Browse Submitted Surnames

Iwaoka Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Iwasa Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid".

Iwasawa Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Iwase Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "boulder, cliff, rocks" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".

Iwashimizu Japanese
From 岩 (iwa) meaning "rock, cliff", 清 (shi) meaning "pure, purify, exorcise, clean", and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Iwashita Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "boulder, cliff, rocks" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Iwatake Japanese

Iwatsubo Japanese

Iwawaki Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and waki means "side".

Iwazaki Japanese
Variant of Iwasaki, meaning "stone slope, hill."

Iya Japanese

Iyadomi Japanese

Iyama Japanese
I means "well, pit, minehaft" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Iyazoi Japanese

Iyobe Japanese
From 伊 (i) meaning "that one, Italy" combined with 豫 (yo) meaning "in advance, beforehand", or 五 (i) meaning "five" combined with 百 (yo) meaning "hundred, many, hundred", that is then combined with 部 (be) meaning "section, part".

Izawa Japanese
Variant of Isawa.

Izukura Japanese

Izumigawa Japanese
Variant of Izumikawa.

Izumikawa Japanese
Izumi means "fountain" and means "river".

Izumiya Japanese

Izutsu Japanese

Jabes Spanish

Jabez Spanish

Jackey English

Jacklin English

Jacque French

Jacquette French

Jamet French

Jarra Spanish

Jaya Hindi, Marathi, Telugu

Jayanthi Tamil, Indian, Kannada

Jayapal Indian

Jayashankar Indian

Jeet Indian

Jefson English
"Son of Jef".

Jersey English

Jessie English
Possibly a variant of Jessey, an occupational name for someone making jesses (a short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry).

Jhatoliya Rajasthani

Jikumaru Japanese

Jimbō Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jimeson English

Jimison English

Jimmerson English

Jimmison English

Jimson English

Jinbo Japanese
From 神 (jin, kami) meaning "god, deity, divine" combined with 保 (ho, tamotsu) meaning "protect".

Jinda Japanese

Jingu Japanese
Formed with 神 (shin, jin, kami, kan, kou) meaning "god" and 宮 (kyuu, guu, kuu, miya) meaning "palace, shrine".

Jingushi Japanese

Jinnai Japanese

Jinzai Japanese

Jito Japanese

Jitsue Thai

Jitsue Japanese (Rare)

Jitsumori Japanese

Jizodo Japanese

Jodai Japanese

Joneson English

Josephsen English
Variant of Josephson meaning "Son of Joseph."

Joysmith English

Juang Chinese

Judkin English

Judkinson English

Jundo Japanese

Kaba Turkish
Means "rough, rude, coarse" in Turkish.

Kaba Japanese
From Japanese 樺 (kaba) meaning "birch tree".

Kabara Japanese
Variant of Kahara.

Kabashima Japanese
From Japanese 樺 (kaba) meaning "birch tree" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kabe Japanese (Rare)
Ka ("Increase,Step Up"), ... [more]

Kaburagi Japanese
A notable bearer is Saiko Kaburagi, an artist.

Kaburaki Japanese

Kada Japanese

Kade English

Kadohata Japanese
Kado means "gate" and hata means "field".

Kadohira Japanese
Kado means "gate" and hira means "peace, level, even".

Kadokawa Japanese
From 門 (kado) meaning "gate" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Kadokura Japanese
From 門 (kado) meaning "gate" and 倉 (kura) meaning "storehouse".

Kadomatsu Japanese (Rare)
Kado ("Gate") + Matsu ("Pine Tree").

Kadoshima Japanese (Rare)
I don't want to assume it's rare but it's definitely uncommon. Kado means "Gate" and Shima means "Island".

Kadota Japanese (Rare)
Kado means "gate" and ta means "rice paddy, field".

Kadowaki Japanese
From Japanese 門 (kado) meaning "gate, entrance" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".

Kadoya Japanese
From Japanese 門 (kado) meaning "gate, entrance" and 屋 (ya) meaning "house, dwelling" or 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow".

Kagami Japanese
From 加 (ka) "increase, add, addition, Canada include, join" combined with 賀 (ga) meaning "joy, congratulate, greet, celebrate", 立 (takao, tatsu, ritsu) meaning "stand up, rise, erect, set, establish" combined with 基 (ki) meaning "underlying, base, basis, radicals" or 各 (kaku) meaning "each" combined with 務 (mu) meaning "duties, task, affairs" (各務 as a word means "duties")... [more]

Kagawa Japanese
From Japanese 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" or 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Kagaya Japanese

Kagayama Japanese

Kagen Japanese

Kageyuki Japanese

Kagoshima Japanese

Kagunaka Japanese

Kahale Hawaiian
"The house".

Kahara Japanese

Kaiba Japanese
From Japanese 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean" and 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf".

Kaida Japanese

Kaieda Japanese

Kailer English

Kaino Japanese

Kainou Japanese

Kaito Japanese
From 海 (kai, umi) meaning "sea, ocean" and 藤 (to, fuji) meaning "wisteria".

Kajibara Japanese
Variant of Kajihara.

Kajihara Japanese
Kaji means "wind" and hara means "plain, field".

Kajikawa Japanese

Kajima Japanese
Variant of Kashima.

Kajiura Japanese (Rare)
Kaji means "wind" and Ura means "seacoast, bay".... [more]

Kajota Polish

Kakashi Japanese
This might come from the given name.

Kakawa Japanese

Kakesu Japanese

Kakibara Japanese
Variant of Kakihara.

Kakida Japanese

Kakii Japanese
Kaki means "pomegranate" means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Kakimaru Japanese

Kakimura Japanese
Kaki means "persimmon" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Kakino Japanese

Kakinoki Japanese
From 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon", ノ (no) an invisible possessive particle, and 木 (ki) meaning "wood, tree".

Kakinuma Japanese
Kaki means "Persimmon" and Numa means "Swamp".

Kakisaki Japanese
Kaki means "persimmon" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".

Kakisawa Japanese

Kakiwara Japanese
Variant of Kakihara.

Kakizaki Japanese
Variant of Kakisaki.

Kakizawa Japanese

Kako Japanese
From 加 (ka) meaning "increase, add, Canada" and 古 (ko) meaning "old".

Kaku Japanese
From Japanese 角 (kaku) meaning "corner".

Kakugai Japanese
Variant of Kakutani.

Kakugaya Japanese
Variant of Kakutani.

Kakuta Japanese
From 角 (kaku) meaning "corner" and 田 (da) meaning "rice paddy, field".

Kakuya Japanese
Variant of Kakutani.

Kal Korean

Kamachi Japanese
From 蒲 (kama) meaning "reed, bulrush" and 池 (chi) meaning "lake, pond, moat".

Kamada Japanese
From Japanese 鎌 (kama) meaning "sickle, scythe" and 田 (Ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kamai Japanese
Kama means "honeysuckle" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Kamakubo Japanese

Kamakura Japanese
Kama means "honeysuckle" and kura means "storehouse."

Kambayashi Japanese

Kamegai Japanese
"Turtle valley".

Kamegaya Japanese
"Turtle valley".

Kamenaga Japanese

Kametani Japanese
"Turtle valley."

Kametaro Japanese (Rare)

Kameya Japanese
"Turtle valley".

Kamezaki Japanese
From 亀 (kame) meaning "tortoise, turtle" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula, promontory".

Kamida Japanese

Kamigai Japanese

Kamigawa Japanese
Variant of Kamikawa.

Kamigaya Japanese

Kamihigashi Japanese

Kamiike Japanese

Kamijo Japanese

Kamijou Japanese

Kamikawa Japanese

Kamimoto Japanese

Kamimura Japanese
Kami means "god" or "top, upper" and mura means "village, hamlet "

Kamio Japanese
From 神 (kami) meaning "god, deity" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end, foot of a mountain".

Kamioka Japanese

Kamisaka Japanese
Kami can mean "god" or "above, upper, top" and saka means "hill, slope."

Kamisaku Japanese

Kamita Japanese

Kamitai Japanese

Kamitani Japanese

Kamiyama Japanese
From Japanese 神 (kami) meaning "god" or 上 (kami) meaning "above, upper" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kamizaka Japanese
Variant of Kamisaka.

Kamizawa Japanese

Kamon Japanese

Kamori Japanese
Ka means "increase, step up" or "congratulation" and mori means "forest".

Kamosawa Japanese
Kamo means "duck" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Kamura Japanese

Kamuro Japanese

Kanagai Japanese
Variant of Kanatani.

Kanagaya Japanese
Variant of Kanatani.

Kanai Japanese

Kaname Japanese
Kana means "gold, metal, money" and ne means "root, origin".

Kanamoto Japanese
Kana means "gold, metal, money" and moto means "origin, root, source".

Kanani Indian, Gujarati

Kanaoka Japanese
Kana means "metal, money, gold" and oka means "hill, mound",

Kanasawa Japanese
Kana means "gold, metal, money" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Kanata Japanese
Variant of Kanada.

Kanatani Japanese

Kanatsu Japanese

Kanaya Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "metal, money" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Kanayama Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "metal, money" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kanba Japanese
From 樺 (kanba) meaning "birch".

Kanbe Japanese
It's written as kan meaning "god, deity" and be meaning "door".

Kaneki Japanese
This surname is used as 金城, 金木, 金気, 金喜, 兼城, 兼木 or 鹿子木 with 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane, -gane) meaning "gold," 兼 (ken, ka.neru, -ka.neru) meaning "and, concurrently," 城 (jou, shiro, ki) meaning "castle," 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood," 気 (ki, ke, iki) meaning "air, atmosphere, mood, mind, spirit," 喜 (ki, yoroko.basu, yoroko.bu) meaning "rejoice, take pleasure in," 鹿 (roku, ka, shika) meaning "deer" and 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of the Chinese zodiac)."

Kanekitsu Japanese (Rare)

Kanelos Spanish

Kanemitsu Japanese
Kane means "gold, metal" and mitsu means "light".

Kanemoto Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kaneniwa Japanese
"Golden garden."

Kaneta Japanese

Kanetsune Japanese

Kano Japanese
From Japanese 狩 (ka) meaning "hunt, gather" and 野 (no) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kanō Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 納 (nō) meaning "settlement, obtain, reap".

Kanou Japanese

Kanouchi Japanese

Kapleau French

Karakawa Japanese
Kara means "larch" and kawa means "river, stream".

Karamatsu Japanese
Kara means "Larch" (green needles poking from a tree) and Matsu means "Pine/Fur Tree".

Karan Indian

Karasawa Japanese

Karasuma Japanese

Karigai Japanese

Karigaya Japanese

Karino Japanese

Karitani Japanese

Kariya Japanese

Kasaya Japanese

Kaseda Japanese
If kase is spelled like 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase, join, include, Canada" and 世 (se, yo) meaning "generation, world, society, public", then it can also be read as kayo... [more]

Kasey English
Variant of Casey.

Kashibara Japanese
Variant of Kashihara.

Kashihara Japanese
Kashi means "candy" and hara means "plain, field".

Kashii Japanese
Kashi can mean "candy" or "oak" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit"

Kashima Japanese
From Japanese 鹿 (ka) meaning "deer" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kashimura Japanese

Kashiwabara Japanese
Variant of Kashiwahara.

Kashiwada Japanese (Rare)
Kashiwa means "oak" and da comes from ta meaning "field, rice paddy". ... [more]

Kashiwade Japanese (Rare)
This name is made of two symbols literally meaning "Chef".

Kashiwado Japanese (Rare)
Kashiwa means "oak" and do means "door". ... [more]

Kashiwaeda Japanese
柏 (Kashiwa) means "Japanese emperor oak" and 枝 (eda) means "bough, twig, branch".

Kashiwahara Japanese
Kashiwa means "oak" and hara means "field, plain".

Kashiwako Japanese
Kashiwa means "oak" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Kashiwara Japanese
Variant of Kashihara.

Kashiyama Japanese

Kasuga Japanese

Kasugano Japanese

Kasukabe Japanese

Kasukabo Japanese

Kasukawa Japanese

Kasumu African

Katai Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 井 (i) meaning "well".

Katamba Bemba
A surname of the Bemba tribe meaning "small wave". To the Lozi tribe, it means "fishing net".

Katambo African

Katanabe Japanese
Kata could mean "single" or "shape" and nabe could mean "pot, pan".

Katano Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "one-sided, part" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Katase Japanese
From 片 (kata) meaning "one side, single" and 瀬 (se) meaning "current, ripple".

Katembo African

Katoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Kato.

Katori Japanese

Katsu Japanese
Matsu means "victory".

Katsube Japanese

Katsuda Japanese

Katsumaru Japanese
From 勝 (shou, ka.tsu, katsu, -ga.chi, sugu.reru, masa.ru) meaning "excel, prevail, victory, win" and combined with 丸 (maru) "round, circle".

Katsumata Japanese
Katsu means "victory, win, prevail" and mata means "again, furthermore".

Katsumoto Japanese
Katsu means "victory" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Katsuta Japanese
From Japanese 勝 (katsu) meaning "victory" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Katsuyama Japanese
Katsu means "victory" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Katta Japanese

Kattano Japanese (Rare)

Kauanoeanuhea Hawaiian (?)

Kawabara Japanese
Variant of Kawahara.

Kawachi Japanese
From 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" combined with 内 (dai, nai, uchi, chi) meaning "among, between, home, house, inside, within."

Kawada Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kawaei Japanese
From 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 栄 (ei) meaning "glory, honour, flourish, prosper".... [more]

Kawagai Japanese
Variant of Kawatani.

Kawagaya Japanese
Variant of Kawatani.

Kawahara Japanese
From Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kawahata Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and hata means "field".

Kawahatsu Japanese

Kawai Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Kawajiri Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and jiri comes from shiri meaning "rear, behind".

Kawakame Japanese (Rare)
Kawa means "river" and kame means "turtoise, turtle".

Kawakatsu Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and katsu means "victory".

Kawaki Japanese

Kawakita Japanese
川 (Kawa) means "River" and 北 (Kita) means "North".

Kawakubo Japanese

Kawamata Japanese

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".

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.

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