Submitted Surnames Starting with U

Updike English

Upham English
"enclosure surrounded by water"

Upole African

Uppadathil Malayalam
From Old Malayalam uppadam (sea), lit. "from over the Arabian sea," referring to the descendants of a group of Arab traders who settled in Kerala. Predominantly Muslim, although sizeable sections have branched away and practice Hinduism... [more]

Uppal Punjabi

Uppara Indian, Tamil
Another form of Oppara.

Uppin Estonian, Russian

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.

Upsher English
Habitational name denoting someone from the hamlet Upshire in County Essex, derived from Old English upp "up, upper" and scir "shire, district".

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"

Upwood English
Derived from a place name meaning "upper forest" in Old English.

Ura Japanese
Ura means "bay, seacoast".

Urabane Japanese

Urabata Japanese

Urabe Japanese

Urada Japanese

Urahane Japanese (Rare)
Ura means "bay, seacoast" and hane means "feather, plume".

Urahata Japanese
Ura means "bay, creek, inlet, beach, gulf, seacoast" and hata means "field".

Urai Japanese
Ura means "seacoast, bay" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Urain Basque
It indicates familial origin in the vicinity of the eponymous tower house in the municipality of Oñati.

Uraki Japanese

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)

Urang Indian

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."

Urasaki Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Urasawa Japanese
Ura means "seacoast, bay" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Urasawa Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Urashima Japanese

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

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

Urazawa Japanese
Variant of Urasawa.

Urazgaliyev m Kazakh

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

Urbain French, Walloon
From the given name Urbain.

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

Urbane Latvian
Latvian form of Urban.

Urbanek Czech

Urbano Italian, Spanish
From the given name Urbano.

Urbanowicz Polish
Patronymic from 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)

Urbino Sicilian, Italian
Possibly from the name of an Italian town. Could also be from Sicilian urbu or orbu, meaning "blind", in which case it may refer to literal blindness, or a more metaphorical "blind to one's sins", especially in the case of foundlings.

Urbla Estonian
Urbla is an Estonian surname meaning "catkin area".

Urcikán m Slovak

Urdanegi Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the town of Gordexola in Biscay, Basque Country, probably related to Basque urdandegi "pigsty, pig pen".

Urdanegui Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Urdanegi.

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

Urduña Basque (Rare)
From the name of a municipality in Basque Country, Spain, derived from Basque ortu "garden, orchard" and -une "place, location".

Urdya Ukrainian (Rare)

Urech German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Ulrich.

Urenda Basque
Probably a topographic name formed with Basque ur "water".

Urgellés Spanish (Caribbean)

Urgu Italian
From an ancient toponym.

Urgyen Tibetan

Urian Filipino

Uriarte Basque
It means "between cities".

Uribarri Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque uri "town, city" and barri "new". Compare Ulibarri.

Uribe Spanish

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

Urio Chaga, Eastern African
Of unknown meaning.

Uriondo Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Zeberio, Spain, derived from Basque uri "town, city" and -ondo "next to, adjacent".

Urist English

Uritskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified, ?)

Uriyevskiy Russian, Yiddish (Russified)

Urizar Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque uri "town, city" and zahar "old, aged".

Urkiaga Basque
From the name of the northernmost hill and mountain pass in Navarre, derived from Basque urki "birch tree" and -aga "place of, group of".

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 (Hispanicized)
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.

Urriola Spanish
Variant of Arriola.

Urritzola Basque (Rare)
From the names of either of two villages in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque urritz "hazel tree" combined with either ola "hut, cabin" or the suffix -ola "location, place of".

Urrizola Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Urritzola.

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

Urrutia Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque urruti "distant, far away".

Urrutigoiti Basque (Rare)
Habitational name derived from Basque urruti "far, distant" and goiti "above, upper (part)".

Urrutigoïty Basque (Gallicized)
Parisianized form of Urrutigoiti.

Urrutikoetxea Basque
From Basque urruti meaning "far, distant" and etxe meaning "house".

Urs Romanian
From Romanian urs meaning "bear".

Ursache Romanian

Ursaki Romanian (Anglicized), Moldovan (Anglicized)

Urseth Norwegian (Rare, ?), English (?)

Ursi Italian
Ultimately from Latin meaning "bear".

Ursu Romanian
Means "bear" in Romanian.

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

Ursuya Basque (Gallicized)
Parisianized form of Urtsua.

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

Urtsua Basque (Rare, Archaic)
From the name of a mountain in the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, derived from Basque ur "water" and -tzu "plenty of".

Uru Indonesian

Urudzhev m Central Asian

Urumov Bulgarian

Urushibara Japanese
A variant of Urushihara.

Urushihara Japanese (Rare)
漆 (Urushi) means "lacquer/lacker, varnish" and 原 (hara) means "plain, field".

Urushimakka Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 漆 (urushi) meaning "toxicodendron vernicifluum", 真下 (makka) meaning "(literally) down; below; beneath", referring to low lands.

Urushimatsuka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 漆眞下 (see Urushimakka).

Urushino Japanese
Urushi means "lacker/lacquer" and no means "field, plain".

Urushiwara Japanese
A variant of Urushihara.

Urushiyama Japanese
From Japanese 漆 (urushi) meaning "lacquer" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Urushizaki Japanese
From Japanese 漆 (urushi) meaning "lacquer" and 崎/﨑 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

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.

Us Slovene (Rare)
Us is a Slovene Surname which in itself is a shortened version of the House Name Ušič,Meaning Son of Us. The surname may be linked the the slovene word Oves, which translates to "Oats", and may have been an occupational surname referring to someone who farmed Oats and or grains.

Usada Japanese

Usai Italian
Possibly from the name of the former village Usani, or alternately, from Sardinian uscare "to burn, to scorch".

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

Usanov m Russian

Usanza Italian (Rare)
"custom, customary" Italian

Usata Japanese

Usategi Basque
It literally means "dovecote".

Usategui Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Usategi.

Uscategui Basque (Hispanicized)
Variant of Usategui.

Uščuplić Bosnian

Useche Basque
Habitational name from Basque Usaetxe, composed of uso "dove, pigeon" and etxe "house, home, building".

Usɛid Berber
Patronymic from the personal name Saïd; the name is of Arabic origin. Also a habitational name from various places with Sɛid in the name... [more]

Üseinov m Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Üsein".

Useinov Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Üsein".

Üseinova f Crimean Tatar
Feminine form of Üseinov.

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

Usenko Ukrainian

Ushakov m Russian
Derives from Russian word "уша (usha)" meaning ear.

Usher English
Occupational name from Middle English usher, meaning "usher, doorkeeper".

Ushi Japanese

Ushida Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ushijima Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

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

Ushisawa Japanese
From 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox, 2nd sign of the Chinese zodiac" and 澤 or 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh, swamp".

Ushishima Japanese
Ushi means "cow, bull, ox, second sign of the Chinese zodiac" and shima means "island".

Ushito Japanese

Ushivets Belarusian (Russified), Ukrainian (Russified, ?)
Denoted to a person who made clothes, the actual surname meaning "sewing machine" or "sewer".

Ushiyama Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill". Ushiyama is an area in the city of Kasugai, Japan.

Ushizawa Japanese
Variant of Ushisawa.

Usholik Russian

Ushurov Kazakh
Means "son of Ushur" in Kazakh.

Usich Ukrainian

Usik Russian
From Russian meaning "tendril".

Uslu Turkish
Means "well-behaved, obedient" in Turkish.

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

Usmani Urdu
From the given name Uthman.

Usmanov Uzbek, Chechen, Tatar, Bashkir, Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Usman".

Usmanova f Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir, Chechen
Feminine form of Usmanov.

Usmonov Tajik, Uzbek
Tajik and Uzbek variant of Usmanov.

Usmonova f Uzbek, Tajik
Feminine form of Usmonov.

Uson Filipino

Usop Filipino, Maguindanao
From the given name Yusuf.

Usper Istriot

Usry English
Variant of Ussery. It comes from a nickname given to a bear-like person.

Ussery English

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

Usta Turkish
Means "master" in Turkish.

Üstendag Turkish

Ustinov Russian
Means "son of Ustin". A famous bearer of this surname was the British actor Sir Peter Ustinov (1921-2004).

Ustinova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Устинов (see Ustinov).

Üstün Turkish
Means "superior, outstanding, excellent" in Turkish.

Usuda Japanese

Usui Japanese
From Japanese 臼 (usu) meaning "millstone, mortar" or 碓 (usu) meaning "pestle" combined with 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Usuk Turkish

Usyk Ukrainian
From Ukranian meaning "tendril".

Uta Japanese

Utada Japanese

Utagawa Japanese
Uta means "song" and Gawa comes from Kawa, meaning "river".

Utakawa Japanese
Uta means "song" and kawa means "river, stream".

Utamura Japanese
Uta means "song, poem" and mura means "village, hamlet".

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

Utegenov m Kazakh
Variant of Otegenov.

Utegenova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Utegenov.

Utetleuov m Kazakh (Russified)
Possibly from Kazakh утетле (utetle), meaning "profitable".

Uthman Nigerian
From the given name Uthman.

Utilis Croatian (Rare, ?)

Utina Gorontalo

Utitiaj Spanish

Utley English
Derived from the Old English elements ote, or "oats" and leah, meaning "a clearing."

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"

Utoikamanu Tongan

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

Utsler German
Derived from the given name Utz.

Utsugi Japanese
Utsugi can be written in 15 ways, them being: 宇ツ木, 宇次, 宇津城, 宇津木, 宇都城, 宇都木, 卯都木, 卯木, 空木, 槍, 打木, 梼木, 楊盧木, 擣木, 棯. The 宇津木 and 打木 are also place names while 空木 is also a female given name... [more]

Utsumi Japanese

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]

Utsunomiya Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "house, eaves, universe", 都 (tsu) meaning "city", and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

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

Utterback German

Utterdyke Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of Uitterdijk.

Utting English, Jewish

Utyugin Russian
Means "man of iron" in Russian.

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)

Uvalles Spanish

Uveric Serbian

Uwano Japanese

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. Other variations of the name are: Uwemedimo meaning "life is wealth" and Nkereuwem meaning "my name is life"

Uwimana Rwandan, Eastern African
Means "belongs to God"

Uxbridge English
Place in England. Like Enfield.

Uy 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).

Uyama Japanese

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

Uyar Turkish

Uyar Turkish
Means "notify, alert, caution" in Turkish.

Uyeda Japanese
Variant of Ueda.

Uyehara Japanese
Variant transcription of Uehara.

Uyeno Japanese
Variant of Ueno.

Uyesugi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 上杉 (see Uesugi).

Uyeta Japanese
Variant transcription of Ueta.

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

Uygur Turkish
From the ethnic group called the "Uyghur" in western China.

Uyovbievbo Yoruba

Uys Afrikaans
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include an Afrikaans variant of Huijs which seems to have developed into Uijs and finally into Uys.

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

Uytdehaage Dutch
Means "from The Hague", a city in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It could also mean "from the hedge". Both etymologies are derived from Dutch uit meaning "out, of, from" and Middle Dutch hage meaning "hedge, bush"... [more]

Uz Turkish
Means "beautiful, good, skillful" 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！).

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

Uzategui Basque (Hispanicized)
Variant of Usategui.

Uzcategui Basque (Hispanicized)
Variant of Usategui.

Uzdenov Abazin (Russified)

Uzel English (?)
Can be traced back to Britain and Ireland.

Uzeta Basque

Üzeyirov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Üzeyir".

Üzeyirova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Üzeyirov.

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".

Uzhakhova f Ingush (Russified)
Feminine form of Uzhakhov.

Uzlik Czech

Uzochukwu Igbo
Meaning "god's way".

Üzüm Turkish
Means "grape" in Turkish.

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]