Submitted Surnames Ending with a

Mieza Spanish

Miga Polish
Nickname from a derivative migac ‘to twinkle or wink’.

Migita Japanese
From 右 (migi) meaning "conservative, right, respect, counsel, aid, assist," and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice patty".

Mignogna Italian
In part a Southern Italian a habitational name from Mignogna, a minor place in Foggia province.

Mihăilă Romanian
From the given name Mihai.

Mihajlovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mihajlovski.

Mihara Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Mijima Japanese
Variant of Mishima.

Mika Polish
A shortened form of the Polish version of Michaelson, which became a family name earlier on.

Mika Hungarian, Polish
Comes from a pet form of a central and eastern European personal name equivalent to Nicholas

Mikawa Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" or 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Mikayılova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Mikayılov.

Mikayla English

Mikoshiba Japanese
From 御 (mi) meaning "govern, protect, control, godly, imperial, royal", 子 (ko) meaning "child", and 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood".

Mikulandra Croatian

Miladinova Bulgarian

Milanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Milanov.

Milanovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Milanovski.

Milaša Latvian

Milcheva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Milchev.

Milenkovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Milenkovski.

Mileva f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Milev.

Milevska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Milevski.

Milina Croatian, Serbian
passed down from generations

Milingiana Italian
Probably from milinciana "eggplant, aubergine", likely given to foundlings.

Miliša Croatian

Milkova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Milkov.

Millea English

Miloševska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Miloševski.

Milrinda English

Mimana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 任那 (Mimana) meaning "Mimana", an ancient hypothesized region in parts of present-day South Korea, mentioned in the Nihon Shoki.

Mimura Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village".

Minagawa Japanese
Variant of Minakawa.

Minagofña Chamorro
Chamorro for "all their happiness"

Minakata Japanese

Minakawa Japanese
From Japanese 皆 (mina) meaning "all, every" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Minamisawa Japanese
Minami means "south" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Minamishima Japanese

Minamizawa Japanese
Variant of Minamisawa.

Minatoya Japanese
From Japanese 湊 or 港 (minato) meaning "port, harbour" combined with 屋 (ya) meaning "dwelling, roof".

Minaya Spanish
From Minaya, the name of a town in Albacete province, Spain. According to the scholar Miguel Asín Palacios, the place name comes means "open and visible path" from Arabic. It has also been speculated that the place name has Basque origins, meaning "ore", "ore vein" or "asphodel pastures".

Mincheva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Minchev.

Minda Romanian
From the Meglenite language.

Minea Romanian
Meaning unknown.

Minella Italian
Southern Italian, from a pet form of the female personal name Mina 1, a short form of Guglielmina, Giacomina, etc.

Minerva Italian
From the female given name Minerva.

Mineta Japanese
From Japanese 峯 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mineyama Japanese
Mine means "peak" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Minghella English (British)
It derives from the Roman (Latin) "Dominicus", meaning "belonging to the lord god", from "dominus", lord or master. The name was given considerable impetus by the fame of the Spanish saint "Dominicus", who founded the Dominican order of monks, although it was already well established.

Minoda Japanese

Minojima Japanese
Variant of Minoshima.

Minoshima Japanese
Mi means "beauty", no is a possessive particle, and shima means "island".

Minota Japanese

Minowa Japanese
From Japanese 箕 (mi) meaning "winnow", an unwritten possessive marker の (no) and 輪 (wa) meaning "wheel, ring, circle".

Mintálová f Slovak

Mioda Japanese
mioda means "water route field". the kanji used for this name are 澪(mio,rei) meaning " water route" and 田(ta) meaning "field". a bearer of this name is Ibuki Mioda from Danganronpa 2.

Miola Italian
Derived from the given name Meo, a short form of names such as Bartolomeo, Romeo, Tolomeo, or perhaps Mattheo.

Miota Japanese

Mirabella Italian, Sicilian
Italian (Campania and Sicily): habitational name from Mirabella Eclano in Avellino or Mirabella Imbaccari in Catania, or from various places with the name Mirabello, all named from medieval Latin mira, "viewpoint", and bella, "beautiful"... [more]

Miraglia Italian
From the Old Sicilian military title miraglia di mari meaning "admiral".

Mirəliyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Mirəliyev.

Mirandola Italian

Mircea Romanian
From the given name Mircea.

Mirčeska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mirčeski.

Mirčevska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mirčevski.

Mirena Spanish (Latin American)

Mironova Russian
Feminine form of Mironov.

Mirza Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Mirza.

Mirzaeva f Uzbek

Mirzayorova f Uzbek

Mirzəzadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Mirzə".

Mirzoda Tajik
Tajik form of Mirzadeh.

Misaka Japanese (Modern)
This name is from Japanese anime A Certain Scientific Railgun's protagonist.

Misawa Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Misha Russian

Mishima Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Mishina Japanese
From 三(mi) meaning "three" and 科 (shina) meaning "categorized classes, grade, examination".

Mishkina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Мишкин (see Mishkin).

Misipeka Samoan (Rare)

Misita Serbian

Misora Japanese
Mi means "beautiful" and sora means "sky, heaven".

Misoya Southern African

Mita Polish
From a pet form of the personal name Dymitr

Mita Japanese
Meaning ‘three rice paddies’, the name is more common in eastern Japan. It is also pronounced Santa or Sanda in western Japan.

Mita Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mitaka Japanese
There is a city in Tokyo with this name. It is spelled using 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 鷹 (taka) meaning "falcon, eagle, hawk". As a surname, it could likely be spelled using 見 (mi) meaning "outlook, view, mindset" or 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" as well.

Mitama Japanese

Mitamura Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy", and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Miteva f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitev.

Mitkova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitkov.

Mitoma Japanese

Mitova Bulgarian

Mitra Indian, Bengali
From the given name Mitra 1.

Mitrea Romanian
Romanian name, derived from the word mitra, meaning the hat of a high priest(mitropolit).

Mitreska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitreski.

Mitreva f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitrev.

Mitrevska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitrevski.

Mitrovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitrovski.

Mitsuda Japanese

Mitsugaya Japanese
A variant of Mitsutani.

Mitsujima Japanese
Variant of Mitsushima.

Mitsukawa Japanese

Mitsukura Japanese

Mitsumata Japanese

Mitsunaga Japanese

Mitsushima Japanese
Mitsu could mean "three" or "light" and shima means "island".

Mitsuya Japanese
A variant of Mitsutani.

Miwa Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 輪 (wa) meaning "wheel, ring, circle".

Miwa Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Miya Assamese, Bengali (Muslim)

Miya Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Miyada Japanese

Miyadera Japanese

Miyagishima Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace", 城 (ki) meaning "castle" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Miyahara Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Miyakawa Japanese
Variant of Miyagawa.

Miyama Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between". It can also be formed from 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" or 深 (mi) meaning "deep, profound" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Miyanaga Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya), meaning "shinto shrine", and 永 (naga), meaning "eternity, long, lengthy".

Miyaoka Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".

Miyara Japanese
From the Japanese 宮 (miya) "{Shinto} shrine" and 良 (ra) "good."

Miyasaka Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".

Miyasawa Japanese

Miyashima Japanese
Miya means "shrine, palace temple" and shima means "island".

Miyatera Japanese

Miyazaka Japanese
Variant of Miyasaka.

Miyazawa Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Mizawa Japanese
Variant of Misawa.

Mizubara Japanese
Variant of Mizuhara.

Mizuda Japanese
Variant of Mizuta.

Mizufuka Japanese
Mizu means "water" and fuka means "deep".

Mizugawa Japanese
Variant of Mizukawa.

Mizugaya Japanese
Variant of Mizutani.

Mizuhara Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Mizujima Japanese
Variant of Mizushima.

Mizukawa Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Mizumura Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Mizunaka Japanese
From 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Mizuoka Japanese
Mizu means "water" and oka means "hill, ridge".

Mizusawa Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Mizuta Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mizutama Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" combined with 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]

Mizuwara Japanese
Variant of Mizuhara.

Mizuya Japanese
Variation of Mizutani.

Mizuyama Japanese
Mizu means "water" and yama means "hill, mountain".

Mizuzawa Japanese
Variant of Mizuzawa.

Mladenova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Mladenov.

Mlima Swahili
From Swahili meaning "mountain".

Moala Tongan, Samoan
Meaning uncertain.

Moana Maori
From the given name Moana.

Mocha Spanish (Latin American)

Mochia Western African

Mochida Japanese
From Japanese 持 (mochi) meaning "hold, have, possess" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Moctezuma Indigenous American, Nahuatl (Hispanicized)
From the given name Moctezuma.

Modena Italian, Judeo-Italian
Italian and Jewish (from Italy) habitational name from the city of Modena in Emilia-Romagna.

Modhwadia Indian (Rare)

Moffa Italian
From Italian muffa "mould, mildew, moss".

Mohammadzada Dari Persian
Dari form of Mohammadzadeh.

Möhsünova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Möhsünov.

Moina Spanish (Latin American)

Mõisa Estonian
Mõisa is an Estonian surname meaning "manor".

Moiseyeva Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Моисеев (see Moiseyev).

Moitoza English (American)

Mokoena Southern African, Sotho, Tswana
Derived from Sotho or Tswana kwena meaning "crocodile".

Moldabekova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Moldabekov.

Moldagalieva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Moldagaliev.

Molena Venetian
From Venetian mołéna "crumb", perhaps a nickname based on the bearer's size.

Molica Italian
Possibly a variant spelling of Mollica.

Molla Bengali
Means "mullah (an Islamic religious scholar)" in Bengali, ultimately from from Persian ملا (molla).

Mollica Italian
Means "crumb, breadcrumb; soft inner part of bread" in Italian, a nickname for a physically small or unintelligent person, or perhaps someone considered kind and soft-hearted.

Mollina Portuguese (Brazilian)

Molotova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Молотов (see Molotov).

Molska Polish

Mombeshora Shona
Meaning unknown.

Momchilova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Momchilov.

Momčilova f Serbian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Momčilov.

Momiyama Japanese
From 樅 (momi) meaning "fir tree" or 籾 (momi) "unhulled rice", combined with 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Momma German

Momoa Hawaiian

Momoda Japanese

Momohara Japanese
From Japanese 百 (momo) meaning "hundred" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain"

Momomiya Popular Culture
Surname of several characters from the anime series 'Tokyo Mew Mew'.

Momota Japanese
momota means "a hundred rice fields". the kanji used are 百(momo) meaning " hundred" and 田(ta) meaning "rice field".

Momozawa Japanese

Moncada Spanish
A habitational surname, from Catalan Montcada, ultimately from monte "mountain" and an older variant of Catalonia.

Mondithoka Telugu (Modern)
they are honest people and having helping nature. at history one person has bull cart some time it was went into dig then all people was trying and trying for lift the cart. but no use from those,after that people were shouting as a bigger like come on 'mondithoka' this word not surname of farmer his bull has short tail... [more]

Mondra Polish

Moneta Italian
Possibly originating from a nickname given to those who lived near a temple dedicated to Juno Moneta. A famous bearer of this surname is Nobel Prize for Peace recipient Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833–1918).

Moneta Italian
from moneta "money" probably applied as either a nickname for a rich man or as a metonymic occupational name for a moneyer or money lender.

Moniqa Indonesian

Monisha Bengali

Monma Japanese
From Japanese 門 (mon) meaning "gate, door" and 馬 (ma) meaning "horse".

Monoarfa Gorontalo

Monoka Japanese

Monoma Japanese
From Japanese 物 (mono) meaning "object" and 間 (ma) meaning "gap" or 物間 (monoma) meaning "among things"

Montalta Romansh

Montcada Catalan

Monte De Oca Spanish
Variant of Montes De Oca.

Montera English

Monterosa Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish monte meaning "mountain", and rosa meaning "pink, rose".

Montes De Oca Spanish
Spanish surname meaning "mounts of goose".

Montezuma Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the word monte meaning "hill". Most frequently used in Panama.

Montilla Spanish
Habitational name from Montilla a place in Córdoba province.

Moosa Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Musa.

Mopangga Gorontalo

Morača Serbian
Morača is a historical region in Montenegro.

Moratalla Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Murcian municipality.

Morena Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From Italian moro or Spanish & Portuguese moreno meaning "dark-skinned".

Morera Spanish, Catalan
Means "mulberry" in Spanish and Catalan, denoting a person who lived near a mulberry tree.

Moreta South American

Moriba Manding
Etymology Unknown.

Moribara Japanese
Variant of Morihara.

Morida Japanese

Morigaya Japanese
Variant of Moritani.

Morihara Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Morijima Japanese
A variant of Morishima.... [more]

Morikita Japanese (Rare)
森 (Mori) means "forest" and 北 (kita) means "north".... [more]

Morimiya Japanese
Mori means "forest" and miya means "temple, shrine".

Morimura Japanese (Rare)
From Kanji "森" (Mori) meaning "Forest" and "村" (Mura) meaning "Village".

Morina Albanian

Morinaga Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 永 (naga 3) meaning "perpetual, eternal".

Morinaka Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Morioka Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" or 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Morisaka Japanese
Mori means "forest" and saka means "slope, hill".

Morishima Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest, grove" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Moritaka Japanese
Mori means "forest" and taka means "tall, high, expensive".

Moriwara Japanese
Variant of Morihara.

Moriya Japanese
From the Japanese 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker, guard, protect, defend" or 森 (mori) meaning "forest" combined with 屋 (ya) meaning "house, dwelling" or 谷 (ya or tani) meaning "valley."

Morizaka Japanese
Variant of Morisaka.

Morsella Italian

Mosa Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Sindhi, Dhivehi
From the given name Musa.

Mosca Romansh
Younger form of Muos-cha which was derived from Romansh muos-cha "fly (animal)".

Moscha Greek

Moshnyaha Ukrainian

Moskva Russian
Derived from the Russian word Москва meaning "Moscow".

Moskwa Polish
Polish form of Moskva.

Mosna Italian

Mosqueda Spanish
Mosqueda comes from the Spanish word 'Mosca' meaning house fly.

Mosquera Spanish, Catalan
Spanish topographic name for someone who lived in a place that was infested with flies or mosquitos from a derivative of mosca "fly" (from Latin musca)... [more]

Mostofa Bengali
From the given name Mustafa.

Mota South American, Spanish, Portuguese
Topographic name for someone who lived by a fortified stronghold.

Motokariya Japanese

Motokura Japanese
Moto means "origin" and kura means "storehouse".

Motomasa Japanese

Motomura Japanese
Moto means "origin, source" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Motoyama Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters 本 meaning "Book", and 山 meaning "Mountain".

Motozawa Japanese
From the Japanese 本 (moto) "base" or 元 (moto) "original" and 沢 or 澤 (zawa or sawa) "swamp."

Moua Hmong
From the Hmong clan name Muas associated with Chinese 馬 (mǎ) meaning "horse" (see Ma).

Moujtaba Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic المجتبى (see el-Moujtaba).

Moujteba Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic المجتبى (see el-Moujteba).

Moula Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

Moura Portuguese
Derived from the Portuguese word "Mouro", which refers to an individual from the Moor people. This is the feminine form of the word, often used in legends of enchanted moor women, which very common in Portugal... [more]

Mousa Arabic
From the given name Musa.

Moussa Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Musa.

Moustafa Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Mustafa.

Moustapha Western African
From the given name Moustapha.

Movia Indonesian (Rare)

Mövsümova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Mövsümov.

Mridha Bengali
From a title for a high-ranking commander or security guard who was employed by a zamindar (a landowner) during the Mughal era, presumably derived from Sanskrit मृध (mrdha) meaning "battle, war".

Mrtvá f Czech
Means "dead".

Msuya Swahili

Mucha Polish, Slovak, Czech, Ukrainian
Nickname for an irritating person or someone considered of no importance, from mucha "fly".

Muchová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Mucha.

Mufasa Indonesian (Rare)

Múgica Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Muxika.

Mugishima Japanese
Mugi means "wheat" and shima means "island".

Muguruma Japanese

Muha English (?)

Muha Czech
Form of Mucha, from Czech "Moucha," meaning housefly.

Muhamadova f Avar
Feminine form of Muhamadov.

Muinasmaa Estonian
Muinasmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "ancient land".

Mujdža Bosnian

Mujiba African

Mujtaba Arabic
From the given name Mujtaba.

Muka Albanian

Mukawa Japanese

Mukha Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Means "fly" in several languages.

Mukhambetova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Mukhambetov.

Mukhamedzhanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Mukhamedzhanov.

Mukhitova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Mukhitov.

Mukhtarova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Mukhtarov.

Mukhtorova f Uzbek

Mukushina Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 無垢 (muku) meaning "spiritual purity; freedom from desire or aversion" and 品 (shina), a clipping of 九品 (kokonoshina) meaning "the 9 Stages in Life (in Buddhism)".

Mula Maltese

Müllerová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Müller.

Mumuza Dungan
From the first part of the given name Muhammad and Chinese 娃子 (wázi), a dialectal term meaning "(small) child".

Munakata Japanese
From Japanese 宗 (mune) meaning "religion, doctrine, creed" and 像 (kata) meaning "figure, image, form".

Munasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala මුණසිංහ (see Munasinghe).

Mundaca Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Mundaka.

Mundaka Basque (Rare)
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Spain, of uncertain etymology. A popular theory is that it derives from Latin munda aqua "clean water", but there is no evidence to support this origin... [more]

Munekawa Japanese
From 宗 (mune) meaning "origin, religion, sect" and 川 (kawa) means "stream, river".

Muneta Japanese

Munga Southern African

Mungia Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, possibly derived from the personal name Munio combined with the locative suffix -(t)egi.

Munguía Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Mungia.

Munna Bengali

Munua Medieval Spanish (Latinized, Archaic)
Its meaning is Son of Muno.

Mura Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village".

Murada Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Muradova f Azerbaijani, Avar, Lezgin, Chechen, Ingush
Feminine form of Muradov.

Muragawa Japanese
Variant of Murakawa.