Browse Submitted Surnames

Strain Scottish, Irish
Derived from the valley of the Aan, or strath Aan.

Straton English

Stratt English

Streatfield English

Streete English

Streetfield English

Streeton English

Suai Japanese

Succi Italian

Suda Japanese
From Japanese 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sudoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Sudo.

Sudou Japanese
Variant transcription of Sudo.

Sue Japanese

Suegara Japanese

Suegawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Suekawa.

Suekawa Japanese
Sue means "posterity, close, end, powder, tip" and kawa means "river, stream".

Suematsu Japanese
From 末 (batsu, matsu, sue) meaning "close, posterity, end, powder, tip" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine".

Suemune Japanese

Suenaga Japanese

Suenobu Japanese

Suetsugu Japanese

Suetsuna Japanese

Suetsune Japanese
A notable bearer is the actress Sachiko Chijimatsu (1937-), who was born Sachiko Suetsune.

Sueyoshi Japanese

Sugabara Japanese
Variant of Sugahara.

Sugahara Japanese
Suga means "sedge" and hara means "plain, field".

Sugai Japanese

Suganuma Japanese
From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Sugars German

Sugase Japanese
From 菅 (suga) meaning "reed, sedge, rush" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, shoal, ripple".

Sugatani Japanese
Suga means "sedge" and tani means "valley".

Sugawara Japanese
From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 原 (wara) meaning "field".

Sugaya Japanese
From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Sugida Japanese
Variant of Sugita.

Sugie Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Sugieda Japanese
杉 (Sugi) means "cedar" and 枝 (eda) means "branch, bought, twig".... [more]

Sugigai Japanese
Variant of Sugitani.

Sugigaya Japanese
Variant of Sugitani.

Sugihara Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Sugiki Japanese
Sugi means "pine, fir tree" and ki means "tree, wood".

Sugimiya Japanese
"Pine tree shrine."

Sugimori Japanese
杉 (Sugi) means "cedar tree" and 森 (mori) means "forest".

Suginaka Japanese
Sugi means "cedar" and naka means "middle".

Sugino Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Sugio Japanese
"Pine tree tail."

Sugisaki Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Sugitani Japanese
Sugi means "cedar" and tani means "valley".... [more]

Sugiuchi Japanese
Sugi means "cedar" and uchi means "inside".

Sugiya Japanese
Variant of Sugitani.

Sugo Japanese

Suguri Japanese (Rare)

Suguro Japanese

Suichi Japanese
Su means "oil" and ichi means "market".

Suisenji Japanese

Sumen Japanese

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".

Suzukamo Japanese

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

Tagomori Japanese

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".