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Kawamoto Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kawana Hawaiian (?)

Kawanaka Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Kawanami Japanese

Kawanichi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and nichi means "sun, day".

Kawanishi Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".

Kawano Japanese
From the Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa or gawa) meaning "river, stream" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain, wilderness."

Kawanoue Japanese

Kawara Japanese
Variant Kahara.

Kawaragi Japanese
From 河 (ka) meaning "river, stream", 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain", and 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood".

Kawarasaki Japanese

Kawarazaki Japanese
Variant of Kawarasaki.

Kawase Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 瀬 (se) meaning "ripple, rapids, current".

Kawashita Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and shita means "under, below".

Kawasugi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and sugi means "cedar".

Kawasumi Japanese

Kawatani Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and tani means "valley".

Kawato Japanese
From 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 戸 (do) meaning "door".

Kawauchi Japanese
From Japanese 河 (kawa) or 川 (kawa) meaning "river" combined with 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Kawawara Japanese
Variant of Kawahara.

Kawaya Japanese
Variant of Kawatani.

Kawazaki Japanese
Variant of Kawasaki.

Kawazoe Japanese
Variant of Kawasoe.

Kaya Japanese
From 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate", combined with 屋 (ya) meaning "house, shop".

Kayama Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "increase, add" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

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]

Kayton English

Kazamachi Japanese

Kaze Japanese
Kaze means "wind".

Kazegai Japanese
Variant of Kazetani.

Kazegaya Japanese
Variant of Kazetani.

Kazemi Japanese

Kazeya Japanese
Variant of Kazetani.

Kazlowski Russian

Keal Irish (Anglicized)

Kealy Irish (Anglicized)

Kebukawa Japanese

Keele English

Kegasawa Japanese
From 気 (ke) meaning "feeling, spirit, mood", 賀 (ga) meaning "celebrate, congratulate, greet", and 沢 (sawa) meaning "swamp, marah".

Keidrich German

Keikilawa Hawaiian

Keira Japanese

Kelby English

Kells English

Kelsay English
Variant spelling of Kelsey.

Keltie Scottish

Kemble English

Kendrix English (American)
Patronymic form of Kendrick 1.

Kendy English (?)
Variant of Kindy(?).

Kengaku Japanese

Kenijima Japanese

Kenmochi Japanese
From 剣 (ken, tsurugi) meaning "sword" and 持 (mochi, ji, chi, mo.tsu) meaning "to hold, to have".

Kenmotsu Japanese

Kennedie Irish
Variant of Kennedy.

Kenners English

Kennerson English

Kensaki Japanese

Kenton English

Kenz Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)

Kenzaki Japanese
Variant of Kensaki.

Kenzie Irish (Anglicized)

Kepley English

Kerraghan Irish

Kerrod English

Keston English

Khatana Indian

Kibara Japanese
Variant of Kihara.

Kibuuka South African

Kichida Japanese
A variant pronunciation of Yoshida.

Kichita Japanese

Kichocho Chamorro

Kidamura Japanese
From 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood", 貴 (ki) meaning "valuable", or 喜 (ki) meaning "rejoice", combined with 田 (da) meaning rice paddy, field" and 村 (mura) means "hamlet, village".

Kido Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" or 城 (ki) meaning "castle" combined with 戸 (to) meaning "door".

Kidoh Japanese

Kidou Japanese

Kigawa Japanese
Variant of Kikawa.

Kihara Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kijima Japanese
Variant of Kishima.

Kikawa Japanese
From 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Kikkawa Japanese
From 吉 (kik) meaning "good luck, fortune" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Kikubara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kikuhara.

Kikuda Japanese
Kiku means "chrysanthemum" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Kikugai Japanese
Variant of Kikutani.

Kikugaya Japanese
Variant of Kikutani.

Kikumori Japanese
Kiku means "chrysanthemum" and mori means "forest".

Kikunaga Japanese

Kikuta Japanese
From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kikutani Japanese
Kiku means "chrysanthemum" and tani means "valley".

Kikuwara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kikuhara.

Kikuya Japanese
"Chrysanthemum valley."

Kilby English

Killing English

Killings English

Killingsworth English

Kilsby English

Kilton English

Kimbal English

Kimbel English

Kimbell English

Kimberlain English

Kimberle English
Variant of Kimberly.

Kimberlin English

Kimble English

Kimby Swedish (Rare)

Kimmell English

Kimmey Scottish

Kimoshita Japanese

Kimoto Japanese
Derived from the Japanese kanji 木 (ki) or 樹 (ki) both meaning "tree, wood, plant" combined with 本 (moto) or 元 (moto) both meaning "base, root, origin".... [more]

Kimotsuki Japanese

Kinamura Japanese

Kindersley English

Kindy English
"From Kinder".

Kinemuchi Japanese

Kingbird English

Kingetsu Japanese

Kingfisher English (Americanized, ?)

Kingford English

Kings English

Kingsbery English

Kingsby English

Kingslow English

Kingslowe English

Kingsman English

Kington English
Variant of Kingston meaning "King's Town".

Kingwell English

Kingwood English

Kino Japanese
From 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain, wilderness".

Kinoh Japanese

Kinose Japanese
Ki means "tree, wood", no could be a possessive particle or it could mean "field, wilderness", and se means "current, ripple".

Kinoshita Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood", an unwritten possessive marker 之 (no), and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Kinoue Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood", an unwritten possessive marker の (no), and 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper".

Kinsie Irish (?)

Kinuda Japanese

Kinugai Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kinutani.

Kinugasa Japanese
From Japanese 衣 (kinu) meaning "clothing, clothes" and 笠 (kasa) meaning "bamboo hat".

Kinugawa Japanese
From 絹 (kinu) meaning "silk" combined with 川 or 河 (gawa) meaning "stream, river".

Kinugaya Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kinutani.

Kinukawa Japanese
From 絹 (kinu) meaning "silk" combined with 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Kinuta Japanese

Kinutani Japanese
Kinu means "silk" and tani means "valley".

Kinuya Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kinutani.

Kipley English

Kipton English

Kira Japanese
From 吉 (ki) meaning "good luck, fortune" and 良 (ra) meaning "good".

Kiribara Japanese
A variant of Kirihara.

Kiribata Japanese
Variant of Kirihata.

Kiribayashi Japanese
From 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "woods, grove".

Kirida Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Kirieda Japanese
"Paulownia tree branch".

Kirigai Japanese
A variant of Kiritani.

Kirihara Japanese
From Japanese 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kirihata Japanese

Kirimura Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Kirino Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Kirita Japanese
Variant of Kirida.

Kiritani Japanese
From 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Kiriwara Japanese
A variant of Kirihara.

Kiriya Japanese
A variant of Kiritani.

Kirkley English

Kirkton English

Kiryuin Japanese (?), Popular Culture (?)
Either from 桐生 (Kiryu), a place name, combined with 院 (in) meaning "college" or 鬼 (ki, oni) meaning "demon" and 龍 (ryu) meaning "dragon, imperial" combined with 院 (in) meaning "college".

Kiryuu Japanese

Kisara Japanese

Kisby English

Kishibe Japanese

Kishigami Japanese

Kishii Japanese
Koshi means "shore, bank, beach" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Kishima Japanese

Kishimi Japanese
From 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach" and 見 (mi) meaning "see, perspective, view, outlook".

Kishimura Japanese

Kishio Japanese
Kishi means "bank, shore, beach" and o means "tail".

Kishlansky Russian (?)
Mark Kishlansky was a historian.

Kishu Japanese

Kiston English

Kitabashi Japanese
Variant of Kitahashi.

Kitabatake Japanese
From 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 畠 (batakat) meaning "field".

Kitada Japanese

Kitadai Japanese
From 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 代 (dai) meaning "society, world, cost, price" or 台 (dai) meaning "Taiwan, machine or vehicle counter, stand, pedestal".

Kitae Japanese

Kitagaki Japanese
From 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 垣 (gaki) meaning "hedge, fence".

Kitahara Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kitahashi Japanese
Kita means "north" and hashi means "bridge".

Kitakado Japanese
Kita means "north" and kado means "gate".

Kitakawa Japanese
Kita means "north" and kawa means "river, stream".

Kitakoji Japanese

Kitano Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kitao Japanese
From 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail".

Kitaoka Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Kitasawa Japanese
Kita means "north" and shima means "island".

Kitase Japanese
Kita means "north" and and se means "ripple".

Kitashima Japanese
Kita means "north" and shima means "island".

Kitaura Japanese
Kita means "north" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

Kitaya Japanese
From 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Kitchell English

Kitz German
Meaning "kid".

Kitzmüller German
Meaning "kid miller".

Kiuchi Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Kiwara Japanese
Variant of Kihara.

Kiyako Nigerian (?)

Kiyama Japanese

Kiyoda Japanese

Kiyoi Japanese

Kiyomizu Japanese
A variation of the popular surname Shimizu. 清 (Kiyo) means "Pure, Clean" and 水 (Mizu) means "Water".

Kiyomoto Japanese
Kiyo means "clean, pure" and moto means "origin".

Kiyonari Japanese

Kiyono Japanese

Kiyooka Japanese

Kiyosaka Japanese
Kiyo means "pure, clean" and saka means "slope, hill".

Kiyosaki Japanese
Kiyo means "pure" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Kiyose Japanese
Kiyo means "pure, clean" and se means "ripple".

Kiyoshi Japanese (Rare)
Means "pure, clean" in Japanese. It is more common as a given name (see Kiyoshi).

Kiyozaki Japanese
Variant of Kiyosaki.

Kjeldahl Danish

Klaarwater German
"Clear water."

Klarwasser German
"Clear water."

Klasky Sorbian, Belarusian, Czech, Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Polish, Serbian

Klinefelter German
Americanized form of Kleinfelder.

Kluver German
From the word kluven meaning "split wooden block". It used to refer to bailiffs.

Kneeland Irish (Anglicized)

Knife Indigenous American

Knoxville English

Kobai Japanese

Kobara Japanese
Variant of Kohara.

Kobashi Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" or 古 (ko) meaning "ancient, old, previous" combined with 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Kobashigawa Japanese
Variant of Kobashikawa.

Kobashiri Japanese

Kobasigawa Japanese (Anglicized)
The more common form of Kobashigawa in the Western world.

Kobata Japanese
Variant of Kohata.

Kobatashi Japanese

Kobokawa Japanese

Kobori Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 堀 (hori) meaning "moat, ditch".

Kochi Japanese

Kochiyama Japanese
From 河 (ko) meaning "river, stream", 内 (chi) meaning "inside" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kodaira Japanese
Ko means "small" and daira is a form of taira meaning "peace, level". ... [more]

Kodama Japanese

Kodera Japanese
"Little temple".

Koehn German

Koga Japanese
From Japanese 古 (ko) meaning "old, past" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate".

Kogaki Japanese

Kogami Japanese
Variant of Kokami.

Koganesawa Japanese

Koganezawa Japanese

Kogawa Japanese
Variant of Kokawa.

Kogino Japanese

Kohara Japanese

Kohashi Japanese
Ko means "small" and hashi means "bridge".

Kohata Japanese

Kohatsu Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" or 古 (ko) meaning "old", 波 (ha) meaning "wave", and 津 (tsu) meaning "harbor, port".

Kohchi Japanese

Kohchiyama Japanese
Variant of Kochiyama.

Kohira Japanese
A variant of Kodaira.... [more]

Kohls German

Kohno Japanese
Variant transcription of Kono.

Kohrogi Japanese

Kohrs German

Kohsaka Japanese
Variant transcription of Kosaka.

Kohyama Japanese
Variant transcription of Koyama.

Koida Japanese

Koide Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 出 (ide or de) meaning "rising."

Koigakubo Japanese
Koi means "love", ga is a language particle, ku means "long time ago, lasting" and bo means "guarantee, protect".

Koike Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "little, small" and 池 (ike) meaning "pond."

Koinuma Japanese
From 鯉 (koi) meaning "carp fish" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Koishi Japanese
Ko means "small" and ishi means "stone".

Koitabashi Japanese

Koiwai Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "little, small" combined with 岩 (iwa) meaning "stone" and 井 (i) meaning "pit, mineshaft, well" or 祝 (iwai) meaning "blessing, celebrate, congratulations".

Kokawa Japanese
Ko means "small" and kawa means "river".

Kokubun Japanese

Komaba Japanese
From 駒 (koma) meaning "young horse, foal" and 場 (ba) meaning "place".

Komada Japanese
Ko could mean "small, little" or "old", ma could mean "real, genuine" and da comes from ta meaning "rice paddy, field".

Komagata Japanese
Ko could mean "little, small" or "old". Ma could mean "genuine, real" or "horse". Gata could come from kata meaning "shape, form".

Komarova Russian

Komarovsky Russian (?)

Komata Japanese

Komatsu Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Komatsusaki Japanese

Komatsuzaki Japanese (Rare)
Ko ("Small") + Matsu ("Pine Tree") + Zaki ("Peninsula, Cape"). This is a uncommon name, but it has kanji that 90% of Japanese family names have.

Kome Japanese
Variant of Yone.

Komemoto Japanese
Kome means "rice, America" and moto means "base, origin, root, source".

Kometani Japanese
From 米 (kome) meaning "rice, America" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Komi Japanese

Kominami Japanese

Komine Japanese
Ko mean "small" or "light" and mine means "peak".

Komiya Japanese
小 (Ko) means "small" and 宮 (miya) means "shrine".

Komiyama Japanese

Komoku Japanese

Komoto Japanese

Komura Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small, Little" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village".

Komuta Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little", 無 (mu) meaning "naught, nothing" or 牟 (mu) meaning "pupil (of the eye)", and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kon Japanese

Konaka Japanese
小 (Ko) means "small" and 中 (naka) means "middle".

Kondoh Japanese

Konoike Japanese

Konparu Japanese
Kon means "gold" and paru is a form of haru, meaning "spring".

Konushi Japanese

Koorogi Japanese

Kore German

Koremune Japanese

Kores German

Koretsugu Japanese

Koriki Japanese