Submitted Surnames Starting with U

UBA Estonian
Uba is an Estonian surname meaning "bean".

ÜBERMACHT German
Same given to someone with a lot of power.

UCAR Croatian
1 Croatian, Serbian, and eastern Slovenian: ironic nickname for an autocratic person, from car ‘tsar’.... [more]

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

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

UCHIHA Japanese
This is the last name of the anime character, Uchiha Sasuke.

UCHIHARA Japanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

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

UCHIMURA Japanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

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

UDAM Estonian
Udam is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "südame", meaning "dearest".

UDDIN Bengali, Urdu, Tausug
From Arabic الدين (ad-dīn) meaning "the religion", commonly used as a suffix for given names.

UDU Estonian
Udu is an Estonian surname meaning "fog", "mist" and "haze".

UEKAWA Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

UEKI Japanese
Means "planted tree".

UEMATSU Japanese
上 (Ue) means "Above, Upper" and 松 (Matsu) means "Pine Tree".

UEMURA Japanese
上 (Ue) means "Above, Upper" and 村 (Mura) means "Village, Hamlet".

UENG Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of HUANG.

UENTILLIE Navajo
From Navajo ayóí meaning "very" and áníldííl meaning "husky, large".

UESHITA Japanese
Ue means "Upper, Top, Above" and Shita means "Below, Under".

UESUGI Japanese
上 (Ue) means "Upper, Above" and 杉 (Sugi) means "Cedar Tree".

UETA Japanese
This is how UEDA is sometimes said.

UFF English

UGALDE Basque
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in the municipality of Larrabetzu or the one in the municipality of Okondo.

UGARTE Basque

UGGLA Swedish
Means "owl" in Swedish.

UGLJANIN Bosnian

UHAN Slovene

UHARTE Basque
Variant of UGARTE.

UHE German (Austrian)

UHKE Estonian
Uhke is an Estonian surname meaning "proud" or "vain".

UHL German
Uhl begins in the German province of Bavaria. Uhl is a nickname surname, a class of German names derived from eke-names, or added names, that described people by a personal characteristic or other attribute... [more]

UHLER German
Uhler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kastellaun, whose seat is in the like-named town.

UHLÍŘ Czech
Uhlíř is a originally craftsman dedicated to the production of charcoal. It is also called a person involved in the distribution of coal.... [more]

UHLMANN German
From a pet form of a Germanic compound personal name beginning with odal ‘inherited property’.

ÜHTEGI Estonian
Ühtegi is an Estonian surname derived from "ühtelugu", meaning "steadily" and "always" and "tegi" meaning "worker/producer".

UHUMAHU Arabic
He was arabic but died by cholera

UI Japanese

UIBO Estonian
Uibo is an Estonian surname derived from "uibu", meaning "wintergreen".

UIBOLEHT Estonian
Uiboleht is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen (genus: Pyrola)".

UIBOMAA Estonian
Uibomaa is an Estonian surneame meaning "evergreen land".

UIBOPUU Estonian
Uibopuu is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen tree".

UIGA Estonian
Uiga is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "eluiga" meaning "life" and "age".

UIK Estonian
Uik is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "luik", meaning "swan"; or "huik", meaning "crake".

ÜITS Estonian
Üits is an Estonian surname meaning "nicest".

UITTO Scandinavian

UJULA Estonian
Ujula is an Estonian surname meaning "pool" and "pond".

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]

UKPERAJ Albanian

ÜKSKÜLA Estonian
Üksküla is an Estonian surname meaning "one village".

ULAK Bosnian
From Turkish ulak, "a messenger".

ULANIMO Filipino

ULATOWSKI Polish
Habitational name for someone from Ulatowo in Ostrołęka voivodeship, a place named with Old Polish ulot, ulatać meaning "to fly away".

ÜLAVERE Estonian
Ülavere is an Estonian surname meaning "upper/superior blood".

ÜLEJÕE Estonian
Ülejõe is an Estonian surname meaning "across the river".

ULEMA Estonian
Ulema is an Estonian surname; possibly a corruption of "tulema" meaning "come" and "to come/hail from".

ULEMEK Serbian

ULENSPEGEL Low German, Literature
This is the name of Dyl Ulenspegel is a trickster figure originating in Middle Low German folklore, possibly meaning "owl mirror".

ÜLESOO Estonian
Ülesoo is an Estonian surname meaning "above (beyond) the swamp".

ÜLEVAIN Estonian
Ülevain is an Estonian surname meaning "above/across village green".

ÜLGEKÜTT Estonian
Ülgekütt is an Estonian surname derived from "hülgekütt" meaning "seal hunter".

ULIBARRI Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Lana.

ULJAS Estonian
Uljas is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name) meaning "daring" and "valiant".

ÜLJES Estonian
Üljes is an Estonian surname derived from "hüljes" meaning "seal".

ULLA Estonian
Ulla is an Estonian surname derived from "üla-", a prefix meaning "upper".

ULLAH Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Means "of Allah, of God" from Arabic اللّٰه (Allah) referring to the monotheistic god in Islam. It is commonly used as a component in given names.

ULLMANN German
Variant spelling of UHLMANN, associated with Jewish Europeans, meaning "man from Ulm". It is derived from the name of the city of Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

ULLOA Galician
This indicates familial origin within the comarca of A Ulloa.

ULMER German
German surname meaning "from the city of Ulm".

ULRICH German
Derived from the personal name ULRICH.

ULRICHSEN Norwegian
Means son of ULRICH

ULRICK Scottish

ULSHAFER German
Altered form of ULSHÖFER.

ULSHÖFER German
Habitational name for someone from a place called Ilshofen (old form Ulleshoven), near Schwäbisch Hall.

ULUOTS Estonian
Uluots is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "uluk" ("(hunting) game" ) and "ots" ("end").

ULUSOY Turkish
Means "great lineage", derived from Turkish ulu meaning "supreme, great, exalted" combined with soy meaning "ancestry, lineage".

ULVAEUS Swedish (Rare)
Allegedly a latinization of Ulfsäter, a combination of Swedish ulv "wolf" and säter "mountain pasture". Björn Ulvaeus (b. 1945) is a Swedish songwriter, composer and former member of ABBA.

ULVESTAD Norwegian (Rare)
Habitational name from any of five farmsteads, most in western Norway, named from Old Norse ulfr meaning ‘wolf’ + staðir, plural of staðr meaning ‘farmstead’, ‘dwelling’.

ULYANOV Russian
Means "son of ULYAN". A notable bearer was Vladimir Ulyanov (1870-1924), a Russian revolutionary better known as Vladimir Lenin.

ULYANOVA Russian
feminine counterpart of ULYANOV.

ULYANOVSKAYA Russian
feminine spelling of ULYANOVSKY.

ULYANOVSKY Russian
Means "son of ULYAN".

UM Korean
Transliteration of the Korean reading of hanja 嚴 from Chinese meaning “stern”

UMAJIRI Japanese (Rare)
Uma ("Horse") + Jiri from Shiri ("Behind,Rear").

UMAR Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name UMAR.

ÜMARIK Estonian
Ümarik is an Estonian surname meaning "round", "chubby" and "plump".

UMAROV Chechen, Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen
Means "son of UMAR".

UMAROVA Chechen, Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen
Feminine spelling of UMAROV.

UMBLE English
Variant of HUMBLE.

UMBURTER Tiv
Means, "Remember the father". Father also used in the context of God.

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

UMEHARA Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

UMEZAWA Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

UMIASTOWSKI Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Umiastów.

UMON Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 右 (u, yuu, migi) meaning "right" or 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof" with 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate."... [more]

UMTITI Western African

ÜNAL Turkish
Means "become famous" or "become well-known" in Turkish.

UÑALIVIA Spanish (Rare)
Has no specific meaning but it was a rare spanish name

ÜNDER Turkish

UNDERBERG Norwegian
Habitational name from a place named with Old Norse undir meaning "under" and berg meaning "mountain, hill".

UNDIRMARE Indian
Marathi name meaning "mice killer"

UNGER German
German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), and Slovenian: ethnic name for a Hungarian or a nickname for someone who had trade relations with Hungary, from the ethnic term Unger ‘Hungarian’ ... [more]

UNGERLEIDER German (Rare)

UNGOED Welsh
Derived from Welsh un "one" and coed "a wood".

UNGUREANU Romanian
From Romanian ungur meaning "Hungarian".

UNIACKE Irish
Unknown meaning.

UNION English, Irish
A bearer: Gabrielle Union, an actress.

UNIVERSE Popular Culture
From the English word universe. It is borne by the titular protagonist in the Cartoon Network show "Steven Universe".

UNIYAL Indian, Hindi

ÜNLÜ Turkish
Means "famous, celebrity" in Turkish.

UNNIKRISHNAN Malayalam
Means "Lord Krishna" or "young Krishna", a combination of the title and given name ഉണ്ണി (uṇṇi) meaning "infant boy, young boy" and the name of KRISHNA, Hindu deity.

UNO Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves" and 野 (no) meaning "field".

UNSER English (American)

UNTERBERGER German (Austrian)
Denoted someone from Unterberg, the name of many places in Austria.

UNTERREINER German
Topographic name for someone who lived below a mountain ridge, from Middle High German under meaning ‘under’ + rein meaning ‘ridge’.

UNTHANK English
From a place name meaning "squatter's holding" from Old English unthanc (literally "without consent").

UNTZAGA Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Urkabustaiz.

UNTZUETA Basque

UNWIN English
From the Old English male personal name Hūnwine, literally "bearcub-friend" (later confused with Old English unwine "enemy"). Bearers include British publisher Sir Stanley Unwin (1885-1968) and "Professor" Stanley Unwin (1911-2002), South African-born British purveyor of comical nonsense language.

ÚNZAGA Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of UNTZAGA.

UNZUETA Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of UNTZUETA.

UOTINEN Finnish

UP Indonesian

UPADHYAY Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher".

UPADHYAYA Indian, Nepali, Hindi, Assamese
Variant transcription of UPADHYAY.

UPDIKE English

UPHAM English
"enclosure surrounded by water"

UPOLE Various

UPPAL Punjabi

UPPARA Indian, Tamil
Another form of OPPARA.

ÜPRUS Estonian
Üprus is an Estonian surname derived from "üpris" meaning "very" and "much".

UPS Estonian
Ups is an Estonian surname derived from "upsakas" meaning "proud" and "conceited". "Ups" also also means "whoops" in Estonian.

UPSHAW English
Probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place named with Old English upp meaning "up(per)" and sc(e)aga meaning "copse", or a topographic name with the same meaning.

UPSHUR English
Most probably an altered spelling of English Upshire, a habitational name from Upshire in Essex, named with Old English upp "up" and scir "district". Alternatively, it may be a variant of UPSHAW.

UPSY English

UPTAIN English
Derived from Upton, but meaning "always prepared"

URAMOTO Japanese (Rare)
浦 (Ura) means "Seacoast,Bay" and 本 (Moto) means "Source, Origin, Root". Kentaro Uramoto is a notable bearer of this surname, he is a former Japanese football player.

URANDA Spanish (Mexican)

URANO Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

URANY ?

URAOKA Japanese (Rare)
Ura means "Bay,Seacoast" and Oka means "Hill, Ridge".

URARAKA Popular Culture
In the case of the character Ochako (Ochaco) Uraraka (麗日 お茶子) from 'My Hero Academia', her surname is made up of the adjective 麗らか (uraraka) meaning "bright, clear, beautiful, glorious" and 日 (ka) meaning "day."

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

URATSUJI Japanese (Rare)
Uratsuji means "Inlet/rivermouth crossroad"

URB Estonian
Urb is an Estonian surname meaning "catkin".

URBAN English, French, German, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Hungarian, Jewish
From a medieval personal name (Latin Urbanus meaning "city dweller", a derivative of urbs meaning "town", "city").

URBANA Belarusian, Ukrainian, Russian (Rare), Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of URBAN.

URBANE Latvian
Latvian form of URBAN.

URBANEK Czech

URBANOWICZ Polish
Patronymic from the personal name URBAN.

URBAŃSKI Polish
habitational name for someone from a place named with the personal name Urban.

URBANSKY Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Jewish
In Czech and Slovak usage, it is a habitational name for someone from a place called Urbanice. In Polish usage, it is a habitational name for someone from a place named with the personal name URBAN.

URBEN Swiss

URBINGTON English (American)

URDANEGI Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Gordexola.

URDANEGUI Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of URDANEGI.

URDANETA Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Aia.

URDUÑA Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous city.

URENDA Basque
Most probably a topographic name formed with Basque ur- ‘water’.

URGELLÉS Spanish (Caribbean)

URIAN Filipino

URIARTE Basque
It means "between cities".

URIBARRI Basque

URIBE Spanish

URIE Scottish, English, Irish
From the Scottish Fetteresso parish, Kincardineshire. May mean someone who is brave and loud.

URIONDO Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Zeberio.

URIZAR Basque

URKIAGA Basque
This indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the eponymous hill that is in fact the northernmost one in Navarre.

URKIOLA Basque
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous natural park.

URM Estonian
Urm is an Estonian surname; a dialectal Estonian word for "catkin" and "frost". Also meaning "bleeding wound" and "gore".

URQUIAGA Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of URKIAGA.

URQUIOLA Basque (Castilianized)
Castilianized form of URKIOLA.

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.

URRITZOLA Basque
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous Navarrese localities.

URRIZOLA Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of URRITZOLA.

URRUNAGA Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Legutio.

URRUTIA Basque
Basque surname meaning "distant, far away" in Euskara.

URRUTIGOITI Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the commune of Montori, located in the French canton of Euskal Mendialdea.

URRUTIGOÏTY Basque (Francized, Gallicized)
Parisianized form of URRUTIGOITI.

URSETH Norwegian (Rare, ?), English (?)

URSU Romanian
Means "bear" in Romanian.

URSÚA Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of URTSUA.

URSUYA Basque (Francized, Gallicized)
Parisianized form of URTSUA.

URTIAGA Basque
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous cave in the municipality of Deba.

URTSUA Basque
This indicates familial origin near the eponymous mountain in the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

URUSHIHARA Japanese (Rare)
漆 (Urushi) means "Lacquer/Lacker, Varnish" and 原 (Hara) means "Plain".

URUSOV Russian
From Slavic urush which means "warrior". This was the surname of a noble family in Russia.

URZĘDOWSKI Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish town of Urzędów.

USANZA Italian (Rare)
"custom, customary" Italian

UŠČUPLIĆ Bosnian

USECHE Basque
the prefix use means bird in Basque and the prefix che means bird. Useche means bird house

USEINOV Crimean Tatar
Means "son of ÜSEIN".

USELTON English
Perhaps a variant of Osselton, a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, probably in northeastern England, where this name is most common.

USENI Albanian

USHIJIMA Japanese

USICH Ukrainian

USMAN Arabic, Urdu, Filipino, Maguindanao, Tausug, Maranao, Dhivehi
From the given name UTHMAN.

USMANI Persian, Afghani, Urdu, Pashto, Arabic, Bengali, Albanian, Kosovar
From the given name UTHMAN. This is among the most common surnames in Albania.

USMANOV Uzbek, Chechen, Tatar, Bashkir, Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of USMAN".

USMONOV Tajik, Uzbek
Tajik and Uzbek variant of USMANOV.

USON Filipino

USSISOO Estonian
Ussisoo is an Estonian surname meaning "vermian swamp".

ÜSTENDAG Turkish

USYK Ukrainian

UTADA Japanese

UTECH German
From Middle Low German ūt-echtisch ‘outsider’, a term denoting someone who was not a member of a particular guild.

UTHMAN Nigerian
From the given name UTHMAN.

UTILIS Croatian (Rare, ?)

UTITIAJ Spanish

UTKINA Russian
Feminine spelling of UTKIN.

UTNE Norwegian
In Norwegian, probably has some pre-Germanic elements (i.e. before approx. 200 CE). Other place-names in the area also has an element of pre-Germanic and unknown origins. It has been suggested that it derives from "Út-tún", meaning the hamlet or farmstead that is "out"

UTSAR Estonian
Utsar is an Estonian surname, possibly a truncated variant of "Kutsar", meaning "coachman".

UTSLER German
Derived from the given name UTZ.

UTSUNOMIYA Japanese
This surname is used as either 宇都宮 or 宇津宮 with 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof", 都 (tsu, to, miyako) meaning "capital, metropolis", 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port" and 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess, Shinto shrine."... [more]

ÜTT Estonian
Ütt is an Estonian surname (loosely) meaning "vocative"; a "word of address'' or "exclamatory address".

UTTERDYKE Dutch

UTTING English, Jewish

UUDEKÜLL Estonian
Uudeküll is an Estonian surname meaning "new enough".

UUDELEPP Estonian
Uudelepp is an Estonian surname meaning "new alder".

UUDMÄE Estonian
Uudmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "virgin/unspoiled hill/mountain".

UUE Estonian
Uue is an Estonian surname meaning "anew".

UUEHENDRIK Estonian
Uuehendrik is an Estonian surname meaning "new Hendrik (a masculine given name)". Probably derived from the offspring of a Hendrik junior.

UUEMAA Estonian
Uuemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "new land".

UUEMÕIS Estonian
Uuemõis is an Estonian surname meaning "new manor".

UUENI Estonian
Uueni is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "uuenema" meaning "reform" and "renew".

UUESALU Estonian
Uuesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "new grove".

UUETALU Estonian
Uuetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "new farm".

UUETOA Estonian
Uuetoa is an Estonain surname, meaning "new home" or "new room".

UUK Estonian
Uuk is an Estonian surname meaning "bay" and "dormer".

UUKKIVI Estonian
Uukkivi is an Estonian surname meaning "dormer/bay stone".

UULI Estonian
Uuli is an Estonian surname derived from "uulits", meaning "street".

UURITS Estonian
Uurits is an Estonian surname meaning "engraver" and "burin".

UUS Estonian
Uus is an Estonian surname meaning "new".

UUSI Finnish
Uusi is a Finnish surname meaning "new".

UUSKIVI Estonian
Uuskivi is an Estonian surname meaning "new stone".

UUSLA Estonian
Uusla is an Estonian surname meaning "new field/area".

UUSMAA Estonian
Uusmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "new land".

UUSMÄGI Estonian
Uusmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "new mountain/hill".

UUSMEES Estonian
Uusmees is an Estonian surname meaning "new man".

UUSORG Estonian
Uusorg is an Estonian surname meaning "new valley".

UUSPERE Estonian
Uuspere is an Estonian surname meaning "new family".

UUSPÕLD Estonian
Uuspõld is an Estonian surname meaning "new field".

UUSSAAR Estonian
Uussaar is an Estonian surname meaning "new island".

UUSTALU Estonian
Uustalu is an Estonian surname meaning "new farmstead".

UUSVÄLI Estonian
Uusväli is an Estonian surname meaning "new field".

UVALLE Spanish (Latin American)

UWEM Ibibio, Efik, Anang
Meaning "Life". It originates from the Efik, Ibibio and Anang tribes of Cross River state, Nigeria which has now been divided with the Ibibios and Anang people in the newly formed Akwa Ibom state... [more]

UWILINGIYIMANA Central African

UXBRIDGE English
Place in England. Like Enfield.

UY Filipino, Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of HUANG primarily used in the Philippines.

UY Khmer, Lao
Khmer and Lao form of HUANG (based on the Hokkien romanization of the name).

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

UZARK ?

UZARSKI Polish
Either means "nobility" or "servant of nobility"

UZETA Basque

UZHAKHOV Ingush (Russified)
Russified form of an Ingush surname derived the name of an Ingush teip (clan). The clan's name is possibly derived from a given name, in turn possibly from an Ingush word meaning "bold, strong".

UZUMAKI Japanese (Rare)
This name combines 渦 (ka, uzu) meaning "eddy, vortex, whirlpool" or 太 (ta, tai, futo.i, futo.ru) meaning "big around, plump, thick" with 巻 (kan, ken, maki, ma.ki, ma.ku) meaning "book, coil, part, roll up, scroll, tie, volume, wind up."... [more]