Submitted Surnames Ending with a

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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".
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.
Pacheca Spanish, Portuguese
Matronymic variant of Pacheco.
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".
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".
Pala Turkish
Means "machete, scimitar, blade" in Turkish.
Palazzola Italian
Feminine form of Palazzolo.
Palenzuela Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Paljasmaa Estonian
Paljasmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "bare land".
Palla Indian, Tamil
Another form of Palli.
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]
Palola Finnish
Probably from Palo, the name of many Finnish villages or palo meaning "fire" and the suffix -la signifying a place.
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.
Panayotova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Panayotov.
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
Pandya Indian, Gujarati
Derived from Sanskrit पण्डा (panda) meaning "wisdom, knowledge, learning".
Panella Italian
From the name of a kind of fritter or pancake made with chickpea powder. Could be an occupational name for a baker, or perhaps a nickname for someone with a yellowish complexion. Alternatively, can be a diminutive form of Pane.
Panenka Czech
From Czech meaning "doll". Perhaps a nickname for a petite person.
Panetta Italian
Diminutive form of Italian pane "bread", probably an occupational name for a baker.
Panggaga Filipino, Maranao
Means "strong" in Maranao.
Paniágua Spanish, Portuguese
Status name for a servant who worked for his board (pan "bread" and agua "water") and lodging.
Panibudlaska Ukrainian, Russian (Rare)
From the Cossack nickname, derived from the Ukrainian vocative phrase пані, будь ласка! (pani, bud laska!) meaning "Lady, please!".
Pannala Finnish
Finnish: from the female personal name Anna + the local suffix -la. Found chiefly in Ostrobothnia.
Panzacola Indigenous American (Rare)
Named after the tribe meaning "hairy people".
Panzica Italian
From Sicilian panzicu "pot-bellied, paunch".
Papa Tagalog, Italian, Albanian, Romanian, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "pope, priest" in various languages.
Papa French
From French meaning "dad, father". Likely given to someone seen as a father figure.
Paraiya Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, denoting laborers in agriculture and/or industry. This is a surname belonging to Dalit, or "Untouchables," in the Hindu caste system.
Parata Maori
From a transliteration of the English word "brother" or "brothers".
Pardo De Tavera Spanish (Rare, Archaic)
In the case of Filipino physician Trinidad Pardo de Tavera (1857-1925), he came from a Portuguese aristocratic family of Pardo from Tavira (a town in Portugal). The family added the name de Tavera, meaning "of Tavira" to affix their place of origin, similar to Spanish noble customs... [more]
Pareja Spanish
habitational name from Pareja in Guadalajara province.
Pärnamaa Estonian
Pärnamaa is an Estonians surname meaning "linden land".
Pärnoja Estonian
Pärnoja is an Estonian surname meaning "linden creek/stream".
Parreira Portuguese
Means "grapevine" in Portuguese. It was used as a toponymic name for someone from any of various places called Parreira, a topographic name for someone who lived near many grapevines, or an occupational name for someone who worked on a grapevine plantation.
Parsa Persian
Means "pious, devout" in Persian.
Parvanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Parvanov.
Paşayeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Paşayev.
Pascua Spanish
From the personal name Pascual. It also means "Easter" in Spanish.
Pasha Albanian, Ottoman Turkish (Anglicized), Turkish (Anglicized)
Pasha or pascha (Ottoman Turkish: پاشا‎, Turkish: paşa), formerly anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman Empire political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals and dignitaries and others... [more]
Pasha Urdu, Bengali, Persian, Albanian
From the high-ranking Ottoman military rank pasha of disputed origin, perhaps derived from the Persian title پادشاه (padeshah) meaning "king" or from Turkish baş meaning "head" and ağa meaning "lord, master".
Pasia Tagalog
Variant of Pacia.
Paskaleva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Paskalev.
Paskhaeva Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Пасхаев (see Paskhaev).
Pasqua French
Derived from Pasqua, a nickname for a person born during Easter (which itself is derived from Latin pascua). Famous beaters include Charles Victor Pasqua (1927-2015), a French businessman and a Gaullist politician.
Pasquariella Italian
Derived from the given name Pasquale.
Pasta Italian
From Italian pasta meaning "dough, paste". Occupational name for a baker or cook.
Pastrana Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Patera Czech
Nickname for the illegitimate son of a priest.
Pathiraja Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit पति (pati) meaning "husband, lord" and राज (raja) meaning "king".
Pathirana Sinhalese
Possibly from a title derived from Sanskrit पति (pati) meaning "husband, lord" and राणा (rana) meaning "king".
Patta Italian
Possibly from patta "draw, settlement", perhaps a nickname given to a negotiator. The same term can also mean "heat, warmth of the hearth".
Paula Caribbean
From the given name Paula.
Pavelka Czech
Derived from the given name Pavel. A famosu bearer is Jake Pavelka.
Pecchia Italian
Means "bee" in Italian, probably a nickname for a hard-working or industrious person.
Pecorella Italian
Diminutive of Pecora "sheep", often in the sense of "lamb".
Pedra Spanish
Feminine form of Pedro.
Pedraza Spanish
Refers to the blow received from a stone thrown intentionally to wound someone.
Pedreira Portuguese, Galician
Means "quarry, rocky place" in Portuguese and Galician, originally a habitational name from any of various places called Pedreira or A Pedreira.
Pedrola Aragonese
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Pedrosa Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Galician
Habitational name from any of numerous places named Pedrosa, from pedroso, pedrosa meaning "stoney", an adjectival derivative of pedra meaning "stone".
Peerna Estonian
Peerna is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from the city of Pärnu in Pärnu County.
Pehlivanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Pehlivanov.
Peia Italian
Village in Italy
Pelka Polish
Reduced pet form of the given name Świętopełk.
Pelka Jewish
Habitational name for someone from Pelki in Poland.
Pelliccia Italian
From Italian pelliccia "fur (of an animal)".
Pema Tibetan, Bhutanese
From the given name Pema.
Peñaflorida Spanish (Philippines)
"flowery cliff" in Spanish
Penaluna Cornish
A surname with somewhat uncertain origins, though many agree it is locational. Potentially from pen-lyn, the head of a pond or pool.
Peñaranda Spanish
Habitational name from places in Burgos and Salamanca named Peñaranda.
Pencheva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Penchev.
Penda Wolof
Penda stems from the Swahili “kupenda” = to love/like/be pleasant. Notable bearer was Fara Penda, a Waalo noble of the Wolof people in West Africa. Waalo was a kingdom on the lower Senegal River in in what is now Senegal and Mauritania.
Penha Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Peña.
Penkova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Penkov.
Penna Italian
Possibly from Italian penna "feather, pen", a nickname for a scribe.
Pensa Italian
Possibly from Italian pensa "think", indicating the bearer was known for being thoughtful or intelligent.
Penta Italian
From the name of a hamlet in Salerno, Italy, possibly derived from a southern Italian word meaning "large rock" or "steep slope" (penta, pente, or pendë).
Penta Italian, Neapolitan
Means "painted" or "female turkey" in Neapolitan (see Pinto).
Penta Italian
Possibly derived from a variant of the Ancient Greek given name Pentheus.
Pera Croatian
Derived from Pero. Also means "feathers".
Peralta Catalan, Spanish, Aragonese
Habitational name from any of the places in Aragon, Catalonia, and Navarre called Peralta, from Latin petra alta "high rock". This name is also established in Italy.
Perea Basque
It indicates familial origin within the municipality of Aiara.
Peremena Russian
Means "change".
Perera Sinhalese, Catalan
Sinhalese form of Pereira as well as a Catalan cognate.
Perla Italian
From perla "pearl".
Perna Italian
Meaning uncertain, possibly from the dialectic word perna "leg", denoting someone with a deformed or missing leg, or a variant of Perla.
Persia Italian, Spanish
Ethnic name or regional name for someone from Persia (modern-day Iran) or some other country with Persian-speaking peoples or a nickname for someone who had visited or traded with one of these countries (see the given name Persis)... [more]
Pesälä Finnish
From Finnish pesä meaning “nest” and the suffix -lä signifying a place.
Peska Czech
From a pet form of the personal name Pešek
Pessoa Portuguese
From Portuguese pessoa meaning "person."
Pesta Hungarian
From a pet form of the personal name István, Hungarian form of Steven.
Pestana Portuguese
Nickname for a person with prominent eyelashes, from Portuguese pestana "eyelash".
Petaccia Medieval Italian
It is one of the thirteen patrician families of Trieste bearing the comital title, and extinct in 1817.
Petkoska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Petkoski.
Petkovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Petkovski.
Petrea Romanian
From a diminutive of the given name Petre or Petru.
Petreska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Petreski.
Petrevska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Petrevski.
Peurala Finnish
Probably derived from the Finnish peura meaning "deer" with the suffix -la indicating a place.
Peza Albanian
Myslim Peza, leader of the anti-fascist movement.
Pezda Polish
Probably old polish word for "Orzech Ziemny" (Peanut)
Phetdara Lao
From Lao ເພັດ (phet) meaning "diamond" and ດາຣາ (dara) meaning "star".
Phommavongsa Lao
From Lao ພົມມະ (phomma) referring to the Hindu god Brahma and ວົງສາ (vongsa) meaning "family".
Phongsa Lao
Means "lineage, descent" in Lao, ultimately from Sanskrit वंश (vansha).
Phua Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Pan 2.
Phutsa Thai (Rare)
Means "jujube" in Thai.
Piana Italian
Topographic name from piana ‘plain’, ‘level ground’, from Latin planus, or a habitational name from any of the places named with this word.
Piatraha Belarusian
Derived from an augmentative form of the Belarusian given name Piotr.
Pica Italian, Catalan
Nickname for a gossipy or garrulous person, from the central-southern Italian word pica ‘magpie’. Compare Picazo.Catalan: habitational name from any of the numerous places called Pica.Catalan: from either pica ‘pointed object’ (weapon, etc.) or a derivative of picar ‘to prick’.
Piedrahita Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places called Piedrahita in particular those in Ávila and Teruel.
Pietrafesa Italian
From the former name of a town in Potenza, Italy (changed to Satriano di Lucania in 1887), an Italianized form of Medieval Latin Petrafixa, composed of petra "rock, stone" and fixa "fixed, fastened, immovable; constant"... [more]
Pigera Sinhalese
Sinhala form of Figueira.
Piirimaa Estonian
Piirimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "border land".
Piiroja Estonian
Piiroja is an Estonian surname meaning "border creek".
Pikkmaa Estonian
Pikkmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "high land".
Pikkoja Estonian
Pikkoja is an Estonian surname meaning "long stream".
Pimenta Portuguese
Means "pepper" in Portuguese, used as an occupational name for someone who grew or sold peppers.
Pininfarina Italian
A combination of "pinin", Piedmontese for youngest/smallest brother, and Farina, the Italian variant of Miller. This is the name of the Italian coachbuilder, founded by Battista "Pinin" Farina, later Battista Pininfarina.
Pinna Sardinian
Means "feather" in Sardinian.
Pipa Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian surname of unknown meaning.
Pipola Italian
Probably a variant of Pipolo.
Piredda Italian
From Sardinian piredda "small pear". Compare Piras.
Pirzada Urdu
Urdu variant of Pirzadeh.
Pisa Italian
Habitational name from the city of Pisa in Tuscany. The city was probably founded by Greek colonists, but before coming under Roman control it was in the hands of the Etruscans, who probably gave it its name... [more]
Pischedda Sardinian
Thought to derive from the Sardinian word pischedda, which translates to "little fish", possibly indicating a connection to fishing or aquatic occupations that were prevalent in coastal communities.
Pisica Romanian
From Romanian meaning "cat".
Pisula Polish, Lithuanian
Informal nickname for a scribe or clerk, from a derivative of Polish pisać ‘to write’.
Pita Spanish
Spanish and Portuguese: from Spanish, Portuguese pita ‘chicken’ or in some cases possibly from the plant pita ‘pita’, ‘American aloe’, presumably a topographic name.
Pitka Estonian
Pitka is an Estonian surname meanin "tall" or "long".
Pitta Tamil
Not available.
Pivonka Czech
Czech word for peony. Also given as a nickname meaning one with rosy cheeks
Pizza Italian
Variant of Pizzo.
Plahna German (Austrian)
It is a name from the Gratkorn, Graz, Styria area of Austria
Plamenova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Plamenov.
Planta Romansh
Derived from Romansh planta "tree; plant".
Plasencia Spanish
habitational name from Plasencia in Cáceres province and possibly also a Castilianized form of a habitational name from Plasenzia the name of towns in Zaragoza and Huesca (Aragon).
Plata Spanish
Means "silver" in Spanish. Plata could be a habitational name from places in Toledo and Cáceres provinces named Plata, or various places named La Plata.
Plescia Italian
From Albanian plesht "flea".
Pletikosa Croatian
Derived from pletiti, meaning "to knit", and kosa, meaning "hair".
Plevnelieva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Plevneliev.
Plotnikova f Russian
Feminine form of Plotnikov.
Pluma Spanish
From Spanish meaning "plume, feather". Occupational name for a scribe.
Podda Italian
From Sardinian podda "flour", or pudda "chicken".
Poduska Slovak
Poduska means pillow or soft cushion.
Põhjala Estonian
Põhjala is an Estonian surname meaning "the North" and "Northern area" as well as "Norse".
Pohla Estonian
Pohla is an Estonian surname derived from "pohl" ("lingonberry").
Pokrywka Polish
Nickname from pokrywka meaning ‘cover’, ‘lid’.
Poláčková f Czech
Feminine form of Poláček.
Poladova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Poladov.
Põldmaa Estonian
Põldmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "field land".
Põldoja Estonian
Põldoja is an Estonian surname meaning "field stream/creek".
Polívka Czech
Means "soup".
Polka German, Polish
Variant of German Polk, also a feminine form for the surname Polak, and comes from the given female name Apolonia.
Põllumaa Estonian
Põllumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "farmland".
Ponińska f Polish
Feminine form of Poniński.
Pooga Estonian
Pooga is an Estonian surname derived from "pooge" meaning "graft/grafting".
Poonia Sindhi, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Indian
Poonia or Punia and Puniya is a clan (or gotra) of Jats. It is the oldest Jat clan.
Popoca Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "to smoke".
Popoola Yoruba
"The way of the rich man" or "The way of prosperity"
Poppinga Dutch, East Frisian, Frisian
Patronymic form of Poppo.
Porchia Italian
Means "young sow, female piglet", a metonymic name for a swineherd.
Porta Romansh
Derived from Romansh porta "door".
Portanova Italian, Portuguese, Galician
Habitational name from a place or locality called Portanova "new gate" from the elements neos "new" and porta "door".
Portera Italian
Occupational name for a female servant, from Spanish portera.
Portola Spanish, Portuguese, Romani (Caló)
Portola is Spanish and Portuguese for Port and is a Romani calo surname. People include Gaspar de Portolá, a Spanish explorer who was the first governor of Baja and Alta California and had many names after him in California cities and streets.
Posada Italian, Caribbean
Spanish: habitational name from any of the numerous places named Posada, from posada ‘halt’, ‘resting place’. ... [more]