Browse Submitted Surnames

Tuna Turkish
From the Turkish name for the Danube River, which flows through parts of Central and Southeastern Europe.

Tundra Romanian

Turakhia Indian, Hindi, Gujarati

Turba German

Turba Italian
Possibly from Italian turbare, "to disturb, to trouble", itself from Latin turba, "turmoil, disturbance; mob, crowd". Alternately, it could be from the German surname Turba, of uncertain meaning.

Turkkila Finnish

Turkstra Frisian
TURKSTRA - Meaning: From the town of "Turkeye". Turkeye is a small town within Zeelandic Flanders in the western part of Netherlands. This family names was given to persons originating from the village.

Turowiecka Polish

Tusha Albanian

Tutera Italian
Means “Of the Earth”

Tuzla Turkish
From a city in Bosnia named "Tuzla" or "salt mine". Formally occupied by the Ottoman Empire.

Tweneboa Akan
Meaning unknown.

Txiriboga Basque (Rare, Archaic)
Means "tavern" in Basque.

Tychyna Ukrainian

Tylka Polish
From Polish tylko, meaning "only".

Tynybekova Kyrgyz

Tyra Polish

Tyra German

Tyra German

Tyra German

Tyra German

Tyra German

Tzeka Albanian

Uada Indonesian

Uba Estonian
Uba is an Estonian surname meaning "bean".

Uba Japanese
From Japanese 姥 (Uba) meaning "Uba", a division in the division of Akougi in the area of Kasasa in the city of Minamisatsuma in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.

Ubukata Japanese
From 生 (ubu) meaning "life, live, raw, fresh" or 冲 (ubu) meaning "offing, open sea" and 方 (kata) meaning "person, alternative, square, direction".

Uceda Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Uchibara Japanese
Variant of Uchihara.

Uchida Japanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Uchiha Japanese
This is the last name of the anime character, Uchiha Sasuke.

Uchihara Japanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Uchima Japanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Uchisawa Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Uchita Japanese

Uchiwara Japanese
Variant of Uchihara.

Uchizawa Japanese
Variant of Uchisawa.

Uda Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, roof, house" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Udagawa Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, roof, house", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Udakawa Japanese

Udayakumara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit उदय (udaya) meaning "going up, rising, sunrise, dawn" and कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince".

Uebara Japanese
Variant of Uehara.... [more]

Uegawa Japanese
Variant of Uekawa.

Uehira Japanese

Uekawa Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Uekusa Japanese
From Japanese 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herb".

Uemura Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" or 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Uenohara Japanese

Uenoyama Japanese

Ueoka Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Uesaka Japanese
Ue means "upper, top, above" and saka means "hill, slope".... [more]

Ueshiba Japanese

Ueshita Japanese
Ue means "upper, top, above" and shita means "below, under".

Ueta Japanese
Variant transcription of Ueda.

Uetsuka Japanese
Ue means "above, upper" and tsuka means "mound".

Uewara Japanese
Variant of Uehara.... [more]

Ueyama Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Uezaka Japanese
Variant of Uesaka.

Uezuka Japanese
Variant of Uetsuka.

Uggla Swedish
Means "owl" in Swedish.

Ugwunwa Nigerian

Uibomaa Estonian
Uibomaa is an Estonian surneame meaning "evergreen land".

Uiga Estonian
Uiga is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "eluiga" meaning "life" and "age".

Uigawa Japanese
Variant of Uikawa.

Uikawa Japanese

Uisawa Japanese

Uizawa Japanese
Variant of Uisawa.

Ujigaya Japanese

Ujihara Japanese

Ujiya Japanese

Ujula Estonian
Ujula is an Estonian surname meaning "pool" and "pond".

Ukrainka Ukrainian
Means "Ukrainian woman". This was the pen surname of Lesya Ukrainka, who's real name was Larysa Kosach-Kvitka... [more]

Ukrayina Ukrainian (Rare)
Means "Ukraine" in Ukrainian.

Ukrayinka Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Українка (see Ukrainka).

Üksküla Estonian
Üksküla is an Estonian surname meaning "one village".

Uktamova Uzbek

Ulehla Czech, Slovak, Polish
Derives from Slovak word uhla meaning "angle, corner". Could also derive from the Polish word ulehla meaning "to be subdued, to be defeated". This is the surname of the famous youtuber Nicholas Ulehla, pseudonymously known as SocksFor1.

Ulema Estonian
Ulema is an Estonian surname; possibly a corruption of "tulema" meaning "come" and "to come/hail from".

Ulla Estonian
Ulla is an Estonian surname derived from "üla-", a prefix meaning "upper".

Ulloa Galician
This indicates familial origin within the comarca of A Ulloa.

Ulukaya Turkish
From Turkish ulu meaning "great, large, exalted" and kaya meaning "rock".

Ulyanova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Ульянов (see Ulyanov).

Ulyanovskaya Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Ульяновский (see Ulyanovsky).

Umeda Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Umehana Japanese
From 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" combined with 花 (hana, ka) meaning "flower, blossom".

Umehara Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Umekawa Japanese
Ume means "plum" and kawa means "stream, river".

Umekita Japanese
From 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 北 (kita) meaning "north".

Umemura Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Umena Japanese
From 梅 ume) meaning "plum" and 名 (na) meaning "reputation, name, status".

Umesawa Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Umeta Japanese

Umezawa Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Unabara Japanese
From Japanese 海 (una) meaning "sea" and 原 (bara) meaning "meadow".

Uñalivia Spanish (Rare)
Has no specific meaning but it was a rare spanish name

Unamunsaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Unamuntzaga.

Unamuntzaga Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Etxebarria.

Unda Various

Undurraga Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Zeanuri.

Unga Tongan

Untzaga Basque (Rare)
From the name of a hamlet in Álava, Spain, derived from Basque (h)untz "ivy" and -aga "place of, abundance of".

Untzueta Basque (Rare)
Derived from Basque (h)untz "ivy" and -eta "place of, abundance of".

Unuma Japanese

Únzaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Untzaga.

Unzueta Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Untzueta.

Upadhyaya Indian, Nepali, Hindi, Assamese
Variant transcription of Upadhyay.

Upadhyayula Telugu
Telugu form of Upadhyay.

Uppara Indian, Tamil
Another form of Oppara.

Ura Japanese
Ura means "bay, seacoast".

Urabata Japanese

Urada Japanese

Urahata Japanese
Ura means "bay, creek, inlet, beach, gulf, seacoast" and hata means "field".

Uranda Spanish (Mexican)

Uraoka Japanese (Rare)
Ura means "bay, seacoast" and oka means "hill, ridge".

Uraraka Popular Culture
In the case of the character Ochako (Ochaco) Uraraka (麗日 お茶子) from 'My Hero Academia', her surname is made up of the adjective 麗らか (uraraka) meaning "bright, clear, beautiful, glorious" and 日 (ka) meaning "day."

Urasawa Japanese
Ura means "seacoast, bay" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Urasawa Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Urashima Japanese

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

Urayama Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Urazawa Japanese
Variant of Urasawa.

Urbana Belarusian, Ukrainian, Russian (Rare), Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of Urban.

Urbaneja Spanish
Likely derived from Urban. This surname is most common in Venezuela.

Urbanija Slovene
Likely derived from Urban.

Urbla Estonian
Urbla is an Estonian surname meaning "catkin area".

Urdaneta Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Aia.

Urduña Basque (Rare)
From the name of a municipality in Basque Country, Spain, derived from Basque ortu "garden, orchard" and -une "place, location".

Urdya Ukrainian (Rare)

Urenda Basque
Probably a topographic name formed with Basque ur "water".

Urkiaga Basque
From the name of the northernmost hill and mountain pass in Navarre, derived from Basque urki "birch tree" and -aga "place of, group of".

Urkiola Basque
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous natural park.

Urquiaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Urkiaga.

Urquiola Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Urkiola.

Urra South American

Urrea Aragonese (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Urreya.

Urreya Aragonese
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 municipalities: Urreya de Gayén or Urreya de Xalón.

Urriola Spanish
Variant of Arriola.

Urritzola Basque (Rare)
From the names of either of two villages in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque urritz "hazel tree" combined with either ola "hut, cabin" or the suffix -ola "location, place of".

Urrizola Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Urritzola.

Urrunaga Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Legutio.

Urrutia Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque urruti "distant, far away".

Urrutikoetxea Basque
From Basque urruti meaning "far, distant" and etxe meaning "house".

Ursúa Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Urtsua.

Ursuya Basque (Gallicized)
Parisianized form of Urtsua.

Urtiaga Basque
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous cave in the municipality of Deba.

Urtsua Basque (Rare, Archaic)
From the name of a mountain in the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, derived from Basque ur "water" and -tzu "plenty of".

Urushibara Japanese
A variant of Urushihara.

Urushihara Japanese (Rare)
漆 (Urushi) means "lacquer/lacker, varnish" and 原 (hara) means "plain, field".

Urushima Japanese

Urushimakka Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 漆 (urushi) meaning "toxicodendron vernicifluum", 真下 (makka) meaning "(literally) down; below; beneath", referring to low lands.

Urushimatsuka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 漆眞下 (see Urushimakka).

Urushiwara Japanese
A variant of Urushihara.

Urushiyama Japanese
From Japanese 漆 (urushi) meaning "lacquer" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Usada Japanese

Usanza Italian
Means, "custom, tradition, habit" in Italian.

Usata Japanese

Ushida Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ushijima Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Ushisawa Japanese
From 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox, 2nd sign of the Chinese zodiac" and 澤 or 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh, swamp".

Ushishima Japanese
Ushi means "cow, bull, ox, second sign of the Chinese zodiac" and shima means "island".

Ushiyama Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill". Ushiyama is an area in the city of Kasugai, Japan.

Ushizawa Japanese
Variant of Ushisawa.

Usta Turkish
Means "master" in Turkish.

Ustinova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Устинов (see Ustinov).

Usuda Japanese

Uta Japanese

Utada Japanese

Utagawa Japanese
Uta means "song" and Gawa comes from Kawa, meaning "river".

Utakawa Japanese
Uta means "song" and kawa means "river, stream".

Utamura Japanese
Uta means "song, poem" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Utina Gorontalo

Utsunomiya Japanese
This surname is used as either 宇都宮 or 宇津宮 with 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof", 都 (tsu, to, miyako) meaning "capital, metropolis", 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port" and 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess, Shinto shrine."... [more]

Utsunomiya Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "house, eaves, universe", 都 (tsu) meaning "city", and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Uuemaa Estonian
Uuemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "new land".

Uuetoa Estonian
Uuetoa is an Estonain surname, meaning "new home" or "new room".

Uusla Estonian
Uusla is an Estonian surname meaning "new field/area".

Uusmaa Estonian
Uusmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "new land".

Uwimana Rwandan, Eastern African
Means "belongs to God"

Uyama Japanese

Uyeda Japanese
Variant of Ueda.

Uyehara Japanese
Variant transcription of Uehara.

Uyeta Japanese
Variant transcription of Ueta.

Uzeta Basque

Vaara Finnish, Sami
Means "forested hill" in Finnish, derived from Northern Sami várri "mountain".

Vaca Spanish
Variant of Cabeza De Vaca.

Vadalà Italian
Derived from the Arabic given name Abd Allah, meaning "servant of God".

Vaddhana Thai (Sanskritized)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai วัฒนา (see Watthana).

Vadovičová Slovak

Vaga Estonian
Vaga is an Estonian surname meaning "devout" and "pious".

Vaglia Italian
From the commune in the city of Florence.

Vagula Estonian
From the name of a village and a lake in Võru Parish, Võru County in southern Estonia. Possibly derived from vagu "furrow, groove" and the locative suffix -la.

Vahemaa Estonian
Vahemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "middle land".

Vahtmaa Estonian
Vahtmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "foam/lather land".

Vahtra Estonian
Vahtra is an Estonian surname meaning "maple" (Aceraceae).

Vaidya Indian, Marathi
Derived from Sanskrit वैद्य (vaidya) meaning "physician, doctor", ultimately from the word विद् (vid) meaning "to know".

Vaikla Estonian
Vaikla is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet area".

Vainküla Estonian
Vainküla is an Estonian surname meaning "(village) green/common village"

Vajda Slovak

Vakapuna Tongan

Vakhayeva Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Вахаев (see Vakhayev).

Valaulta Romansh
Derived from Romansh val "valley" and aulta, the feminine form of the adjective ault, "high".

Valbuena Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places called Valbuena for example in Valladolid Cáceres and Salamanca.

Valderrama Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places named Valderrama, as for example in Burgos province.

Valderrama Spanish
This surname is made up of the prefix "bal-" from latin "vallis," the equivalent of prefix "-valle" meaning a vale or a valley plus the Spanish "derramare" - to scatter or to spread. Hence, implies valley which is spread out.

Valdivia Spanish
Topographic or habitational name based on Spanish val, valle meaning "valley". A notable bearer was Pedro de Valdivia (died 1553), a Spanish conquistador who conquered Chile with a small expedition corps after he served under Francisco Pizarro in Peru... [more]

València Catalan
Catalan form of Valencia.

Valensuela Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant and Portuguese form of Valenzuela

Valentina Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Valentin.

Valenza Maltese

Valenzuela Spanish
Habitational name from places named Valenzuela in Córdoba and Ciudad Real. The place name is a diminutive of Valencia, literally "little Valencia".

Valera Spanish
Habitational name from either of two places in Spain named Valera.

Valgepea Estonian
Valgepea is an Estonian surname meaning "white head".

Vəlizadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Vəli".

Välja Estonian
Välja is an Estonian surname meaning "outside" and "afield".

Väljataga Estonian
Väljataga is an Estonian surname meaning "outside behind/at the back of".

Valkama Finnish

Valkeapää Finnish
From the Finnish valkea "white" and pää "head, tip".

Valkova Bulgarian

Vallera French
French: habitational name from Vallery in Yonne, once a Romano-Gallic estate, recorded in 1218 as Valerianus. The surname is also found in the British Isles and may be of Norman origin, from the same place.

Vallmitjana Catalan
From the name of a valley near the town of Taradell in Catalonia, Spain, composed of Catalan vall meaning "valley" and mitjana "middle, middle-sized".

Valmaseda Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Balmaseda.

Valmorida Filipino, Cebuano
Means "valley of the forest field" derived from Spanish val, a contraction of valle meaning "valley", combined with Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest, woods" and 田 (ta) "paddy, field" (see Morita).

Valodźka Belarusian
Derived from a diminutive form Valodźka of the Belarusian given name Uladzimir.

Valtierra Basque (Hispanicized)
From the name of the city of Valtierra in Navarre, Spain.

Vanatoa Estonian
Vanatoa is an Estonian surname meaning "old room".

Van Der Aa Dutch, Flemish
Means "from the Aa" in Dutch, a common name for rivers and streams derived from Old Germanic *ahwō "stream, river; water".

Vanga Indian, Telugu

Van Haitsma Dutch
Habitational name for someone from Haitsma, a place in Friesland.

Vanna Khmer
Means "golden" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit.

Varaksa Belarusian

Varenytsya Ukrainian

Varfolomeyeva Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Варфоломеев (see Varfolomeyev).

Varhola Rusyn

Varma Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit वर्मन् (varman) meaning "armour, protection".

Varona Spanish, Caribbean

Varupa Bosnian

Vasa Old Swedish, Swedish (Archaic)
Swedish noble and former royal family. Possibly from vase meaning "bundle" or "withy". The name is believed to be a reference to the family's coat of arms. The most notable member of the family was Gustav Eriksson Vasa (1496-1560), later known as Gustav I of Sweden (in modern times known exclusively as Gustav Vasa)... [more]

Vassella Romansh

Vasta Italian
Possibly from either of the toponyms Vaste or Vasto... [more]

Vasylyshyna Ukrainian
Feminine transcription of Ukrainian Василишин (see Vasylyshyn).

Vata Albanian

Vava South African

Vayayana Indigenous Taiwanese
Meaning unavailable.

Vayda Ukrainian

Vayna Belarusian (Rare)
Belarusian cognate of Voyna.

Vazda Bosnian

Vea Spanish, Galician
Habitational name, principally from Vea in Soria province, but in some cases from any of four places with the same name in Pontevedra province, Galicia.

Vea Norwegian
Habitational name from any of four farmsteads so named, from the plural of Old Norse viðr meaning "wood", "tree".

Veca Italian
Southern Italian: possibly from vece ‘change’, ‘mutation’, ‘alternation’ (from Latin vix, vicis, plural vices), or from a pet form of a personal name formed with this element.

Večeřa Czech
Means "supper". Pronounced "veh-cze-zha".

Vectra Russian

Vedia Italian

Vedmederya Ukrainian
Means "bear cub, baby bear, little bear".

Veedla Estonian
Veedla is an Estonian surname meaning "watery/waters area".

Veemaa Estonian
Veemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "water land".

Veeremaa Estonian
Veeremaa is an Estonian surname meaning "rolling land".

Veiga Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Vega.

Vejjajiva Thai

Velama Indian, Telugu
It is a Telugu name, denoting mainly agricultural laborers.

Vella Maltese, Italian
Derived from Italian bella meaning "beautiful".

Vellala Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, denoting agricultural laborers.

Veloza South American

Venema Dutch, West Frisian
From Dutch veen "peat, bog, fen" and the Frisian suffix -ema.

Venezia Italian, Judeo-Italian
From the name of city of Venice or from the region of Venetia, both of which are called Venezia in Italian.

Venora Italian

Venosa Italian
Derived from a town named "Venosa".

Venta Italian

Ventira Romansh
Derived from the given name Bonaventura.

Ventrella Italian
Derived from a diminutive form of ventre "belly, midriff, stomach". Can also be an altered form of Venturella (see Ventura).

Ventresca Italian
Meaning Unknown

Verdecia Spanish

Verea Galician
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Vergara Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Bergara.

Veriya Georgian (Russified, ?)

Verma Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Varma.

Verneda Spanish, Catalan
As a Spanish and Catalan surname refers to someone who lived where alder trees grew.

Veronica Swiss

Veskila Estonian
Veskila is an Estonian surname meaning "(water)mill area".

Veskioja Estonian
Veskioja is an Estonian surname meaning "(water) mill creek".

Veverita Romanian, Moldovan
Nickname for someone thought to resemble a squirrel.

Veyera Portuguese (Modern)
Originated in East Providence, RI about 1900 variation of the common Vieira portuguese surname.

Vezhina Russian

Viačka Czech

Viana Portuguese (Brazilian)

Victoria Portuguese
Transferred use of the given name Victoria

Vicuña Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Bikuña.

Vidaurreta Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Bidaurreta.

Vieira English (Anglicized)
A surname of British origin mainly from Ireland and Scotland but Anglicised into and english name when many Vieira's immigrated to England.

Viela Spanish, Portuguese

Vieyra Mexican

Vigna Italian
Meaning "vineyard", referring to someone who lived near one.

Vignola Italian
habitational name from any of various minor places so named from vignola "small vineyard".

Vihokratana Thai

Viikilä Finnish
From Swedish vik "bay, gulf" with the suffix -lä indicating a place.

Viilma Estonian
Viilma is an Estonian surname meaning "filings" and "gabled".

Viira Estonian

Viirmaa Estonian
Viirmaa is an Estonian surname derived from "viir" meaning both "sea swallow" and "varved" (annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock) and "maa" ("land").

Vilallonga Catalan
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Valencian municipality.

Vilamitjana French

Vilanova Portuguese, Catalan, Galician
Portuguese, Catalan and Galician cognate of Villanueva.