Browse Submitted Surnames

Sumida Japanese
From Japanese 住 (sumi) meaning "dwelling, residence, abode" or 隅 (sumi) meaning "corner, nook" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sumigai Japanese
Possibly from (ko) meaning "small" and 住 (sumi) meaning "residence, dwelling, abode" or 隅 (sumi) meaning "corner, nook.

Sumigaya Japanese

Sumikura Japanese
Sumi means "pure" and kura means "storehouse, warehouse".

Sumino Japanese

Sumita Japanese

Sumitani Japanese

Sumitomo Japanese
From Japanese 住 (sumi) meaning "living" and 友 (tomo) meaning "friend".

Sumiya Japanese

Sumiyoshi Japanese
From Japanese 住 (sumi) meaning "dwelling, residence, abode" and 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck".

Summerton English

Sumura Japanese
From 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Sunabe Japanese

Sunada Japanese
From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sunadori Japanese (Rare)
漁 (Sunadori) means "fishing".

Sunaga Japanese

Sunagawa Japanese
From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sunahara Japanese
From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, plain, field".

Sunako Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 砂 or 沙 (suna) both meaning "sand" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child".

Sunamoto Japanese
Suna means "sand" and moto means "origin, source, root".

Sunata Japanese

Suoh Japanese

Suruga Japanese

Suruki Japanese

Suta Japanese

Sutherly English
Variant of Southerly.

Suwa Japanese
From Japanese 諏 (su) meaning "consult, confer" and 訪 (wa) meaning "visit, call on".

Suwabe Japanese
A notable bearer is Junichi Suwabe, a singer and voice actor.

Suwada Japanese

Suwano Japanese

Suwata Japanese

Suyama Japanese
From Japanese 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Suzuda Japanese

Suzugai Japanese
Variant of Suzutani.

Suzugawa Japanese
Variant of Suzukawa.

Suzugaya Japanese
Variant of Suzutani.

Suzuhira Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and hira means "peace, level, even".

Suzukawa Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and kawa means "river, stream".

Suzumiya Japanese (Rare)
Suzu means "chime, bell" and miya means "shrine".

Suzumoto Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and moto means "base, source, root, origin".

Suzushiro Japanese
From 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell, chime" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".

Suzuta Japanese

Suzutani Japanese (Rare)
Suzu means "bell, chime" and tani means "valley".

Suzuura Japanese
Suzu means "chime, bell" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

Suzuya Japanese (Rare)
This is the more commonly heard variation of Suzutani.

Sweat English

Syoukai Japanese

Syouki Japanese

Tabako Japanese (Rare)

Tabata Japanese

Tabeta Japanese
In eastern Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands, its often written as 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field" and 端 (beta) meaning "edge, end". However, tabe has also been spelled with 多 (ta) meaning "many" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Tabida Japanese

Tabio Japanese

Tabira Japanese

Tabita Japanese

Tabukasa Japanese

Tabuse Japanese

Tachigawa Japanese
Variant of Tachikawa.

Tachikawa Japanese
Tachi means "stand" and kawa means "river, stream".

Tachikura Japanese
Tachi means "stand" and kura means "granary, storehouse, warehouse, have, possess".

Tadanaga Japanese

Tadokoro Japanese
Tadokoro literally means "farmland, country". It is spelled with 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 所 (dokoro) meaning "place, institute, plant, station".

Taenaka Japanese

Tagami Japanese

Tagashira Japanese
From 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" combined with 頭 (hashira) meaning "head, brain".

Taglieri Italian

Taida Japanese

Taita Japanese

Taite English

Tajiri Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "paddy, field" combined with 尻 (shiri) "behind, end, rear".

Takagahara Japanese

Takagai Japanese

Takagaki Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "high, tall" and 垣 (gaki) meaning "fence".

Takagami Japanese

Takagaya Japanese

Takagiri Japanese
高 (Taka) means "high, tall, expensive" and giri is a variant of 桐 (Kiri) meaning "foxglove, paulownia tree".... [more]

Takahama Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and hama means "beach".

Takahata Japanese
高 (Taka) means "expensive, tall, high" and 畑 (hata) means "field, farmland".... [more]

Takahide Japanese (Rare)
Taka means "eagle" such as in surname "Takasu" but more commonly means "tall,high" instead. Hide means "fine,excellence". This must be one of the very few Japanese surnames that has "Hide" in it. It is mostly just a first name element... [more]

Takaki Japanese
Taka means "high" and ki means "wood, tree".

Takaku Japanese

Takakura Japanese

Takamatsu Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Takami Japanese
Taka means "High, Tall, Expensive" and Mi means "Viewing, See, Outlook".

Takamine Japanese
Tákats means "high, expensive" and mine means "peak".

Takamizu Japanese

Takamura Japanese
Taka means "high, expensive, tall" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Takanaka Japanese
From 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle, in between".

Takanashi Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 梨 (nashi) meaning "pear".

Takao Japanese
From 高 (taka) meaning "high, tall, expensive" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Takaoka Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Takara Japanese
From 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high, boasting" and 良 (ra) meaning "good".

Takasato Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and sato means "village, hamlet, type of measurement, league, parent's home".

Takase Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".

Takashina Japanese

Takashio Japanese (Rare)

Takasu Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 須 (su) meaning "necessary".

Takasumi Japanese

Takata Japanese
Variant of Takada.

Takatani Japanese

Takatō Japanese

Tákats Hungarian

Takatsuka Japanese
Taka means "high" and tsuka means "mound, hill".

Takatsuki Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, expensive" combined with 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon, month" or 槻 (tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree".

Takatsutsumi Japanese
Taka means "high, tall, expensive" and tsutsumi means "river, bank, enbankment, dike".

Takaura Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

Takawa Japanese

Takaya Japanese

Takayama Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Takayanagi Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".

Takayasu Japanese
Taka means "tall, high" and yasu means "cheap, inexpensive, relax"

Takazaki Japanese
Variant of Takasaki.

Takazato Japanese
高 (Taka) means "high, expensive, tall" and zato is a variant of 里 (sato) meaning "type of measurement, village, league, parent's home". ... [more]

Takazuka Japanese
Variant of Takatsuka.

Takeba Japanese

Takebara Japanese
Variant of Takehara.

Takebe Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial", 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo", or 建 (take) meaning "build, construct", and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Takegawa Japanese
Variant of Takekawa.

Takegoshi Japanese

Takehara Japanese (Rare)
Take means "Bamboo" while Hara means "Plain". This surname means " Plain of the Bamboo". Takehara is also a city in Hiroshima and a railway station.

Takehomi Japanese

Takei Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" or 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Takeiri Japanese

Takeishi Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" or 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone".

Takekawa Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and kawa means "stream, river".

Takemitsu Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and mitsu can mean "light".

Takemiya Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Takemizu Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Takemori Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and mori means "forest".

Takemoto Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Takemura Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Takeno Japanese
From Japanese and 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" combined with 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Takenouchi Japanese

Takeo Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and o means "tail".

Takeoka Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and oka means "ridge, hill".

Takesada Japanese

Takesawa Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Taketa Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Taketatsu Japanese
竹 (Take) means "bamboo", 達 (tatsu) means "reach". ... [more]

Taketsuru Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) "bamboo" and 鶴 (tsuru) "crane (bird)".

Takewara Japanese
Variant of Takehara.

Takeyama Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Takeyoshi Japanese
From 武 (take) meaning "military" and 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck, fortune".

Takezawa Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Takezo Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and zo means "castle".

Takezou Japanese

Taki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids".

Takida Japanese

Takigai Japanese
Variant of Takitani.

Takigami Japanese

Takigawa Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Takigaya Japanese
Variant of Takitani.

Takiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, opening, entrance".

Takikawa Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and kawa means "river, stream".

Takimoto Japanese
From Japanese 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Takimura Japanese
Taki means "waterfall, rapids" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Takino Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and no means field, rice paddy".

Takinoue Japanese
Taki means "waterfall", no is a possessive particle meaning "therefore, of", and ue means "top, above, upper".

Takisaki Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Takita Japanese

Takitani Japanese
Taki means "waterfall, rapids" and tani means "valley".

Takiyama Japanese
From Japanese 滝 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Takizaki Japanese
Variant of Takisaki.

Takizawa Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and zawa comes from sawa meaning "marsh, swamp".

Takubo Japanese

Takuma Japanese

Takumi Japanese
From 宅 (taku) meaning "home, house, residence" and 見 (mi) meaning "see, view, outlook".

Takushi Japanese

Tallman English

Tamachi Japanese

Tamada Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tamagawa Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "gem, jewel, ball" and 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Tamai Japanese
From the Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball, bundle" and 井 (i) meaning "well, pit, mineshaft".

Tamakawa Japanese
Tama means "jewel square" and kawa means "river".

Tamakoshi Japanese
From 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball" and 越 (koshi) meaning "pass, go over, cross, exceed, surpass, transgress".

Tamamoto Japanese, Ryukyuan, Okinawan
From 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball" and 元 (moto) meaning "origin".

Tamamura Japanese
Tama means "Jewel" and Mura means "village."... [more]

Tamanaha Japanese

Tamaoi Japanese (Rare)

Tamara Japanese (Rare)

Tamari Japanese

Tamata Japanese

Tamatsuka Japanese
Tama means "jewel" and tsuka means "mound".

Tamayama Japanese
玉 (Tama) means "jewel, gem" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".

Tamekiyo Japanese

Tamekuni Japanese

Tamenori Japanese

Tami Japanese

Tamukoh Japanese

Tanabata Japanese (Rare)
This surname refers to the Japanese Star Festival on July 7th.

Tanada Japanese

Tanahashi Japanese

Tanase Japanese
From 棚 (tana) meaning "shelf", 種 (tana) meaning "seed", 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field" combined with 名 (na) meaning "name, reputation, status", or 多 (ta) meaning "many, various" combined with 那 (na) meaning "what", that is then combined with 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current, ripple, torrent"

Tanata Japanese

Tane Japanese

Taneda Japanese
From 種 (tane) meaning "seed" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".

Tanegashima Japanese

Tanehira Japanese

Taneichi Japanese
From Japanese 種 (tane) meaning "seed, pit, origin" and 市 (ichi) meaning "market, shop".

Tange Japanese

Tangoku Japanese

Taniai Japanese

Tanibara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Tanihara.

Tanida Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tanie Japanese
Tani means "valley" and e means "inlet, river".

Tanifuji Japanese
Tani means "valley" and fuji means "wisteria".

Tanigawa Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Tanihara Japanese
Tani means "valley" and hara means "plain". ... [more]

Tanikawa Japanese
From the Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "stream, river."

Tanikuwa Japanese

Tanimizu Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Tanimoto Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Tanimura Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Taninaka Japanese
Tani means "valley" and naka means "middle".

Tanino Japanese
From 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain".

Tanioka Japanese
Tani means "valley" and oka means "ridge, hill".

Tanisawa Japanese
Tani means "valley" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Tanita Japanese

Taniura Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Taniwara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Tanihara.

Taniyama Japanese
Tani means "valley" and yama means "mountain". ... [more]

Tanizawa Japanese
Variant of Tanisawa.

Tannhäuser German
Habitational name for someone from any of the places called Tannhausen in Brandenburg, Silesia or Württemberg.

Tano Japanese
From 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness, plain".

Tanobe Japanese

Tanooka Japanese

Tanose Japanese
From 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy", 野 (no) meaning "field, plain, wilderness", and 瀬 (se) meaning "ripple, rapids, current".

Tanoue Japanese
Ta means "field, rice paddy", no is a possessive particle, and ue means "above".

Tanuma Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Taoda Japanese

Tarabe Japanese

Tarkington English

Tarumoto Japanese

Tasaka Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Tasaki Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Tasawa Japanese
Variant of Tazawa.

Tashima Japanese
Ta means "field, rice patty" and shima means "island".

Tashimo Japanese

Tashiro Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 代 (shiro) meaning "price, cost".

Tat Vietnamese

Tatami Japanese

Tatar Indian

Tatara Japanese
From 多 (ta) meaning "many", 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji, combined with 良 (ra) meaning "good".

Tate Japanese
Tate can mean "rise, stand".

Tatebe Japanese
From 立 (tate) meaning "stand, set up, establish" and 部 (be) meaning "section, department, category".

Tateishi Japanese
Tate can mean "rise, stand" and ishi means "rock, stone".

Tatematsu Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tate) meaning "stand, rise" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Tateno Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tate) meaning "stand, rise" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tateoka Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tate) meaning "stand, rise" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Tates English
This is a variant of rather Tate or Tate, both having the same origin.

Tatewaki Japanese
From the Japanese 舘 (tate) meaning "mansion, large building, palace" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side."

Tateyama Japanese
From Japanese 館 (tate) meaning "large building, mansion" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Tatsuda Japanese
From 竜 (tatsu) meaning "dragon" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tatsuki Japanese
Tatsu can mean "dragon" and ki means "tree, wood".

Tatsumi Japanese
This surname is used as the combinations shown above, as well as others that aren't on this entry.... [more]

Tatsumura Japanese
Tatsu means "dragon" and mura could mean "town" or "hamlet, village".

Tatsuoka Japanese
Tatsu means "Stand" or "Dragon, Imperial", and Oka means "Ridge, Hill."

Tatsushima Japanese
立 (Tachi) means "stand" and 島 (shima) means island.... [more]

Tatsuta Japanese

Tattiparthi Indian

Taue Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper".

Taura Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Tawa Japanese

Tawada Japanese

Tawaraya Japanese

Tawata Japanese
Variant of Tawada.

Tayama Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Tazawa Japanese
From the Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" or 多 (ta) meaning "various, many" combined with 澤 or 沢 (sawa) meaning "wetland, marsh, swamp."

Tejima Japanese
Variant of Teshima.

Temmyo Japanese

Ten Chinese

Tenkubashi Japanese (Rare)
From 天 (ten) meaning "heaven", 空 (ku) meaning "sky", and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Tennille American

Tennis English

Tenryo Japanese

Tenryu Japanese

Terada Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Teragai Japanese

Teragaya Japanese

Teraguchi Japanese
Tera means "temple" and guchi means "opening, mouth".

Terai Japanese
Tera means "temple" and i means "well".

Teraji Japanese
Tera means "temple" and ji means "road".

Terajima Japanese
Variant of Terashima.

Terakado Japanese
From 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" meaning 門 (kado) meaning "gate".

Teramura Japanese

Teranishi Japanese

Terao Japanese
Tera means "temple" and o means "tail".

Teraoka Japanese
Tera means "temple" and oka means "hill".

Terasaki Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Terashita Japanese

Terata Japanese

Teratani Japanese
Tera means "temple" and tani means "valley".

Tereschchenko Ukrainian, Russian
Variant of Tereshchenko.

Teribury English

Teriimana Tahitian

Terreberry English

Terrebery English

Terryberry English

Teshima Japanese

Tester English
From the Old French nickname testard, essentially meaning "big head", for a know-it-all.