Submitted Surnames Ending with a

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the ending sequence is a.
usage
ends with
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Safeya Muslim
• Safeya is derived from the SAD-F-A root which is used in many places in the Quran, This name derives from the Arabic “Ṣafi”, meaning “pure, confidante, best friend”. Safiyya bint Huyayy was a Jewish woman captured from the Banu Nadir tribe at age 17, who became Muhammad's wife... [more]
Safiullina f Tatar, Bashkir
Feminine form of Safiullin.
Şəfiyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Şəfiyev.
Sagaipova f Chechen
Feminine form of Sagaipov.
Sagara Japanese
From Japanese 相 (saga) meaning "nature, custom, fate, destiny" and 良 (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" or 楽 (ra) meaning "comfort, ease".
Sagawa Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Sagrika Gujarati
Sagarika patel
Saha Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit साधु (sadhu) meaning "merchant, money-lender, banker".
Sahara Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "aid, assist, help" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, plain, field". This is the name of areas in the city of Yokosuka and the city of Katori in Japan.
Sahara Japanese
From Japanese 左 (sa), a clipping of 左衛門尉 (saemon-no-jō) meaning "judge of senior gate guards" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field".
Sahara Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 砂原 (see Sunahara).
Sahara Arabic, Persian
Alternate transcription of Sahra.
Sahata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 茶畑 (see Chabata 2).
Şahbazova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Şahbazov.
Sahota Indian (Sikh)
A sikh surname meaning ‘hare’, derived from the name of a Jat clan.
Sahota Indian, Punjabi
Derived from Punjabi ਸਹਿਆ (sahia) meaning "hare".
Sahra Arabic, Persian, Somali, Turkish (Rare)
Derived from Arabic meaning "desert".
Saihara Japanese
Prime field, Conspicuous wilderness... [more]
Saika Japanese
From 雑 (sai) meaning "miscellaneous" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulations, joy".
Saikia Indian, Assamese
From a military title used during the Ahom Kingdom that indicated an official who commanded 100 soldiers. The title itself is derived from Assamese শ (xo) meaning "hundred".
Saitama Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "precious stone peninsula".
Saitoska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Saitoski.
Saitovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Saitovski.
Saitta Sicilian, Italian
Means "arrow" or "lightning bolt" in Sicilian, from Latin sagitta via sajitta. Probably a nickname for a quick or fast-footed person, though it may have also been a metonymic occupational name for a fletcher.
Saka Japanese
Saka means "slope, hill", often found in other surnames and place names such as Osaka.
Saka Turkish
Either an occupational name for a seller or deliverer of water or a nickname meaning "goldfinch".
Saka Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".
Sakagashira Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 坂 (saka) meaning "slope; hill" and 頭 (gashira), the joining form of 頭 (kashira) meaning "head", referring to the top of a hill.... [more]
Sakagawa Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Sakahara Japanese
From Japanese 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Sakakawa Japanese
Saka means "slope, hill" and kawa means "river, stream".
Sakakibara Japanese
From Japanese 榊 (sakaki) meaning "sakaki" (a type of tree) and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, plain, field".
Sakakida Japanese (Rare)
Sakaki (榊) means "sakaki tree", da (田) means "ricefield". Ta changes to da because of rendaku. This surname is extremely rare
Sakakihara Japanese
Sakaki refers to the "sakaki tree" and hara means "field plain".
Sakamata Japanese
Perhaps from surname of Naoya Sakamata, who was a composer of dark music.
Sakashita Japanese
From Japanese 坂 (saka) meaning "slope" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".
Sakata Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sakenova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Sakenov.
Sakiyama Japanese
From Japanese 崎 (saki) "small peninsula, cape" and 山 (yama) "mountain".
Sakka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 属 (see Sakan).
Sakoda Japanese
Derived from the Japanese kanji 迫 (sako) meaning "a small valley on the mountain side" and 田 (da) meaning "paddy, field".
Šakota Serbian
From šaka, meaning "hand"
Sakota Japanese
From Japanese 迫 (sako) meaning "mountainside valley" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Saksena Indian, Hindi
Alternate transcription of Hindi सक्सेना (see Saxena).
Sakuma Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" combined with 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".
Sakura Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 倉 (kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse".
Sakuraba Japanese
From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and 庭 (ba) meaning "garden".
Sakurajima Japanese
From Japanese 桜 or 櫻 (sakura) both meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 島 (jima) meaning "island". This surname comes from 桜島 (Sakurajima), an active stratovolcano located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan... [more]
Sakurakaba Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "prunus serrulata" and 椛 (kaba) meaning "betula".
Sakuramiya Japanese
From Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Sakurasaka Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and saka means "cape, peninsula".
Sakurashima Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and shima means "island".
Sakurazaka Japanese (Rare)
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and zaka is a form of saka that means means "peninsula, cape". ... [more]
Sala Latvian
From Latvian sala meaning "island".
Salahova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Salahov.
Salakaya Abkhaz
Mingrelian form of the Abkhaz surname Шакар-ипа (Shakar-ipa) meaning "son of Shakar". The name itself may be derived from Persian شکر (šakar) meaning "sugar" or from Arabic شَكَرَ (šakara) meaning "to be thankful, to be grateful".
Salalila Filipino, Tagalog
Derived from Sanskrit शरीर (śarīra) meaning "body". This was the name of a rajah of the historical region of Maynila (modern-day Manila).
Salama Arabic
Derived from the given name Salama.
Salamova f Azerbaijani, Chechen
Feminine form of Salamov.
Saldaña Spanish
Habitual surname for a person from any of the locations in Spain named Saldaña. The name itself comes from the older name Gili-Zalan, which is of uncertain meaning.
Saldanha Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Saldaña.
Saliba Arabic, Maltese
Means "crucifix, cross" in Arabic, a reference to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Christianity... [more]
Səlimova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Səlimov.
Salipada Filipino, Maguindanao
Maguindanao cognate of Saripada.
Salmona Judeo-Spanish
From a variant of the given name Shelomoh.
Salonga Filipino, Tagalog
From the name of a chief of Polo (presently the city of Valenzuela in Manila) who was later baptised as Pedro Salonga.
Salussolia Italian, Piedmontese
Originally denoted a person from Salussola, a comune (municipality) in the province of Biella in Piedmont, Italy.
Salvatierra Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from any of the places called Salvatierra (literally ‘save land’ denoting a place of strategic importance).... [more]
Səmədova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Səmədov.
Samaha Arabic
Derived from Arabic سَمْح (samḥ) meaning "magnanimous, generous".
Samara Greek
Variant of Samaras.
Samarajeewa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit समर (samara) meaning "coming together, meeting" or "conflict, struggle" and जीव (jiva) meaning "alive, living, life, existence".
Samaranayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරනායක (see Samaranayake).
Samararathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරරත්න (see Samararatne).
Samararatna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරරත්න (see Samararatne).
Samarasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit समर (samara) meaning "conflict, struggle" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
Samarasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරසේකර (see Samarasekara).
Samarasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරසිංහ (see Samarasinghe).
Samarasinha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරසිංහ (see Samarasinghe).
Samarathunga Sinhalese
From Sanskrit समर (samará) meaning "coming together, meeting" and तुङ्ग (tuṅga) meaning "lofty, tall, high".
Samaratunga Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරතුංග (see Samarathunga).
Samaraweera Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit समर (samara) meaning "coming together, meeting" or "conflict, struggle" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".
Samarawickrama Sinhalese
Means "conqueror of battles" from Sanskrit समर (samara) meaning "conflict, struggle" and विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "valour, power, strength".
Samarawickrema Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරවික්‍රම (see Samarawickrama).
Samba Spanish
Spanish surname of unknown origin maybe from the same origin as the name for the dance. Omar Samba has this surname.
Samejima Japanese
”鮫” (sa me) is meaning ”shark”(in ancient use, ”alligator” ) and ”島”(or ”嶋”) (shima in west Japan , jima in east Japan) is meaning "island" in Japan.... [more]
Şamilova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Şamilov.
Samma Estonian
Samma is an Estonian surname derived from either "sammal" meaning "moss" or "sammas" meaning " column", "pillar" and "post".
Samoura Fula
Mauritanian Fula Surname, From the name {Sow}
Samporna Filipino, Maranao
Means "main point" in Maranao, possibly from Sanskrit संपूर्ण (sampūrṇ) meaning "complete, entire, whole".
Sampulna Filipino, Maguindanao
Maguindanao form of Samporna.
Samukawa Japanese
A notable bearer is Tatsukiyo Samukawa (1697-1739), the daimyo of the Zeze Domain.
Samura Japanese
Sa means "support, assist" and mura "village, hamlet" or "town".
Samusawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒風沢 or 寒風澤 (see Sabusawa).
Sanabra Catalan
Catalan cognate of Seabra.
Sanda Japanese
Variant of Mita.
Sandioriva Acehnese, Gayonese
A Gayonese patronymic.
Sanghera Sanskrit
The Sanghera (संघेडा) clan are descended from Chauhan Rajputs and are found chiefly amongst the Jatt Sikh tribes of Northwestern India.
Sangliana Mizo
Sangliana has an unknown meaning.
Sangma Garo
The clan name of a folklore writer from Northeast India.
Sanjeewa Sinhalese
From the given name Sanjeewa.
Sankara Mossi (?), Fula (?)
The surname of the assassinated Burkinabé president Thomas Sankara (1949-1987).
Sanmiya Japanese
三 (san) meaning "three" and 宮 (miya) meaning "palace, temple, shrine".
Sannomiya Japanese
From 三 (san) meaning "three", ノ (no) an invisible possessive particle, and 宮 (miya) meaning "palace, shrine".
Sánta Hungarian
From Hungarian meaning "limping".
Santa Japanese
Variant of Mita.
Santa Ana Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Santana primarily used in the Philippines.
Santaella Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality at the coordinates 37°34′03″N 4°50′48″W.
Santagata Biblical Italian (Italianized, Modern, ?)
names of several towns in Italy derived from saint agatha (sant agata )
Santala Finnish
From Finnish santa meaning "(slightly wet) sand" and the place suffix -la.
Santa Maria Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Santamaría primarily used in the Philippines.
Santamaría Spanish
Means "Saint Mary" in Spanish, used as a name for someone from any of various locations named after the Virgin Mary.
Santamaria Italian, French, Spanish
Italian and French cognate of Santamaría as well as a Spanish variant.
Santaolalla Spanish
From a Spanish place named for Saint Eulalia (See Olalla).
Santayana Spanish, Spanish (Philippines)
Spanish variant of Santana. This name was borne by the Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana (1863-1952).
Santora Italian
Feminine form of Santoro.
Saparbekova f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Saparbekov.
Saparova f Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek
Feminine form of Saparov.
Saparowa f Turkmen
Feminine form of Saparow.
Sapienza Italian
Means "knowledge, wisdom" in Italian.
Sara Sami
Probably derived from Finnish saari "island", though some claim that it is taken from the given name Sara.
Sarada Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 皿 (sara), an assigned character to 更 (sara) meaning "new; unused" and 田 (da), the joining form of 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field", referring to unused farmland.
Saraiva Portuguese
It literally means "hail".
Sarasa Japanese (Rare)
Means "chintz" in Japanese.
Sarata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 皿田 (see Sarada).
Saratxaga Basque
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous river.
Sarda Italian
From the feminine form of Sardo or from sarda "large sardine" either a nickname or occupational name for selling sardines.
Sərdarova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Sərdarov.
Sardella Italian
From sardella "sardine" used as either an occupational name for a fisher or seller of sardines or a nickname for a thin person.
Sardina Italian, Spanish, Galician, Mexican
From sardina Galician sardiña "sardine" used for someone as a catcher or seller of the fish or a nickname for a thin person.
Sardinha Portuguese
Portuguese last name meaning "sardine seller".
Şərifova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Şərifov.
Sarıkaya Turkish
From Turkish sarı meaning "yellow" and kaya meaning "rock, cliff".
Sarikaya Turkish
Sarıkaya is a Turkish word meaning "yellow rock".
Saripada Filipino, Maranao
From a title meaning "chief" in Maranao, ultimately from Sanskrit श्रीपाद (shripada) literally meaning "holy foot", derived from श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty" and पाद (pada) meaning "foot".
Sarma Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Nepali
Alternate transcription of Assamese শৰ্মা, Bengali শর্মা, Hindi/Nepali शर्मा, Telugu శర్మ or Kannada ಶರ್ಮಾ (see Sharma).
Sarna Polish
IT COMES FROM POLAND FROM LONG-AGO ANCESTORS
Sarrià Catalan
Catalan habitational name from any of the places named Sarrià or Sàrria, in Catalonia.
Sarrikolea Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Larrabetzu.
Sarsenbaeva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Sarsenbaev.
Sarsenova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Sarsenov.
Saruta Japanese
From Japanese 猿 (saru) meaning "monkey" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sasahara Japanese
From Japanese 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Sasakawa Japanese
From Japanese 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Sasayama Japanese
笹 (Sasa) means "bamboo" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".
Sashenka Russian, Ukrainian, Ukrainian (Belarusianized)
From the Russian and Ukrainian given name Sashenka (a diminutive of Aleksandr or Oleksandr), or Belarusianised form of Ukrainian Sashenko.
Sashihara Japanese
From 指 (sashi) meaning "finger" and 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".
Saska Croatian
Name given to someone from Saxony. From Croatian “saska” which translates to Saxony.
Sassa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 左雨 (see Sasame).
Sata Japanese
From 佐 (sa) meaning "assist" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".
Satoda Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Satomiya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Satomura Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".
Satonaka Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".
Satoya Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Satsuma Japanese
From Japanese 薩摩 (Satsuma) meaning "Satsuma", a former Japanese province in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
Səttarova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Səttarov.
Šaŭčenka Belarusian
Alternative transcription of Belarusian Шаўчэнка (see Shauchenka).
Savela Finnish
Derived from Finnish savi "clay". Savela is also a place in Helsinki and Jyväskylä.
Savinova Russian
Feminine form of Savinov.
Savoia Italian (Archaic)
A Italian royal court name.
Savva Greek (Cypriot)
From the given name Savvas.
Sawa Japanese
From Japanese 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Sawada Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sawamura Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, marsh" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Sawaoka Japanese
Sawa means "swamp, marsh" and oka means "hill, mound".
Sawara Japanese (Rare)
Sawara (椹) is a type of cypress native to Japan
Sawara Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 佐原 (see Sahara).
Sawayama Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh, wetland, swamp" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Sawicka f Polish
Feminine form of Sawicki.
Saxena Indian, Hindi
Traditionally believed to be derived from Sanskrit सखिसेना (sakhisena) meaning "friend of the army", from सखा (sakha) meaning "friend, companion" and सेना (sena) meaning "army"... [more]
Sayatova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Sayatov.
Sayfullina f Bashkir, Tatar
Feminine form of Sayfullin.
Saylauova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Saylauov.
Saysana Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ໄຊຊະນະ (see Xaysana).
Saza Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "to assist, to help" and 座 (za) meaning "seat."
Sbaraglia Italian
From sbaragliare "to defeat, to overcome".
Scafata Italian
Possibly denoting someone from the Italian town Scafati, from Latin scapha "skiff, light boat". Alternately, may be from Italian scafare "to husk peas", either literally referring to someone's occupation, or from the figurative meaning of "to make more confident; alert, shrewd".
Scala Italian
Means "ladder, stair, scale" in Italian, a habitational name from any of various places named Scala, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent staircase or terraced land... [more]
Scalia Italian
Habitational name derived from Scalea in the province of Cosenza, deriving ultimately from medieval Greek skaleia meaning "hoeing".
Scanagatta Italian
Probably means "cat killer", from Italian scannare "to slaughter, to cut the throat of" and gatto "cat", with the figurative meaning of "cheat, scoundrel". (Compare Pelagatti)... [more]
Scanavacca Italian
Possibly an occupational name for a butcher, from scannare "to slaughter, to cut the throat of" and vacca "cow".
Scannella Italian
Possibly from Italian scannellare "to channel, to cut a groove", itself from Latin scamnum "ridge (of earth formed by plowing)".
Scarcella Italian
From Italian "scarcella", a dessert enjoyed during Easter from the Italian region of Apulia, possibly referring to a baker who would make them.
Scarla English (American), Italian (Americanized, ?)
Possibly a shortened form of an Italian surname such as Scarlato.
Scarlata Italian
Feminine variant of Scarlato.
Scatena Italian
From scatenare "to provoke, stir up, unleash", probably a nickname for a troublemaker.
Scheliga Polish
Variant and more Americanized spelling of Szeliga.
Schena Italian
Derived from a regional variant of Italian schiena "back (of the body)", perhaps a nickname for someone with a straight, rigid posture, or a topographic name denoting a rise or bump in the ground.
Schiazza Italian
From chiazza "stain, blot", perhaps given to someone with a prominent birthmark. Might also from a regional dialect, meaning "piazza, town square".
Schliwka German
A notable person bearing the surname was athlete Gunther Schliwka.
Schmadeka Low German
Low German variant of Schmied + the diminutive suffix -ke
Schmidtová f Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of the German surname Schmidt through the feminine suffix -ová.
Scimia Italian
From an archaic form of Italian scimmia "monkey", from Ancient Greek σιμός (simos) "snub-nosed". Has figurative meanings of "drunk" and "imitator, mimic, aper".
Sea English
Variant of See.
Seabra Portuguese
Habitational name from the town of Puebla de Sanabria in northwestern Spain of uncertain meaning, possibly of Arabic, Celtic or Latin origin.
Secară Romanian
It means "rye" in Romanian.
Sedda Italian
From a place name in Sardinia, meaning "top of a mountain". May alternately derive from Sardinian sedda "saddle", indicating the bearer's occupation.
Sedita Italian
From Italian sei "six" and dita "fingers", either literally referring to someone with six fingers, or metaphorically to someone who was very dextrous, or perhaps ironically to a clumsy person.
Séera Literature
Coming from an old Rowénan word to mean "king" or "leader", SÉERA is nowan uncomon surname. Used by the ruling family of eastern Erikówna (see Tyran).