Browse Submitted Surnames

Islyamov m Crimean Tatar (Russified)

Istratov m Russian

Istvány Hungarian (Rare)
From the given name István.

İtil Crimean Tatar

Ivancho Rusyn
Means "son of Ivan".

Ivanenko Ukrainian
Variant of Ivanchenko.

Ivanitskiy m Russian
From the given name Ivan.

Ivaniv Ukrainian
Ukrainian variant of Ivanov.

Ivankin m Russian
Derived from the given name Ivan.

Ivannikov m Russian
Variant of Ivanov.

Ivanoff m Russian (Anglicized), Bulgarian (Anglicized)
Anglicised form of Ivanov. Note that in the English speaking countries, this last name is unisex.

Ivanovich Russian
Means "son of Ivan".

Ivanychuk Ukrainian
Means "son of Ivan".

Ivanyshyn Ukrainian
Variant of Ivanchenko.

Ivanyuk Ukrainian
Means "son of Ivan".

Ivaschenko Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Ukrainian Іващенко (see Ivashchenko).

Ivashkin m Russian
Derived from the name Ivashka, a diminutive of the name Ivan.

Ivashutin m Russian

Ivleyev m Russian

Iyeguda Jewish (Russified)
From the given name Iyeguda.

Izhytskyy m Ukrainian

İzmaylov m Crimean Tatar
Means "son of İzmayl".

Izokov m Russian
Derived from изок (izok), the Russian term for June used before the Christianisation of the Rus'.

Izotov m Russian

Jankko Finnish

Japaridze Georgian

Jaroch Polish, Medieval Slavic
From the given name Jarosław. It is also used as a diminutive of Jarosław in some Polish communities.

Jaruševičius Lithuanian

Jędrzejczyk Polish
From the given name Jędrzej.

Jedrzejczyk Polish (Anglicized)
Anglicised form of Jędrzejczyk.

Jokić Serbian, Croatian

Jorani Indian

Joris Belgian

Jurauskas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Jurowski.

Jürisson Estonian (Rare)
Means "son of Jüri".

Jurowski Polish
A surname referring to someone from Jurow, Poland.

Kaadze Georgian (?)

Kachalov m Russian
From dialectal кача (kacha), meaning "duck".

Kacharyan Armenian

Kadimov m Dagestani, Kazakh (?)

Kagramanyan Armenian

Kahal Ukrainian
Possibly variant of Kahalnyak.

Kahalnyak Ukrainian

Kahneman German

Kaira Crimean Tatar (Russified)

Kajkut Bosnian

Kalachev m Russian

Kalchenko Ukrainian

Kalinchuk Ukrainian

Kalinkin m Russian
Variant of Kalinin.

Kalinov m Russian
From Russian калина (kalina), meaning "viburnum".

Kalinowski m Polish
Name for someone from any of various locations named Kalinowa, Kalinowo or Kalinów, all derived from Polish kalina meaning "viburnum (a type of plant)".

Kalistratenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Kalistrat".

Kalmykov m Russian
Denoted to a Kalmyk person.

Kal'nitskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russian form of Kalnicki.

Kalwat Polish

Kalynenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian калина (kalyna), meaning "virburnim". Denoted to a person who lived by virburnims.

Kalyniuk Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Kalynyuk.

Kalynyak Ukrainian
From Ukrainian калина (kalyna), meaning "guelder rose".

Kalynyuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian калина (kalyna), meaning virburnim.

Kalyuzhnyy Ukrainian (Rare)
Means "puddle (adjective)" in Ukrainian.

Kamenev m Russian
Derived from Russian камень (kamen'), meaning "stone". Denoted to somebody who worked with stones or rocks.

Kamenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kamenev.

Kamolikov m Russian

Kan'shin m Russian

Kantsow m Belarusian, Russian (Belarusianized)
Belarusian form of Kontsov.

Kanyuk Ukrainian

Kapalkin m Russian

Kapelyukha Ukrainian
From Ukrainian капелюх (kapelyukh), meaning "hat".

Kapinos Greek

Kapshuk Belarusian

Kapustyak Ukrainian, Rusyn (?)
A form of Kapustin.

Karabay Turkish

Karabeynik Belarusian
Alyaksey Karabeynik is a member of the band Shuma, the band performed at Eurovision in 2018. It means peddler. The Russian form is Korobeynik.

Karachun Ukrainian
Karachun is ceremonial Western Ukrainian Christmas bread, ultimately from Romanian crăciunul (крэчунул), meaning "Christmas".

Karadžić Montenegrin, Serbian, Bosnian (?)
Derived from Turkish karaca, meaning "roe deer".

Karas m Czech

Karas Ukrainian (?)

Karaskevich Belarusian

Karatayev m Uzbek

Karchinskiy m Russian, Jewish

Karkhin m Russian

Karnovskiy m Russian

Karpenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Karp".

Karpiak Ukrainian
Likely from the given name Karp.

Kasatkin m Russian
From Russian касатка (kasatka), meaning "orca, killer whale".

Kashevarov Russian
Derived from Russian кашевар (kashevar) meaning "cook (in military unit or team of workers)".

Kashirin m Russian

Kashkanov m Russian

Kashperskiy m Russian, Jewish

Kasprzyk Polish

Kastorskiy m Russian

Kasyanenko Ukrainian

Kaszperuk Ukrainian (Polonized)

Katasonov m Russian

Katlyarovskiy m Russian

Katonayev m Russian

Katretskiy m Russian

Katyshev m Russian

Kaunismäki Finnish
Derived from Finnish kaunis "beautiful, pretty" and mäki "hill".

Kaurismäki Finnish
Derived from Finnish kauris, meaning "deer", and mäki, meaning "hill".

Kavulya Russian (?)

Kawka Polish
Polish variant of Kawa and cognate of Kafka.

Kaynak Turkish
Means "source" in Turkish.

Kazachenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Kozachenko, from Russian казак (kazak) "cossack".

Kazachyonok m Russian, Belarusian

Kazačjonok m Belarusian
Belarusian Latin form of Kazachyonok.

Kazantsev m Russian
Denotes to a person from Kazan'.

Kazinskiy m Russian, Jewish

Kazlov m Belarusian (Russified)
Russified form of Kazlow.

Kazmi Urdu
From the given name Kazim.

Kelchin m Russian

Kemerovchanka Siberian (?)

Kemskyy m Ukrainian

Kerch Russian, Ukrainian
Denotes to a person from the city of Kerch.

Kerchuk Ukrainian
Denotes to a person from Kerch.

Keremyasov m Yakut (Russified)
From Yakut кэрэмес (keremes), meaning "dark grey".

Kerenskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified, ?)

Kernerenko German (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainianised form of Kerner.

Keshishyan Armenian

Khakhel'ko Ukrainian

Khalfin m Tatar, Bashkir

Khalidov m Chechen, Dagestani
Means "son of Khalid".

Khaliyev m Crimean Tatar

Khamatov m Central Asian

Khan Korean (Russified)
Russified form of Han.

Khannolaynen Finnish (Russified)
Russified form of Hannolainen.

Khanzhin m Russian (?)

Kharadze Georgian

Kharagezov m Russian (?)

Kharakhov m Yakut
From Yakut харах (kharakh), meaning "eye".

Kharchenko Ukrainian

Kharitonov m Russian
Means "son of Khariton". Nikolay Kharitonov was the KPRF's candidate for the 2024 Russian elections.

Kharkov m Russian
From Харьков (Kharkov), also known as Kharkiv.

Kharyskhal Yakut (Rare)
A Kharyskhal is a Yakutian cultural item.

Khasanshin m Central Asian
From the given name Khasan.

Khasbulatov m Chechen (?)

Khatidze Georgian

Khatsko Ukrainian

Khavrenkov m Russian

Khavro Russian (?)

Khazeyev m Central Asian

Khazhimet'yev m Kyrgyz

Khazin m Russian

Khitrov m Russian
Derived from Russian word хитрость (khitrost') meaning cunning.

Khizhinskiy m Russian

Khizhnyak Russian

Khlevnyuk Ukrainian
Possibly a variant of Khlyvnyuk.

Khlupin m Russian

Khlynin m Russian

Khlyvnyuk Ukrainian

Khmyrov m Russian

Khodakovskiy m Russian

Khodorkovskiy m Russian

Khodosok Russian (?)

Khodyrev m Russian

Khokhlenkov m Russian
From the term хохол (khokhol), a type of traditional Ukrainian cossack hairstyle or can be used as derogatory for Ukrainian person.

Kholchev m Russian

Kholmogorov m Russian
Yegor Kholmogorov is a notable Russian nationalist.

Kholod Russian
From Russian meaning "cold".

Kholodkov m Russian
Derived from холодный (kholodnyy) meaning cold.

Kholoimov m Russian

Kholokholenko Ukrainian

Kholondach Russian, Ukrainian (?)

Khomenko Ukrainian
From the given name Khoma.

Khomeriki Ukrainian (?)

Khomyak Ukrainian
From the given name Khoma.

Khomyakov Russian
From Russian хомяк (khomyak), meaning "hamster".

Khomyuk Ukrainian
Variant of Khomenko.

Khoroshko Russian, Ukrainian (?)
Derived from Russian хорошо (khorosho), meaning "good".

Khotlubyey Urum (Ukrainianized), Crimean Tatar (Ukrainianized)
From Crimean Tatar къот (qot), meaning "blessed, happy, good" and бей (bey), a variant of the Turkish military title beg.

Khovanskiy m Russian, Jewish

Khoyskiy m Russian

Khrapachenko Ukrainian

Khreshchyk Ukrainian
Probably from the street Khreshchatyk in Kyiv.

Khromchenkov m Russian

Khrushchyov Russian
Alternative transcription of Khrushchev.

Khrustalyov m Russian
Derived from Russian хрусталь (khrustal'), meaning "crystal". Georgiy Khrustalyov-Nosar was a Russian revolutionary.

Khrzhanovskiy Russian, Jewish
Russian form of Chrzanowski. Khrzhanovskiy was the last name of Andrey and Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, both Soviet film directors. Ilya has made most of his career in the Russian Federation.

Khurshutov m Crimean Tatar (?)

Khurtsia Georgian

Khurtsiya Georgian (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainianised form of Khurtsia. Zurab Khurtsiya was a hero of Euromaidan.

Khvorov m Russian

Khvoyka Czech (Ukrainianized)
Vikentiy Khvoyka was an archaeologist.

Khvoynitskiy m Russian

Khvylyovyy m Ukrainian
Means "wave (water)" in Ukrainian.

Kidanchuk Ukrainian

Kiesewetter German

Kijewski m Polish, Jewish (?)

Kijowska f Polish
Feminine form of Kijowski.

Kijowski m Polish
Derived from Kijów, the Polish form of Kyiv.

Kiriyenko Ukrainian

Kirkorov m Russian

Kirlian Armenian

Kirov m Russian
Means "son of Kir".

Kiryukhin m Russian
Possibly derived from a diminutive of Kira 1.

Kiryushkin m Russian
Derived from a diminutive of the Russian name Kir.

Kish Ukrainian

Kishchuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian кіт (kit) or кішка (kishka), both meaning "cat".

Kishinyov m Russian (Rare)
Means "Chișinau", the capital of Moldova, in Russian. It is a very rare last name.

Kishka Ukrainian
Means "cat" in Ukrainian.

Kiśljak Belarusian
Possibly related to Kislyak.

Kislyak Belarusian
Fromn Belarusian кісла (kisla), meaning "bitter, sour".

Kiviniemi Finnish
Derived from Finnish kivi "stone, rock" and niemi "cape, peninsula".

Kiyanovskyy m Ukrainian

Kiyevskiy m Russian
Means "a Kyivan".

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

Kizevetter German (Russified)
Russified form of Kiesewetter.

Kızıl Turkish
Means "red, scarlet" in Turkish.

Kladbishche Ukrainian (?)

Klepikov m Russian
Possibly derived from клепка (klepka), meaning riveting.

Kletenkov m Russian

Klitschko Ukrainian (Anglicized)
Anglicised form of Klychko.

Klitynskyy Ukrainian

Klostraykh German (Russified, ?)

Klyarenok Belarusian (?), Yiddish

Klyavin m Russian

Klychko Ukrainian

Klychkov m Russian

Klyuchka Ukrainian
From Ukrainian ключ (klyuch), meaning "key".

Klyuyev m Russian

Klyuykov m Russian

Klyuzov m Russian

Knyazev m Russian
Derived from князь (knyaz'), a word for a Russian prince used in the Kiyevan Rus' settlement.

Kobakhidze Georgian

Kobakhov m Yakut
From Yakut куобах (kuobakh), meaning "rabbit, hare, bunny".

Kobel'kov m Russian

Kobylytsya Ukrainian
Means "mare" in Ukrainian.

Kobylytzia Ukrainian (Germanized)
Germanised form of Kobylytsya.

Kobzev m Russian

Kobzon Ukrainian (?)

Kochadze Georgian

Kocharyan Armenian

Kochetkov m Russian

Kochkin m Russian

Kochubey Crimean Tatar

Kochuganov m Russian

Kodorski m Polish

Kohan Jewish (Ukrainianized)
Likely related to Cohen or Kagan.

Kokkinaki Greek (Russified)

Kokosadze Georgian

Kokovtsev m Russian

Kolbasenko Ukrainian

Kolchak Russian, Ukrainian
Aleksandr Kolchak was a White Army general and the leader of the Russian Empire for a short period of time (1918-1920).

Kolesnik Russian
Denoting to a person who fixed wheels, from Russian колесник (kolesnik), meaning "wheelwright".

Kolesnyk Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kolesnik.

Kolganov m Russian

Kolmakov m Russian

Kolodyazhnyy m Ukrainian
From Ukrainian колодяжний (kolodyazhnyy), meaning "water well". Denoted to someone who lived by a well.

Kolomiyets Ukrainian
Means "a person from Kolomyya". Kolomyya is a city and rayon in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine.

Kolomiytsev m Russian
Russian form of Kolomiyets.

Kolotilov m Russian

Kolovrat Russian, Croatian, Czech
A Kolovrat is a swastika-type Slavic symbol resembling a spinning wheel.

Kolovratov m Russian
Variant of Kolovrat.

Kolowrat Polish
Polish cognate of Kolovrat.

Kolyada Russian, Ukrainian
From Коляда (Kolyada), a name for Slavic Christmas celebrations (or formerly, Slavic pagan traditional winter solstice celebrations).

Kolykhayev m Russian
From Russian колыхание (kolykhaniye), meaning "swaying, swinging, fluctuating".

Komar Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, Croatian, Slovene, Belarusian (Russified)
Means "mosquito" in many Slavic langauges.

Komarovskiy Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russian form of Komarowski.

Komen Dutch
This name is more prevalent in Kenya than the Netherlands.

Komissarov m Russian
Derived from a Russian word meaning commissar.

Komlofske Russian (Anglicized)
Probably an Anglicised form of Komlovskiy.

Komov m Russian

Konashevych Ukrainian
Surname of Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny, a Ukrainian cossack hetman and military leader of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth.

Kondrakhin m Russian
Means "son of Kondrat".

Kondrashov m Russian
Possibly related to Kondratyev.

Kondratenko Ukrainian
Form of Polish Kondrat. Masha Kondratenko is a Ukrainian singer.

Kondratyev m Russian
From the given name Kondrat.

Kononenko Ukrainian

Kononov m Russian

Konoplyanik Russian

Konovanets Ukrainian

Kontsov m Russian
Derived from Russian конец (konets), meaning "end".

Konyakhin m Russian

Kopchagin m Russian

Kopeliovich Belarusian (Russified, ?)

Koplakov m Russian

Kopyttsev m Russian

Korablev m Russian
From Russian корабль (korabl'), meaning "ship, boat".

Korchak Rusyn, Ukrainian (?), Polish (Ukrainianized)

Korchuganov m Russian

Korneychukov m Russian

Korniychuk Ukrainian
Variant of Korniyenko.

Korniyenko Ukrainian
From the given name Korniy.

Korobchak Russian, Ukrainian

Korobeynik Russian
Derived from Russian word "коробейник (korobeynik)" meaning peddler.... [more]

Korobeynikova f Russian
Feminine form of Korobeynikov.

Korochkin m Russian
Derived from корочка (korochka) meaning crust.

Korostylev m Russian

Korotchenko Ukrainian

Korsak m Russian
Possibly denoting a sly person, derived from Russian корсак (korsak) "corsac fox", itself derived from Proto-Turkic *karsak "short, steppe fox".

Korsakov m Russian
From Russian корсак (korsak), meaning "corsac (fox)". Probably to a sly person. A variant of Korsak.

Korsik Belarusian

Koryagin m Russian
From Russian коряга (koryaga), meaning "uprooted tree stump, rotten tree".

Koryakov m Russian
Denotes to a Koryak person. Koryaks are the native ethnic group of Kamchatka.

Kosach Ukrainian
Means "mower" in Ukrainian, ultimately from косити (kosyty), meaning "to mow". This was the birth surname of Lesya Ukrainka.

Kosarev m Russian
Derived from косарь (kosar') meaning mower.

Kösetürk Turkish

Koshchakov m Russian

Koshkin m Russian
Derived from Russian кошка (koshka) meaning "cat".