Browse Submitted Surnames

Ahuja Indian, Hindi, Punjabi, Marathi
Means "descendant of Ahu", Ahu probably being the name of an ancestor.

Ahven Estonian
Ahven is an Estonian surname meaning "perch" (fish; genus "Perca").

Aibar Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Oibar.

Aichi Japanese
From 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection, favorite" and 知 (chi) meaning "wisdom, knowledge, intelligence, know".... [more]

Aiden English
Derived from the first name Aiden.

Aidla Estonian
Aidla is an Estonian surname meaning "store/goods area".

Aidoh Japanese

Aidou Japanese

Aikou Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love" combined with 甲 (kou) meaning "armor, first class".

Aikyō Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" and 敬 (kyō) meaning "respect, honour, reverence". One known bearer is Hisashi Aikyō (1976-), a retired Japanese baseball player... [more]

Ailán Spanish (Latin American)

Ailey English

Aiman Arabic
Derived from the given name Ayman.

Aimar Medieval English, Spanish
1. From the Old English pre 7th Century personal name "Æðelmær", meaning "famous noble." ... [more]

Aimey Caribbean

Aimka Nanai, Russian

Aimla Estonian
Aimla is an Estonian surname derived from either "aim" meaning "idea" or "taimla" meaning "nursery".

Aimre Estonian
Aimre is an Estonian surname derived from "aim" meaning "idea" or "inkling".

Ainge English (American)

Ainla Estonian
Ainla is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Ain".

Aires English
It was a name for a person who was well-known as the heir to a title, fortune, or estate.

Aisek Micronesian
Derived from the given name Isaac.

Aisha Urdu

Aisha Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Aisha.

Aishi Japanese (Anglicized, Rare)

Aisin Manchu

Aisin-Gioro Manchu
From the combination of the branch name Aisin meaning "gold" and the clan name Gioro from Yilan, Heilongjiang, China.

Aissi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Isa 1.

Aitch English (American)

Aitmukhambetova Kazakh
Feminine form of Aitmukhambetov.

Aitoh Japanese

Aitou Japanese

Aiuto Italian
Variant of Dioaiuti.

Aixin Chinese, Manchu
A Sinicised variant of Aisin.

Aiyah Indonesian

Aiyuk African American (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Aiyuk is not a common surname.Most Commonly known as the Surname of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers WR,Brandon Aiyuk.There is not much information of ethnicity or background to the name but we know at least a little.

Aizen Popular Culture
This Japanese surname is used as 藍染 with 藍 (ran, ai) meaning "indigo" and 染 (sen, shi.mi, shi.miru, -shi.meru, -ji.miru, so.maru, so.meru, -zo.me, -zome) meaning "colour, dye, paint, print, stain." Normally, this would be romanticised as Aizome.... [more]

Ajala Edo
Means "chief of the horses".

Ajali African

Ajami Arabic, Persian
Variant of Ajam.

Ajari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Azeri.

Àjàyí Yoruba
From the given names Àjàyí.

Ajeti Albanian

Ajmal Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ajmal.

Ajram Arabic

Akada Japanese
Aka meant "red" and da comes from ta meaning "rice patty, field".

Akagi Japanese
Means "red tree" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 赤 (red) and 木 (tree).

Akaji Japanese

Akaki Japanese
Aka means "red, crimson, vermilion" and ki means "tree, wood".

Akama Japanese
Possibly from 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 間 (ma) meaning "between, interval, space, pause".

Akamatsuka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 赤真下 (see Akamakka).

Akame Japanese
This surname can derive from a location: Akame Forty-eight Waterfalls (near Nabari, Mie prefecture, Kansai region). Asides from being a popular hiking spot, the waterfalls are rumored to be the training location for ninja hundreds of years ago... [more]

Akana Hawaiian

Akana Japanese (Rare)

Akane Japanese
Aka means "red, crimson, vermilion" and ne means "root".

Akano Japanese
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red, crimson, vermilion" and 野 (no) meaning "wilderness, plain, field".

Akara African

Akase Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Akata Japanese
Variant of Akada.

Akawa Japanese
A means "second, Asia" and kawa means "river, stream".

Akbar Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Persian
From the given name Akbar.

Akbarzadeh Persian
From the given name Akbar combined with the Persian suffix -زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring".

Akbaş Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and baş meaning "head".

Akçam Turkish
A surname of Turkish origin, ultimate from the words ak meaning "white" and çam meaning "pine tree".

Akçay Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and çay meaning "stream, brook".

Akdağ Turkish
Habitational name for someone who lived near any of the various mountains named Akdağ in Turkey, from Turkish ak meaning "white" and dağ meaning "mountain".

Akela Indian

Akemi Japanese
Ake means "bright" and mi means "mindset, view".... [more]

Akgül Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and gül meaning "rose".

Akgün Turkish
Means "white day" or "white sun" from Turkish ak meaning "white" and gün meaning "sun, day".

Akhan Turkish
A combination of Ak and Han.... [more]

Akhba Abkhaz
Derived from Abkhaz akhba meaning "elder" or аб (āb) "father".

Akhmadieva f Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh
Feminine form of Akhmadiev.

Akhun Tatar

Akhunzadah Pashto
Means “descendant of a religious leader” or “child of a priest”.

Akiba Japanese
From the Japanese 秋 (aki) "autumn" and 葉 (ha) "leaf."

Akida Japanese
Variant of Akita.

Akiel Arabic

Akindayini African

Akine Japanese
Aki means "autumn" and ne means "root".

Akinfeyeva Russian

Akino Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" or 乃 (no) meaning "from".

Akins Scottish, English, Northern Irish
Variant of Aikens, which is derived from the given name Aiken, a variant of the medieval diminutive Atkin (see Aitken).

Akita Japanese
This surname can be used as 秋田, 明田, 穐田, 飽田 or 阿北 with 秋/穐 (shuu, aki, toki) meaning "autumn," 明 (mei, myou, min, a.kari, aka.rui, aka.rumu, aki.raka, a.keru, -a.ke, a.ku(ru), a.kasu) meaning "clear," 飽 (hou, a.kiru, a.kasu, a.ku, aki) meaning "boredom," 阿 (a, o, omone.ru, kuma) meaning "corner, nook," 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field" and 北 (hou, kita) meaning "north."... [more]

Akiya Japanese (Rare)
A bearer of this surname is Tomoko Akiya (秋谷 智子, born May 14, 1976) is a Japanese voice actress. Her best-known role is voicing Hazuki Fujiwara in the Ojamajo Doremi series, and Suzume Mizuno in Zatch Bell.

Akiza African (Rare)

Akkad Various

Akkaş Turkish
Means "white brow" from Old Turkic ak "white" and kaş "brow".

Akkuş Turkish
Means "white bird" from Turkish ak meaning "white" and kuş meaning "bird".

Akmad Filipino, Maguindanao, Tausug
From the given name Akmad.

Akmal Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Akmal.

Akman Turkish
Means "chaste, pure, clean" in Turkish.

Aknin Judeo-Spanish
From the given name Aqnin, a Tamazight variant of Yaakov.

Akoon English (American)

Akoun Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Haccoun.

Akovantsev Russian (Rare)
Means "from Akova", the name of a few Greek cities and villages.

Akram Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Akram.

Aksentseva Russian
Feminine form of Aksentsev (Аксенцев)

Aksentsova Russian
Feminine form of Aksentsov (Аксенцов)

Aksentyeva Russian
Feminine form of Aksentyev (Аксентьев)

Akshevskiy m Russian

Aktar Bengali
From the given name Aktar.

Aktaş Turkish
Means "white stone" from Turkish ak meaning "white" and taş meaning "stone, rock".

Akter Bengali
Variant of Akhtar.

Aktug Turkish
turkey

Akuba Gorontalo

Akuda Japanese

Akuta Japanese

Akyeampong African
Akan name from Ghana. It means the one who gives birth to princes. Mostly spelt Acheampong mainly to make life easy for Europeans, however that spelling is wrong because there is no "c" in the Akan or Twi alphabet... [more]

Akylbekova f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Akylbekov.

Akyol Turkish
Means "white path" or "honest path" from Turkish ak meaning "white" (figuratively "honest, clean") and yol meaning "way, path".

Akyüz Turkish
Means "white face" in Turkish, from ak meaning "white" and yüz meaning "face".

Alabi Nigerian, Arabic (?)

Alaca Turkish
Means "freckle, fleck" or "multi-coloured, piebald" in Turkish.

Alade Yoruba
Means "owner of the crown, he who wears the crown" from ọní meaning "owner of" and adé meaning "crown".

Alaee Persian
Derived from the word "Ala," which means "exalted" or "noble."

Alaim Bosnian

Ələkbərova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Ələkbərov.

Alami Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic عَلِيم (ʿalīm) meaning "knowing, learned, education" (see Alim), mainly used in a religious context.

Álamo Spanish, Portuguese
Either a topographic name from álamo "poplar" or a habitational name from any of several places in Spain and Portugal named with this word.

Alana Nigerian

Alane Indian

Alang Filipino, Maranao
Means "obstruct, block" in Maranao.

Ələsgərova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Ələsgərov.

Alasi Estonian
Alasi is an Estonian surname meaning "anvil".

Alavi Persian
From the given name Ali 1.

Alawi Arabic
From the given name Ali 1.

al-Baghdadi Arabic
Originally denoted a person who came from Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq.

Alban Spanish

Albaz Jewish, Northern African
Ashkenazic Jewish name meaning, "falconer" found mainly amongst Jewish peoples emigrating from Algeria and Morocco.

Albee Scottish
Means either "son of the blond one" or "son of Alpin".

Alber German
Alber family name was first found in Alsace. The nickname given to someone fair in complexion or blond haired is derived from Latin word Albanus, which means white.

Albertelli Italian

Albin Romansh
Derived from the given name Albin.

Al-Boukhili Arabic (Maghrebi)

Albro English (American)
Most likely of Irish or English origin.

Albychakov m Russian

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

Alcox English
Variant of Alcott.

Alcubierre Aragonese
This indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the Sierra d’Alcubierre.

Aldaz Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Aldatz.

Aldea Spanish
Topographic name meaning "village, hamlet" in Spanish, ultimately from Arabic الضيعة‎ (ad-day'a).

Alder English
Originally denoted for someone who lived by alder trees, from Old English alor.

Al-Dhanhani Arabic

Aldis English
Derived from the Old English given name Aldus.

Aldobrando Italian
From the given name Aldobrando.

Alecu Romanian
Means "son of Alexandru" in Romanian.

Aleem Pakistani, Pashto, Arabic, Urdu, Indian (Muslim)
Variant of Alim.

Aleem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Alim.

Alefirenko Ukrainian

Aleixandre Aragonese
From the given name Aleixandre.

Alejándrez Spanish (Mexican)
Means "son of Alejandro."

Alejo Spanish
From the given name Alejo.

Aleksanyan Armenian
Means "son of Aleksan".

Aleksanych Ukrainian
From the given name Aleksandr.

Aleksashin m Russian
Means "son of Aleksasha".

Aleksovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Aleksovski.

Aleksovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Alekso".

Alera English (American)

Alessandro Italian
From the given name Alessandro.

Alexanders English
Means "son of Alexander."

Alexandropoulos Greek
Means "son of Alexandros."

Alexandrou Greek
Means "son of Alexandros".

Alexandrov Russian
Variant transcription of Aleksandrov.

Alexievich Belarusian
Means "son of Alexey".

Alexy English

Alexzander Nigerian (Rare), English (Rare)
Variant of Alexander.

Alfeo Italian
From the given name Alfeo.

Alfes Jewish
Official website of the the City of Alfés (in the Province Lleida, Catalonia, Spain) says:... [more]

Al-Guenichi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Algur Turkish

Algus Estonian
Algus is an Estonian surname meaning "beginning".

Al-haj Arabic
Variant of Haj.

al-Husseini Arabic
Derived from the given name Hussein.

Alıcı Turkish
Means "customer" in Turkish.

Alick African

Alila Arabic

Əlili Azerbaijani
From the given name Əli and the Turkic adjective suffix -li.

Alimkhanov Uzbek, Kazakh, Chechen, Dagestani
Means "son of Alimkhan."

Alimzhanov m Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Alimzhan".

Alipourian Persian

Əlirzayeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Əlirzayev.

Alistratov Russian

Aliti Albanian

Aliya Ethiopian

Aljas Estonian
Aljas is an Estonian surname. It is a corruption of "haljas" meaning "green" and "verdant".

Aljaž Slovene
Etymological origin unknown, possibly from the latin word alias, meaning "different".

Al-Kadamani Arabic
used Dutch "The Voice Of Holland"'s Hanin Al-Kadamani

Alkan Turkish
From Turkish al meaning "dark red, crimson" and kan meaning "blood".

al-Kashgari Uyghur, Arabic
Alternate transcription of Uyghur كاشغەرىي and Arabic كاشغري (see Kashgari). A famous bearer was Mahmud al-Kashgari (1005-1102), an 11th-century Kara-Khanid scholar and lexicographer of the Turkic languages from the city of Kashgar in Xinjiang, China.

Alkes English

Alkhovikov m Russian

Alkış Turkish
Means "applause, acclamation" in Turkish.

Allahyarov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Allahyar".

Allam Arabic
originally an arabic name but has been used by english speakers. the name means "recognized" or "famous". in other languages it means "one who represents us" and in some languages translates as "flag"

Allegretto Italian
Variant of Allegri.

Allen English
Possibly derived from the feminine given name Aline, a medieval diminutive of Adeline.

Aller German
German variant of Ahler

Allex French

Alley English, French (Anglicized)
From a Middle English personal name, Alli, Alleye, as forms such as Johannes filius Alli (Norfolk, 1205) make clear... [more]

Allie English

Allik Estonian
Means "water source, spring" in Estonian.

Alliluyeva Russian
Feminine form of Alliluyev (Аллилуев)

Allin English
Variant spelling of Allen or Allen.

Allis English
From the Middle English and Old French female personal name Alis (Alice), which, together with its diminutive Alison, was extremely popular in England in the Middle Ages. The personal name is of Germanic origin, brought to England from France by the Normans; it is a contracted form of Germanic Adalhaid(is), which is composed of the elements adal "noble" and haid "brilliance, beauty".

Allix French (Huguenot)

Allix Jèrriais

Allor French (Quebec)
Common Canadian spelling of the French surname Allard, reflecting the French pronunciation.

Allsebrook English
Habitational name from a lost or unidentified place in England, possibly from Old English given name Ælfsige and broc "brook, stream".

Allum English

Allyn Jewish
Means “descendant of Alleyne”.

Almas Persian, Arabic
From the given name Almas.

Almathkhor Indian

Almathrahi Arabic (Rare)
Origin unknown, but most likely an anglicized version of 'Almathami'.... [more]

Almazbekov Kyrgyz
Means "son of Almazbek".

Almog Hebrew
From the given name Almog, means "coral" in Hebrew.

Al Mokaddem Arabic
History: Descendants of the blessed Fatima the daughter of prophet Mohammed in the Arabian Peninsula.... [more]

Álmos Hungarian
From the given name Álmos.

Alomerović Bosnian (Modern)
Derived from the Arabic surname Al-Omari.

Along Filipino

Aloni Hebrew
Derived from the forename Alon

Alper Jewish
Variant of Halpern or Alperin.

Alred English

Alroy Hebrew

al-Rumaithi Arabic
Originally indicated a person who came from the city of Al-Rumaitha in Iraq, or the Rumaithiya area in Kuwait City, Kuwait. The place names are derived from either the Arabic words الرمث (al-ramth) or حافة (rimth), both the names of a type of flowering plant (genus Haloxylon), called saxaul in English... [more]

Alšėniškis m Lithuanian
This indicates familial origin within the Belarusian village of Hal’šány, which was originally Lithuanian & named Alšėnai.

Al-Shishani Arabic, Chechen (Expatriate)
Means "the Chechen" in Arabic. This was adopted by Chechens who migrated to the Arab world from the Caucasus.

Alsobrooks English
Variant of Alsobrook.

Alson English
English surname meaning "son of all"

Alsop English
Habitational name, now chiefly found in the Midlands, for a person from Alsop-en-le-Dale, a chapelry in the parish of Ashborne, Derbyshire. The place name itself meant "Ælle's valley" from the genitive of the Old English personal name Ælle and Old English hōp meaning "enclosed valley" (compare Hope).

Altaf Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Altaf.

Altamirano Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name For Someone From Any Of Several Places Called Altamira (See Altamira ).

Altan Turkish
From the given name Altan 1.

Alterstein German
Means "old stone" in German.

Altın Turkish
Derived from Turkish altın "gold", ultimately via Ottoman Turkish آلتون‎ (altın, altun) "gold", from Proto-Turkic *altun "gold".

Al-Tissaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)

Alton English
From a place name meaning "town at the source of the river" in Old English.

Altschuler Jewish
It is derived from the Altschul, Old Synagogue in Prague.

Altun Turkish
From Turkish altın meaning "gold".

Altynbaeva f Kazakh, Bashkir, Tatar
Feminine form of Altynbaev.

Altynbekov m Kazakh
Means "son of Altynbek".

Aluko Yoruba
From àlùkò meaning "woodcock", said to be a name adopted by Ijesha textile hawkers to deflect the curses of their debtors.

Aluma Nigerian

Aluna Nigerian

Alver Estonian
Alver is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "allvee" meaning "underwater".

al-Warfalli Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the Warfalli" in Arabic, referring to a person from the Warfalla (ورفلة) tribal confederation of western Libya. The tribe is of mixed Arab and Arabized Berber origin, and they mainly reside in the city of Bani Walid in the Misrata district.

al-Werfalli Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic الورفلي (see al-Warfalli).

Alwis Sinhalese
Sinhalese variant of Alves.

Alyaksandravich Belarusian
Means "son of Alyaksandr".

Alyce African

Alyea French (Huguenot)
From D'Ailly. It can be traced back to France in 1400's. The family with this last name came over to the United States, mainly on the East Coast in the 16th century as huguenot refugees.

Alyse Haitian Creole

Amada Japanese
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Amada Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿万田 (see Amata).

Amadi Romanian, Italian

Amadi Persian, Romanian, Italian, Maltese
Variant of Ahmadi common in Romania and Italy. It is typical of Malta.

Amado Spanish
From the given name Amado.

Amagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle".

Amago Japanese

Amaji Japanese
Ama means "heaven, sky" and ji means "soil, ground".

Amaki Japanese
Ama can mean "heaven" and ki means "wood, tree."... [more]

Amalfitano Italian

Amaly Arabic (Egyptian)

Amami Japanese
amami is a surname which can mean heavenly beauty, heavenly truth, or heavenly ocean. the first meaning is made up of the kanji 天 (ama) meaning heaven and 美 (mi) meaning beauty. the second meaning consists of 天 (ama) and 実 (mi) meaning truth... [more]

Amanatides Greek

Amandykova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Amandykov.

Amani Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Amani.

Amani Tigrinya
From the given name Amani (see user-submitted name) meaning "faith" in Tigrinya. It is possibly related to Arabic Iman or Swahili Imani, also meaning "faith".

Amanjolova f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Аманжолова (see Amanzholova).

Amano Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Ama, added Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field; plain".

Amanzhanov m Kazakh
Means "son of Amanzhan".

Amanzholov m Kazakh
Means "son of Amanzhol".

Amara Italian
Meaning bitter, unhappy or unfortunate.

Amararatne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරරත්න (see Amararathna).

Amaratunga Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරතුංග (see Amarathunga).

Amaratunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරතුංග (see Amarathunga).

Amaraweera Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".

Amari Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Ammar (chiefly Algerian).

Amari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 甘 (ama) meaning "sweet" combined with 利 (ri) meaning "profit, benefit".

Amaro Spanish
Originated in Italy

Amaro Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Amaro.

Amase Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Ama, added Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids; current".

Amata Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Ama, added Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field".

Amatayagul Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of อมาตยกุล (see Amatayakun).

Amatayakul Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of อมาตยกุล (see Amatayakun).

Amatayakun Thai (Rare)
Means "government officer clan", from Thai อมาตย (amataya-) meaning "government official; public officer; bureaucrat" and กุล (kun), a transcription of Pali kula meaning "clan".

Amatonding Filipino, Maranao
From a Maranao title of nobility.

Amaya Spanish, Basque (Hispanicized)
From the name of a mountain and an ancient city in the province of Burgos, Spain, possibly derived from Basque amai "end, ending" and the article suffix -a. Compare the given name Amaia.

Amaya Japanese
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Amayo Nahuatl
Possibly from Nahuatl amaitl "inlet, estuary; an arm or branch of a body of water", or from atl "water" and -mayo "branches of a tree, foliage".

Ambar Hebrew
Combination of the word am, means "people, nation" and the name Bar. This surname means "son of the nation" in Hebrew and its variant is Baram which is the same elements but in reverse order.

Amber English
This surname may be derived from the River Amber, located in Derbyshire in England.... [more]

Ambia Bengali

Ambie Filipino

Ambor Filipino, Maranao
Means "bullets" or "cannon ball" in Maranao.

Amboy English

Ambrosiano Italian
Derived from the given name Ambrosianus or Ambrosius.

Ambur Indonesian

Ambur Estonian
Ambur is an Estonian surname meaning "arbalist (crossbowman)"

Ameen Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Amin.