Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the meaning contains the keywords earth or land.
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Watney English
Probably means "person from Watney", an unidentified place in England (the second syllable means "island, area of dry land in a marsh"; cf. Rodney, Whitney)... [more]
Weghorst Dutch, German
Habitational name from a location near Hanover, possibly derived from weg "way, road" and horst "thicket, grove, heap, elevated land" or "nest of a bird of prey, eyrie".
Weinland German
Topographic name for someone who lived in a wine-producing area from Middle High German win "wine" and land "land" or a habitational name from a place so named.
Westland English
Meaning "west land".
Whineray English
Means "person from Whinneray", Cumbria, or "person who lives in a nook of land growing with gorse" (in either case from Old Norse hvin "whin, gorse" + vrá "nook of land"). It was borne by New Zealand rugby player Sir Wilson Whineray (1935-2012).
Yarbrough English
Habitational name derived from Yarborough or Yarburgh in Lincolnshire, England, both composed of Old English eorþe "earth, ground, dirt" and burg "fortress, citadel, stronghold".
Yuk Korean
From Sino-Korean 陸 (yuk/ryuk) meaning "dry land; land".
Zemlov m Russian
Derived from Russian земля (zemlya), meaning "land, earth".
Zemlyanov m Russian
From Russian земля (zemlya) meaning "earth, land, soil".
Zuaretz Hebrew (Modern)
Means "this land" in Hebrew, also Hebrew form of Suárez.