Browse Submitted Surnames

Tatsushima Japanese
立 (Tachi) means "stand" and 島 (shima) means island.... [more]

Tatsuta Japanese

Tatula Swiss (?)

Taura Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Tavitha African

Tăvuța Romanian (Rare)

Tawa Japanese

Tawada Japanese

Tawanda Shona
Tawanda means "We have increased or multiplied". #It is a name acknowledging the birth of a child as an increase to the family".

Tawaraya Japanese

Tawata Japanese
Variant of Tawada.

Tayama Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Tazawa Japanese
From the Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" or 多 (ta) meaning "various, many" combined with 澤 or 沢 (sawa) meaning "wetland, marsh, swamp."

Tea English
Variant of Tee.

Tea Khmer

Teheiura Tahitian
From the given name Teheiura.

Te Hira Maori

Teixeria Portuguese, English (Rare)
Variant of Teixeira, more commonly used in the United States likely by American-Portuguese citizens

Tejada Spanish
Meaning "roof" or "lime tree."

Tejeda Spanish
Variant of Tejada.

Tejima Japanese
Variant of Teshima.

Tekazewa Japanese

Telaga Indian, Telugu
It is a Telugu name, mostly denoting agricultural laborers.

Telaumbanua Nias
Meaning uncertain.

Telgmaa Estonian
Telgmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "axial land".

Teliha Ukrainian

Tellechea Basque
Castilianized spelling of Telletxea, a habitational name meaning "(from) the house with tiles", composed of teila "roof tile" and etxe "house, home, building".

Telleria Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque teileria meaning "tile works, tile kiln; place where tiles are made".

Temotowa kastila

Tempesta Italian
Originally a nickname for a person with a blustery temperament, from Italian tempesta meaning "storm, tempest" (compare Tempest).... [more]

Tempesta Romansh
Derived from Romansh tempesta "hailstorm".

Tenaglia Italian
From tenaglia "pincers".

Tenayuca Indigenous American, Mexican (Rare), Comanche (?)
Of uncertain origin. A known bearer was Emma Tenayuca (1916-1999), an American labor leader of Comanche descent.

Tenesa Spanish

Tenggara Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Deng (鄧), Ding (丁) or Tang 1 (唐)... [more]

Tennohja Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōja).

Tennohjiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).

Tennōja Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).

Tennoja Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōja).

Tennōjiya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 天王寺谷 (Tennōjiya), script-changed from 天王寺屋 (Tennōjiya) meaning "Tennōji Store", a store that was in the ward of Tennōji in the city of Ōsaka in the prefecture of Ōsaka in Japan.

Tennojiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).

Tennouja Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōja).

Tennoujiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).

Tera Estonian
Tera is an Estonia surname that can mean "blade", "edge" and "grain".

Terada Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Teragaya Japanese

Terajima Japanese
Variant of Terashima.

Teramura Japanese

Teraoka Japanese
Tera means "temple" and oka means "hill".

Teraoka Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "temple" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Terasawa Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "temple" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Terashima Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Terashita Japanese

Terata Japanese

Teraya Japanese

Terenya Russian, Belarusian

Teriimana Tahitian

Terina Russian (?)

Terpstra West Frisian, Dutch
Derived from terp, a kind of artificial hill used as shelter during floods or high tide, and the Frisian habitational suffix -stra.

Terra Portuguese (Brazilian)

Terracina Italian
From the name of a city in Lazio, Italy, called Tarracina in Latin.

Terunuma Japanese
From Japanese 照 (teru) meaning "shine" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Teshigawara Japanese
From Japanese 勅 (te) meaning "imperial order", 使 (shi) meaning "messenger, envoy", 河 (ga) meaning "river", and 原 (wara) meaning "field".

Teshima Japanese
From Japanese 手 (te) meaning "hand" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Testaguzza Italian (?)

Testina Italian (Rare)

Teterevkova Lithuanian

Tetsuka Japanese
Te means "hand" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".

Tetta Italian
Means "boob, tit" in Italian.

Texeira Portuguese
Variant of Teixeira.

Tezuka Japanese
From Japanese 手 (te) meaning "hand" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock, grave".

Thammavongsa Lao
From Lao ທັມມະ (thamma) meaning "dharma, virtue, righteousness" and ວົງສາ (vongsa) meaning "family".

Thapa Nepali, Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Hindi, Odia
From an ancient military rank used in the Khasa Kingdom, which ruled parts of South Asia from the 11th to 14th centuries.

Tharanga Sinhalese
From the given name Tharanga.

Thathara Indian
Variant of Tamrakar.

Thathera Indian
Variant of Tamrakar.

Thavornvongsa Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Thawornwongsa Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Thelaidjia Arabic (Maghrebi)

Thepthida Lao

Theresa English, German
From the given name Theresa.

Theuma Maltese
Most likely derived from Arabic ثُوم (ṯūm) meaning "garlic", used in reference to someone who grew garlic or owned a garlic field. Alternatively, it may also be from تَوْأَم (tawʾam) meaning "twin, double".

Thika Albanian

Thilakarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකරත්න (see Thilakaratne).

Thilakaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකරත්න (see Thilakaratne).

Thilakawardana Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit तिलक (tilaka) meaning "mark, dot, ornament" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, strengthening, growing".

Thilakawardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකවර්ධන (see Thilakawardana).

Thilakawardhana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකවර්ධන (see Thilakawardana).

Thoma German, German (Swiss)
German and Swiss German: variant of Thomas. Greek: genitive patronymic from Thomas. Genitive patronymics are particularly associated with Cyprus.

Thupakula Tamil

Thushara Sinhalese
From the given name Thushara.

Tiama African

Tiarra African

Tiba Central African

Tibba Western African

Tichina Russian

Ticona Indigenous American, Aymara (Hispanicized)

Tiella Italian

Tienna Indonesian

Tiesema Frisian
It's a patronym and it means "son of Ties".

Tihurua Moluccan

Tiigimaa Estonian
Tiigimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "pond land".

Tiirmaa Estonian
Tiirmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "twirl/wander "land".

Tiitsmaa Estonian
Tiitsmaa is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Tiit" and "maa ("land"); "Tiit's land".

Tikka Finnish
Means "woodpecker" in Finnish. Alternatively, it could be from Karelian vernacular forms ending in -tikka, commonly seen in diminutives of many Orthodox names.

Tilahunga Gorontalo

Tilakarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකරත්න (see Thilakaratne).

Tilakaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකරත්න (see Thilakaratne).

Tilea Romanian
Meaning unknown.

Tilga Estonian
Possibly derived from the name of either of two villages in Estonia.

Tina Indian

Tinsulanonda Dambro, Thai

Tipa Indian

Tissera Sinhalese
Sinhala form of Teixeira.

Titovka Russian
Related to Titov.

Tiwana Indian, Pakistani, Punjabi
Habitational name from the village of Tiwana in present-day Pakistan.

Tjalsma West Frisian
Frisian, meaning son of Tjalling.

Tjandra Chinese (Indonesian)
Older spelling of Chandra influenced by Dutch orthography.

Tjhia Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Xie used by Chinese Indonesians.

Tjia Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Xie used by Chinese Indonesians.

Tjoa Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Cai used by Chinese Indonesians.

Tlatilpa Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from a given name.

Tlatilpa Aztec
It means where fire is born.

Toba Japanese
From Japanese 鳥 (to) meaning "bird" and 羽 (ba) meaning "feather".

Tobida Japanese

Tobita Japanese

Toda Japanese
Japanese: there are multiple meanings with this surname depending on the kanji used. ... [more]

Toga Japanese
From Japanese 東 (tō) "East", "eastern" and 賀 (ga) "congratulation". Other kanji combinations can form this surname as well.

Togata Japanese
From Japanese 通 (to, tou, tō) meaning "through" and 形 (gata) meaning "form"

Tohma Japanese

Tokareva Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Токарев (see Tokarev).

Tokida Japanese

Tokioka Japanese

Tokita Japanese

Tokiwa Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters "管" meaning "Organize", and "和" meaning "Normal", "Japanese". Other combinations possible.

Tokoroa Indigenous Australian

Tokuda Japanese
From Japanese 徳 (toku) meaning "benevolence, virtue" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tokugawa Japanese
From 徳 (toku) meaning "virtue" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Tokuma Japanese
From 徳 (toku) meaning "virtue" and 間 (ma) meaning "pause".

Tokunaga Japanese
From Japanese 徳 (toku) meaning "benevolence, virtue" and 永 (naga 3) meaning "perpetual, eternal".

Tokushima Japanese
From Japanese 徳 (toku) meaning "benevolence, virtue" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Tokuta Japanese

Tokutaka Japanese

Tokuyama Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters 徳 meaning "Virtue" and 山 meaning "Mountain".

Tola Italian, Albanian

Tolja Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian

Tolka Albanian

Toma Japanese

Tomagola Moluccan

Tomasoa Moluccan

Tombura Zande, Central African
Tombura is of unknown etymology.

Tomida Japanese
Tomi means "wealth, abundance" and da comes from ta meaning "field, wilderness, plain".

Tomikawa Japanese
From 富/冨 (tomi) meaning "riches, wealth, fortune" combined with 川/河 (kawa) meaning "river."

Tominaga Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".

Tomisawa Japanese
Tomi means "wealth, abundance" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Tomita Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "wealth, fortune" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Tomiyama Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "abundant, rich, wealthy" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Tomizawa Japanese
From Japanese 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "wetland, swamp, marsh".

Tomoeda Japanese
Tomo means "Friend", Eda means "Branch, Twig".

Tomogaya Japanese
Variant of Tomotani.

Tomonaga Japanese
From Japanese 朝 (tomo) meaning "morning, epoch, period" and 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".

Tomonaga Japanese
From Japanese 友 (tomo) meaning "friend" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".

Tomooka Japanese
Tomo means "friend" and oka means "hill".

Tomosaka Japanese
友 (Tomo) means "friend" and 坂 (saka) means "slope, hill".

Tomotaka Japanese

Tomoya Japanese
Variant of Tomotani.

Tomura Japanese

Tonooka Japanese

Tooyama Japanese

Topasna Polynesian

Topla Turkish

Topuria Georgian, Mingrelian

Torihama Japanese
From 鳥 (tori) meaning "bird, chicken" and 濱 (hama) meaning "seashore, beach".

Toriyama Japanese
From Japanese 鳥 (tori) meaning "bird" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill". A notable bearer of this surname is Akira Toriyama (1955–), a manga artist best known for creating the Dragon Ball manga series.

Tormenta Spanish

Torquemada Castilian
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality in the Province of Palencia.

Torrabadella Spanish

Torralba Spanish, Catalan, Aragonese
Habitational name from any of several places called Torralba, named with torre meaning "tower" + alba meaning "white".

Torriana Filipino

Torroella Catalan
This indicates familial origin within any of various eponymous localities.

Torta Italian
Probably from Italian torto "twisted, bent, crooked", or the related French tort "wrong, deviated".

Tortora Italian
From a given name derived from Italian tortora meaning "turtle dove", ultimately from Latin turtur (genitive turturis). It could also derive from a town and comune with the same name, located in the province of Cosenza in Calabria, Italy.

Tosa Japanese

Toshima Japanese

Toshinaka Japanese
俊(toshi) meaning “talented” and 中 (naka) meaning “medium”. Other kanji combinations are possible

Toska Albanian

Tosta Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Rare)
Perhaps a variant or shortened form of Spanish Tostado. Also compare Italian Tosto.

Tota Italian

Totaka Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Totsuka Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Toubiana Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Tubiana.

Toulza Occitan
Originally indicated a person from the city of Toulouse, of uncertain etymology.

Touma Japanese

Toya Japanese
From Japanese 斗 (to) “constellation” and 矢 (ya) “arrow”

Toyama Japanese
From 当 (tou) meaning "this, correct" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain."

Toyamada Japanese

Toyohara Japanese

Toyokawa Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Toyonaga Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "lush, abundant" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity, a long time".

Toyota Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tozawa Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Toziya Turkish
From Rumelian.

Tozuka Japanese
Variant of Totsuka.

Tra Western African

Tracanna Italian

Trala Polish

Trasha Albanian

Traspeña Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the locality of Traspeña de la Peña in the municipality of Castrejón de la Peña.

Travolta Italian

Trebicka Albanian

Tregurtha Cornish
A rare Cornish surname that derives its name from either the manor of Tregurtha in the parish of St. Hilary (located in west Cornwall) or from the hamlet of Tregurtha Barton in the parish of St. Wenn (located in central Cornwall)... [more]

Triana Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)

Tribiana Filipino

Trigga English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Triggs or Trigg.

Trika Hindi

Trikha Indian, Hindi

Trinidada Filipino

Triska Czech
Meaning "splinter" in Czech. Nathan Triska is a celebrity born in 1999.

Trka Czech
Not Avaliable.

Troia Italian
Could derive from the name of a town in Foggia, or be a nickname derived from Italian troia "sow, female pig", which has a slang meaning of "slut".

Troiana Italian

Troppa German, Italian, Slovak, German (Silesian), Spanish (Latin American)
Likely meaning unknown.

Trotta Italian
From Italian trota meaning "trout" or from the medieval female nickname Trotta the Italian cognate of Trude.

Trueba Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the eponymous Castilian river.

Truva Turkish

Trybula Polish

Tsaryova Russian
Someone who is a descendent of a person who worked for the Tsar or Emperor.

Tschida German
Derived from the Czech word "třída," which means class, kind, category, grade, or avenue and place.

Tschida German
The Germanic spelling of the Hungarian name Çsida. Derived from the Turkish word for rider, or man on horseback.

Tshabalala African, Zulu, South African
Means "shooting star"

Tshibuabua Central African
A notable bearer is Martin Tshibuabua, a soccer player.

Tshuva Hebrew
Means "answer" or "returning" in Hebrew. The term חוזר בתשובה which means "returning to the faith", reffers to a person who becomes more religious person in Judaism.

Tsiranana Malagasy

Tsubakihara Japanese

Tsuboda Japanese

Tsubogawa Japanese
Variant of Tsubokawa.

Tsubokawa Japanese

Tsubosaka Japanese

Tsubota Japanese

Tsuburaya Japanese
From Japanese 円 (tsubura) meaning "circle, round" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Tsuchida Japanese
From the Japanese 土 (tsuchi) "earth," "soil," 槌 (tsuchi) "mallet" or 津 (tsu) "harbour" and 知 (chi) "wisdom," "intellect" and 田 (da or ta) "rice paddy" or 多 (da or ta) "many."

Tsuchita Japanese

Tsuchiya Japanese
From Japanese 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth, soil, ground" and 屋 (ya) meaning "roof, dwelling" or 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Tsuchiyama Japanese
From Japanese 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth, soil, ground" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill". Other Kanji combinations are possible.

Tsuda Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tsuga Japanese
Tsu means "seaport, harbor" and ga could come from ka meaning "congratulation" or "add, increase".

Tsugawa Japanese
From 津 (tsu) meaning "ferry, port, harbor" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Tsugba Abkhaz

Tsugunaga Japanese

Tsujida Japanese

Tsujihara Japanese
From the Japanese 辻 (tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 原 (hara, bara or wara) "field," "plain," "original."

Tsujimura Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Tsujita Japanese
From the Japanese 辻 (tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy."

Tsujiura Japanese (Rare)
Tsuji means "crossroad" and ura means "bay, coast". ... [more]

Tsukabara Japanese
Variant of Tsukahara.

Tsukada Japanese
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tsukahara Japanese

Tsukasa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 宰務 (see Saimu).

Tsukasa Japanese
From Japanese 司 (tsukasa) meaning "official; director; manager".... [more]

Tsukasa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound; hillock; tumulus" and 狭 (sa) meaning "narrow; small", referring to a cramped up area with a small hill.

Tsukata Japanese

Tsukawara Japanese
Variant of Tsukahara.

Tsukida Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 舂田 (see Tsukita).

Tsukigata Japanese
月 (Tsuki) means "month, moon" and 形 (gata) means "shape, form, type".

Tsukihara Japanese
From Japanese 月 (tsuki) meaning means "moon, month" and 原 (hara) means "origin, source, foundation".

Tsukinomiya Japanese
Tsuki means "moon, month", no is a possesive article, and miya means "shrine".

Tsukioka Japanese
From Japanese 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge". A notable bearer of this surname was Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡 芳年, 1839–1892), a Japanese artist who is widely recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting.

Tsukishima Japanese
The character 月 means moon or month, and is pronounced “tsuki.” The character 島 means island and is pronounced either “shima” or “jima.”

Tsukita Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 舂 (tsuki), from 舂き (tsuki), the continuative form of 舂く (tsuku) meaning "to grind with a mortar" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy field", referring to a rice paddy field where they would grind grain with mortars.

Tsukiyama Japanese
From Japanese 築 (tsuki) meaning "fabricate, build, construct" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Tsukuta Japanese

Tsumura Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Tsumuraya Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour", 村 (mura) meaning "town, village", and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Tsunashima Japanese
From Japanese 綱 (tsuna) meaning "rope, cable, cord" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Tsunekawa Japanese
From Japanese 恒 (tsune) meaning "constant, persistent" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Tsuneyama Japanese

Tsunota Japanese

Tsuraoka Japanese

Tsuruda Japanese

Tsuruga Japanese
From Japanese 敦 (tsuru) meaning "kindness, honesty" and 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

Tsuruoka Japanese
From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane (bird)" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Tsuruta Japanese
From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane (bird)" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tsushima Japanese

Tsutena Japanese

Tsuyama Japanese

Tsvetomirova Bulgarian
Patronym derived from the given name Tsvetomir.

Tua Samoan

Tuberquia South American, Indigenous American

Tubiana Judeo-Spanish
From a variant of the given name Tobiah.

Tudorică Romanian
Derived from a Romanian diminutive of Tudor.

Tuharea Moluccan

Tuilotolava Tongan

Tuimaba Fijian

Tuinstra Frisian
Topographic name for a person who lived by a garden or enclosure, derived from Frisian tuin meaning "garden, yard", or a habitational name denoting someone from a place called Tuin.

Tuivailala Tongan

Tuivuaka Fijian

Tuka Ukrainian

Tukamushaba Eastern African
Derived from Runyankore-Rukiga languages, spoken primarily by the Banyankole and Bakiga ethnic groups in southwestern Uganda. From the elements Tuka-: a first-person plural imperative prefix meaning "let us" or "we should.", -mu-: a personal pronoun meaning "him" or "him/her.", and -shaba: derived from the verb "okushaba" meaning "to thank" or "to praise." The overall meaning being "Let us thank him" or "We should thank him.".

Tuleshova Russian, Ukrainian
Was the surname of “The Voice Kids Ukraine”, Daneliya Tuleshova.

Tulyeshova Russian, Ukrainian
Variant of Tuleshova.