Browse Submitted Surnames

Tuell German
nickname from Slavic (Old Slavic toliti ""to soothe or calm"")

Tufano Italian

Tulkki Finnish
Means "interpreter, translator" in Finnish.

Tumas Arabic, Somali, Urdu
From the given name Tumas.

Tunkel Hungarian

Tuoba Chinese (Rare, Archaic)
From Chinese 拓跋 (tuòbá), the name of a Xianbei clan.

Turco Italian
Means "Turkish" in Italian, an ethnic name for someone from Turkey, or a nickname from the same word in the sense of a non-Christian or, following the medieval ethnic stereotype, a cruel, ferocious, or short-tempered person.

Turek Polish, Czech
Either meaning "a Turk", or coming from one of many the cities in Poland called Turek.

Turgut Turkish
From the given name Turgut.

Turhan Turkish
From the given name Turhan.

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

Uchiai Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and ai means "together, join", "indigo" or "love, affection".

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

Uchide Japanese
From 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 出 (de) meaning "exit".

Uchii Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

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

Uchino Japanese
From 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain".

Uchio Japanese
From 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot of the mountain, end".

Uchita Japanese

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

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

Uegami Japanese
Variant of Uekami.

Uegawa Japanese
Variant of Uekawa.

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".

Uemoto Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

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

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]

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.

Uezato Japanese
Variant of Uesato.

Uezuka Japanese
Variant of Uetsuka.

Ugalde Basque
Habitational name meaning "waterside, by the river" or "flood, deluge" in Basque, derived from ur "water" and -alde "side, near".

Ugarte Basque
Means "island" in Basque, ultimately derived from ur "water" and -arte "between".

Uğurlu Turkish
Means "lucky, successful" in Turkish.

Uharte Basque
Variant of Ugarte.

Uigawa Japanese
Variant of Uikawa.

Uikawa Japanese

Uizawa Japanese
Variant of Uisawa.

Ujiie Japanese
From Japanese 氏 (uji) meaning "family, clan" and 家 (ie) menaing "house, home".

Ukiyo Japanese (Rare)
From 浮世 (ukiyo) meaning "fleeting life, floating world​," referring to the urban lifestyle, especially the pleasure-seeking aspects, of Edo period (1603-1868) Japan.... [more]

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.

Ulisse Italian
From the given name Ulisse.

Ulitko Russian

Umabe Japanese
From Japanese 馬部 (umabe), a shortened word for 馬飼部 (umakaibe) meaning "horse feeding department".

Umali Filipino, Tagalog
Meaning uncertain.

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

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

Umeno Japanese
Ume means "plum" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Umetsu Japanese

Umezu Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 津 (zu) meaning "port, harbour".

Umlauf German
German: occupational name for a policeman in a town or city, from Middle High German umbe laufen ‘to make the rounds’.

Unagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鰻 (Unagi) meaning "Unagi", a division in the area of Yamagawanarikawa in the city of Ibusuki in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.

Unagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves; roof; house; building" or "whole world; universe" and 梛 (nagi) meaning "nageia nagi".

Unagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鰻 (unagi) meaning "eel".

Unaki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 宇那木 (see Unagi 2).

Unami Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 海南 (unami), a contraction of 海南 (unanami), from 海 (una-) meaning "of the sea; of the ocean" and 南 (nami) meaning "south".

Unjit Thai
From Thai อุ่น (un) meaning "warm" and จิตร (chit) meaning "beautiful, drawing, mind".

Unuma Japanese

Únzaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Untzaga.

Uomizu Japanese

Uozumi Japanese

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

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

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

Urbano Italian, Spanish
From the given name Urbano.

Urlaub German
from Middle High German urloup "permission; discharge" perhaps an occupational name for someone who granted these favors.

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.

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

Usami Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "house, eaves, roof", 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful".

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

Ushio Japanese
From 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Usman Arabic, Urdu, Filipino, Maguindanao, Tausug, Maranao, Dhivehi
From the given name Uthman.

Usuda Japanese

Usuki Japanese

Utada Japanese

Utomo Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Ke (柯) or Wen (溫). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.

Uyanık Turkish
Means "awake, watchful, vigilant" in Turkish.

Uyeta Japanese
Variant transcription of Ueta.

Uygun Turkish
Means "available, suitable, fitting" in Turkish.

Uysal Turkish
Means "docile, easygoing, peaceful" in Turkish.

Uzaki Japanese, Popular Culture
From Japanese, 宇 (u) meaning "world, universe, space" combined with 崎 (zaki) meaning "cape, peninsula". A fictional bearer of this surname is Hana Uzaki (宇崎 花) from Uzaki~chan Wants to Hang Out! (宇崎ちゃんは遊びたい！).

Uzeta Basque

Voges German
North German: possibly a patronymic from Vogt.... [more]

Voglar German, Jewish (Ashkenazi), Slovene
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Gunther, Alfons, Erwin, Frieda, Gerhard, Volker, Wilfried, Wolf.... [more]

Voinov Russian
Derived from the word "voin," which means "warrior" or "soldier" in English. It is a common surname among Russian families and may have originally been used to denote someone who worked as a soldier or was associated with the military in some way.

Volpe Italian
Italian cognate of Fox.

Vongsa Lao, Thai
Means "family line" in Lao, ultimately from Sanskrit वंश (vansha) meaning "race, lineage, clan".

Voogd Dutch
Means "guardian" in Dutch, an occupational name for a bailiff, farm manager, or someone appointed to look after the interests of other people. Ultimately from Latin advocatus "witness, advocate; one called upon to help"... [more]

Vorac Medieval Latin
Derived from the Latin word “vorax,” which means ravenous or greedy.

Vovin Russian
Means "son of Vova".

Voytov m Russian

Vučić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Vuk".

Wojtas Polish
From a pet form the of the personal name Wojciech. See Vojtech.

Worman English

Wosame Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Wujcik Polish
Variant of Wójcik.

Wujek Polish
It literally means "uncle" in Polish but it could possibly refer to the Polesian village of the same name.

Yeoman English, Scottish
Occupational name for an official providing duties in a royal household, ranking between a Sergeant and a Groom or between Squire and a Page, or for a freeholder, derived from Middle English yoman, of uncertain origin.

Yoakam German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Joachim.

Yoder German (Swiss, Americanized)
Americanized form of the Swiss German surname Joder, derived from a dialectical short form of Theodor, Joder.

Yoichi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 与市 with 与 (yo, ata.eru, azuka.ru, kumi.suru, tomoni) meaning "bestow, participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend" and 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town."... [more]

Yokobe Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Yokoi Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Yokono Japanese
Yoko means "beside" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".

Yokoo Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end".

Yokose Japanese
Yoko means "beside next to" and se means "current, ripple".

Yokoya Japanese
Variant of Yokotani.

Yoldaş Turkish
Means "traveling companion" in Turkish.

Yomtov Hebrew (Modern)
Means "good day", derived from Hebrew יום (yom) means "day" and טוב (tov) means "good".

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

Yonao Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 与 (yo) or 與 (yo), both meaning "to bestow, to participate, to provide, cause, gift, godsend" or referring to a given name with one of those characters and 猶 (nao) meaning "still".

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

Yoneta Japanese

Yonezu Japanese

Yoruno Japanese
From Japanese 夜 (yoru) meaning "night" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Yosef Jewish
From the given name Yosef.

Yoshi Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortune".

Yoshii Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good fortune" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Youcef Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Youcef.

Younes Arabic
Variant transcription of Yunus.

Younis Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yunus.

Yousaf Urdu
From the given name Yousaf.

Yousef Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Yousif Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Yousri Arabic
Derived from the given name Yusri.

Yousry Arabic
Derived from the given name Yusri.

Yousuf Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Yusuf.

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

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

Yukino Japanese
Yuki means "snow" and no means "plain, field, wilderness".

Yumbe Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 弓 (yun), a contraction of 弓 (yumi) meaning "bow, archery" and 部 (be) meaning "division", possibly referring to a fighter who specialized in archery.

Yumiba Japanese

Yumibe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 弓部 (see Yumbe).

Yunaka Japanese

Yunbe Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 弓部 (see Yumbe).

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

Yusaf Urdu
From the given name Yousaf.

Yusef Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Yushko Ukrainian, Russian
From Ukrainian and Russian юшка (yushka), meaning "broth, juice from food". It can also mean "blood".

Yusov Russian
Derived from Russian юс (yus) meaning "(either little or big) yus".

Yussef Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Yussuf Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Yusuf Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Yusuf.

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

Yuzuki Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Zorin m Russian

Zorkin m Russian
From Russian зоркий (zorkiy), meaning "sharp-sighted, perspicacious".

Zorlu Turkish
Means "strong, powerful" in Turkish.

Zotov m Russian
Variant of Zolotov, from Russian зотой (zotoy), meaning "gold, golden".

Zubac Croatian, Bosnian

Zubair Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Zubair.

Zuhair Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Zuhair.

Zuill English, Scottish
From the town of Zuill, Scotland. The "Z" pronounced as "Y" comes from ancient yogh representing a variety of sounds. The name itself is of unknown origin.

Zukas Lithuanian
Shortened form of Žukaskaus.

Zurita Spanish, Aragonese
An Aragonese surname derived from the Stock Bird, a species of bird.