Submitted Surnames Ending with a

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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]
Postma West Frisian, Dutch
West Frisian variant of the Dutch and North German surname Posthumus, given to a child born after their father’s death. It could also be a variant of the habitational name Post or an occupational name for a mailman or guard, using the Frisian suffix -ma.
Póveda Spanish, South American
habitational name from any of the places called Poveda in the provinces of Cuenca Ávila Salamanca and Soria or from Póveda de la Sierra in Guadalajara.
Pra Italian
From Italian prato "feild, meadow" (see Prato 1)
Pradera Spanish
Pradera is a Spanish surname meaning "meadow".
Prakapienka Belarusian
Belarusian form of Prokopenko.
Prasanna Sinhalese, Telugu
From the given name Prasanna.
Prata Italian
Variant of Prato 1.
Pravda Russian
Pravda translates into English as “Truth”.
Pravsha Russian
Means "right-handed" in Russian.
Prawda Polish
From the root Praw, meaning right. Prawda means "truth."... [more]
Preda Italian
Derived from the first name Prato, meaning "field, meadow".
Premachandra Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon".
Premadasa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and दास (dasa) meaning "servant, slave".
Premakumara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince".
Premarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රේමරත්න (see Premaratne).
Premaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රේමරත්න (see Premaratne).
Premathilaka Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and तिलक (tilaka) meaning "mark, dot, ornament".
Prematilaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රේමතිලක (see Premathilaka).
Premawardana Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, growing".
Premawardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රේමවර්ධන (see Premawardana).
Premawardhana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රේමවර්ධන (see Premawardana).
Preobrazhenskaya Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Преображенский (see Preobrazhensky).
Primavera Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Means "spring (the season)" in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Priyankara Sinhalese
From the given name Priyankara.
Procida Italian
Habitational name from Procida, one of the Flegrean Islands off the coast of Naples in southern Italy. Derived from Ancient Greek Προχύτη (Prokhútē) via Latin Prochyta, of uncertain etymology.
Prodanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Prodanov.
Prohaska Croatian
Croatian form of Procházka
Proia Italian
From the name of a place in Italy. The meaning is uncertain, but it might be derived from Greek πρωία (proía) "morning".
Prometta Italian
Promise (prometto), feminine.
Proosa Estonian
Proosa is an Estonian surname meaning "prose".
Pruna Spanish (Rare)
Possibly a habitational name from a place so named in Spain. It could also be derived from Catalan pruna "plum".
Průša m Czech
from a pet form of the personal name Prokop
Průšova f Czech
from a pet form of the personal name Prokop. Feminine name of Průša
Przepiórka Polish
It literally means "quail".
Przybylska f Polish
Feminine form of Przybylski.
Psaila Maltese
Derived from Maltese basla meaning "onion", ultimately from Arabic بَصَل (baṣal).
Pshonka Ukrainian, Belarusian
Derived from Ukrainian "пшоно (pshono)" meaning "millet".
Pua Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Pan 2.
Pucheta Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Putxeta.
Pugacheva Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Пугачёв (see Pugachev).
Pugina Italian
Possibly derived from Venetian Pùgia, referring to the region of Puglia (see Pugliese), or pugia meaning "abundance, plenty" as well as referring to the cuccagna pole festivities... [more]
Puglia Italian
habitational name from Apulia (Italian Puglia) in southeastern Italy. Variant of Pugliese.
Puletua Samoan
May come from Pule meaning 'authority, leader, command'.
Pumupula Filipino
meaning "getting reddish"
Puna Estonian
Puna is an Estonian surname meaning "red".
Punga Maori
The name means "reason, cause, origin". Punga is the name of the daughter of Ra (Sun) and his spouse Tame. This was the name of Ngati Mutunga chief Apitea Punga (1827?-1885) who had Moriori slaves and was a big land owner... [more]
Punla Tagalog
Means "seedling, sprout" in Tagalog.
Puntila Finnish
Borne by the title character in Bertolt Brecht's play 'Mr. Puntila and his Man Matti' (1948), set in Finland in the 1920s.
Purba Batak
Means "east" in Batak, ultimately from Sanskrit पूर्व (purva).
Purisima Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish purísima meaning "most pure."
Purnama Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Bao (鮑) or Zhong (鍾). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Purpura Italian
A nickname for someone associated with the color purple.
Pushpakumara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit पुष्प (pushpa) meaning "flower" and कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince".
Putipuerca Spanish
La vieja de Equi.
Putxeta Basque (Rare)
From the name of a neighborhood of the municipality of Abanto, Biscay, possibly derived from Basque putzu "well, hole, puddle" and -eta "place of, abundance of".
Püüdja Estonian
Püüdja is an Estonian surname meaning "catcher".
Puustusmaa Estonian
Puustusmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "wilderness".
Qədirova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Qədirov.
Qafarova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Qafarov.
Qarayeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Qarayev.
Qasımzadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Ghasemzadeh.
Qorxmazova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Qorxmazov.
Quagliarella Italian
From Italian quaglia meaning "quail".
Quaresima Italian
Means "lent" in Italian.
Quaresma Portuguese
Means "Lent" in Portuguese.
Quercia Italian
Means "oak (tree)" in Italian, or figuratively "strong or resilient person".
Quezada Spanish
Probably a variant of Quesada.
Quinata Chamorro
Quinata - meaning "na'ta" food belonging to us, or wanting food. Mostly found in Umatac, Guam.
Quintela Portuguese
Has its roots in Latin, deriving from "quintus," meaning "fifth." It likely originated from describing a person as the fifth child in a family or from the division of land among heirs, where a fifth part was given to one heir.
Quitugua Chamorro
Chamoru meaning "Knock down/tear down/cut down"
Qulamova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Qulamov.
Quluyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Quluyev.
Quluzadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Qulu".
Raagmaa Estonian
Raagmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "twig/leafless land".
Raatma Estonian
Raatma is an Estonian surname meaning a "clearing".
Raba Estonian
Raba is an Estonian surname meaning "bog" or "raised bog".
Rabadanova f Dargin
Feminine form of Rabadanov.
Rabea Arabic
From the given name Rabi 1.
Rəcəbova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Rəcəbov.
Radia Filipino, Maranao
Means "king" in Maranao, ultimately from Sanskrit राज (raja).
Radiamoda Filipino, Maranao
From a title for a crown prince, derived from Maranao radia meaning "king" and moda meaning "young".
Radica Italian
Possibly derived from Italian radica meaning "root vegetable, carrot; briar root (wood)", or figuratively "uncultured person, unintelligent person", ultimately from Latin radix "root".
Radoslavova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Radoslavov.
Radzha Indian, Gujarati, Tamil, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Raja.
Ragasa Tagalog
From Tagalog dagasa meaning "reckless hasty, hurrying carelessly".
Ragosta Italian
from aragosta "lobster" used for a shell-fisherman or otherwise as a nickname for someone thought to resemble a lobster in some way.
Ragusa Italian
Habitational name from Ragusa in Sicily, or from the ancient city of Dubrovnik on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia (Italian name Ragusa).
Ragusea Italian (Americanized)
Possibly an Americanized form of Ragusa. Adam Ragusea (1982-) is an American internet personality who makes videos about food recipes, food science, and culinary culture.
Raha Estonian
Raha is an Estonian surname meaning "money".
Rəhimova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Rəhimov.
Rəhimzadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Rahimzadeh.
Rəhmanova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Rəhmanov.
Rahula Estonian
Rahula is an Estonian surname meaning "reef area".
Rahumaa Estonian
Rahumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "peaceful" or "quiet" ("rahu") "land" ("maa")".
Raia Italian, Sicilian
Either a topographic name from Sicilian raia ‘smilax’ (a climbing shrub), or else derived from Sicilian raja meaning ‘ray’, or ‘skate’ (the fish), presumably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish or a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller.
Raia Arabic
Derived from Arabic رياح (rayah) meaning ‘flag’.
Raidla Estonian
Raidla is an Estonian surname meaning "sculptural/hewed area".
Raja Estonian
Raja is an Estonian surname meaning "boundary" or "border".
Rajakaruna Sinhalese
From Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king" and करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, kindness, mercy".
Rajala Estonian
Rajala is an Estonian surname meaning "boundary area/field".
Rajaonarimampianina Malagasy
Hery Rajaonarimampianina was the 6th president of Madagascar
Rajapaksa Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese රාජපක්ෂ (see Rajapakse).
Rajapaksha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese රාජපක්ෂ (see Rajapakse).
Rajarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රාජරත්න (see Rajaratne).
Rajaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රාජරත්න (see Rajaratne).
Rajasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
Rajasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රාජසේකර (see Rajasekara).
Rajasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රාජසිංහ (see Rajasinghe).
Rajasooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese රාජසූරිය (see Rajasuriya).
Rajasuriya Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Rajopadhyaya Newar
From Sanskrit राजोपाध्याय (rājopādhyāya) meaning "royal guru; royal teacher". This is used by the Rajopadhyaya caste.
Ramanayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රාමනායක (see Ramanayake).
Ramaphosa Southern African, Venda
Means "the one who is born in the evening" in Venda. This name is borne by the South African president Cyril Ramaphosa (1952-).
Rana Indian, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Marathi, Nepali, Urdu
From the Sanskrit title राणा (rana) meaning "king".
Ranaraja Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit रण (rana) meaning "delight, pleasure, joy" or "battle, war" combined with राज (raja) meaning "king".
Ranasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රණසිංහ (see Ranasinghe).
Ranasinha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රණසිංහ (see Ranasinghe).
Ranathunga Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit रण (rana) meaning "delight, pleasure, joy" or "battle, war" and तुङ्ग (tunga) meaning "high, lofty, tall".
Ranatunga Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රණතුංග (see Ranathunga).
Ranaweera Sinhalese
From Sankrit रण (rana) meaning "battle, war" and वीर (vira) maning "hero, man, brave".
Randhawa Pakistani, Indian, Punjabi, Indian (Sikh)
Meaning unknown. This is the name of a Sikh and Jat tribe in Punjab.
Randla Estonian
Randla is an Estonian surname meaning "coastal area".
Randmaa Estonian
Means "beach land", from Estonian rand "beach" and maa "land, ground".
Rangelova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Rangelov.
Rappa Italian, Sicilian
from Sicilian rappa meaning ‘bunch, cluster’ or Italian rappa meaning ‘lock, quiff’, which was presumably applied as a nickname with reference to someone’s hair.
Rəşidova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Rəşidov.
Rasila Finnish
A variant of the finnish word (rasi) for a forest that has been cleared for slash and burn but has not yet been burnt for agricultural means. The suffix "-la" is usually added to the stem of the word to indicate a location... [more]
Rästa Estonian
Means "thrush (bird)" in Estonian.
Rəsulova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Rəsulov.
Rasva Estonian
Rasva is an Estonian surname meaning "tallow", "fat" and "grease".
Rathnapala Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නපාල (see Ratnapala).
Rathnapriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නප්‍රිය (see Ratnapriya).
Rathnasooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නසූරිය (see Ratnasuriya).
Rathnasuriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නසූරිය (see Ratnasuriya).
Rathnaweera Sinhalese
From Sanskrit रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".
Rathnayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නායක (see Ratnayake).
Ratnapala Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure" and पाल (pala) meaning "guard, protector".
Ratnapriya Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure" and प्रिय (priya) meaning "beloved, dear".
Ratnasuriya Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".
Ratnaweera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නවීර (see Rathnaweera).
Ratnayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නායක (see Ratnayake).
Rattana Khmer, Thai
Derived from Thai รัตน์ (rạtn) meaning "gem jewel"
Raya Galician, Spanish
Possibly a habitational name from Raya in Galicia or in Albacete and Murcia provinces. Possibly a topographic name from Spanish raya meaning "line", denoting the boundary between two countries or provinces.
Raykova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Raykov.
Raynova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Raynov.
Raza Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Ridha.
Recchia Italian
Reduced or regional form of Italian orecchia "ear", a nickname for someone with notable ears or uncommonly good hearing.
Reda Arabic
From the given name Ridha.
Redka Ukrainian
Means "raddish" in Ukrainian
Redzhebova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Redzhebov.
Regalia Italian
Means "regalia; royal rights and privileges, regality" in Italian.
Regencia Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from the Latin adjective regens meaning "ruling, governing."
Reha Estonian
Reha is an Estonian surname meaning "rake".
Rehemaa Estonian
Rehemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "threshing land".
Reina Spanish, Portuguese
Either a habitational name from any of the places called Reina. Or most likely from the female personal name Reina 1 (from Latin Regina) otherwise a nickname from reina "queen".
Reinmaa Estonian
Reinmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "Rein's land". From the masculine give name "Rein" and "maa" ("land").
Reitsma West Frisian
Derived from either the personal name Reitse or the place name Reitsum combined with the Frisian suffix -ma.
Rejepowa f Turkmen
Feminine form of Rejepow.
Relyea German, French (Anglicized)
Altered spelling of southern German and French Rellier, or probably a regional variant of Swiss German Reller, especially in the western provinces of Austria... [more]
Remtulla Indian, Arabic
Unknown meaning.
Remulta Filipino
It can be derived from Spanish word which means "remultar" which means "to rumble" or "to grumble". It can also come from another Spanish root word "mult-" which can be associated with the idea "many" "multiply" "multus".
Renda Italian
Derived from the short form of a variant of Latin Laurentius (compare Renza), or perhaps from a feminine variant of Germanic Rando... [more]
Renda Italian
Habitational name from Rende in Calabria, Italy.
Renna Italian
Variant of Renda.
Rentería Spanish
Castilianized variant of Basque Errenteria, the name of two towns in Gipuzkoa and Biscay provinces, Basque Country. Means "customs" in Spanish.
Requa German
Variant of Ricward, from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ric ‘power(ful)’ + ward ‘guardian’.
Requena Spanish, Catalan
habitational name from Requena in Valencia or Requena de Campos in Palencia apparently so called from a short form of the various Visigothic compound personal names with the first element rīc "powerful" with the addition of the locative suffix -ena.
Reta Spanish
Castilianized variant of Basque Erreta, a habitational name from a town called Erreta in Navarre, Basque Country
Rexha Albanian
Meaning uncertain.
Rexha Albanian
Derived from the given name Rexhep.
Reyna Spanish, Caribbean
This could be transferred use of the first name Reyna, a variant of Reina, which means "queen".
Reza Persian, Bengali
From the given name Reza.
Riareuja Ligurian
Alternative spelling of Rivareua.
Ribadavia Galician
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Riba De Neira Galician
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Baralla, Comarca of Os Ancares.
Ribera Catalan, Spanish
Habitational name from any of various locations in Spain named Ribera, derived from Catalan and Spanish ribera meaning "bank, shore".
Riccia Italian
Variant form of Ricci.
Ridala Estonian
Ridala is an Estonia surname meaning "set, line, or range" "area".
Riina Sicilian
Derived from Sicilian rijina meaning "queen".
Riola Italian
Regional variant of Riolo.
Ristoja Estonian
Ristoja is an Estonian surname meaning "across (abeam) creek".