Submitted Surnames Starting with K

Kulas Polish
Polish in Origin

Kulasekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Kulasekaran Sinhalese
variant of Kulasekara.

Kulasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Kulasekara.

Kulasekere Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලසේකර (see Kulasekara).

Kulasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලසිංහ (see Kulasinghe).

Kulasinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Kulasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".

Kulasooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලසූරිය (see Kulasuriya).

Kulasuriya Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".

Kulathilaka Sinhalese
Derived from Sinhala कुल (kula) meaning "family" and तिलक (tilaka) meaning "mark, dot, ornament".

Kulathilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලතිලක (see Kulathilaka).

Kulathunga Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and तुङ्ग (tunga) meaning "high, lofty, tall".

Kulathunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලතුංග (see Kulathunga).

Kulatilaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලතිලක (see Kulathilaka).

Kulatilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලතිලක (see Kulathilaka).

Kulatunga Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලතුංග (see Kulathunga).

Kulatunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලතුංග (see Kulathunga).

Kulawansa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and वंश (vansa) meaning "lineage, clan, family".

Kulawansha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලවංශ (see Kulawansa).

Kulczykowa Polish

Kuld Estonian
Kuld is an Estonian surname meaning "gold".

Kuldkepp Estonian
Kuldkepp is an Estonian surname meaning "gold cane (or, stick)".

Kuldvee Estonian
Kuldvee is an Estonian surname meaning "gold water".

Kulen Turkish

Kulenović Bosnian

Kulhánek Czech
Bohemian for a man who walks with a limp.

Kulick Russian
Meaning unknown, most likely to derive from the russian word кулик (kulic) which translated means "sandpiper".

Kuliev Karachay-Balkar

Kulin Hungarian

Kuljančić Bosnian

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

Kullamaa Estonian
Kullamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "aurous land".

Kullamäe Estonian
Kullamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "aurous hill/mountain".

Kullberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish kulle "hill" and berg "mountain".

Kullerkupp Estonian
Kullerkupp is an Estonian surname meaning "globeflower" (Trollius europaeus).

Küllücek Turkish

Külm Estonian
Külm is an Estonian surname meaning "cold" or "chilly".

Kulp German
anglicized version of Kolbe

Külper German
German cognate of Culpeper.

Kulrattanarak Thai

Kulu Estonian
Kulu is an Estonian surname meaning "sumptuary" and "cost".

Külv Estonian
Külv is an Estonian surname meaning "(seed) sowing".

Külvet Estonian
Külvet is an Estonian surname derived from "külv" meaning "sowing (seeds)" and "seeding".

Külvik Estonian
Külvik is an Estonian surname meaning "thrower" and "(seed) sower".

Kuma Japanese
Kuma could mean "bear", or it could be written with ku meaning "long lasting, long time ago" and ma meaning "horse" or "flax".

Kumaarashi Japanese

Kumada Japanese

Kumada Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kumagaya Japanese

Kumai Indian

Kumai Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Kumaki Japanese (Rare)
The kanji in Anri Kumaki's name reads, Kuma ("Bear") + Ki ("Tree"). She is a singer and songwriter. There might be other combinations too, probably being , Ku ("Long Time") + Maki ("Shepard").

Kumaki Pashto
I was given this name from my dad who comes from Afghanistan. It's extremely rare in the UK. My dad always told me that my name was created. My grandfather used to help out refugees near the area (in Afghanistan) and the name "Kumaki" was his nickname from the people he helped out... [more]

Kumakura Japanese

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

Kumalo Zulu, Ndebele, South African
Variant of Khumalo.

Kumano Japanese
Kuma means "bear" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Kumanogoh Japanese

Kumanomido Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 or 熊埜御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Kumanomidō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 熊野 (Kumano), a name of a shrine that is/was somewhere in Ōita in Japan, 御 (o), a honorific indicator, and 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall", referring to a hall in Kumano Shrine.... [more]

Kumanomidō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 熊野 (Kumano), a name of a shrine that was somewhere in the former Japanese province of Kii in parts of present-day Wakayama and Mie in Japan, 御 (o), a honorific indicator, and 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall", referring to a hall in Kumano Shrine.... [more]

Kumanomidoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 or 熊埜御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Kumanomidou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 or 熊埜御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Kumanov Bulgarian (Modern)
Turkic origins, delivered from the Cuman people (Cumanov) who ruled the steppes around 12 century

Kumanova Albanian

Kumara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince".

Kumarage Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince" combined with the Sinhala suffix -ගේ (-ge) meaning "of".

Kumarasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුමාරසිංහ (see Kumarasinghe)

Kumarasinghe Sinhalese
From Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Kumarasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".

Kumarathunga Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince" and तुङ्ग (tunga) meaning "high, lofty, tall".

Kumaratunga Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුමාරතුංග (see Kumarathunga).

Kumari Indian, Hindi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Tamil, Nepali, Sinhalese
Means "(young) girl, daughter, princess" in Sanskrit.

Kumarov Kazakh
From Kazakh кұмар (kumar) meaning "passion, nosey".

Kumasaka Japanese

Kumasaka Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Kumasawa Japanese
Kuma means "bear" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Kumasawa Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Kumashiro Japanese
Kuma means "bear" and shiro can mean "white" or "castle".

Kumata Japanese

Kumatani Japanese

Kumaya Japanese

Kumazaki Japanese
Variant of Kumasaki.

Kumazawa Japanese
Variant of Kumasawa.

Kumbhakar Indian, Bengali, Hindi
From Sanskrit कुम्भकार (kumbhakara) meaning "potter", derived from कुम्भ (kumbha) meaning "jar, urn, pot" and कार (kara) meaning "maker, doer".

Kumbhar Indian, Marathi, Odia, Gujarati
Marathi, Odia and Gujarati form of Kumbhakar.

Kume Japanese
From Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 米 (me) meaning "rice".

Kumhar Indian, Hindi, Nepali
Hindi and Nepali form of Kumbhakar.

Kumigashira Japanese
From 組 (kumi) meaning "group, set," and 頭 (kashira) meaning "head".

Kuminga Central African

Kumm Estonian
Kumm is an Estonian surname meaning "vault" and "arch".

Kummerer Upper German (Germanized, Rare)
Kummerer means ""bringer of sorrow""

Kummerow German
Habitational name from any of various places in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg called Kummerow.

Kumobayashi Japanese

Kumon Japanese (Rare)
One notable bearer of this surname is Tōru Kumon (公文 公), the founder of Kumon Education.

Kump English

Kump German

Kun Hungarian, Jewish
Hungarian: ethnic name for a member of a Turkic people known in English as the Cumanians (Hungarian kún). ... [more]

Kunaya Kongo

Kundla Estonian
Kundla is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kindla", meaning "certain" or "fixed".

Kundraparolu Telugu

Kundu Indian

Kunfermann Romansh
Younger form of Gufermann, which was derived from Romansh gufer "rubble, shingle" combined with German Mann "man". This name was given to someone who lived near a place filled with rubble.

Küng Estonian
Küng is an Estonian surname derived from "küngas" meaning "knoll", "mound" and "hillock".

Kung Chinese, Chinese (Cantonese)
Alternate transcription of Chinese 龚 (see Gong) as well as the Cantonese romanization.

Kunga Tibetan

Küngas Estonian
Küngas is an Estonian surname meaning "knoll".

Kungkuan Paiwan

Kuni German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Konrad.

Kuni Japanese

Kunic Yiddish
Variation on Koenig.

Kunida Japanese
From Japanese 国 (kuni) meaning "a land, a large place" combined with 田 (da) meaning "paddy, field".

Kunihiko Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and hiko means "prince".

Kunii Japanese
"Country well."

Kunii Japanese
From Japanese 国 or 國 (kuni) meaning "country, land" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Kuniki Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and ki means "tree, wood".

Kunimatsu Japanese
Kuni means "country, land, large place" and matsu means "pine".... [more]

Kunimoto Japanese
From Japanese 国 (kuni) meaning "country" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kunimura Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Kunin Jewish
Metronymic form of Kune.

Kuningas Estonian
Kuningas is an Estonian surname meaning "king".

Kunio Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and o means "tail".

Kunis Jewish
Metronymic form of Kune. This surname is most famous for its association with the American actress named Mila Kunis.

Kunis German, Dutch
From a derivative of the personal name Konrad.

Kunisaki Japanese (Rare)

Kunita Japanese

Kunito Japanese

Kunitoh Japanese

Kuniyasu Japanese

Kuniyoshi Japanese
Kuni means "large place, country" and yoshi means "good luck".

Kuniyuki Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and yuki can mean "good" or "snow".

Kunizaki Japanese
Variant of Kunisaki.

Kunizane Japanese
From 国 (kuni) meaning "country" and 実 (zane) meaning "truth," "fruit."

Künk Estonian
Künk is an Estonian surname meaning "hillock" and "knoll".

Kunkabayev Kazakh

Künnap Estonian
Künnap is an Estonian surname meaning the "European white elm".

Künnapuu Estonian
Künnapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "European white elm tree" (Ulmus laevis).

Kunnathuparambil Malayalam (Rare)
Elamkunnapuzha-Kunnathuparambil Family has a rich history of around 200 years and traces its origins to a small village called Elamkunnapuzha in Ernakulam District. It was at that time one of our ancestors migrated from Elamkunnapuzha to a small village called Vennoor, near Mala in Thrissur District for his livelihood... [more]

Künnen German
Metronymic from the given name Kunigunde.

Künnis Estonian
Künnis is an Estonian surname meaning "threshold" and "doorstep" and "crest".

Kuno Japanese
A notable bearer is the voice actress Misaki Kuno.

Kuno Japanese
From Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kunogi Japanese

Kunoki Japanese

Kunou Japanese

Kunt Turkish
Means "Solid", also the old Turkish name of a mountain range in Asia where Turks supposedly originated from.

Kunter Turkish

Kuntu Estonian
Kuntu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kunde" meaning "customer".

Kuntush Polish (Rare)

Kunugiza Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 椚座 (Kunugiza) meaning "Kunugiza", a former division in the former village of Kusaka in the former district of Tsuna in the former Japanese province of Awaji in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.

Kuny German (Swiss)
Variant of Kuni.

Künzi German (Swiss)
Derived from a diminutive of Kunz.

Künzler German
Nickname for a flatterer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German künzen "to flatter".

Kuo Taiwanese
Alternate transcription of Guo chiefly used in Taiwan.

Kuoni Romansh
Derived from the given name Conrad.

Kuopus Finnish
A house name in Pudasjärvi Oulu Finland... [more]

Kuosmanen Finnish
Meaning uncertain. Possibly deriving from the Finnish element kuoha ("foam"), or the element kousi ("pattern"). Features the nen suffix commonly found in surnames of Savo-Karelian origin.

Kupchan Jewish

Kuperus Dutch

Kupfer German, Jewish
German (Küpfer) and Jewish (Ashkenazic) metonymic occupational name for a worker or trader in copper, Middle High German kupfer, German Kupfer ‘copper’... [more]

Kupina Croatian, Russian
The Croatian form is derived from kupina, meaning "blackberry". The Russian form is derived from Неопалимая купина (Neopalimaya Kupina), referring to the burning bush from the Book of Exodus.

Kupka Czech, Polish, Ukrainian, Slovak, Sorbian, Jewish
Nickname or topographic name from the Polish, Ukrainian, Czech and Sorbian word kupka, a diminutive of kupa meaning "heap, pile", in Upper Sorbian also "lump".... [more]

Kupp Estonian
Kupp is an Estonian surname meaning "pip".

Kuprešanin Serbian

Kupusović Bosnian

Kuqi Albanian

Kuqo Albanian

Kurabashi Japanese
Variant of Kurahashi.

Kurabayashi Japanese
Variant of Kurahayashi.

Kurachi Japanese
From Japanese 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse" and 知 (chi) meaning "wisdom".

Kurada Japanese

Kurahashi Japanese
Kura means "storehouse, warehouse" and hashi means "bridge".

Kurahashi Japanese
From Japanese 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Kurahayashi Japanese
Kura means "storehouse" and hayashi means "forest, grove".

Kurai Japanese
Kura means "warehouse, storehouse" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Kuraishi Japanese

Kurama Japanese
Kura can mean "own, possess, warehouse, storehouse" and ma can mean "horse".

Kuramae Japanese
Kura means "storehouse, warehouse, have, possess" and mae means "front, forward".

Kuramagomedov Avar (Russified)
Means "son of Kuramagomed".

Kuramochi Japanese

Kuramochi Japanese
From Japanese 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse" and 持 (mochi) meaning "hold, have, possess".

Kuramoto Japanese
From Japanese 倉, 蔵 (kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kuramura Japanese
Kura means "storehouse" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Kuranishi Japanese
Kura means "granary, warehouse, storehouse, has, possess" and nishi means "west".

Kurano Japanese
Kura means "storehouse, warehouse" no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Kurasawa Japanese
倉 (Kura) means "Owns, Storehouse, Posesses" and 沢 (Sawa) means "Marsh, Swamp".

Kurash Polish

Kurauchi Japanese
From Japanese 倉 (kura) or 蔵/藏 (kura) both meaning "granary, storehouse" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Kurbanov Uzbek, Turkmen, Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Lak, Dargin, Kumyk, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Kurban".

Kurbonov Tajik, Uzbek
Tajik and Uzbek form of Kurbanov.

Kurecka Polish

Kureshi Indian (Muslim)
Indian variant of Qureshi.

Kurg Estonian
Kurg is an Estonian surname meaning "stork".

Kuri German

Kuri Japanese
From 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".

Kuriakose Syrian, Aramaic
Kuriakose is a common male first name and surname among Saint Thomas Christians, mainly from central part of the state of Kerala in India and surrounding areas.... [more]

Kuriakose Indian (Christian)
From the given name Kuriakose.

Kurian Greek
Originated from the name Quriaqos (ܩܘܪܝܩܘܣ) or the Greek Kyrios or kurios (Ancient Greek: κύριος) meaning Lord, master, power or authority, and is very popular among Kerala Christians both as a first name and as a surname.

Kurian Indian (Christian)
From the given name Kurian.

Kuribara Japanese

Kuribashi Japanese
Variant of Kurihashi.

Kuribayashi Japanese
A variant of Kurihayashi.

Kuribayashi Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Kurich Ukrainian (Rare)

Kurida Japanese
From 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kurigawa Japanese
The Surname "Kurigawa/Kurikawa" translates to "Chestnut River"

Kurihaba Japanese
栗幅 = chestnut | hanging scroll; width ... [more]

Kurihara Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chesnut" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kurihashi Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and hashi means "bridge".

Kurihayashi Japanese

Kurikara Japanese (Rare)
Kuri means "chestnut" and kara means "larch."

Kuriki Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and ki means "tree, wood".

Kuriki Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle".

Kurimida Japanese
Kurimi means "chestnut" and da comes from ta meaning "rice paddy, field".

Kurimita Japanese
Kurimi means "chestnut" and ta means "field, rice paddy".

Kurimoto Japanese
Kuri means "Chestnut" and Moto means "Origin, Source, Root".

Kurimoto Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kurio Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and o means "tail".

Kurisingal Malayalam
Malayalam surname used by the St Thomas Christians of Kerala.

Kurisoo Estonian
Kurisoo is an Estonian surname meaning "evil swamp/marsh".

Kuristik Estonian
Kuristik is an Estonian surname meaning "gully".

Kurisu Japanese
This surname is used as 栗栖, 栗須, 栗洲 with 栗 (ri, ritsu, ononoku, kuri) meaning "chestnut", 栖 (sei, su.mu) meaning "cobweb, den, hive, nest, rookery", 須 (shu, su, subekara.ku, subeshi, hige, matsu, mochi.iru, moto.meru) meaning "by all means, necessarily, ought" and 洲 (shuu, su, shima) meaning "continent, country, island, sandbar."... [more]

Kurisu Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 栖 (su) meaning "nest, den".

Kurita Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chesnut" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kuritsuka Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".

Kuritsyn Russian
Derived from Russian курица (kuritsa) meaning "chicken".

Kuriwara Japanese

Kuriyama Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and yama means "mountain".

Kuriyama Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kurizuka Japanese
A variant of Kuritsuka.... [more]

Kurjak Bosnian

Kürküt Turkish

Kurmana Telugu

Kurnatowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Greater Polish village of Kurnatowice.

Kurnaz Turkish
Means "sly, cunning" in Turkish.

Kuroba Japanese
From the Japanese 黒 (kuro) "black" and 羽 (ha or hane) "wing."

Kurobashi Japanese
Variant of Kurohashi.

Kurobe Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Kurobiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Kurogi Japanese
Variant of Kuroki, Kuro means "Black" and Gi means "Tree, Wood".

Kurogiri Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 霧 (giri) meaning "mist"

Kurohashi Japanese
Kuro means "black" and hashi means "bridge".

Kurohata Japanese

Kuroi Japanese
Kuro means "black" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".

Kuroishi Japanese

Kuroita Japanese
Kuro means "black" and ita mean "board, plank".

Kurokawa Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" combined with 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river."

Kuroko Japanese (Rare)
Kuro means "black" and ko means "child, sign of the rat". ... [more]

Kuromiya Japanese
Kuro means "Black" and Miya means "Shrine".... [more]

Kuromusha Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 黒武者 (Kuromusha) meaning "Kuromusha", a division in the division of Urano in the area of Iriki in the city of Satsumasendai in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan or a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Kurone Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Kuronire Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Kuronishi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Kuroniwa Japanese
Kuro means "black" and niwa means "garden".

Kurono Japanese
Kuro means "black" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Kuronuma Japanese
Kuro means "black" and numa means "swamp".

Kuropatkin Russian
Derived from Russian куропатка (kuropatka) meaning "partridge".

Kurosaka Japanese
Kuro means "Black" and Saka means "Hill, Slope".

Kurosaki Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Kurose Japanese
Kuro means "black" and se means "current, ripple".

Kuroshima Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kurosu Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary".

Kurota Japanese

Kuroyanagi Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".

Kurpjuhn German (East Prussian)
East Prussian German (and thus heavily Lithuanian influenced) name meaning "shoemaker", derived from Old Prussian kurpjuns "shoemaker", ultimately from Old Prussian kurpe, kurpi "shoe".

Kurpjuweit German (East Prussian)
Variant of Kurpjuwait.

Kurr German

Kurschat German (East Prussian)
Variant of Kurscheit.

Kürschner German
Occupational name for a furrier, Middle High German kürsenære, from Middle High German kürsen meaning "fur coat".

Kursha Indian

Kurspahić Bosnian

Kursumulu Albanian
Meaning unknown.

Kurşun Turkish
Means "lead (the element), bullet, projectile" in Turkish.

Kurszewska Polish

Kurt Turkish
Means "wolf" in Turkish.

Kurtalić Croatian

Kurtar Turkish

Kurth German
From the given name Kurt

Kurti Albanian

Kurtoğlu Turkish
Means "son of the wolf" from Turkish kurt meaning "wolf".

Kurtović Bosnian, Croatian

Kurtsen Danish (Rare)
Means "son of Kurt".

Kurtuluş Turkish

Kurtz German
Variant of Kurz.

Kurtzberg German, Yiddish, Jewish
Variant of Kurzberg.

Kurtzman German
Variant of Kurzmann.

Kuru Japanese
Japanese: though written with the character for ‘give’ or ‘present’, the original meaning may actually be ‘sunset’. The name is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku and is no longer common in Japan, but there is a city by that name in Hiroshima prefecture and the area may have ancient connections with the family.

Kuru Turkish
Means "dry, bare" in Turkish.

Kurumi Japanese (Rare)
From 栗 (kurumi) meaning "chestnut".

Kurup Malayalam
From a title traditionally bestowed upon weapon makers and masters of martial arts, of uncertain meaning.

Kurushima Japanese
From 栗 (kuru) meaning "chestnut" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kurusu Japanese
Combination of 来 (kuru), meaning "come, next", and 栖 (su), meaning "nest, den".

Kurvits Estonian
Kurvits is an Estonian surname meaning "woodcock" and "snipe".

Kuryakin Russian (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Koryakin.

Kurylenko Ukrainian
Possibly an alternate transcription of Ukrainian Кириле́нко (see Kyrylenko). A famous bearer is Ukrainian-French actress and model Olga Kurylenko (1979-).

Kurylo Ukrainian
From the personal name Kurýlo, a Ukrainian form of the ancient Slavic name Kiril, from Greek Kyrillos, a derivative of kyrios ‘Lord.' This was the name of the saint and missionary of the Orthodox Church (826–869) who, together with his brother Methodios, brought Christianity to the Slavs... [more]

Kurzberg German, Yiddish, Jewish
From a location name meaning "short mountain" in German, from Middle High German kurz meaning "short" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.

Kurzhals German
Short Neck

Kurzi  Swiss