοι (Sarakatsanoi) referred to an ethnic Greek population subgroup who were traditionally transhumant shepherds, native to Greece, with a smaller presence in neighbouring Bulgaria, southern Albania, and North Macedonia... [more]
SarasibarBasque From sarats "willow" and ibar "valley". It's the name of a village in Navarre.
SarnowPolabian (Germanized), German From the village of Sarnow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Surname of the mayor of Stralsund Karsten Sarnow.
SarōdoJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 佐良土 (Sarōdo) meaning "Sarōdo", a former village in the district of Nasu in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke.
SatodaJapanese From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
SatoiJapanese From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
SatokiJapanese Sato means "village, city" and ki means "wood, tree".
SatomiJapanese Sato means "village" and mi means "mindset, view, outlook".... [more]
SatomiyaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
SatomuraJapanese From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".
SatoyaJapanese From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
SawamuraJapanese From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, marsh" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
SawickiPolish This indicates familial origin anywhere within a cluster of 3 Podlachian villages in Gmina Repki: Sawice-Dwór, Sawice-Wieś, or Sawice-Bronisze.
SaysonFilipino From Hokkien 世孫 (sì sun) meaning "direct lineal descendant" or 西孫 (sai sun) meaning "western grandchild".
SchermerhornDutch From Schermerhorn, the name of a village in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands, derived from Dutch schermer meaning "fencer" and hoorn meaning "horn". It was borne by the Dutch politician Willem "Wim" Schermerhorn (1894-1977), a Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
SchneeGerman, Popular Culture A German surname meaning "snow". One fictional bearer of this surname is Weiss Schnee, a main character from the popular web series RWBY.
ScotfordEnglish Derived from Scotforth, the name of a village near Lancaster (in Lancashire) in England. The village's name means "ford of the Scot(s)" and is derived from Old English Scott "Scot" combined with Old English ford "ford".
ScreetonEnglish Locational surname originating from the village of Screveton in Nottinghamshire. Derived of Old English elements scīr-rēfa "sheriff" and tun "settlement".
ScudamoreAnglo-Norman A locational surname that was first recorded in England in 1264. Derived from one of the ancient villages of Fifield Scudamore or Upton Scudamore, with Scudamore coming from the Old English scitemor, which means "one who lived at the moor."
SeedorfGerman habitational name from any of the numerous places so named from See "lake" and Dorf "village".
SekulicSerbian There is possibility that name come from latin word secolo, means century. Usual Serb end of surname is IC. All Serbs-Montenegrians, also small number of Croats who has that surname has origion from heart of Montenegro... [more]
SemerEnglish From the village of Semer in Suffolk.
SemuraJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village".... [more]
SenriJapanese (Rare) This surname is used as 千里 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (type of measurement), village."... [more]
SerdàCatalan (Valencian) Variant of Cerdà, or from the name of the village of Cerdà (also called La Serda) in the province of Valencia in Spain.
SerednickimPolish Habitational surname for someone from a village called Serednica, meaning uncertain.
SettaiJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 摂待 (Settai) meaning "Settai", a former village in the former district of Hei in the former Japanese province of Rikuchū in parts of present-day Iwate and Akita in Japan or a division in the same place, in the area of Tarō in the city of Miyako in the prefecture of Iwate in Japan.... [more]
SevernyymRussian Means "northern". Likely denoted to someone who lived in the northern part of a village.
SharafkandiKurdish Denoted a person from Sharafkand, a village in the Central District of Bukan County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.
ShebaniArabic (Maghrebi) From the name of an Arab tribe which is derived from Arabic شيب (šīb) meaning "white hair, grayness" or "cold, snow". This surname is chiefly used in Libya.
SheptitskiyUkrainian This indicates familial origin with the village of Sheptychi in Ukraine, which, as of February 2017, is located within Sambir Raion in the Lviv Oblast.
ShigemuraJapanese Shige means "luxurious" and mura means "hamlet, village" or "town".
ShimomuraJapanese From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
ShimuraJapanese From Japanese 志 (shi) meaning "will, purpose" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
ShinmuraJapanese From 新 (shin, ara, nii) meaning "new, fresh" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".
ShippōJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 七宝 (Shippō) meaning "Shippō", a former village in the district of Toyota in the former Japanese province of Aki in parts of present-day Hiroshima, Japan.