Browse Submitted Surnames

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
From Ukrainian харчування (kharchuvannya), meaning "food, sustenance".

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), the city (see 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

Khmel Belarusian

Khmelko 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

Khovrenko Ukrainian

Khoyskiy m Russian

Khrapachenko Ukrainian

Khrebet Ukrainian
Means "ridge".

Khreshchyk Ukrainian
Probably from the street Khreshchatyk in Kyiv.

Khromchenkov m Russian

Khronenko Ukrainian

Khrul Ukrainian

Khrushchyov Russian
Alternative transcription of Khrushchev.

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

Khryapa Ukrainian

Khrystenоk Ukrainian

Khrystenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian Христ (Khryst), meaning "Christ".

Khrystosenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian Христос (Khrystos), meaning "Christ". Likely denoted to very religious person.

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.

Khymych 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.

Kipiani Georgian

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 (?)

Kladko Ukrainian

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

Kletenkov m Russian

Klitschko Ukrainian (Anglicized)
Anglicised form of Klychko.

Klitynskyy Ukrainian

Klochko 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.

Kobakhadze Georgian

Kobakhidze Georgian

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

Kobel Russian
Means "male dog" in Russian.

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

Kociniak Polish

Kodorski m Polish

Kodryk Ukrainian

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

Kolodiy m Ukrainian

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.

Kolosha Ukrainian

Kolosok Ukrainian

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.

Konkoly Hungarian

Kononenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Konon 2".

Kononets Ukrainian

Kononov m Russian

Kononovych Ukrainian
Variant of Kononenko.

Konoplyanik Russian

Konoshenko Ukrainian

Konovanets Ukrainian

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

Konyakhin m Russian

Kopchagin m Russian

Kopeliovich Belarusian (Russified, ?)

Koplakov m Russian

Kopyl Ukrainian

Kopyttsev m Russian

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

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

Korchev m Russian

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
From Ukrainian короткий (korotkyy), meaning "small, short".

Korotkov m Russian
From Russian короткий (korotkiy), meaning "short, small".

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".

Kosinets Belarusian

Kosivtsov Russian

Koslor German (?)

Koslov m Russian

Kosopkin m Russian

Kostin m Russian

Kostyshyn Ukrainian
From the given name Kostyantyn.

Kostyuchenko Ukrainian
Variant of Kostenko.

Kostyuk Ukrainian
Variant of Kostenko.

Kostyukevich Belarusian
Probably from a diminutive of Konstantin.

Kotelyak Ukrainian

Kotenko Ukrainian

Kotenkov m Russian

Koteynko Ukrainian

Kotik Russian
Kotik is a Russian diminutive of кот (kot), meaning cat.

Kotlyar Ukrainian
Means "boilermaker".

Kotnikov m Russian

Kotov m Russian, Belarusian
Derived from Russian кот (kot) meaning "cat". It is a Russian surname, but is also present in Belarus.

Kotova f Russian
Feminine form of Kotov.

Kotsyuba Ukrainian

Kovalchik Rusyn
Rusyn form of Kovalchuk.

Kovaliv Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Kovalyov.

Kovalko m Ukrainian
Variant of Koval.

Kovalskis m Russian (Latvianized)
Latvianised form of Kovalskiy.

Kovalskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified)
Russian form of Kowalski.

Kovrov m Russian

Kovtun Ukrainian, Russian
Means "plica, mophead" in Ukrainian, refering to someone with unkempt hair "Polish plait" .

Kovtunov m Russian
A form of Kovtun.

Kowalchuk Ukrainian (Anglicized, Rare)
Alternate transcription of Kovalchuk. This is mostly used in Canada and America.

Kowalczuk Ukrainian (Polonized)
Polonised form of Ukrainian Kovalchuk, which is used by Ukrainians in Poland.

Kozachenko Ukrainian
Means "son of a cossack", from Ukrainian козак (kozak) "cossack".

Kozankov m Russian

Kozarenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian variant of Kozar.

Kozatskyy m Ukrainian
Variant of Kozak.

Kozeyev m Russian
Possibly another form of Kozlov.

Kozhara Ukrainian
From Ukrainian кожа (kozha), meaning "skin, leather".

Kozhedub Ukrainian
Probably from Ukrainian кожа (kozha) "skin, leather" and дуб (dub) "oak".

Kozhevnik Russian
Derived from "кожевник (kozhevnik)" meaning tanner.... [more]

Kozhevnikov Russian
Derived from "кожевник (kozhevnik)" meaning tanner.... [more]

Kozhikov m Russian
Likely derived from "кожа (kozha)" meaning skin.

Kozhukhov m Russian

Kozhurin m Russian
From Russian кожа (kozha), meaning "skin, leather".

Kozlik Russian
Means "little goat".

Kozlyk Ukrainian

Kozmenko Ukrainian
Variant of Kuzmenko.

Kozyr Ukrainian

Kozyukov m Russian

Kraina Czech, South Slavic, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian
From Old Slavic крайина (krajina) "country" or from крайь (krajĭ) "border", ultimately from кройити (krojiti) "to cut".

Krajňak Rusyn
Variant of Kraynyak.

Krajnyák Hungarian
Hungarian form of Kraynyak. Compare Ukrainian Krayinyuk.

Kramatorsk Russian (Rare)
From the place Kramatorsk.

Kramatorskiy m Russian
Means "from Kramatorsk". Compare Kramatorsk.

Krasikov m Russian

Krasilnikov m Russian
From Russian красильник (krasil'nik), meaning "dyer".

Krasnoff Russian (Anglicized)
Anglicised form of Krasnov.

Krasnoshchyokov m Russian

Krasnozhon Ukrainian

Krasnozhyonov m Russian
Possibly derived from красный (krasniy) meaning red and жёна (zhyona) meaning wife.

Krasnyukovich Belarusian

Krasulya Russian
Means "beauty".

Krasyuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian краси (krasy), meaning "beauty".

Kratzberg Yiddish (?)

Kravtsov m Russian
Russian form of Kravets.

Krawietz Polish (Germanized)
Germanized form of Krawiec.

Krayev m Russian
From Russian край (kray), meaning "border, edge, region, land" or in some dialects "country".

Krayinyk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian країна (krayina), meaning "country, bordered land".

Krayinyuk Ukrainian (Rare)
A form of Kraina.

Kraynyak Rusyn
Rusyn version of Krayinyuk.

Krekora Polish

Kretov m Russian

Kretschmer German
Means "innkeeper, tavernkeeper, pubkeeper", derived from Proto-Slavic *кърчьмарь (kъrčьmařь).

Krieger German
Noun to kriegen, kämpfen meaning "to fight (with words)". Describes a person who likes to argue. A wrangler, a quarreler, a brawler. Literal translation "warrior", from the German noun krieg "war" and the suffix -er.

Kriger German (Russified)
Russified form of Krieger.

Krivitskiy m Russian

Krivoshein Yiddish (Russified)

Krivoukhov m Russian

Krivtsov m Russian

Krivulin m Russian

Kronstadt German
Means "crown city (e. g. capital city)" in German

Kropinak Rusyn

Kropotkin m Russian
The surname of a notable royal family including that of famous anarcho communist philosopher Petr Kropotkin.

Kropylev m Russian

Krot Ukrainian

Krotevych Ukrainian

Kruglov m Russian
From Russian круг (krug) "circle" or круглый (kruglyy) "circular, round".

Krulikovskyy m Ukrainian

Krupen Belarusian
From Belarusian круп (krup), meaning "grain".

Krupets Belarusian
Variant transcription of Krupiec.

Krupiec Belarusian
Very likely related to Krupin.

Krupodyorov m Russian

Krupskaya f Russian, Yiddish (Russified)
Derived from Russian крупа (krupa), meaning "grains". This was the last name of Nadezhda Krupskaya, Lenin's wife.