Submitted Surnames Starting with K

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".

Kuruvila Indian (Christian)
From the given name Kuruvila.

Kuruvilla Indian (Christian)
From the given name Kuruvilla.

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"... [more]

Kuryokhin m Russian

Kurzawa Polish
Of Polish origin, used by celebrities Karina and Ronald Kurzawa (duo from Sis Vs. Bro).

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

Kurzman German
Variant of Kurzmann.

Kuś Polish

Kuş Turkish
Means "bird" in Turkish.

Kusain Filipino, Maguindanao
From the given name Kusain.

Kusainov Kazakh
Means "son of Kusain" (see Husayn).

Kusainova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Kusainov.

Kusaka Japanese
meaning of sound of KUSA-KA is grassy-place. on kanji it means 日(sun) 下(under), there is association which grass grows good under the sun. this is the special case of usage of kanji in Japanese such as 飛鳥 asuka, 春日 kasuga and 長谷川 hasegawa.

Kusaka Japanese
From Japanese 日 (ku) meaning "sun, day" and 下 (saka) meaning "under, below".

Kusakabe Japanese

Kusakari Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 刈 (kari) meaning "reap, cut, prune".

Kusama Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Kusanagi Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass" and 彅 (nagi) meaning "cutter". A notable bearer of this surname is actor Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (草彅 剛, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, 1974–).

Kusano Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kušar Slovene

Kusatsu Japanese

Kusayanagi Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusayanagi) meaning "grass" or 日 (kusayanagi) meaning "sun, day". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Kusaynov m Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Құсайынов (see Kusainov).

Kusaynova f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Құсайынова (see Kusainov).

Kuschmann German, Jewish
Probably derived from a Germanized form of the Ancient Greek given name Kosmas.

Kuşçu Turkish
Occupational name for a breeder, seller or trainer of birds, from Turkish kuş meaning "bird".

Kuse Japanese
Ku means "long time ago" and se means "world"

Kush English (American)
Americanization of Kusz, Kusch, Kuš and Kus.

Kushi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久枝 (see Hisaeda).

Kushibiki Japanese
From Japanese 櫛 (kushi) meaning "comb" and 引 (hiki) meaning "pull, stretch".

Kushida Japanese (Rare)
This surname is written multiple ways, Kushi meaning "Skewer" or "Comb" (these are different kanji),and da is "Rice Paddy".

Kushieda Japanese (Rare)
Kushi means "Comb" and Eda means "Branch, Twig".

Kushige Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 櫛笥 (Kushige) meaning "Kushige", a former alley in the area of Kushige in the ward of Kamigyō in the city of Kyōto in the prefecture of Kyōto in Japan.... [more]

Kushige Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 櫛 (kushi) meaning "comb" and 下 (ge) meaning "bottom; low", possibly referring to a comb case.

Kushige Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 櫛下 (Kushige), from 櫛下門 (Kushigemon), the name of one of the groups 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, as well as surrounding areas.

Kushita Japanese

Kushman German, Jewish
Variant spelling of Kuschmann.

Kushner Jewish
This surname is a German Jewish given name. A notable bearer is Jared Kushner the son in law of President Donald J. Trump who became president in the year 2016.

Kushnir Ukrainian
Means "furrier, fur seller, animal skinner" in Ukrainian.

Kushtanayev m Russian

Kushwaha Indian
Kushwaha (sometimes, Kushvaha) is a community of the Indo-Gangetic plain which has traditionally been involved in agriculture. The term has been used to represent at least four subcastes, being those of the Kachhis, Kachwahas, Koeris and Muraos... [more]

Kusinien German (?)

Kuslapuu Estonian
Kuslapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "honeysuckle tree".

Küster German
It literally means "sexton".

Kusters Dutch
Variant of Koster.

Kusuda Japanese
From Japanese 楠 (kusu) meaning "camphor tree" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kusue Japanese

Kusumi Japanese

Kusunoki Japanese
From Japanese 楠 (kusunoki) meaning "camphor tree". This name can also be formed from 楠 (kusu) meaning "camphor", an unwritten possessive particle, and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Kusuta Japanese

Kuszowa Polish

Kut Turkish

Kutay Turkish

Kutch German (Anglicized)
Americanized variant of German Kutsch.

Kutchar Czech (Anglicized)
Variant of Kutcher.

Kutcher Czech (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Kučer or Kučera. Notable actor Ashton Kutcher is of Czech origin.

Kuteli Albanian (?)

Kutlu Turkish
Means "auspicious, blessed, happy, holy, lucky" in Turkish.

Kutnjak Croatian
Derived from kutnjak, meaning "molar".

Kutnyak Russian, Belarusian, Jewish (?)

Kutsar Estonian
Kutsar is an Estonian surname meaning "coachman".

Kutsch German
Topographic name of Slavic origin, from Sorbian kut ‘corner’, ‘nook’. Variant of Kutsche, metonymic occupational name for a coachman or coachbuilder, from the Hungarian loanword kocsi (see Kocsis).

Kutscher German, Jewish
occupational name for a coachman or coach builder from a derivative of the 16th-century Hungarian loanword kocsi "coach" German kutsche. The German -u- vowel comes from Slavic (Polish kucer).

Kutschera German
German cognate of Kučera.

Kutsuku Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Mari).

Kutsunis Lithuanian

Kutsuwada Japanese

Kütt Estonian
Means "hunter" in Estonian, derived from Middle Low German schütte.

Kuttelwascher German
Surname given to those who had the occupation of cleaning tripe. Combines the words kuttel meaning "tripe" and washer meaning "washer". Bearers of the surname typically live in Austria.

Küttim Estonian
Küttim is an Estonian surname derived from "küttima" meaning "to hunt" or "pursue".

Kuttner German
Originally from a nickname for someone wearing monk robes from Middle High German kuttner "robe wearing monk".

Kutty Indian, Malayalam, Tamil
Means "child" in Malayalam and Tamil.

Kütük Turkish

Kütük Turkish
Means "tree log, stump" in Turkish.

Kutuna African

Kutuyakhov m Yakut
From Yakut кутуйах (kutuyakh), meaning "mouse".

Kutuzov m Russian

Kutyavin m Russian

Kutz Italian
Habitational name for someone from Kuhz, near Prenzlau.

Kutz German
From a pet form of the personal name Konrad.

Kutz Polish
Germanized form of Polish Kuc "pony", "short person".

Kutzer German
Occupational name for a coachman or coach builder from old high German kutsche from Hungarian kocsi "coach". Variant of Kutscher.

Kutzler German
This is the surname of my great-grandfather, of German ancestry.

Kuub Estonian
Kuub is an Estonian surname meaning "coat" and "jacket".

Kuul Estonian
Probably derived from Estonian kuul meaning "bullet, ball".

Kuular Tuvan
Derived from Tuvan куу (kuu) meaning "swan" or "gray". Names bearing unfavourable meanings were traditionally used by Tuvans to ward off evil spirits.

Kuulmata Estonian
Kullmata is an Estonian surname derived from "kuulmatu" meaning "unheard".

Kuulpak Estonian
Kuulpak is an Estonian surname meaning "bullet ("kuul") "pack/packet/stock" ("pakk").

Kuum Estonian
Kuum is an Estonian surname meaning "hot" and "blazing".

Küün Estonian
Küün is an Estonian surname meaning "barn".

Küünal Estonian
Küünal is an Estonian surname meaning "candle".

Kuur Estonian
Kuur is an Estonian surname meaning "shed" or "hovel".

Kuurmaa Estonian
Kuurmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "shed/hovel land".

Kuusalu Estonian
Kuusalu is an Estonian surname derived from "kuusik" meaning "spruce wood" and "salu" meaning "grove".

Kuuse Estonian
Kuuse is an Estonian surname meaning "fir".

Kuusepuu Estonian
Kuusepuu is an Estonian surname meaning "fir tree".

Kuusik Estonian
Kuusik is an Estonian surname meaning "spruce stand".

Kuusinen Finnish
A surname originating from Eastern Finland, comprised of the elements “kuusi” meaning “six” or “moon”, and the suffix “-nen” which is typical of Eastern Finnish surnames. A notable bearer of this name is the Finnish-Soviet politician and writer Otto V. Kuusinen, one of the original founders of the Finnish Communist Party.

Kuusisto Finnish
Means "spruce forest" in Finnish, from Finnish kuusi "spruce" combined with a collective forming suffix.

Kuusk Estonian
Kuusk is an Estonian surname meaning "spruce".

Kuuskmaa Estonian
Kuuskmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "fir/spruce land".

Kuuspalu Estonian
Kuuspalu is an Estonian surname meaning "fir (kuusk) heathy woodland (palu)".

Kuut Estonian
Kuut is an Estonian surname meaning "kennel".

Küüts Estonian
Küüts is an Estonian surname meaning "lift".

Kuwabara Japanese
Variant of Kuwahara.

Kuwabe Japanese

Kuwada Japanese

Kuwagai Japanese

Kuwagaya Japanese

Kuwahara Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kuwai Japanese

Kuwajima Japanese
From 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 島 (shima) meaning "island". Shima changes to jima because of rendaku.

Kuwako Japanese
Kuwa means "mulberry tree" and ko means "child, sign of the rat, first of the Chinese zodiac."

Kuwamoto Japanese
Kuwamoto/桑元 = Mulberry Origin/Book

Kuwano Japanese

Kuwara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kuhara.

Kuwashima Japanese (Rare)
Kuwa (桑) means "mulberry", shima (島) means "island". It is also possible to be spelled as Kuwajima

Kuwata Japanese

Kuwata Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kuwatani Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" combined with 谷 (tani) meaning "valley". A notable bearer of this surname is Natsuko Kuwatani (桑谷 夏子), a Japanese voice-actress who is best known for voicing Ryōko Asakura from the Haruhi Suzumiya series and Alph from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.

Kuwawara Japanese

Kuwaya Japanese

Kuwayama Japanese

Kuwayama Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kuybyshev m Russian

Kuyeng Chinese (Russified)
Russified form of Kuang used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union (based on the Cantonese romanization of the name).

Kuyon Hungarian, Romanian
Largely unknown, but may have origins in a village in Poland, called Kujan. There’s records on the name at Ellis Island in New York where it was anglicized to the phonetic, Kuyon. There’s also a split in the main families with the name in the US to another diminutive, Kenyon.... [more]

Kuyper Dutch
Variant of Kuiper

Kuypers Dutch
Variant of Kuiper

Kuyt Dutch
Variant of Kuijt, notably borne by the Dutch former soccer player Dirk Kuyt (1980-).

Kuyukin m Russian

Kuyuko Japanese (Rare)

Kuzai Southern African

Kuzawa Polish

Kuze Japanese
Ku means "long time ago" and ze comes from ze meaning "world".

Kuzin Russian
Means "son of Kuzya".

Kuzina Russian
Feminine form of Kuzin.

Kuzma Ukrainian, Belarusian
From the personal name Kuzma, Greek Kosmas, a derivative of kosmos ‘universe’, ‘(ordered) arrangement’. St. Cosmas, martyred with his brother Damian in Cilicia in the early 4th century ad, came to be widely revered in the Eastern Church.

Kuzmak Ukrainian
From the given name Kuzma.

Kuzmanoska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Kuzmanoski.

Kuzmanoski m Macedonian
Means "son of Kuzman".

Kuzmanovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Kuzmanovski.

Kuzmanovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Kuzman".

Kuz'menko Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Kuzmenko.

Kuzmin m Russian
Means "son of Kuzma".

Kuzminykh m Russian
Variant of Kuzmin.

Kuzmyak Rusyn
Means "child of Kuzma".

Kuzmyn Ukrainian
Variant transcription of Kuzmin.

Kuznets Russian
The Russian variation of Smith.

Kuzome Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久染 (see Hisazome).

Kuzu Turkish
Means "lamb" in Turkish.

Kvachko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian квач (kvach), meaning "tag (game)".

Kvaratskhelia Georgian

Kvaratskheliya Georgian (Russified)

Kvasnička Czech
from kvasnička ‘sour cherry’, applied as a nickname.

Kvaternik Croatian

Kvavadze Russian, Georgian, Ukrainian
Not known.

Kvedaravičius m Lithuanian
Means "son of Kvedaras". Mantas Kvedaravičius was a Lithuanian journalist who was killed by the Russian forces in Mariupol.

Kvist Swedish
Swedish surname meaning "twig, branch".... [more]

Kvitka Ukrainian
Means "flower" in Ukrainian. It is an ornamental surname, but it could also denote to someone from a village called Kvitka.

Kvitsinia Abkhaz
Mingrelian form of the Abkhaz surname Kutsnia; the Abkhaz name was replaced by the Mingrelian spelling during the era of Joseph Stalin. It is most likely derived from Abkhaz икуцны иааз (ikutsny iaaz) meaning "one who migrates", though the word квици (kvitsi) has no real meaning in Abkhaz... [more]

Kvon Chinese (Russified)
Russified form of Kuang used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union (based on the Cantonese romanization of the name).

Kvong Chinese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Kvon.

Kvyat Russian

Kvyat Russian
Russian form of Kwiat.

Kvyatkovskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russian form of Kwiatkowski.

Kwa Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Ke.

Kwak Korean
From Sino-Korean 郭 (gwak) meaning "outer city" (making it the Korean form of Guo) or 霍 (gwak) meaning "quickly, suddenly".

Kwan Korean
Korean Hanja: 管, 關 ... [more]

Kwang Chinese

Kwasigroch Polish
person who ferments(kwasic) peas(groch)

Kwasnik Polish
Meaning: Sour or acidic.

Kwee Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Guo based on Dutch orthography.

Kwek Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Guo.

Kwelagobe Southern African

Kwemoi Eastern African

Kwemto Central African

Kwi Central African

Kwiat Polish
Means "flower" in Polish, from the Old Slavic root květŭ.

Kwiatek Polish
Derived from a diminutive of Kwiat.

Kwiecień Polish
Derived from Polish kwiecień "April (month)".

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

Kwm Hmong
Original Hmong form of Kue.

Kwon Korean
Korean form of Quan, from Sino-Korean 權 (gwon).

Kwong Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Kuang.

Ky Western African

Kyagumbo Shona
Meaning unknown.

Kyan Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Catháin.

Kydd English, Scottish, Caribbean
Variant of Kidd.

Kyden Finnish

Kydon English (American)

Kyei African
Ghanaian surname that is derived from the Akan language. It means "greatness" or "to become great" in English.

Kyekyeku Akan
Meaning unknown.

Kyer English (American)
Anglicized form of Geier.

Kyeremaa Western African

Kyiashko Ukrainian
Variant transcription of Kyyashko.

Kyl Khmer

Kyland English (American)

Kyle Swedish (Rare)

Kylo Ukrainian (Rare)

Kylychbekov m Kyrgyz
Means "son of Kylychbek".

Kylychbekova f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Kylychbekov.

Kylyshbekov m Kazakh
Means "son of Kylyshbek".

Kylyshbekova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Kylyshbekov.

Kyne Irish
From Gaelic Ó Cadháin meaning "descendant of Cadhán", a byname meaning "barnacle goose".

Kyner English

Kynnyakhorov m Yakut (Russified)
From Yakut кыынньаа (kyynn'aa), meaning "to make angry, to annoy".

Kyoda Japanese

Kyogoku Japanese

Kyoguchi Japanese
From Japanese 京 (kyo) meaning "capital" and 口 (guchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Kyohoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 京応 (see Kyōō).

Kyōnō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 皛 (kyō) of unknown meaning and 納 (nō) meaning "to pay fees, to supply, to store, to complete, to restore".

Kyono Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 皛納 (see Kyōnō).

Kyōō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 京 (kyō) meaning "capital city" and 応 (ō) meaning "to comply; to respond; to accord".

Kyoo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 京応 (see Kyōō).

Kyosaku Japanese

Kyoso Japanese
From Japanese 狂 (kyō) meaning "madness" and 想 (sō) meaning "thought, idea". The kanji that makes up Kyoso can also mean "fantasy".

Kyota Japanese

Kyoto Japanese
From place name Kyoto.

Kyouou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 京応 (see Kyōō).

Kyousaku Japanese

Kyper Ukrainian

Kyprianou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Kyprianos".

Kyrgyzov Kyrgyz
Means "son of a Kyrgyz".

Kyriacou Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Kyriakou chiefly used in Cyprus.

Kyriakos Greek
From the given name Kyriakos.

Kyriakou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Kyriakos".

Kyrö Finnish
Origins remain unknown, might be deprived from the rare given name Kyrö or the location name. The earliest documented person with Kyrö as a surname dates back to 1553

Kyrychenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Kyryk.

Kyrylenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Kyrylo".

Kysh Ukrainian

Kyte English
Variant of Kite.

Kyugoku Japanese
A variant of Kyogoku.

Kyuma Popular Culture

Kyuno Japanese

Kyvelos Greek

Kyyashko Ukrainian

Kyyhkynen Finnish
Means "pigeon, dove" in Finnish.