Submitted Surnames Ending with a

Ohta Japanese

Ohtsuka Japanese
Variant transcription of Otsuka.

Ohwada Japanese
Variant transcription of Owada.

Oikawa Japanese
From Japanese 及 (oi) meaning "reach out, exert, cause" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Õisla Estonian
Õisla is an Estonian surname meaning "floral/blossom area".

Õismaa Estonian
Õismaa is an Estonian surname meaning "blossom land".

Ōiwa Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大岩 (see Ōiwa).

Ojamaa Estonian
Ojamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek land".

Ojha Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Bengali, Punjabi
Means "shaman, sorcerer, healer", ultimately derived from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher, spiritual preceptor".

Ojima Japanese
Variant of Oshima.

Ojiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).

Oka Finnish
Means "thorn" in Finnish.

Oka Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".

Okada Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Okagawa Japanese
Variant of Okakawa.

Okagaya Japanese
Variant of Okatani.

Okahisa Japanese

Okajima Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Okara Ukrainian

Okasa Japanese

Okasahara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.

Okasaka Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and means "slope, hill".

Okasawara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.

Okashima Japanese
岡 (Oka) means "ridge, hill" and 島 (shima) means "island".

Okata Japanese
Variant of Okada.

Ōkawa Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Okawa Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 川 or 河 (kawa) "river."

Okawa Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大川 (see Ōkawa).

Ōkawara Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great", 河 (ka) meaning "river, stream" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".

Okawara Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大河原 (see Ōkawara).

Okaya Japanese
Variant of Okatani.

Okayama Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Okazaka Japanese
Variant of Okasaka.

Okekawa Japanese

Okida Japanese

Okigaya Japanese
Variant of Okitani.

Okinaya Japanese

Okita Japanese

Okita Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Okiya Japanese
Variant of Okitani.

Okonma Igbo

Okota Japanese (Rare)
This name is used to combine 興 (kou, kyou, oko.ru, oko.su) meaning "interest, pleasure," or 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small" with 古 (ko, furu.i, furu-, -furu.su) meaning "old" and 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field, rice paddy."

Oksa Finnish
Means "branch" in Finnish.

Oksmaa Estonian
Oksmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "bough/branch land".

Oksyonova Russian
Feminine form of Oksyonov (Оксёнов)

Oktila Indonesian

Oktyabrskaya Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Октябрьский (see Oktyabrsky).

Okuda Japanese

Okuda Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Okuda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小管 (see Kosuge).

Okudaira Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 平 (taira) meaning "level, even, peaceful".

Okugawa Japanese
Variant of Okukawa.

Okugaya Japanese
Variant of Okutani.

Okukawa Japanese (Rare)
Oku means "interior,secluded,further out" and kawa means "river". Minako Okukawa is a fictional character from Yuri!!! On Ice and it's also the name of a company.

Ōkuma Japanese
Combination of the kanji 大 (ō, "big, great") or 逢 (ō, "meeting") and 熊 (kuma, "bear") or 隈 (kuma, "recess, corner, shade")

Okumiya Japanese

Okuna Polish
Polish (also Okuła): nickname for a lame person, from okuleć ‘to stumble or founder’, Old Polish okułac.

Okuoka Japanese
The meaning of Okuoka/奥岡 equals to "Interior Hill"

Ōkura Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 倉 (kura) or 蔵 (kura) both meaning "granary, storehouse".

Okura Japanese

Okura Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大倉 or 大蔵 (see Ōkura).

Okusawa Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Okuwa Japanese

Okuya Japanese
Variant of Okutani.

Okuyama Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Olabarria Basque
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous river in the municipality of Markina-Xemein.

Olabeaga Basque
From the name of a neighbourhood in the city of Bilbao in Biscay, Basque Country, derived from Basque ola "factory, foundry, ironworks" and -be "lower part" combined with -aga "place of, group of".

Ó Labhradha Irish
Means "descendant of Labhraidh"

Olachea Spanish (Latin American)

Olaetxea Basque
From the name of a tower house in Elgoibar, an industrial town in Basque Country, derived from Basque ola "factory, foundry, forge; cabin, hut" and etxe "house, building".

Olagaraia Basque (Rare)
From the name of a location in Etxalar, Navarre, a variant of Olagarai.

Olascoaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Olaskoaga.

Olascuaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Olaskoaga.

Olaskoaga Basque
Derived from places named "Olaskoaga".

Olavarría Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Olabarria.

Olavarrieta Basque
Ola: hut, forge. Varri: new. -eta:abundance of.

Oleta f Greek
Variation of Aleta, Alethea, Alida, Alda, or Olida. "truth, verity; small winged one; prosperous, noble; olive tree"

Olfatnia Persian

Oliva Italian, Spanish
Of uncertain origin: derived either from a nickname to those who picked, worked with or sold olives, or from the given name Oliva.

Olivera Spanish, Catalan, Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines), Portuguese (Hispanicized)
From Catalan olivera meaning "olive tree", essentially a Spanish form of Oliveira. In some cases a Castilianized form of Oliveira.

Olivia English
From the given name of Olivia

Olveira Galician
Galician cognate of Oliveira.

Olvera Spanish

Oma Japanese (Modern, ?)
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "large, big" and 間 (ma) meaning "interval, space".

Ó Macdha Irish
Means "descendant of Macdha"

Omadara Nigerian

Omaeda Japanese
From 大 (o) meaning "big, great", combined with 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward", and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Omaña Leonese (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Oumaña.

Ó Maoilearca Irish
It means "descendant of devotee of Earca".

Ó Maolmhóna Irish
Means "descendant of Maolmhóna"

O'mara Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meadhra "descendant of Meadhair" a personal name derived from meadhair "mirth".

Omatsuzawa Japanese

O'Meara Irish
Variant of O'mara.

Omogaya Japanese
Variant of Omotani.

Omoya Japanese
Variant of Omotani.

O'Mulvenna Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Maoilmheana, meaning "descendant of Maoilmheana" a personal name meaning "chieftain of the main river."

Ōmura Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Omura Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大村 (see Ōmura).

Omuralieva f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Omuraliev.

Omurbaeva f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Omurbaev.

Omurbekova f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Omurbekov.

Oña Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Onaga Japanese
O means "big, great" and naga means "long, cheif".

Onaka Japanese

Onaya Japanese

Onda Japanese
From Japanese 恩 (on) meaning "obligation" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ondra Czech
From the diminutive of the given name Ondřej (see given name Ondra).

Ondráčka m Czech

Ondruska Finnish, Karelian

Onea German (Austrian)

Ongarova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Ongarov.

Onitsuka Japanese

Onizuka Japanese
From Japanese 鬼 (oni) "demon" and 塚 (dzuka) "mound".

Onna Estonian
Onna is an Estonian surname derived from "onn", meaning "cabin" and "shack".

Onoda Japanese

Onodera Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 寺 (tera) meaning "temple".

Onota Japanese
Variant of Onoda.

Onotora Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 男虎 (onotora) meaning "male tiger", from 男 (o) meaning "male; man", の (no), an unwritten possessive particle, and 虎 (tora) meaning "panthera tigris", referring to someone with qualities of a male tiger.... [more]

Ōnuma Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Onuma Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大沼 (see Ōnuma).

Onyedika Nigerian

Oojima Japanese
Variant of Ooshima.

Ōoka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Ooshiba Japanese
Variant transcription of Oshiba.

Ooshima Japanese

Oosuga Japanese

Oosuka Japanese

Ootaka Japanese

Ootsuka Japanese

Ooya Japanese

Ooyama Japanese

Opala Polish

Opania Polish

Opetaia Maori, Polynesian
This name possibly came from the given name Opetaia. A notable bearer of this name is Jai Opetaia, an australian boxer born in 1995.

Opira Eastern African

Oppara Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, denoting an agricultural occupation.

Oquialda Filipino

Ora Filipino

Orazbaeva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Orazbaev.

Orazbekova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Orazbekov.

Orazowa f Turkmen
Feminine form of Orazow.

Orca Filipino

Ordabaeva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Ordabaev.

Ordorica Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Ordorika.

Ordorika Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Muxika, Spain, possibly derived from Basque ordo "plain, field, meadow" and ori "yellow" combined with the toponymic suffix -ika meaning "slope" or "place of".

Orduña Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Urduña.

Organa Popular Culture
This is the surname of Princess Leia from the 'Star Wars' movies.

Orgla Estonian
Orgla is an Estonian surname meaning "valley area".

Orgmaa Estonian
Orgmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "valley land".

Orgona Hungarian

Orihara Japanese
From Japanese 折 (ori) meaning "fold, bend" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Orihuela Spanish

Orikasa Japanese
From Japanese 折 (ori) meaning "fold, bend" and 笠 (kasa) referring to a type of Asian conical hat.

Orita Japanese

Orlita Ukrainian

Oroma Eastern African

Oroña Galician
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the parish of Santo Ourente de Entíns in the municipality of Outes.

Orona Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from a town of this name in Burgos province.

Orozalieva f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Orozaliev.

Orta Spanish, Caribbean

Ortencia Spanish (?)

Ortona Italian

Orucova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Orucov.

Orueta Basque
From the name of a district in the town of Gautegiz-Arteaga, Spain, derived from Basque oru "ground, place, building site" and the toponymic suffix -eta "place of, abundance of".

Orumaa Estonian
Orumaa is an Estonian surname derived from "org ("valley") and "maa" ("land").

Oryema Eastern African

Orynbaeva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Orynbaev.

Orynbasarova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Orynbasarov.

Osa f Spanish
It means she-wolf in spanish, and/or wolf in basque

Osada Japanese
From Japanese 長 (osa) meaning "chief, head, leader" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Osada Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Ōsaka Japanese
From Japanese 逢 (o) meaning "meeting, encounter" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Ōsaka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Osaka Japanese
O means "Big" and Saka means "Hill, Slope".

Osama Arabic
Derived from the given name Usama.

Osata Japanese

Ōsawa Japanese
Alternate transcription of Osawa.

Osawa Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Osegueda Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Oseguera chiefly used in Central America.

Oseguera Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Valle de Mena.

Osha Arabic (Egyptian)

Oshana Assyrian
Derived from the given name Oshana, meaning "Palm Sunday, palm tree" in Assyrian.

Oshika Japanese

Ōshima Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Oshima Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōshima.

Ōshita Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Oshita Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大下 (see Ōshita).

Osinaga Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque osin "pit, well, abyss, depths" and -aga "place of, group of".

Ó Síochána Irish
Proper, non-Anglicized form of Sheehan.

Osipova Russian
Feminine form of Osipov.

Osmeña Filipino (Hispanicized), Cebuano (Hispanicized)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from a Spanish form of the Arabic name Uthman. A notable bearer was Sergio Osmeña (1878-1961), the fourth president of the Philippines.

Osmonalieva f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Osmonaliev.

Osnaya Mexican

Osoreda Japanese

Ospanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Ospanov.

Ossa Italian, South American
Means "bones" in Italian.

Ossola Italian
Habitational name from the Ossola valley in Piedmont, Italy.

Ostrovska f Ukrainian
Feminine form of Ostrovskiy.

Ostrovská f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Ostrovský.

Ostrovskaya f Russian
Feminine form of Ostrovsky.

Ōsuga Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge".

Osuga Japanese

Osuga Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大菅 (see Ōsuga).

Osuga Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 (see Kosuge).

Osuka Japanese

Osuna Mexican

Osuna Spanish
Habitational name from a place in the province of Seville, named from Arabic Oxuna, perhaps named from Late Latin Ursina (villa) "estate of Ursus" a byname meaning "bear".

Osyka Ukrainian
Means "aspen tree".

Ōta Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" or 太 (o) meaning "plump, fat, thick" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Otabara Japanese
Variant of Otahara.

Otahara Japanese

Ōtaka Japanese
This surname combines 大 (tai, dai, oo-, -oo.ini, oo.kii) meaning "big, large" with 高 (kou, taka, taka.i, taka.maru, taka.meru, -daka) meaning "expensive, high, tall," 鷹 (ou, you, taka) meaning "hawk, eagle, falcon", 孝 (kyou, kou, taka) meaning "child's respect, filial piety," 嵩 (shuu, suu, kasa, kasa.mu, taka.i) meaning "be aggravated, grow bulky, grow worse, swell" or 貴 (ki, tatto.i, tatto.bu, touto.i, touto.bu, taka) meaning "esteem, honour, precious, prize, value."... [more]

Otaka Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大高 (see Ōtaka).

Otawara Japanese
A notable bearer is Harukiyo Otwara, a daimyo of the Sengoku Period.

Otegenova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Otegenov.

Otina African

Otoluwa Gorontalo

Otsla Estonian
Otsla is an Estonian surname meaning "cusp/tip area".

Ōtsuka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Otsuka Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" or 太 (o) "fat," "thick" and 塚 (tsuka) "mound."

Otsuka Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大塚 (see Ōtsuka).

Otsuyama Japanese

Ouattara Western African, Manding
From the name of the Wattara or Watara clan of the Dyula people, believed to be derived from a word meaning "prince".

Ouda Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Mashriqi)
Arabic word and surname meaning “return.”

Õuemaa Estonian
Õuemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "courtyard".

Oukawa Japanese

Ouma Japanese (Modern)

Oumaña Leonese
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous comarca of the province of Llión.

Ōura Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Oura Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大浦 (see Ōura).

Ouyahia Berber, Northern African
Means "son of Yahia", from the Berber prefix ou- meaning "son (of)" combined with the Arabic given name Yahia (chiefly Algerian).

Ovadia Jewish
From the given name Ovadia.

Ovechkina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Овечкин (see Ovechkin).

Overla American (Rare)

Owada Japanese

Owara Japanese
Variant of Ohara.

Oxenstierna Swedish (Rare)
A notable surname used by an ancient Swedish noble family from Småland dating back to the 13th century. The name means "the ox's forehead". It is a combination of Swedish oxen, a cognate to the English plural of 'ox', and stierna, which is likely derived from German Stirn "forehead", though it is often mistaken for Swedish stjärna "star"... [more]

Ōya Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 屋 (ya) meaning "roof, house, shop".

Ōya Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow".

Oya Japanese
Variant of Otani.

Oya Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大屋 (see Ōya).

Oya Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大矢 (see Ōya).

Oyagawa Japanese
Variant of Oyakawa.

Oyakawa Japanese
From the Japanese 親 (oya) "parent" and 川 (kawa) "river."

Oyama Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Oyamada Japanese
O means "small", yama means "mountain", da is a form of ta meaning "field, wilderness, rice paddy".

Oyuela Spanish, Western African
The surname Oyuela is likely of Spanish or African (specifically, West African) origin, with roots in both linguistic and cultural traditions.... [more]

Oza Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi ओझा or Gujarati ઓઝા (see Ojha).

Ozaka Japanese
"Big, great slope". Variant of Osaka.

Ožana Czech
Ožana - ožanka (Teucrium) - Osana - OSANNA, OSANKA (german) - HOSANA (hebrew)... [more]

Ozarovskaya Russian
Feminine form of Ozarovsky (Озаровский)

Ozawa Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Ozdoba Polish

Ozdoeva f Ingush (Russified)
Feminine form of Ozdoev.

Ożga m Polish (Polonized, Modern)
The Polish surname Ozga, originating in the 15th century, derives from the Polish word "ozga," denoting a young tree or sapling, especially a willow. Variations such as "Ożga" reflect regional dialectal differences and linguistic shifts... [more]

Özkaya Turkish
From Turkish öz meaning "core, essence" and kaya meaning "rock".

Ōzora Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 空 (sora) meaning "sky".

Paalmaa Estonian
Paalmaa is an Estonian surname meaning both "dolphin land" and "mooring post land".

Paasoja Estonian
Paasoja is an Estonian surname meaning "slate/limestone stream".

Paavola Finnish
Habitational name, from a farm so named from the personal name Paavo, vernacular form of Paulus, + the locative ending -la... [more]

Pacana Spanish
From pacana meaning "pecan", "pecan tree", a word of Algonquin origin. This surname is also found in the Philippines.

Pachołkowa f Polish (Rare, Archaic)
Historical or unformal feminine form of Pachołek used by married women.

Pacia Tagalog
From Tagalog pasiya meaning "decision, judgment".

Pacyna Polish
Unflattering nickname from paczyna meaning "clod", "brickbat", or possibly a metonymic occupational name for a boatman, from the same word in the sense meaning "oar", "rudder".

Padinha Portuguese

Pagarusha Albanian

Paglia Italian

Pagura Italian

Paia Estonian
Paia is an Estonian surname derived from "pai" meaning "good".

Paiva Portuguese
From the Portuguese word "paiva," which refers to a type of river or stream

Pajula Estonian
Pajula is an Estonian surname meaning "willow area".

Paka Indian

Pakaleva Paiwan

Pakaya Gorontalo

Pakka Indian

Pala Turkish
Means "machete, scimitar, blade" in Turkish.

Palazzola Italian
Feminine form of Palazzolo.

Palenzuela Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Palikuća Serbian

Paljasmaa Estonian
Paljasmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "bare land".

Palkowska Polish

Palla Indian, Tamil
Another form of Palli.

Pallaska Albanian

Pallotta Italian
From Italian palla "ball".

Palma Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and southern Italian: habitational name from any of various places named or named with Palma, from Latin palma ‘palm’. ... [more]

Palminha Portuguese

Paloka Albanian

Palola Finnish
Probably from Palo, the name of many Finnish villages or palo meaning "fire" and the suffix -la signifying a place.

Palomina Spanish (Latin American)

Palumaa Estonian
Palumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "sandy heath/heathy wood land".

Paluoja Estonian
Paluoja is an Estonian surname meaning "heath woodland stream".

Pampinella Italian
Uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Italian pampino "vine leaf" and the diminutive suffix -ella, or perhaps related to pimpinella "pimpernel (plant)" (genus Lysimachia), which derives from Latin bipennella via Catalan pampinella

Pampukha Belarusian
Means "dumpling" in Belarusian.

Pənahova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Pənahov.

Panarella Italian

Panayotova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Panayotov.

Panchyshyna f Ukrainian, Russian (Ukrainianized, ?)
Feminine form of Panchyshyn.

Panciera Italian
from panciera denoting the piece of the armor covering the stomach (from pancia "belly paunch") perhaps used for an armorer or for someone with a large paunch.

Panda Indian, Odia, Bengali
Derived from Sanskrit पण्डा (panda) meaning "wisdom, knowledge, learning".

Pandeya Indian
Alternate transliteration of Pandya