Submitted Surnames Starting with T

Talts Estonian
Talts is an Estonian surname, possibly deriving from "taltsas", meaning "tame".

Talu Estonian
Talu is an Estonian surname meaning "farmstead".

Talujärv Estonian
Talujärv is an Estonian surname meaning "farm lake".

Talukdar Bengali, Indian, Assamese
Bengali alternate transcription of Talukder as well as the Assamese form.

Talukder Bengali
From a title for land-owning aristocrats in the Mughal Empire and British Raj who were responsible for collecting taxes. The title itself was derived from Arabic تعلق (ta'alluq) meaning "attachment, affiliation" combined with the Persian suffix دار (-dar) indicating ownership.

Talumaa Estonian
Talumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "farmland".

Talumets Estonian
Talumets is an Estonian surname literally meaning "farm (talu) forest (mets)"; a farmstead in or near a forest.

Talusaar Estonian
Talusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "farm island".

Talvet Estonian
Talvet is an Estonian surname derived from "talve-" meaning "wintry".

Talvi Estonian
Talvi is an Estonian surname meaning "winter" (from "talv", also a surname).

Talvik Estonian
Talvik is an Estonian surname meaning "winter" (from "talv", also a surname).

Talwar Indian
Sikh name based on the name of a clan in the Khatri community, derived from Panjabitəlwār ‘sword’ (Sanskrit taravāri).

Tamacas Spanish, Central American

Tamachi Japanese

Tamada Japanese

Tamagawa Japanese
A variant of Tamakawa.

Tamai Japanese
From the Japanese 玉 (tama) "ball," "bundle" and 井 (i) "well."

Tamakawa Japanese
Tama means "jewel square" and kawa means "river".

Tamaki Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball, sphere" combined with 城 (ki) meaning "castle", 置 (ki) meaning "put, place, set", or 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Tamakoshi Japanese

Tamamoto Japanese, Ryukyuan

Tamamura Japanese
Tama means "Jewel" and Mura means "village."... [more]

Tamanaha Japanese

Tamang Tibetan
Tamang may be derived from the word Tamang, where Ta means "horse" and Mang means warrior in Tibetan. However there are no written documentations of Horse Rider naming nor present Tamang people have horse riding culture.

Tamanishi Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (Tama) meaning "jewel; ball" and 西 (Nishi) meaning "west; Spain".

Tamano Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball, sphere" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" or 乃 (no), a possessive particle.

Tamano Filipino, Maranao

Tamaoi Japanese (Rare)

Tamara Japanese (Rare)

Tamari Japanese

Tamaro Croatian

Tamaru Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "paddy, field" combined with 丸 (maru) meaning "whole, complete".

Tamashiro Japanese
Means "jewel castle" or "ball castle" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 玉 (jewel, ball) and 城 (castle). This surname is of Okinawan origin.

Tamasian Armenian

Tamata Japanese

Tamatsuka Japanese

Tamatsuki Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 玉槻 with 玉 (gyoku, tama, tama-, -dama) meaning "ball, jewel" and 槻 (ki, tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree."

Tamayama Japanese
玉 (Tama) means "jewel, gem" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".

Tamayo Spanish
from a town in the burgos region in spain.

Tamazashvili Georgian
Means "son of Tamaz".

Tamazight Berber, Northern African
Derived from ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵗⵜ (Tamaziɣt), the Berber (Amazigh) name for the collective Berber language family used in North Africa.

Tambak Batak

Tambor Jewish
Derived from German Tambour "drummer in a regiment", ultimately via French tambour from Old French tambor "drum".

Tamburini Italian
Means "drummer", from Italian tamburo "drum".

Tamekuni Japanese

Tami Japanese

Tamiko English (Canadian)

Tamir Jewish
From the given name Tamir.

Tamirak Mon, Thai

Tamiya Japanese (Rare)
Tamiya means "Ricefield palace". See also Miyata

Tammam Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Tammam.

Tammearu Estonian
Tammearu is an Estonian surname meaning "oaken upland meadow".

Tammejuur Estonian
Tammejuur is an Estonian surname meaning "oak root".

Tammemaa Estonian
Tammemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "oak land".

Tammemägi Estonian
Tammemägi is an Estonian surname meaning "oak hill/mountain".

Tammeoks Estonian
Tammeoks is an Estonian surname meaning "oak branch".

Tammeorg Estonian
Tammeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "oak valley".

Tammepuu Estonian
Tammepuu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak tree".

Tammert Estonian
Tammert is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" ("oak") and "tamme-" ("oaken").

Tammetalu Estonian
Tammetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak farm/farmstead".

Tammets Estonian
Tammets is an Estonian surname meaning "oak forest".

Tammeväli Estonian
Tammeväli is an Estonian surname meaning "oak field".

Tammeveski Estonian
Tammeveski is an Estonian surname meaning "oak mill".

Tammik Estonian
Tammik is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood" and "oak forest".

Tammiksaar Estonian
Tammiksaar is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood island".

Tammiku Estonian
Tammiku is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood" and "oak forest".

Tamminen Finnish
From "tammi" meaning "oak tree". A place with lot of oaks.

Tammiste Estonian
Tammiste is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" meaning "oak".

Tammjärv Estonian
Tammjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "oak lake" and "dam/levee lake".

Tammsaar Estonian
Tammsaar is an Estonian surname, meaning "oak island".

Tammsalu Estonian
Tammsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak ridge".

Tammus Estonian
Tammus is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" meaning both "oak" and "dam".

Tamon Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 多門, 多聞 or 田門 with 多 (ta, oo.i, masa.ni, masa.ru) meaning "frequent, many, much", 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field/paddy", 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate" and 聞 (bun, mon, ki.ku, ki.koeru) meaning "ask, hear, listen."... [more]

Tampõld Estonian
Tampõld is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" ("oak") and "põld" ("field").

Tan English (Australian, Rare)
Possibly from the English Word "Tan", or from the Given Name Tan.

Tan Turkish
Means "dawn, daybreak" in Turkish.

Tan Chinese
From Chinese 谭 (tán) referring to the state of Tan that existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.

Tanabata Japanese (Rare)
This surname refers to the Japanese Star Festival on July 7th.

Tanabe Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 辺 or 邊 (nabe) meaning "area, place".

Tanaca Japanese (Portuguese-style), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Tanaka.

Tanacea Romanian (Rare)

Tanada Japanese

Tanaha Indian

Tanahara Japanese
Variant transcription of Tahara or variant of Takahara.

Tanahashi Japanese

Tanajara Japanese (Hispanicized), Spanish (Mexican)
Hispanicized form of Tanahara.

Tanase Romanian

Tănăsescu Romanian
Patronymic surname meaning "the son of Tănăs".

Tanata Japanese

Tänav Estonian
Tänav is an Estonian surname meaning "street".

Tänavots Estonian
Tänavots is an Estonian surname meaning "street end".

Tänavsuu Estonian
Tänavsuu is an Estonian surname literally meaning "street mouth" ("street entry", or "the beginning of the street"); derived from the compound words "tänav" ("street") and "suu" ("mouth").

Tancock English
From a shortened variant of the male personal name Andrew, with the suffix -cock (literally "cockerel", hence "jaunty or bumptious young man"), that was often added to create pet-forms of personal names in the Middle Ages.

Tancredi Italian
From the given name Tancredi.

Tanda African

Tander Filipino

Tandon Indian, Punjabi, Hindi
Of unknown meaning.

Tandy English
From a pet-form of the male personal name Andrew.

Taneda Japanese

Taneja Indian
This surname was apparently derived from tən‘blade of grass’ (from Sanskrit tṛna).

Tanev Bulgarian
Derived from the forename Tane.

Taneva Bulgarian
Feminine form of Tanev.

Tanfal German

Tăng Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 曾 (tăng) meaning "high".

Tang Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Deng.

Tang Chinese
From Chinese 汤(tāng) means soup.

Tangara Western African, Manding
Malian Bambara surname of unknown meaning.

Tangen Norwegian
Tangen is a village in south-east Norway.

Tangerine English
Possibly means "from Tangier".

Tanginoa Tongan

Tanglao Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog tanglaw meaning "light, illumination" (a poetic word), ultimately from Hokkien 燈樓 or 灯楼 (teng-lâu).

Tangoku Japanese

Tanguay French, English
From a personal name, a contraction of Tanneguy, from Breton tan meaning 'fire', and ki meaning 'dog', which was the name of a 6-th century Christian saint associated with Paul Aurelian.

Tanguma Indigenous American (?), Mexican
Mexican surname of uncertain origin, probably Native American.

Tanguy French

Tanibara Japanese

Tanida Japanese

Tanie Japanese

Tanielian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Դանիելյան (see Danielyan)

Tanielu Samoan
From the given name Daniel.

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

Tanigawa Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Tanihara Japanese
Tani means "valley" and hara means "plain". ... [more]

Tanikawa Japanese
From the Japanese 谷 (tani or ya) "valley" and 川 or 河 (kawa or gawa) "river."

Tanikuwa Japanese

Tanimoto Japanese
Tani (谷) means valley, and Moto (本) means origin or base or root.

Taninaka Japanese

Tanis Haitian Creole

Tanisawa Japanese

Tanita Japanese

Taniwara Japanese

Taniyama Japanese
Tani means "valley" and yama means "mountain". ... [more]

Tanizawa Japanese

Tanji Japanese (Rare)
Rare in Japan, the name is written with characters meaning ‘red’ and ‘govern’. The actual meaning is unclear.

Tanjung Minangkabau, Batak
Means "cape, headland, point" in Minangkabau and Batak.

Tankersley English

Tanko Romanian (Americanized)
In Romania Tankó is most common in Harghita, Covasna, and Bacău counties. Tankó is also common in Hungary and Slovakia.

Tanlee American

Tannahill Scottish
From the name of a place in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Tannen German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from any of several places in Lower Saxony or Baden named with German Tannen ‘pine’, or from a short form of any of the many compound names formed with this element... [more]

Tannenbaum Jewish, German
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) topographic name or Jewish ornamental name from German Tannenbaum ‘fir tree’, ‘pine tree’.

Tanneraho Finnish
My grandmother was from Finland was as is many generations according to her. Descendants are still located in Musta Jarva, near Ruovesi.

Tannhäuser German

Tanni Estonian

Tanno Japanese
From Japanese 丹 (tan) meaning "red, vermilion" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tanno Romansh
Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a derivation from the given name Donatus.

Tannor English (African)

Tannous Arabic
Derived from the given name Tannous, an Arabic form of Anthony.

Tano Italian
From a short form of the personal name Gaetano.

Tanose Japanese (Rare)

Tanoue Japanese
Ta means "field, rice paddy", no is a possessive particle, and ue means "above".

Tanović Bosnian

Tanskanen Finnish
Means "Danish" in Finnish.

Tansy English

Tantalo English

Tanuma Japanese
Ta means "rice paddy, field" and Numa means "swamp, marsh".

Tanush Albanian

Tanveer Urdu
From the given name Tanwir.

Tanvir Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Tanwir.

Tanyag Filipino, Tagalog
Means "renowned, eminent, famous" in Tagalog.

Tanyan Nigerian

Tanzie English

Tao Chinese
From Chinese 陶 (táo) meaning "pottery, ceramics".

Taoda Japanese

Taomi Thai

Taov Circassian

Tapachula Nahuatl, Aztec
Means "between the waters" in Nahuatl.

Tapah Malay, Malaysian
Originated from the name of a freshwater fish, "Ikan Tapah".

Tapahonso Navajo

Tape English, German
Variant spelling of Tapp.

Tapier English (Australian)

Tapio Finnish
From the given name Tapio.

Tapir Indian

Tapon French
From the old French word tapon, meaning "cork". Hence this surname was first given to corks makers.

Täpp Estonian
Täpp is an Estonian surname meaning "fleck" or "speckle".

Tapp English, German
Derived from an Old English given name Tæppa, of uncertain origin and meaning. In German, it is a nickname for a clumsy person or a simpleton, derived from Middle Low German tappe meaning "oaf".

Tapper Swedish
Swedish soldier name meaning "brave". ... [more]

Taptiklis Greek
Greek name.... [more]

Tapu Estonian
Tapu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Tapa", a town in Lääne-Viru County.

Taput Belarusian

Tara Indian

Tarabay Arabic
History of this surname is unknown. A famous bearer with this last name is Nick E. Tarabay, a Lebanese-American actor.

Tarabe Japanese

Tarafdar Bengali
From a title which denoted a holder of a taraf (a type of administrative division formerly used in South Asia), itself derived from Arabic طرف (taraf) meaning "area, section, side" and the Persian suffix دار (dar) indicating ownership.

Tarafder Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali তরফদার (see Tarafdar).

Tarai Indian (?)

Taraku Albanian

Tarancón Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Tarand Estonian
Tarand is an Estonian surname meaning "balustrade".

Taranova Russian
Russian form of Terranova.

Taranto Italian
Habitational name from the southern Italian city and provincial capital of this name (from Latin Tarentum from Greek Taras). Variant of Tarantino and Di Taranto.

Țăranu Romanian

Taras Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian
From the given name Taras.

Tarasenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Taras.

Tarasov Russian
Means "son of Taras".

Tarasova Russian
Feminine form of Tarasov.

Taratsas Greek

Tarawele Manding

Tarbell English
Tarbell is an alteration of the English placename Turville in Buckinghamshire in England.

Tarc Ukrainian, Romanian

Tarchaneiotes Greek
(1) Either from the village of Tarchaneion in Thrace, (2) from Mongol word targan, for "smith",(3) from the Khazar noble title tarkhan, ultimately of Sogdian/Saka origin.

Tarcza Polish, Hungarian
Means "shield" in Polish.

Tare Albanian

Tarek Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Tariq.

Tareq Bengali, Arabic
Derived from the given name Tariq.

Tareque Bengali
Derived from the given name Tariq.

Targuisti Moroccan
Habitational name from the Rifian town of Targuist.

Targuisti Moroccan
Habitational name from the town of Targuist.

Tariah African

Tarielashvili Georgian
Means "son of Darius" in Georgian.

Tarifa Albanian

Tarik Arabic
Derived from the given name Tariq.

Tariq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Tariq.

Tarique Bengali
Derived from the given name Tariq.

Tark Estonian
Tark is an Estonian surname meaning "wise" or "sage".

Tarkhov Russian
Means "son of Tarkh". This is a Russian noble surname.

Tarkington English

Tarkmeel Estonian
Tarkmeel is an Estonian surname meaning "wise minded".

Tarkowski Polish

Tarkpea Estonian
Tarkpea is an Estonian surname meaning "wiseacre" (literally, "clever head").

Tarkus Estonian
Tarkus is an Estonian surname meaning "cleverness".

Tarlton English

Tarmo Estonian
Tarmo is an Estonian name; from the masculine given name "Tarmo".

Tarmoh Western African

Tärn Estonian
Tärn is an Estonian surname meaning "star".

Tarnawa Polish (Modern)

Tărniceriu Romanian
From tărnicer meaning "saddler".

Tarnowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish city of Tarnów.

Tarnutzer Romansh
Derived from the place name Malanser Tarnutz.

Taron German
Standardized variant of Tarruhn.

Taron German (Rare)
The standardized variant of Tarruhn which has origins in the Neumark region of Brandenburg, Prussia dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries. The Taron family was one of many German families who left the Neumark region and moved eastward into present-day Poland and Ukraine... [more]

Tarot French

Tarragon French (Rare)

Tarrant English

Tarro Estonian
Tarro is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "tare", meaning "hut".

Tarruhn German
Origins are found in Neumark, Brandenburg, Prussia.

Tarry English

Tarsney English (British)
Tarsney is a variant spelling of Tosne.

Tartaglia Italian
From Italian tartagliare "to stutter".

Tartakovsky Russian, Jewish
Name for someone originally from the town of Tartakiv (or Tartakov) in Ukraine, derived from Ukrainian тартак (tartak) meaning "sawmill".

Tartaro Spanish
Ethnic name or regional name for someone who was from Tatarstan or who had traded with Tatarstan.

Tartu Estonian
Tartu is an Estonian surname derived from the city of the same name in Tartu County.

Tarumoto Japanese

Țăruș Romanian
From Romanian ţăruş meaning ''stake, picket''.

Tarver English
Sodhut dweller, from old English

Taş Turkish
Means "stone" in Turkish.

Tasaka Japanese

Tasane Estonian
Tasane is an Estonian surname meaning "flat".

Tasawa Japanese

Taşçı Turkish
Means "stonemason, stonecutter" in Turkish.

Taşdöğen Turkish

Tasev Bulgarian

Tashima Japanese

Tashiro Japanese

Tasiadis Greek

Tasić Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Tasa".

Tasifa Amharic
Means “hope” in Amharic.

Taşkın Turkish
Means "flood" in Turkish.

Taşkıran Turkish
Means "stone breaker" from Turkish taş meaning "stone, rock" and kıran meaning "destroyer, breaker, pestilence".

Tasman German (?), Dutch

Tass Estonian
Tass is an Estonian surname meaning "cup" and "dish".

Tassi Italian
Could be a patronymic form of the given name Tasso, indicate the bearer is from one of several municipalities called Tasso, or be a nickname from Italian tasso meaning "badger (animal)" or "yew".

Tassone Italian

Tassoni Italian

Taştan Turkish
Means "stone" in Turkish.

Tat Vietnamese

Tatangelo French

Tatangelo Italian

Tatangelo Italian

Tatangelo Italian

Tatania Italian

Tatar Indian

Tătărescu Romanian
Means "son of a Tatar" in Romanian.

Tatari Albanian

Tatarshao Abazin
Possibly from a nickname for a Tatar person.

Tatasciore American, Italian
The surname Tatasciore is more commonly found in Italy than any other country or territory.

Tatavian Armenian

Tate Japanese

Tateishi Japanese

Tatelman Russian, Yiddish
Man who tats or sew

Tateo Italian (Italianized)
Italianized version of Tateossian

Tateossian Turkish, Armenian

Tates English
This is a variant of rather Tate or Tate, both having the same origin.

Tatewaki Japanese
From the Japanese 舘 (tate) "mansion," "large building," "palace" and 脇 (waki) "side."

Tateyama Japanese

Tati Popular Culture, French, Russian
A well known diminutive of both Tatiana and Tatischeff.

Tatischeff French, Russian, English
Best known as the actual full surname of Jacques Tati.

Tatke German
Unknown source.

Tatlı Turkish
Means "sweet, pleasant, agreeable" in Turkish.

Tatlock English
Probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place in Lancashire or Cheshire, where the surname occurs most frequently.

Tatlonghari Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog Tatlong Hari literally meaning "three kings", referring to the biblical Magi or the Epiphany (the appearance of Jesus to the Magi).

Tatlow English (British, Rare)
I heard it was from a small village in England called Tallow.

Tatola Tongan

Tatomirović Serbian

Taton French

Tatopoulos Greek
Surname of dancer and actress Zoï Tatopoulos, and of her father, Patrick Tatopoulos, production designer and director

Tats German

Tatsuda Japanese
Means "dragon rice paddy" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 竜 (dragon) and 田 (rice paddy).

Tatsuki Japanese

Tatsumi Japanese
This surname is used as the combinations shown above + others that aren't on this entry.... [more]