Submitted Surnames Ending with a

Yanagawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yanagibara Japanese
Variant of Yanagihara.

Yanagida Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Yanagihara Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Yanagisawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yanagita Japanese

Yanagiwara Japanese
Variant of Yanagihara.

Yanagiya Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Yanagizawa Japanese
Variant of Yanagisawa.

Yanaibara Japanese
Variant of Yanaihara.

Yanaihara Japanese

Yanaiwara Japanese
Variant of Yanaihara.

Yanaka Japanese

Yanakawa Japanese

Yanata Japanese
Variant of Yanada.

Yandarbieva f Chechen
Feminine form of Yandarbiev.

Yandarbiyeva Chechen
Feminine spelling of Yandarbiyev.

Yandarova f Chechen
Feminine form of Yandarov.

Yanga Filipino

Yankouskaya f Belarusian
Feminine form of Yankouski.

Yankovska f Ukrainian
Feminine form of Yankovskyi.

Yankovskaya f Russian
Feminine form of Yankovsky.

Yannotta American
Possibly a variant of Iannotta.

Yaqubova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Yaqubov.

Yaqubzadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Yaqub".

Yara Japanese

Yarmola Ukrainian

Yasaka Japanese

Yashchyna Ukrainian

Yashima Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Yashina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Я́шин (see Yashin).

Yasuhara Japanese

Yasura Japanese
Yasu means "cheap, relax, peace" and ra means "good".

Yasura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 安良 (Yasura) meaning "Yasura", a former village in the former district of Izushi in the former Japanese province of Tajima in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.

Yasuraoka Japanese (Rare)
安 (yasu) means "cheap, low, inexpensive, rested, peaceful, relax".良 (ra) means "good, excellent", and 岡 (oka) means "ridge, hill"... [more]

Yasuta Japanese

Yasuyama Japanese
安 (yasu) means "peaceful, rested, relax, cheap, low" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".

Yata Japanese

Yata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yataba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田羽 (see Hattawa).

Yata'uyungana Tsou

Yatauyungana Tsou

Yatsuda Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yatsujima Japanese

Yatsuka Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 束 (tsuka) meaning "bundle, bunch, sheaf".

Yatsumura Japanese

Yatsushima Japanese

Yatsuta Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yatsuyama Japanese
Variant reading of Hachiyama.

Yatsyna Russian

Yawana African

Yaya Western African
From the given name Yaya.

Yayama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Hachiyama.

Yayla Turkish
Means "mountain pasture, highland, plateau" in Turkish.

Yazaka Japanese

Yazawa Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yazawa Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yefimova Russian
Feminine form of Yefimov.

Yehia Arabic
From the given name Yahya.

Yehya Arabic, Uyghur
From the given name Yehya.

Yemelyanova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Емельянов (see Yemelyanov).

Yepa Papuan

Yerba Spanish (Latin American)

Yerbabuena Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish yerba buena meaning "good herb"

Yerka English (Rare)

Yerzhanova f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Ержанова (see Erzhanova).

Yesca Spanish (Latin American)

Yeska English (American)
Probably an altered form of German Jeschke or Polish Jeske.

Yesua Indonesian
From the given name Yesua, a variant of Yeshua. This surname is found among Indonesian populations.

Yeszhanova f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Есжанова (see Eszhanova).

Yeta African

Yevdokimova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Евдокимов (see Yevdokimov).

Yevstigneyeva Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Евстигнеев (see Yevstigneyev).

Yia African

Yigitalieva f Uzbek

Ylaya Cebuano
From Cebuano ilaya meaning "inland, highground, upland".

Yoda Japanese

Yodha Sinhalese

Yokodaira Japanese
Variant of Yokotaira.

Yokodera Japanese
Variant of Yokotera.

Yokogaya Japanese
Variant of Yokotani.

Yokohama Japanese
Yoko means "beside" and hama means "beach, seashore".

Yokohira Japanese
Yoko means "beside, next to" and hira means "peace, level, even".

Yokokawa Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yokomura Japanese
横 (Yoko) means "Beside" and 村 (Mura) means "Village, Hamlet". Check the source if needed.

Yokosawa Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Yokoshima Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Yokoya Japanese
Variant of Yokotani.

Yokoyama Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Yokoyama Japanese
A Japanese surname with a combination of Yoko and Yama

Yokozawa Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Yonaga Japanese
From Japanese 夜長 (yonaga) meaning "a long night".

Yoneda Japanese
From the Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) meaning "many."

Yonega Japanese

Yonegawa Japanese
Variant of Yonekawa.

Yonekawa Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yonekura Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".

Yonemura Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and mura means "village".

Yonesawa Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and sawa means "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Yoneta Japanese

Yoneyama Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Yonezawa Japanese
From the Japanese 米 (yone or kome) "rice" and 澤 or 沢 (zawa or sawa) "swamp."

Yonoda Japanese

Yonota Japanese

Yorba Catalan (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Jorba.

Yorita Japanese
From Japanese 依 (yori) meaning "reliant" or 寄 (yori) meaning "bring near", combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice field".

Yoshibara Japanese
Variant of Yoshihara.

Yoshihama Japanese
From the Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "fortune, good luck" and 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach."

Yoshihara Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Yoshikawa Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yoshimura Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good" or 佳 (yoshi) meaning "beautiful, good, excellent" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Yoshina Japanese
Yo means "night" and shina means "family, department, section".

Yoshinuma Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortunate" and numa means "marsh, swamp".... [more]

Yoshisawa Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortunate" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Yoshita Japanese

Yoshiura Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, coast".

Yoshiwara Japanese
Variant of Yoshihara.

Yoshiyama Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "fortune, good luck" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Yoshizawa Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "fortune, good luck" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Yoshizuka Japanese

Yosopova Uzbek, Avar, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Crimean Tatar, Chechen, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Yusupova.

Yota Japanese

Yskakova f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Ысқақова (see Iskakova).

Yuasa Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow".

Yuba Japanese
From 弓 (yu) meaning "archery bow" and 場 (ba) meaning "place".

Yubuza Dungan
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from an Arabic name.

Yuda Japanese

Yuehua English

Yuhanna Judeo-Arabic (?)
Yuhanna or John is one of the apostles of Christ, the prophet of Christians and the religion of Christianity, who believe that he ascended to heaven.

Yukawa Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yukida Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters "雪" meaning "Snow", and "田" meaning "Rice Field".

Yukimiya Japanese
From Japanese, 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Yukishita Japanese
Yuki means "snow" and shita means "under".

Yukita Japanese

Yukiyama Japanese
This surname combines 幸 (kou, saiwa.i, sachi, shiawa.se, yuki) meaning "blessing, fortune, happiness," 雪 (setsu, yuki) meaning "snow" or 行 (an, gyou, kou, -i.ki, -iki, i.ku, okona.u, oko.nau, -yu.ki, -yuki, yu.ku) meaning "going, journey" with 山 (san, sen, yama) meaning "mountain."... [more]

Yuliyanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Yuliyanov.

Yumehara Japanese
From Japanese 夢 (yume) means "dream" and 原 (hara) means "field".

Yumekawa Japanese
Yumekawa means yume (夢) means "dream" and kawa (川) means "river", so this means "dream river".

Yumiba Japanese

Yunaka Japanese

Yusa Japanese
From Japanese 遊 (yu) meaning "play" and 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid".

Yuseinova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Yuseinov.

Yusifova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Yusifov.

Yusifzadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Yousefzadeh.

Yussupova Uzbek, Avar, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Crimean Tatar, Chechen, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Yusupova.

Yusufova Tajik, Uzbek, Dagestani
Feminine transcription of Yusufov.

Yuuma Japanese
From the Japanese 遊 (yu) "recreation," "fun" and 馬 (uma, ma or ba) "horse."

Yuzurihara Japanese
Means "the field of the gentle Village". From the Japanese words Yasuri (gentle village) and Hara (plain, field).

Žaba Belarusian
Belarusian Latin spelling of Zhaba.

Zabaleta Basque
Habitational name meaning "very wide place", derived from Basque zabal "wide, broad, open" and -eta "place of, abundance of".

Zabiela Lithuanian

Žabka Czech, Slovak
From Polish zaba meaning "frog", of Slavic origin.

Zabka German
From Polish zaba meaning "frog", of Slavic origin.

Zaborowska f Polish
Feminine form of Zaborowski.

Zabrocka Polish

Zacharia Indian (Christian)
From the given name Zacharia.

Zada Pashto
Derived from Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Zaewa Russian
meaning unknown. female form of ZAEW

Zagreda Albanian

Zaharia Romanian
From the given name Zaharia.

Zahidova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Zahidov.

Zahra Maltese

Zahra Maltese, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Zahra.

Zahuba Ukrainian

Zakaria Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Zakariyya.

Zakariya Arabic
Arabic surname derived from the name of the prophet Zechariah.

Zakariyya Dhivehi, Arabic
From the given name Zakariyya.

Zakheybaeva Russian

Zəkiyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Zəkiyev.

Zala Romansh

Zalbidea Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque zalbide "horses’ road", ultimately composed of zaldi "horse" and bide "path, track, way; journey".

Zalewska f Polish
Feminine form of Zalewski.

Zalla Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Hungarian, Greek, Bulgarian
Variant of Sala.

Zalvidea Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Zalbidea.

Zamanova f Azerbaijani, Bashkir
Feminine form of Zamanov.

Zamarripa Basque
Habitational name of the city and province of Zamora, which is located on the Duero in northwest Spain. Because of its strategic position, the city was disputed during the Middle Ages, first between the Christians and Moors, then between the kingdoms of Leon and Castille.

Zambrana Spanish
Likely comes from a town of the same name in Spain.

Zamoa Maltese

Zamora Spanish
Habitational name from Zamora, a city in northwestern Spain, of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Berber azemur "wild olive tree".

Zanbrana Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Zanda Italian
From Sardinian zanda "field poppy".

Zanella Italian

Zangara Italian
Southern Italian: from a feminine form of Zangaro ( see Zangari ).

Zangoza Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese city.

Zanza African

Zapanta Filipino, Tagalog, Hiligaynon
Of Hiligaynon origin and uncertain meaning.

Zapata Spanish
Occupational surname for a shoemaker, from Spanish zapato meaning "shoe". It can also be considered a habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in Spain called Zapata.

Zapeka Ukrainian

Zaragoza Spanish, Aragonese
Name given to someone who was from the city Zaragoza in the Aragon region in Spain.

Zarandona Spanish

Zaremba Polish
Name for a woodcutter, derived from Polish zarabac, meaning ''to hack or chop''.

Zarta South American
Chiefly used in Colombia.

Zarta German

Zarubica Montenegrin, Serbian

Zarubina Russian
Famous bearer: Olga Zarubina (Ольга Зарубина), Soviet/Russian singer. ... [more]

Zassowna Polish

Zavaleta Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Zabaleta.

Zavalia Spanish (Latin American, Americanized)

Zavarzina Russian
Feminine form of Zavarzin.

Zaviryukha Ukrainian

Zawada Polish
From zawada literally meaning "obstacle, hindrance", figuratively meaning "swashbuckler, troublemaker".

Zawadka Polish
Diminutive of Zawada.

Zayana Indonesian

Zayka Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Means "bunny".

Zaza Arabic (Egyptian)

Zazueta Spanish
Probably a topographic name of Basque origin, from an unexplained first element + the collective suffix -eta 'place or group of'.

Zazzara Italian
Ancient and very noble Lazio family, with residence in the city of Viterbo, known as Zazzara or Zazzera, of clear and ancestral virtue, which has spread over the centuries in various regions of Italy.

Zdravkovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Zdravkovski.

Zebua Nias
Nias clan name possibly from a word meaning "biggest, largest".

Zecca Italian

Zedda Italian
Possibly from Sardinian zedda "cellar" or cedda "herd of animals", indicating someone who was an innkeeper or shepherd.

Zegama Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Basque Country, Spain, of uncertain etymology.

Zegarra Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a Castilianized form of the Catalan Segarra.

Zeilstra Dutch, West Frisian
Derived from zijl "sluice" and the suffix -stra denoting an inhabitant of a place. The name has also been connected to zeil "sail; to sail", possibly a nickname for someone who made sails or spent a lot of time on a ship.

Zeka Albanian

Zela Albanian

Zelaya Basque
From Basque Zelaia, a habitational or topographic name derived from zelai "field, meadow, prairie".

Zelená f Czech, Slovak
Means "green" in Czech and Slovak.

Zelenika Bosnian
Variant of Zelenka

Zelenina f Russian
Feminine form of Zelenin.

Zelenska Ukrainian
Feminine form of Zelensky.

Zelewska Polish

Zelieska Polish
Polish Ashkenazic surname, possibly derived from surname Zieliński what is a habitational name for someone from Zielona or Zielonka (places in Poland), deriving from the root word meaning "green".

Zelimkhanova Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Зелимханов (see Zelimkhanov).

Zella German

Zelníčková f Czech
Feminine form of Zelníček. This is the maiden name of Donald Trump's first wife, Ivana Zelníčková Trump.

Zelnickova Jewish
Zelnickova is a Jewish (Eastern Ashkenazic) surname that can be found in Czechoslovakia, Poland and Slovenia. This surname is derived from the Yiddish word tselnick which in English means haberdashery... [more]

Zelyonka Russian
Derived from Russian зелёный (zelyonyy), meaning "green".

Zemmosa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 善 (zen) meaning "virtue, goodness", 茂 (mo) meaning "overgrown; luxuriant", and 砂 (sa) meaning "sand", referring to a place with lots of sand.

Zemmosha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosa).

Zemosa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosa).

Zenda Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters 全 meaning "everything" and 田 meaning "rice paddy field".

Zengotita Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Mallabia, Spain, of uncertain etymology.

Zenmosa Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosa).

Zenmosha Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosha).

Zeolla Italian

Zepeda Spanish
Variant of Cepeda

Zerafa Maltese
From Maltese żrafa meaning "giraffe".

Zerba English

Zerka English (Rare)

Zeynalova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Zeynalov.

Zha Chinese
From Chinese 查 (zhā) referring to the ancient fief of Zha, which was part of the state of Qi during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province. Alternately it may come from the name of a fief that was part of the state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Anhui province.

Zhaba Belarusian, Russian
Derived from Belarusian жаба (zhaba) meaning "toad, frog". This is an ancient Belarusian noble surname.

Zhaksylykova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhaksylykov.

Zhakypova f Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhakypov.

Zhalgasova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhalgasov.

Zhalovaha Ukrainian

Zhambylova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhambylov.

Zhanatova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhanatov.

Zhanbolatova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhanbolatov.

Zhanbyrbaeva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhanbyrbaev.

Zhandauletova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhandauletov.

Zhandosova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhandosov.

Zhangirova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhangirov.

Zhanibekova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhanibekov.

Zhardemova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhardemov.

Zharela Belarusian

Zhasulanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhasulanov.

Zhegrova Albanian

Zhelyazkova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Zhelyazkov.

Zhenisova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhenisov.

Zherdeva Russian
Feminine version of Zherdev

Zholdoshbekova f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Zholdoshbekov.

Zholdosheva f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Zholdoshev.

Zholdoshova f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Zholdoshov.

Zhomartova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhomartov.

Zhukava Russian (?)

Zhumabaeva f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Zhumabaev.

Zhumabekova f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Zhumabekov.

Zhumadilova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhumadilov.

Zhumagalieva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhumagaliev.

Zhumagulova f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Zhumagulov.

Zhumakhanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhumakhanov.

Zhunisbekova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhunisbekov.

Zhunisova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhunisov.

Zhunusova f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Zhunusov.

Zhusipbekova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhusipbekov.

Zhusupova f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Zhusupov.

Zhuta Albanian

Zhuzbaeva f Kyrgyz

Zia Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Ziya.

Zicolella Italian

Zięba Polish
From ‘finch’; a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird or maybe because a person lived in an area with many finches. Perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a birdcatcher or dealer.

Zieja Polish
Derived from Polish ziajać meaning "to spontaneously/violently show negative feelings". This surname denoted someone who complained often.

Zielonka Polish, Jewish
Derived from the Polish word for "green"

Zigarroa Basque (Rare)
Possibly derived from Basque ziga "mallow", or an altered form of zugar "elm (tree)". Coincides with zigarro "cigar, cigarette".

Zijlstra Dutch
Habitational surname derived from Dutch zijl "sluice, pump" and the West Frisian suffix -stra.

Zika Czech, Greek
From a short form of the personal name Zikmund, the Czech form of Siegmund.... [more]

Zinaja Croatian

Zinga Central African

Ziola Italian

Ziolla Italian

Ziriya Indian

Zitalpopopa Aztec, Nahuatl
Variant of Citlalpopoca.

Živkovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Živkovski.

Ziyadova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Ziyadov.

Zlatanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Zlatanov.

Zlatanovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Zlatanovski.

Zlatkovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Zlatkovski.

Zoana Romanian