Browse Submitted Surnames

Vivar Spanish, History
From the village of Vivar, later renamed Vivar del Cid, nowadays part of Quintanilla Vivar located near Burgos, Castile and León, Spain.... [more]

Võlumägi Estonian
Võlumägi is an Estonian surname meaning "magic mountain".

Von Aachen German
Means "from Aachen", a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, ultimately derived from Latin acquae "water, water sources", referring to the sacred springs associated with the Celtic god Grannus.

Von Westphalen German
Denoted a person from Westphalia, a region of northwestern Germany, borrowed from Medieval Latin Westphalia, derived from Middle Low German Westvâlen "west field".

Vosberg German
Means "foxhole" or "fox hill", from vos "fox" and berg "hill, mountain".

Vreeswijk Dutch
Habitational name from a former village and municipality in the province Utrecht, Netherlands, derived from Old Dutch Frieso "Frisian" and wic "village, town"... [more]

Wachowski m Polish
Habitational name for a person from the village of Wachów

Wadia Indian (Parsi)
Parsi surname possibly derived from Wadia, the name of a village in Gujarat.

Wager German
An occupational name for an official in charge of the city scales.

Wahlberg German, Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Composed of German wal "field, meadow" or Swedish vall "grassy bank" and berg "mountain, hill".

Wäite Luxembourgish (Germanized, Rare)
The name originates from Luxembourg and the surrounding Germanic regions most notably the Rhenish Palatinate from around the 1800s. The word wäite is Luxembourgish for wide and also broad, the word wäit which is an alternative spelling of the Surname Wäite is Luxembourgish for far or distant.... [more]

Wakatani Japanese
Waka means "young" and tani means "valley".

Wakayama Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Wakiyama Japanese
From Japanese 脇 (waki) meaning "armpit, the other way" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Wakuri Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 和久利, 和久理, 和久里 or 和栗 with 和 (o, ka, wa, nago.mu, nago.yaka, yawa.ragu, yawa.rageru) meaning "harmony, Japan, Japanese style, peace, soften", 久 (kyuu, ku, hisa.shii) meaning "long time, old story", 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit", 理 (ri, kotowari) meaning "arrangement, justice, logic, reason, truth", 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village" and 栗 (ritsu, ri, kuri, ononoku) meaning "chestnut."... [more]

Walbrzychiak Polish
Means a person who is from the city of Walbrzych in Poland.

Waldorf German
Habitational name from any of at least three places so called, derived from Old High German wald "forest" and dorf "village, settlement"... [more]

Waldron Medieval German, Old Norman, Scottish Gaelic, English (British)
Derived from the German compound wala-hran, literally "wall raven", but originally meaning "strong bird". Also derived from the Gaelic wealdærn, meaning "forest dwelling", thought to be derived from the Sussex village of Waldron... [more]

Wallee German
Of French origin, denoting a person who lives in or is from a valley.

Walliser German
Denoting somebody from Valais (German form Wallis), a canton in Switzerland, or someone who immigrated from Valais, ultimately from Latin vallis "valley, vale".

Wan Chinese
From Chinese 万 (wàn) referring to a city that existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province.

Wannell English
English surname which was derived from a medieval nickname, from Middle English wann "wan, pale" (see Wann) and a diminutive suffix.... [more]

Warburton English
From the village and civil parish of Warburton in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire), England, derived from the Old English feminine given name Werburg (itself derived from wǣr meaning "pledge" and burh "fortress") and Old English tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".

Warden English
Occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Old French wardein meaning "protector, guard". It was also used as a habbitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Warden... [more]

Warder English
Weard ora. Place name in Wilshire. Became Wardour ( see castle & village). Became Warder.

Warnapura Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit वर्ण (varna) meaning "colour" or "caste" and पुर (pura) meaning "city".

Watayō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 濟陽 (Watayō), a variant reading of Japanese 濟陽 (Saiyō), from Chinese 濟陽 (Jìyáng) meaning "Jiyang", a town in the county of Xiayi in the city of Shangqiu in the province of Henan in China.... [more]

Watney English
Probably means "person from Watney", an unidentified place in England (the second syllable means "island, area of dry land in a marsh"; cf. Rodney, Whitney)... [more]

Wawrzyszewski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Wawrzyszew.

Weddell Scottish, English
Derived from Wedale, the original name of the parish of Stow in Scotland, possibly composed of Old English weoh "idol, image; temple, sacred place", weod "weed, herb", or wedd "pledge, contract" combined with dæl "dale, valley"... [more]

Wędrogowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Wędrogów.

Weidemann Medieval German, German (Austrian), Norwegian
Weidemann is a German family name and comes from the Middle High German terms for hunter or woad farmer.... [more]

Weiher German
Meaning:... [more]

Weldon English
Weldon is one of the many names that the Normans brought with them when they conquered England in 1066. The Weldon family lived in Northamptonshire, at Weldon.... [more]

Westbury English
English British surname originating as a place name. There are several Westbury villages, parishes and even Manors across England that have given the name Westbury to people who take up residence in or come from those places... [more]

Westendorf German
A habitational surname that means 'West Village' in German.

Wester German
From Middle High German wëster ‘westerly’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a regional name for one who had migrated from further west.

Westermann Low German
From Middle Low German wester meaning "westerly" and man meaning "man", making it a topographic surname for someone who lived west of a settlement or a regional surname for someone who had moved to the west... [more]

Westgate English
Topographic name for someone who lived near a west gate in a city, or a habitual surname for someone from Westgate. It is derived from Middle English west meaning "west" and gate "gate" (or "street" in northern and eastern areas; from Old Norse gata).

Westrop English (British)
Viking name local to Somerset and several counties in the North East of England. Approximate meaning "place to the west of the village with the church".

Whaley English
From the name of the village of Whaley and the town of Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, or the village of Whalley in Lancashire, England. It is derived from Old English wælla meaning "spring, stream" and leah meaning "woodland clearing".

Wheeldon English
Habitational name from a place in Derbyshire named Wheeldon, from Old English hweol ‘wheel’ (referring perhaps to a rounded shape) + dun ‘hill’, or from Whielden in Buckinghamshire, which is named with hweol + denu ‘valley’.

Whitcomb English (British)
means wide valley

Whitfield English
It is locational from any or all of the places called Whitfield in the counties of Derbyshire, Kent, Northamptonshire and Northumberland, or from the villages called Whitefield in Lancashire, the Isle of Wight and Gloucestershire.

Whittlesey English
A habitational surname for someone from Whittlesey, an ancient market town in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire in England. The town's name is derived from an unattested Old English personal name Wittel (or Witil), an occupational name given to a moneyer, and the Old English eg, meaning "island", also used to describe a piece of firm land in a fen... [more]

Wiberg Swedish
Combination of Old Norse víðr "forest, wood" (probably taken from a place name) and Swedish berg "mountain".

Wick English, German
English: topographic name for someone who lived in an outlying settlement dependent on a larger village, Old English wic (Latin vicus), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, of which there are examples in Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Worcestershire... [more]

Wickersham English
A habitational surname that originates from a lost medieval site or village of Norse origins.... [more]

Wien German, Jewish
Habitational name from the city of Vienna (German Wien Yiddish Vin)... [more]

Wiesenthal Jewish
Ornamental name from German Wiese "meadow" + Tal "valley".

Wightman English
"Wight" in Anglo-saxon could refer to a "soul," a "being," or to "courage." It is similar to the different meanings of the words "spirit" and "spirited." ... [more]

Wijayapura Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and पुर (pura) meaning "city".

Wijnaldum Frisian, Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
From Wijnaldum, the name of a village within the city of Harlingen in northwest Friesland in the Netherlands, derived from the given name Winald combined with Old Frisian hēm meaning "home, settlement"... [more]

Wildin English
The former placename is composed of the Olde English pre 7th Century words "wilg", willow, and "denu", a valley; while the latter place in Worcestershire is derived from the Olde English personal name "Winela", plus the Olde English "dun", a hill or mountain.

Wilewski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Wilewo.

Wimp English
The surname has at least two origins. The first is occupational and describes a maker of 'wimplels', an Old English veil later much associated with nuns. Second, it may also be locational from the village of Whimple in Devonshire, or Wimpole in Cambridge.

Winkel German, Jewish
Derived from Middle High German winkel "corner, angle", a topographic name for someone who lived on a corner of land in the country or a street corner in a town or city. This word also came to denote a corner shop (see Winkelmann)... [more]

Winkle English
it's said to originate from the village of Wincle, near the town of Macclesfield in the county of Cheshire.

Winstead English
Perhaps derived from the town of Wanstead in Greater London, England (recorded in the Domesday Book as Wenesteda), named with Old English wænn meaning "wagon" and stede meaning "place, site", but it is more likely derived from the village of Winestead in East Yorkshire, England, named from Old English wefa meaning "wife" and hamstede meaning "homestead"... [more]

Winterberg German
Habitational name from any of several places named with Middle High German winter "winter" and berg "mountain".

Winterbourne English (British)
Probably meaning "winter stream". A large village in Gloucestershire, From the Thomas Hardy novel "The Woodlanders".

Withall English
Possibly a variant of Whitehall or Whittle. Could alternatively derive from Withiel, the name of a village in Cornwall, ultimately from Cornish Gwydhyel meaning "wooded place".

Witham English
habitational name from any of various places so called particularly those in Essex Lincolnshire and Somerset though most often from Essex. The Essex placename may derive from Old English wiht "curve bend" and ham "village homestead"... [more]

Withiel Cornish (Anglicized, Rare)
From the name of a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, derived from Cornish Gwydhyel "wooded place" (compare Old Welsh guid "trees").

Withycombe English
Willow Valley. ... [more]

Wittman German
Wittman was first found in the Palatinate in the Rhineland valley. The surname Wittman was given to someone who lived in the area that was referred to as widem which was originally derived from the German word denoting church property.

Wlodawski Jewish
Habitual surname from Włodawa, Poland. First seen in a 1806 revision list of the city Kobryn (Grodno Guberniya), now Kobryn Belarus. ... [more]

Włoszczowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Lesser Polish localities: the town of Włoszczowa or the village of Włoszczowice.

Wójciński Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of the many places called Wójcin, or from Wójcina in Tarnów voivodeship, named with wójt meaning "village headman".

Wolfenden English
derived from the place called Wolfenden in the parish of Newchurch-in-Rossendale, Lancashire. The placename means "Wulfhelm's valley", or "the valley of Wulfhelm" derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name Wulfhelm, composed of the elements wulf "wolf" and helm "helmet, protection" and denu "valley".

Wolford German
Means where the wolves cross the river/stream. Wolf meaning the animal and Ford meaning crossing a body of shallow water.... [more]

Wujek Polish
It literally means "uncle" in Polish but it could possibly refer to the Polesian village of the same name.

Wünsche German
Probably denoted a person from Wendland, a region in Germany on the borders of the states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. Alternatively, the name could have been derived from Wendling, a municipality in the Grieskirchen District, Upper Austria, Austria.

Wuori Finnish
"mountain"

Wurzburger Jewish
"The Wurzburger surname is derived from the German city of Wurzburg, Bavaria, where Jews first settled in the 11th century. The German and Yiddish ending -er means 'of', 'from'." - from https://forebears.io/surnames/wurzburger

Wysokiński Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Wysokin.

Wyspiański m Polish
Derived from the Polish word wyspa meaning "island."

Wyszyński Polish
It indicates familial origin within any of several Podlachian villages named ''Wyszonki''.

Yabe Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 部 (be) "region," "division," "part."

Yago Japanese
Possibly from 谷 (ya, tani) meaning "valley" and 戸 (go, to) meaning "door".

Yahaba Japanese
From Japanese 矢幅 (Yahaba) meaning "Yahaba", a former village in the district of Shiwa in the former Japanese province of Rikuchū in parts of present-day Iwate and Akita in Japan.... [more]

Yajima Japanese
Derived from Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" or 谷 (ya) meaning "valley, lowland, plain" combined with 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".... [more]

Yakushiji Japanese
From Japanese 薬師寺 (Yakushiji) meaning "Yakushiji", a former village in the district of Kawachi in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke in present-day Tochigi, Japan.

Yama Japanese
Yama means "Mountain".

Yamabe Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Yamabi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 火 (bi), the joining form of 火 (hi) meaning "fire". It is a reference to an event when the leader of the Morioka Domain came to the mountains and the residents warmed him up by starting a fire using flint... [more]

Yamabushi Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and bushi means "warrior, samurai".

Yamadera Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and dera comes from tera meaning "temple".

Yamagata Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 形 (gata) meaning "shape, form" or 縣 (gata) meaning "county, district".

Yamahashi Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and hashi means "bridge".... [more]

Yamahata Japanese
From 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 端 (hata) meaning "tip, edge, end".

Yamai Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Yamakado Japanese
From 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 角 (kado) meaning "horn, corner" or 門 (kado) meaning "gate".

Yamakawa Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yamakuri Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and kuri means "chestnut".

Yamamae Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and mae means "front".

Yamamichi Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and michi means "path".

Yamamizu Japanese
山 (Yama) means "mountain" and 水 (mizu) means "water".

Yamamori Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Yamamura Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Yamanaka Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Yamane Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 根 (ne) meaning "root".

Yamano Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Yamanobe Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Yamanoue Japanese
Yama means "mountain", no is a possessive article, and ue means "above, top, upper".

Yamaoka Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Yamasato Japanese
This surname combines 山 (san, sen, yama) meaning "mountain" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village," 県 or 縣 - outdated variant of 県 - (ken, ka.keru) meaning "county, district, subdivision, prefecture," the last meaning reserved for 県.... [more]

Yamasawa Japanese
Yama means "hill, mountain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Yamase Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and se means "ripple".

Yamatani Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and tani means "valley". ... [more]

Yamauba Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山姥 (yamauba/yamamba) meaning "mountain hag", referring to someone with mountain hag-like traits.

Yamawaki Japanese
From 山 (yama, sen) meaning "mountain, hill", and 脇 (waki) meaning "armpit, side, flank, underarm".

Yamaya Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Yamura Japanese
From 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 村 (mura) meaning "village".

Yanagiya Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Yanong Filipino
Yanong in Tagalog can mean "that kind" or "that sort".It can also be a regional name from local dialects and cultures.

Yarmolenko Ukrainian
Regional name for someone from Yarmolyntsi, an urban-type settlement in Ukraine.

Yashima Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Yasura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 安良 (Yasura) meaning "Yasura", a former village in the former district of Izushi in the former Japanese province of Tajima in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.

Yasuyama Japanese
安 (yasu) means "peaceful, rested, relax, cheap, low" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".

Yayla Turkish
Means "mountain pasture, highland, plateau" in Turkish.

Yazawa Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yazdi Persian
Indicated a family or person from the city of Yazd in Iran

Yewdale English
Derived from Yewdale, which is the name of a village near the town of Skelmersdale in Lancashire. Its name means "valley of yew trees", as it is derived from Middle English ew meaning "yew tree" combined with Middle English dale meaning "dale, valley".... [more]

Yin Chinese
From Chinese 殷 (yīn) referring to the ancient city of Yin, which existed in what is now Henan province and served as the capital of the Shang dynasty (which reigned from 1600 to 1045 BC and was also called Yin).

Ylanan Filipino
Ylan or Ilan in Tagalog means "some" or a "few" it may suggest a regional or direct variation.

Yoichi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 与市 with 与 (yo, ata.eru, azuka.ru, kumi.suru, tomoni) meaning "bestow, participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend" and 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town."... [more]

Yoichien Japanese (Rare)
与 (Yo) meaning "give, award, participate", 市 (ichi) means "in the city, market" or "town" and 園 (en) means "garden".

Yoichimae Japanese (Rare)
与 (Yo) means "provide, give, award, participate", 市 (ichi) means "town, market, city" and 前 (mae) "front, forward".

Yokomura Japanese
横 (Yoko) means "Beside" and 村 (Mura) means "Village, Hamlet". Check the source if needed.

Yokoshima Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Yokotani Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "next to, beside" combined with 谷 (tani) "valley".

Yokoyama Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Yonemura Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and mura means "village".

Yoneyama Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Yorkshire English
From Yorkshire "the county of York". The place-name is recorded as Eoforwicscire in 1065 and derives from the city name York and Old English scir "district region".

Yoshimura Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good" or 佳 (yoshi) meaning "beautiful, good, excellent" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Yoshiyama Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "fortune, good luck" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Yotsuyanagi Japanese
From Japanese 四柳 (Yotsuyanagi) meaning "Yahaba", a former village in the district of Kashima in the former Japanese province of Noto in parts of present-day Ishikawa in Japan.... [more]

Youngberg Swedish (Americanized), Jewish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Jewish Jungberg, composed of German jung "young" and berg "mountain, hill", or of Swedish Ljungberg.

Youngkin Scottish (?), Irish (?)
Possibly derived from Younkin; A Strathclyde-Briton family from the Scottish/English Borderlands was the first to use the surname Younkin. It is a name for a person who was very young, from the Old English word yong and yung... [more]

Yue Chinese
From Chinese 岳 (yuè) referring to the ancient title Tai Yue (太岳), which was used by officials in charge of sacrificial rituals on mountain sites.

Yukiyama Japanese
This surname combines 幸 (kou, saiwa.i, sachi, shiawa.se, yuki) meaning "blessing, fortune, happiness," 雪 (setsu, yuki) meaning "snow" or 行 (an, gyou, kou, -i.ki, -iki, i.ku, okona.u, oko.nau, -yu.ki, -yuki, yu.ku) meaning "going, journey" with 山 (san, sen, yama) meaning "mountain."... [more]

Yuzurihara Japanese
Means "the field of the gentle Village". From the Japanese words Yasuri (gentle village) and Hara (plain, field).

Zafri Hebrew
From the name Ẓafār (Arabic: ظفار), also Romanized Dhafar or Dhofar, is an ancient Himyarite site situated in Yemen, some 130 km south-south-east of today's capital, Sana'a (Arabic: صَنْعَاء)... [more]

Zagórowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within either the Lesser Polish village of Zagórowa or the Greater Polish town of Zagórów.

Zahornacky South Slavic (Americanized, Modern, Rare)
Zahornacky is the americanized version of name Zahornitski, meaning “The people from over the mountain”. The name has roots in Czechoslovakian and Polish decent.

Zaldibar Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, derived from Basque zaldi "horse" and ibar "valley". Alternatively, the first element could instead be zaldu "wood, copse, forest".

Zaldívar Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Basque Zaldibar "horse valley".

Zamarripa Basque
Habitational name of the city and province of Zamora, which is located on the Duero in northwest Spain. Because of its strategic position, the city was disputed during the Middle Ages, first between the Christians and Moors, then between the kingdoms of Leon and Castille.

Zamora Spanish
Habitational name from Zamora, a city in northwestern Spain, of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Berber azemur "wild olive tree".

Zangoza Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese city.

Zanjani Persian
Indicated a person from the Iranian city of Zanjan.

Zaragoza Spanish, Aragonese
Name given to someone who was from the city Zaragoza in the Aragon region in Spain.

Zaslavsky Russian, Jewish
Name for someone from the city of Iziaslav (or Zaslav) in Ukraine, derived from the given name Iziaslav.

Zazzara Italian
Ancient and very noble Lazio family, with residence in the city of Viterbo, known as Zazzara or Zazzera, of clear and ancestral virtue, which has spread over the centuries in various regions of Italy.

Zebrzydowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Zebrzydowice.

Zehner German
(chiefly Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland, and Württemberg): occupational name for an official responsible for collecting, on behalf of the lord of the manor, tithes of agricultural produce owed as rent.... [more]

Zelensky Ukrainian
Habitational name derived from the village of Zelenki in the Kaniv region in Ukraine... [more]

Zelgowski Polish
Originally, surname Zelegowski was misheard as Zelgowski when Polish immigrants were first coming to the United States through Ellis Island... [more]

Žemaitaitis Lithuanian
From Lithuanian Žemaitija or Samogitian Žemaitėjė, an region in Lithuania.

Žemaitis Lithuanian
Derives from the Lithuanian ethnonym žemaitis "Samogitian", denoting someone who came from the Lithuanian region of Samogitia (Žemaitija). A notable bearer of this last name is Jonas Žemaitis, one of the leaders of the Lithuanian Partisans.... [more]

Zerhouni Arabic (Maghrebi), Northern African, Berber
Possibly refers to the Zerhoun mountain in Morocco. The family name originates from the city of Nedroma in Tlemcen, Algeria.

Zetterberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish säter "outlying meadow" and berg "mountain, hill".

Zgłobicki Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Zgłobice.

Zgłobieńiak Polish
Habitational name for somebody who comes from the village of Zgłobień in Poland.

Ziegenhorn Upper German (Archaic)
Goat horn, either 1. the horn of a goat, 2. Goat mountain, or 3. From goat mountain.

Zloczower Polish, Jewish
Denoted a person from Zolochiv (known as Złoczów in Polish), a small city in the Lviv Oblast of Ukraine.

Zoldan Italian
from the name place Zoldo. Zoldan indicates also the name of a little valley North from Venice.

Zolochivskiy Ukrainian (Rare)
This indicates familial origin within the Ukrainian city of Zolochiv.

Zuckerberg Jewish
Means "sugar mountain" from German zucker meaning "sugar" and Old High German berg meaning "mountain".

Zuhm Low German
Name of a noble family from the island of Rügen.

Zürcher German
Habitational name for someone from the Swiss city of Zurich.

Zurich German (Swiss)
Habitational name from a city in Switzerland named Zürich.

Żurowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Żurowa.

Żyźniewski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Żyźniewo.