Browse Submitted Surnames

Peach English (Rare)
Derived from the name of the fruit, which itself derived its name from Late Latin persica, which came from older Latin malum persicum meaning "Persian fruit."

Kull Estonian
Kull is an Estonian surname meaning "hawk".

Kaadze Georgian (?)

Rotter German
Variant spelling of Rother, an occupational name for the foreman or leader of a group or association of men, or a work gang, from an agent derivative of Middle High German rotte ‘team’, ‘gang’... [more]

Scarpino Italian

Accettura Italian

Somov Russian
Derived from Russian сом (som) meaning "catfish".

Peace Scottish

Sosby English
Possibly a variant of Soulsby

Špaček Czech
Means "tipcat". Pronounced "sh:pah-CZEK".

Sirimanna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සිරිමාන්න (see Sirimanne).

Paolini Italian
From the given name Paolino.

Naredo Spanish

Petreković Croatian

Dewolf Dutch
Contracted form of De Wolf.

Nahasapeemapetilon Popular Culture
Borne by Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a fictional character from the television series 'The Simpsons' (1989-). According to the show's sources, the character is meant to be of Bengali Indian origin.

Causon Chinese (Filipino)
From Hokkien 九孫 (káu-sun) meaning "ninth grandson".

Tacey English, English (American)
(East Midlands): From A Pet Form Of The Middle English Personal Name Eustace. Compare Stacey, Stace... [more]

Pankratov Russian
Means "son of Pankratiy".

Rossing Norwegian
ross (came from scotland) ing - added in Norway

Mackinlay Irish

Mcgibney Irish
A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Gibne.

Dayne English
Variant of Dane.

Seidman Jewish, German
Derived from Seid.

Prat English
Variant of Pratt.

Biały Polish
Means "white" in Polish, denoting a person who had blond or white hair or a pale complexion.

Lebkuchen German
A German surname meaning "gingerbread".

Jandroković Croatian
Derived from the forename Jandro.

Manalu Batak
From Batak manalu referring to the three colours white, red and black (used on the Batak ethnic flag and other symbols).

Papazoglou Greek
Means "son of the priest", derived from the Greek παπάς (papás) meaning "priest" combined with the Turkish oğlu or oğul meaning "son, descendant".

Wijngaard Dutch
Means "vineyard" in Dutch.

Kung Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 龚 (see Gong).

Gamboni Romansh

Ridout English
A variant of the other surname Rideout.

Cane English
Derived from the Old English byname Cana.

Matteson English (American)

Nəcəfov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Nəcəf".

Lal Indian, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi
From Sanskrit लाला (lālā) meaning "caressing, cajoling". It can also be interpreted to mean "garnet" or "red, ruby" from Persian لال (lâl) or لعل (la'l).

Pedrola Aragonese
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Hamano Japanese
From Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Streisand German, Jewish
Possibly an ornamental name, literally meaning "scattersand" in German. This surname is borne by the American singer and actress Barbra Streisand (1942-).

Zaïdi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Zaidi chiefly used in the Maghreb and influenced by French orthography.

Oraon Indian

Seol Korean

Gwilliam Welsh
From the personal name Gwilym, Welsh form of William.

Sokk Estonian
Sokk is an Estonian surname that means both "sock" and "billy-goat".

Rattenbury English

Bostwick English
Altered form of Bostock, the second element probably influenced by Old English wic "village, town".

Dopereiro Galician
This is a surname that alludes to the locality of Pereiro de Aguiar (northern Spain). Also, this is an apple tree and its fruit is the pero (apple fruit).

Littleton English

Nunoya Japanese

Acciari Italian
Variant of Acciai.

Burress English

Allala Basque, Spanish
Variant spelling of Ayala, in at least one case altered to avoid confusion with an unrelated person of the same name, and apparently to distance the bearer from prejudice against hispanics.

Saudji Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 佐氏 (see Sauji).

Rayyan Arabic
Derived from the given name Rayyan.

Buffalo English

Alikakos Greek
From Greek αλικός (alikos) meaning "red" with the diminutive suffix -akos.

Kalchenko Ukrainian
Possibly from the river Kalchyk (Кальчик), a Ukrainian river in Zaporizhzhya and Donetsk regions.

Arafa Arabic (Egyptian)
Possibly from Arabic عَرَفَ (ʿarafa) meaning “to know”.

Datunashvili Georgian

Mcharris Scottish
Means "son of Harris."

Maia Portuguese
Habitational name from any of several places named Maia, especially one in Porto.

Laithwaite English
Habitational name for a person from the places named Laithwaite in Pemberton or Cockerham, derived from Old Norse hlaða "storehouse, barn" and þveit "clearing".

Carpio Mexican

Bingham English
Ultimately deriving from the toponym of Melcombe Bingham in Dorset. The name was taken to Ireland in the 16th century, by Richard Bingham, a native of Dorset who was appointed governor of Connaught in 1584... [more]

Tanifuji Japanese
Tani means "valley" and fuji means "wisteria".

Gorbachev Russian
From Russian горбач (gorbach) meaning "hunchback, humpback". A notable bearer is Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-), a former Soviet politician.

Bolduan English (American)

Cuaresma Spanish
It means "Lent".

Montclair French

Jesień Polish
Derived from Polish jesień "autumn".

Wilczek Polish
Diminutive form of Wilk, which means "wolf" in Polish.

Pejović Serbian (Russified, Modern)
Pejović is a Serbian surname. Mainly used in serbia. But also used in Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Macedonia

Giga Japanese
It might mean 儀間 "ceremonial space" spelled as 儀 (gi) meaning "ceremony, rite, righteous, etiquette" with 間 (ga) meaning "pause, between, interval". It is found mostly in the Ryūkyū Islands.

Hittler German
Variant of Hitler.

Carabajal Spanish, Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Carbajal.

Nasu Japanese
From 奈 (na) meaning "what" and 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, moment, necessary".

Mesrobian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Մեսրոպյան (see Mesropyan).

Turnley English

Gootz German

Livingstone Scottish, Irish, Jewish
Scottish: Habitational name from a place in Lothian, originally named in Middle English as Levingston, from an owner called Levin (Lewin), who appears in charters of David I in the early 12th century.... [more]

Mac Conmara Irish

Brentley English
Late variant of Brenkley.

Takasaki Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Coruña Galician, Filipino
Literally means "crown" in Galician, perhaps taken from a place named "a coruña".

Hasu Japanese

Odelin French
Not to be confused with the similarly spelled Odelín, which is Spanish rather than French, though they could have similar origins in name.

Laskaris Greek
From ancient and medieval Greek laskaris, a kind of soldier, from Persian laeshkaer "army". This is the same word as Urdu lascar "sailor" and Arabic el-askari "the army", "the troops".

Bhowmik Indian, Bengali
Means "landowner, landlord" in Bengali, ultimately derived from Sanskrit भूमि (bhūmi) "earth, soil, ground".

Claw English
The surname Claw is a very rare English surname.

Kalynenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian калина (kalyna), meaning "virburnim". Denoted to a person who lived by virburnims.

Tecelão Portuguese (Rare)
Means "weaver."

Sofranova Bulgarian

Lavasseur French

Böhmisch German
Ethnic name for someone from Bohemia.

Tyndale English
Variant of Tindall.

Shinpou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).

Mccarter English

Francuski Serbian
From Serbian Francuski meaning French.

De Clare English, Anglo-Norman
From the town of Clare in Suffolk, which was the centre-point of lands given to Richard fitz Gilbert after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066... [more]

Yarmak Ukrainian

Mutsu Japanese (Rare)
Similar to Mutsumi, Mutsu means "order".

Takidze Georgian

Clalüna Romansh

Pringle Scottish
Scottish surname meaning "pilgrim".

Ketterly English (?)
Variant of Ketterley

Takemizu Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Wimmer German
Occupational last name, meaning "wine maker," using a derivation of the element Wein (meaning "wine") and likely another derivation from -macher (meaning "maker"). It's possible as well that it is derived from Weimann.

Gibble English

Solxayev Azerbaijani
Means "son of a left-hander" in Azerbaijani.

Apdunlo Thai (Muslim)
From the given name Apdunlo.

Leachman English
Occupational name for a physician’s servant, from Leach 1 + Middle English man ‘manservant’.

Sue Japanese

Yokkaichi Japanese

Wackerman English (American), German
From the Americanized spelling of German Wackermann, a variant of Wacker, with the addition of Middle High German man, meaning ‘man’.

Yahia Arabic
From the given name Yahya.

Bonsall English (British)
This is a locational name which originally derived from the village of Bonsall, near Matlock in Derbyshire. The name is Norse-Viking, pre 10th Century and translates as 'Beorns-Halh' - with 'Beorn' being a personal name meaning 'Hero' and 'Halh' a piece of cultivated land - a farm.

Synov Russian (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainianised form of Sinov.

Locklear English
Variant of Lockyer. Locklear is an occupational name of anglo-saxon origin meaning "locksmith".

Mirzaei Persian
From the given name Mirza.

Oregon English (American, Rare)
From the state of Oregon. Meaning “River of the west”

Filli Romansh

Tveiten Norwegian

Awoon Indian

Southland English
It means "south land".

Hinxstone English (Rare, Archaic)
An earlier variation of Hingston.

Lesynski Luxembourgish
Luxembourgish form of Lesinski.

Tsun Korean (Russified)
Russified form of Chun used by ethnic Koreans living in former Soviet territories.

Arcillas Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish arcillas, the plural of arcilla meaning "clay" (see Arcilla).

Laurisoo Estonian
Laurisoo is an Estonian surname meaning "Lauri's (a masculine given name) swamp". However, the name is probably an Estoniazation of the masculine given name "Lauri" and the Germanic suffix "son"; "Lauri's son".

Darynyuk Ukrainian
Means "son of Daryna".

Aradhya Indian, Sanskrit
Means "one who worships god". Commonly seen in India, Karnataka and other parts of India like kashi. They wear holy thread (yagnopaveetha).

Mattson Swedish
Variant of Mattsson.

Baltierra Medieval Spanish

Torabi Persian
From the given name Torab.

Kilcoyne Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Chaoine "son of the servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Caoin" or from Mac Giolla Chaoin "son of the gentle lad"... [more]

Hayli Turkish

Stempfer German
Derived from occupation means 'Stump remover'

Rylee English (American)
Variant of Riley 1.

Vicari Romansh
Derived from Romansh vicari "vicar".

Nnanna Nigerian

Edelson Jewish

Melle French
Habitational name from the French town Melle in Deux-Sèvres, western France.

Menshikov Russian

Sivertsen Norwegian, Danish, Dutch (Rare)
Means "son of Sivert".... [more]

Krishtofovich Russian
Russian form of Kryštafovič.

Fernald English
Altered form of French Fernel.

Farrer English
Variant of Farrar.

Tamaro Croatian

Pramanick Indian, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali প্রামাণিক (see Pramanik).

Miadziolka Belarusian

Sanosian Armenian
Derived from the given name Sanos, a diminutive of Alexander.

Groover English (American)
Americanized form of German Gruber.

Vizcaino Basque
Meaning ‘From the Bay of Biscay’.

Delamadrid Spanish

Diaconu Romanian
From Romanian diacon meaning "deacon".

Janse Dutch
Variant of Jansen.

Niggli German (Swiss), Romansh
Variant of Nigg in combination with the diminutive suffix -li.

Willmer English (New Zealand)

Tichenor English (American)

Janev Macedonian
Cognate of Yanev.

Kamban Faroese, Old Norse, Old Celtic, Old Irish
Likely from Old Irish cambán "crooked one". This was the surname of Grímur Kamban, the legendary first settler in the Faroe Islands according to the Færeyinga saga. This name is still borne by a handful of people in the Faroe Islands today.

Hammershaimb Faroese
An Faroese Surname, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1819-1909) was a Faroese Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese, the language of the Faroe Islands, based on the Icelandic language, which like Faroese, derives from Old Norse.

Kaal Estonian
Kaal is an Estonian surname meaning "scale", "balance" and "weight".

Spangler German
Spangler is an occupational surname for "metal worker" having derived from the German word spange, meaning a clasp or buckle of the sort such a craftsman might have designed.

Almonte Spanish
From a place between Huelva and Sevilla. Means "the mountain".

Ludenberg German
From Latin ludere meaning "to play" and German berg meaning "mountain".

Cauzon Filipino
Variant of Causon.

Chrisley English

Lapa Latvian
Meaning "leaf".

Mahawong Thai
From Thai มหา (maha) meaning "great, grand" and วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family".

Nguon Khmer
Meaning uncertain, possibly of Chinese origin.

Foulkes English (Anglicized, ?)
English variant spelling of Foulks.

Kan Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Hokkien)
Cantonese and Hokkien romanization of Jian.

Catlett American (South)
There are several towns in the American South named Catlett.

Lanz German, German (Swiss)

Magpili Tagalog
Means "to choose" in Tagalog.

Chardel French

Barry African
A Guinean surname meaning the family comes from the Peul, Fulani, or Foulbe ethnic groups of West Africa.

Whitby English
English surname which was from either of two place names, that of a port in North Yorkshire (which comes from the Old Norse elements hvítr "white" (or Hvíti, a byname derived from it) combined with býr "farm") or a place in Cheshire (from Old English hwit "white" (i.e., "stone-built") and burh "fortress").

Nazemi Persian
From the given name Nazem.

Glass Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of the epithet glas "gray, green, blue" or any of various Gaelic surnames derived from it.

Nishliu Albanian

Kwieciński Polish, Jewish
Habitational surname for someone from a place named Kwiecin, named after the Polish word kwiat, which means "flower".

Kumakura Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 倉 (kura) meaning "to have, to possess, granary, storehouse".

Aozaka Japanese
Variant of Aosaka.

Angelevski Macedonian
Son of Angele

Lazenby English
From a place name which was derived from leysingi and byr, two Norse words meaning "freedman" and "settlement" respectively.

Cullimore English (Rare)
Apparently a habitational name from an unidentified place. There is a place called Colleymore Farm in Oxfordshire, but it is not clear whether this is the source of the surname, with its many variant spellings

Quinnie Irish

Feiza Lithuanian
Lithuanian/Russian. Could have been cut off or mistranslated during emigration. Last name

Szeliga Polish
Habitational name from places called Szeliga or Szeligi. It is not clear whether there is any connection with the Polish vocabulary word szeliga ‘coat-of-arms’.

Mcgillivray Scottish
From Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Bhràtha from a patronymic from a personal name meaning ‘servant of judgment’.

Pliskanovskyy Ukrainian

Sanidis Greek

Bigliel Romansh

Abeywardhane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේවර්ධන (see Abeywardana).

Rəhimzadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Rahimzadeh.

Bhatti Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi
Variant of Bhatt.

Kalkreuth German
Derived from German kalk meaning "lime," and reut meaning "cleared land". Most likely an occupational name for a lime burner.

Croom English
A habitational surname, describing someone who lived in a place named Croom or Croome.

Bertolli Italian

Puno Tagalog
Means "full, filled" in Tagalog.

Wieslander Swedish
Combination of an unexplained first element and the common surname suffix -lander.

Nikpour Persian
From Persian نیک‌ (nik) meaning "good" and پور (pour) meaning "son, descendant".

Van Buskirk Dutch (Expatriate)
Habitational name denoting someone from Buiskerke, derived from Dutch bos "woods, forest" and kerk "church"... [more]

Orimen Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 折 (ori) meaning "occasion; time" or "fold" and 免 (men) meaning "dismissal".

Tošić Serbian

Mrochko Ukrainian (?)

Mengiste Ethiopian

Tonkin English, Scottish
Derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Antony; from the nick. Tony, and with diminutive suffix Ton-kin.

Fatola Nigerian

Darmstadt German

Gr Indonesian

Brownsmith English
Occupational name for a worker in copper or bronze.

Biesiada Polish
Nickname from biesiada meaning "feast", "banquet", probably for someone who liked to feast.

Ferdous Bengali
From the given name Ferdous.

Meşe Turkish
Means "oak" in Turkish.

Chugunov Russian
From Russian чугун (chugun) meaning "cast iron".

Voytyukevich Belarusian (Russified)
Russified form of Vaytsyukevich.

Matvejs Latvian
From the given name Matvejs.

Baruch Jewish

Coetzee Afrikaans

Fusillo Italian
From Italian fuso "spindle", referring to their occupation, or a nickname based on the bearer's build. Also the name of a type of pasta.

Nazarova Russian
Feminine form of Nazarov.

Stoneham English

Averitt English (American)

Kareluša Serbian
Famous bearer of this surname is Serbian singer Jelena Kareluša (1978-)

Sakurayashiki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and 屋敷 (yashiki) meaning "estate; grounds; mansion; compound; residence".... [more]

Van Driel Dutch
Means "from Driel" in Dutch, referring to either the village Driel or any of several other settlements containing driel as an element... [more]

Kousar Urdu
Derived from the given name Kausar.

Rajapaksha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese රාජපක්ෂ (see Rajapakse).

Tungate English
habitational name from Tungate a minor place near North Walsham named from Old English tun "farmstead estate" and Old Norse gata or Old English gæt "way path road street gate".

Nauli Romansh
Derived from the given name Donatus.

Holtmann German
Variant of Holzmann.

Labarbero Italian
Variant of Labarbera.

Greenlee English
habitational name from any of various minor places, for example in Staffordshire, so named from Old English grene ‘green’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’.

Quintanilla Spanish (Latin American)

Bern German, Scandinavian, German (Swiss)
German and Scandinavian: from the personal name Berno, a pet form of Bernhard. In South German it comes from the habitational name from Bern, Switzerland, notably in the south; in other parts from the personal name Berno.

Boeckel Dutch

Camargodeabreu Portuguese (Brazilian, Portuguese-style, Archaic)
An old and wealthy family from the southern region of Brazil in Paraná and the Ribeira valley.

Thang Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Tang, from Sino-Vietnamese 湯 (thang).

Likens English (American)

Tsukino Japanese
Means ''of the moon'' in Japanese. A famous bearer of this surname would be Usagi Tsukino in the show Sailor Moon.

Marlin English

Brenchley English

Gurion English (Rare)

Druckmann German, Jewish
Variant of Drucker. A famous bearer of the name is the Israeli-American writer Neil Druckmann (1978-).

Heinemann German, Jewish
Combination of Heine, a short form of Heinrich, and Mann "man".

Jedou Western African
Found in Mauritania.

Mckim Scottish

Martignetti Italian
Patronymic derived from Martignetto, itself a pet form of Martino.

Covington English

Kuasha Bengali

Deaton English
Means "farmstead surrounded by a ditch", from the Old English dic + tun.

Umegaki Japanese
From Japanese 梅 or 楳 (ume) meaning "prunus mume" and 垣 (gaki) meaning "fence", referring to a fence with a family crest of prunus mume patterns.

Gallion English, French
Derived from the given name Galian.

Bandaranayake Sinhalese
From the Sinhala title බණ්ඩාර (baṇḍāra) meaning "chief's son, prince" combined with Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka) meaning "hero, leader".

Rõngas Estonian
Rõngas is an Estonian surname meaning "ring", "annulet", "wreath" and "coil" (circular).

Yako Japanese
From Japanese 椰 (ya) meaning "coconut palm" and 子 (ko) "child".

Venables English
Derives from Latin venabulum "long hunting spear".

Cheadle English (British)

Tzeka Albanian

Kapsokolis Greek

Kõrgemäe Estonian
Kõrgemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "high hill/mountain".

Natikar Indian (Rare), Hindi (Rare)

Ó hÁilleacháin Irish
It means "descendant of Áilleachán".

Ćmil Polish
Variant of Trzmiel.

Satomiya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Thorn Low German, German, German (Silesian), Polish, Luxembourgish
In North German, Danish, and Luxembourgish, it is a habitational name for someone who lived near a tower, from Middle Low German torn "tower".... [more]

De La Iglesia Spanish
Means “of the church” in Spanish.

Pogonatos Greek
Means bearded in medieval Greek.

Van Montagu Belgian

Villafranca Spanish

Fennel Jamaican Patois

Plekk Estonian
Plekk is an Estonian surname meaning "tin".

Moussaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Musa.

Kim Korean (Americanized, Rare)
Surname of North Korean leaders and also means rock

LaFond French, French (Caribbean)

Datta Indian, Bengali, Odia
Derived from Sanskrit दत्त (datta) meaning "given, granted".

Beber Slovene (Rare), Croatian (Rare)

Hopla Welsh (?)
1st recorded Hopla.... [more]

Saengkaew Thai
Alternate transcription of Saengkaeo.

Kenton English

Feofanov Russian
Means "son of Feofan".

Katić Croatian, Serbian

Durgiai Romansh
Derived from the given name Durisch.

Maine French
French topographic name from Old French maine ‘dwelling’, ‘residence’, ‘abode’, or a habitational name from any of numerous places so named.

Bhardwaj Indian
From Sanskrit bhāradvāja ‘descendant of bharadvāja’, bharadvāja meaning ‘one who has strength or vigor’ (a compound of bharat ‘bearing’ + vāja ‘vigor’). According to legend, Bharadvaja (bharadvāja) was the name of one of the great sages.

Alek Italian
Variant of the given name Aleks or Alex.... [more]

Slobodyan Ukrainian
Means "person who live in a sloboda". A sloboda (слобода) is type of settlement in old Slavic countries that usually was used by cossacks for colonisation. It comes from the word свобода (svoboda) "freedom".

Fedin Russian

Estrella Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Means "star" in Spanish.

Twiss English

Jeanpetit French
Means "little Jean" from Old French petit "small" and the given name Jean 1, originally a nickname for a small man called Jean (or applied ironically to a large man), or a distinguishing epithet for the younger of two men named Jean.... [more]

Aflalo Judeo-Spanish
Possibly from the name of the village of Afelilou in the Tafilalt region of Morocco.

Tormenta Spanish

Saarela Estonian
Saarela is an Estonian surname meaning "island area".

Fairfax English
From a nickname for someone with beautiful long hair, from Old English fæger "beautiful, pleasant" and feax "hair".