Submitted Surnames Matching Pattern *a

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the pattern is *a.
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Kara Turkish
Means "black, dark" in Turkish.
Karabuğa Turkish
Means "black bull" from Turkish kara meaning "black, dark" and boğa meaning "bull".
Karaca Turkish
Means "roe deer" in Turkish.
Karakawa Japanese
Kara means "larch" and kawa means "river, stream".
Karakaya Turkish
Means "black rock" in Turkish.
Karapandža Croatian (?)
Originally given to people by their then masters (Ottomans) as an insult. Meaning "dark witch".
Kareaga Basque
Derived from Basque kare "lime (mineral)" and -aga "place of, abundance of".
Kareluša Serbian
Famous bearer of this surname is Serbian singer Jelena Kareluša (1978-)
Karenina Literature
In Leo Tolstoy's novel 'Anna Karenina' (1877), this is the title character's surname, the feminine form of her husband's surname, Karenin.
Kargaja Estonian
Kargaja is an Estonian surname meaning "jumper" and "springer".
Karia Indian (Christian)
Derived from the given name Zechariah.
Kərimzadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Karimzadeh.
Kariyapperuma Sinhalese
Derived from the words “black” or "dark", and “peruma,” which means “big.” Together, the name can be interpreted to mean "great blackness" or "big darkness."
Karja Estonian
Karja is an Estonian surname meaning "herding".
Karjala Finnish
Finnish from karja ‘cattle’ + the local suffix -la, or possibly from a word of Germanic origin, harja- ‘host’, ‘crowd’, Old Swedish haer. Historic records suggest that the Germanic inhabitants of the area around Lake Ladoga (in present-day Russia) used this term to refer to the Finns who once lived there.
Karjamaa Estonian
Karjamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "pastureland".
Karla Czech
Karla, from English - carla
Karpova f Russian
Feminine form of Karpov.
Karrantza Basque
Habitational name from Basque Country, Spain, a Basque adaptation of Carrantia, a toponym probably of Cantabrian origin meaning "high rocks" (compare Basque harri "rock, stone" and (h)andi "big, large").
Karunachandra Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon".
Karunadasa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and दास (dasa) meaning "servant, slave".
Karunananda Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and नन्द (nanda) meaning "joy, delight".
Karunanayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණානායක (see Karunanayake).
Karunapala Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and पाल (pala) meaning "guard, protector".
Karunarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාරත්න (see Karunaratne).
Karunaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාරත්න (see Karunaratne).
Karunasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".
Karunasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
Karunasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුනාසේකර (see Karunasekara).
Karunasena Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".
Karunathilaka Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, kindness, mercy" and तिलक (tilaka) meaning "mark (on the forehead), dot, ornament".
Karunathileka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).
Karunatilaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).
Karunatillaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).
Karunawardana Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, strengthening, growing".
Karunawardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාවර්ධන (see Karunawardana).
Karunaweera Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".
Kasahara Japanese
From Japanese 笠 (kasa) meaning "conical hat" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Kasahara Japanese (Rare)
From an additional character of Japanese 上 (ka) meaning "above; high; up" added to 砂原 (Sunahara) (see Sunahara).
Kaseda Japanese
If kase is spelled like 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase, join, include, Canada" and 世 (se, yo) meaning "generation, world, society, public", then it can also be read as kayo... [more]
Kasemaa Estonian
Kasemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "birch land".
Kashihara Japanese
Kashi means "candy" and hara means "plain, field".
Kashima Japanese
From Japanese 鹿 (ka) meaning "deer" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Kashimura Japanese
From Japanese 樫 (kashi) meaning "oak" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Kashiwa Japanese
This surname is used as 柏 (haku, hyaku, byaku, kashiwa) meaning "oak."... [more]
Kashiwabara Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Kashiwada Japanese (Rare)
Kashiwa means "oak" and da comes from ta meaning "field, rice paddy". ... [more]
Kashiwaeda Japanese
柏 (Kashiwa) means "Japanese emperor oak" and 枝 (eda) means "bough, twig, branch".
Kashiwahara Japanese
Kashiwa means "oak" and hara means "field, plain".
Kasuba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).
Kasuya Japanese
From Japanese 粕 (kasu) meaning "dregs, sediment, scrap" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Kasymova f Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Feminine form of Kasymov.
Kataba Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "one side; one-sided" and 場 (ba) meaning "place".
Kataja Finnish
Finnish for common juniper. Originally given to people living near juniper trees.
Katamba Bemba
A surname of the Bemba tribe meaning "small wave". To the Lozi tribe, it means "fishing net".
Kataoka Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Katayama Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Katsika Greek
From Greek meaning "goat".
Katsumata Japanese
Katsu means "victory, win, prevail" and mata means "again, furthermore".
Katsura Japanese
This surname is used as 桂, 勝占, 勝羅, 勝良, 曽良 or 葛良 with 桂 (kei, katsura) meaning "cinnamon tree, Japanese Judas-tree", 勝 (shou, ka.tsu, katsu, -ga.chi, sugu.reru, masa.ru) meaning "excel, prevail, victory, win", 曽 (so, sou, zou, katsu, katsute, sunawachi) meaning "before, ever, formerly, never, once", 葛 (kachi, katsu, kuzu, tsudzura, katsura) meaning "arrowroot, kudzu", 占 (sen, urana.u, shi.meru) meaning "divining, forecasting, fortune-telling, get, have, hold, occupy, take", 羅 (ra, usumono) meaning "gauze, Rome, thin silk" and 良 (ryou, i.i, yo.i, ra) meaning "good, pleasing, skilled."... [more]
Katsushima Japanese
The word Katsu (勝) meaning "cutlet" and the word Shima (島) meaning "mother".
Katsuta Japanese
From Japanese 勝 (katsu) meaning "victory" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Katsuyama Japanese
Katsu means "victory" and yama means "mountain, hill".
Kauka Low German, Sorbian
Best known as the surname of a certain Rolf. It is perhaps a Sorbian and Northeast Low German variant of Kafka and Kawa, both of which mean ‘Jackdaw’ in Czech and Polish.... [more]
Kaukolinna Finnish (Rare)
Derived from Finnish kaukainen(kauko), meaning distant and linna, meaning castle
Kavka Slovak, Ukrainian, Czech
Yet another variant of Kafka and its pop culture equivalents Kefka and Cefca. Also like Kaffka, it simply means ‘Jackdaw’ in Slovak.
Kawabata Japanese
'Side or bank of the river'; written two ways, with two different characters for kawa ‘river’. One family is descended from the northern Fujiwara through the Saionji family; the other from the Sasaki family... [more]
Kawabata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 畑 (hata) meaning "farm, cropfield".
Kawabata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 端 (hata) meaning "edge, end, tip".
Kawada Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kawahara Japanese
From Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Kawahata Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and hata means "field".
Kawakita Japanese
川 (Kawa) means "River" and 北 (Kita) means "North".
Kawamata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 又 (mata) meaning "again, once more".
Kawamata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 俣 (mata) meaning "fork, crotch".
Kawamura Japanese
From Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Kawanaka Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".
Kawashima Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream, brook" and 島 (shima) or 嶋 (shima) both meaning "island".
Kawashita Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and shita means "under, below".
Kawata Japanese
Variant transcription of Kawada.
Kawka Polish
Polish variant of Kawa and cognate of Kafka.
Kaya Japanese
From 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate", combined with 屋 (ya) meaning "house, shop".
Kayama Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "increase, add" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Kayashima Japanese
From Japanese 萱 (kaya) meaning "miscanthus reed" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Kayratova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Kayratov.
Kazaana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 風穴 (kazaana) meaning "air hole", referring to a place with many air holes.
Kazeana Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 風穴 (see Kazaana).
Kazehaya Japanese
Kaze means "wind" and haya means "fast".
Kazımova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Kazımov.
Kazueda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 数枝 (see Kazue).
Keala Hawaiian
From the given name Keala.
Kealoha Hawaiian
From the given name Kealoha.
Kekoa Hawaiian
From the given name Kekoa.
Kelava Croatian
Possibly derived from Turkish kel, meaning "bald".... [more]
Kemelova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Kemelov.
Kenapea Estonian
Kenapea is an Estonian surname meaning "beautiful head".
Kenesova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Kenesov.
Kenma Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "to see enough".
Kenttä Finnish
Means "field" in Finnish.
Kenza Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Kenza.
Kenzhebaeva f Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Feminine form of Kenzhebaev.
Keodara Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "jewel, gem" and ດາລາ (dara) meaning "star".
Keokanya Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "jewel, gem" and ກັນຍາ (kanya) meaning "September" or "Virgo (the constellation)".
Keopanya Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "gem, jewel" and ປັນຍາ (panya) meaning "wisdom, intelligence, reason".
Keosoupha Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "gem, jewel" and ສຸພາ (soupha) meaning "beautiful, handsome, pleasant".
Keovongsa Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "jewel, gem" and ວົງສາ (vongsa) meaning "family line".
Kesa Estonian
Kesa is an Estonian surname meaning "fallow".
Kesküla Estonian
Kesküla is an Estonian name, derived from "kesk" ("central") and "küla" ("village").
Keta Albanian
Meaning as of yet unknown. Known Albanian bearers of this surname include the colonel Myslym Keta (1925-1966) and the politician Roland Keta (b. 1971).
Kha Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Ke, from Sino-Vietnamese 柯 (kha).
Khachukaeva Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Хачукаев (see Khachukaev).
Khajimba Abkhaz
Of unknown meaning. A notable bearer is Raul Khajimba (1958-), the current President of Abkhazia.
Khalifa Arabic
From the given name Khalifa.
Khalsa Indian (Sikh), Punjabi
Derived from Arabic خلص (khalasa) meaning "pure, clear". This is also the term used to refer to initiated Sikhs.
Khamvongsa Lao
From Lao ຄຳ (kham) meaning "gold" and ວົງສາ (vongsa) meaning "family line".
Khamzina f Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh
Feminine form of Khamzin.
Kharazia Abkhaz
There are several theories on the origin of the name. It could be derived from Arabic حَارِس (ḥāris) meaning "guard, guardian, defender", from a contraction of a Hebrew term, or from the Abkhaz word ҳара (ḥārā́) meaning "we, ours" combined with the Abkhaz suffix -ya or -ia denoting descent.
Khashba Abkhaz
Either derived from Abkhaz ахацə (āxācə) meaning "stone" or алашара (ālāšārā) "light".
Khatiwada Nepali
From the name of a village in the Doti District of Nepal.
Khavaza Dungan
Derived from the second part of the Arabic given name Muhammad, -ha-.
Khawaja Urdu
From an honorific title for a Muslim teacher or saint, derived from Persian خواجه (khajeh) meaning "lord, master, owner".
Khelifa Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Khelifa.
Khizrieva Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Хизриев (see Khizriev).
Khosla Indian, Punjabi
Meaning uncertain.
Khrushcheva Russian
Feminine counterpart of Khrushchev.
Khurana Indian, Punjabi, Hindi
Meaning uncertain.
Khurtsiya Georgian (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainianised form of Khurtsia. Zurab Khurtsiya was a hero of Euromaidan.
Khvoyka Czech (Ukrainianized)
Vikentiy Khvoyka was an archaeologist.
Khwaja Dari Persian
Derived from the given name Khwaja.
Kichida Japanese
A variant pronunciation of Yoshida.
Kida Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kidamura Japanese
From 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood", 貴 (ki) meaning "valuable", or 喜 (ki) meaning "rejoice", combined with 田 (da) meaning rice paddy, field" and 村 (mura) means "hamlet, village".
Kihara Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Kiidemaa Estonian
Kiidemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "praised land".
Kiiroja Estonian
Kiiroja is an Estonian surname meaning "fast (flowing) creek".
Kijowska f Polish
Feminine form of Kijowski.
Kikawa Japanese
From 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".
Kikuda Japanese
Kiku means "chrysanthemum" and da means "field, rice paddy".
Kikuhara Japanese (Rare)
Kiku (菊) means "chrysanthemum", hara (原) means "plain/field/meadow"
Kikuta Japanese
From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kikuya Japanese
"Chrysanthemum valley."
Killilea Irish
Irish - originally MacGiolla Leith from Gallway
Kimata Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 俣 (mata) meaning "fork, crotch".
Kimba Luba
Best known as the international given name of a certain Tezuka character.
Kinoshita Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood", an unwritten possessive marker 之 (no), and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".
Kinsella Irish
From Gaelic Uí Ceinnsealaigh meaning "descendant of Cinnsealach", a given name probably meaning "chief warrior".
Kinugasa Japanese
From Japanese 衣 (kinu) meaning "clothing, clothes" and 笠 (kasa) meaning "bamboo hat".
Kinugawa Japanese
From 絹 (kinu) meaning "silk" combined with 川 or 河 (gawa) meaning "stream, river".
Kinukawa Japanese
From 絹 (kinu) meaning "silk" combined with 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".
Kira Japanese
From 吉 (ki) meaning "good luck, fortune" and 良 (ra) meaning "good".
Kirida Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and da means "field, rice paddy".
Kirieda Japanese
"Paulownia tree branch".
Kirigaya Japanese
From 桐 (kiri), referring to the tree known commonly as the empress or foxglove tree, combined with 谷 (ya) meaning "valley," sometimes with the infixation of the historical possessive particle が (ga) (written as ヶ) that is most often used in place names and surnames... [more]
Kirihara Japanese
From Japanese 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Kirilova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Kirilov.
Kirima Japanese (Rare)
Kiri (桐 or 霧) means "paulownia/foxglove tree" or "mist" respectively, ma (間), means "space".
Kirimura Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and mura means "hamlet, village".
Kirishima Japanese (Rare)
From 桐 (kiri), referring to the tree known commonly as the empress or foxglove tree, 霧 (kiri) meaning "fog, mist" or 切 (kiri) meaning "end, finish; bounds, limits" combined with 島/嶋 (shima) meaning "island."
Kiriya Japanese
A variant of Kiritani.
Kiriyama Japanese
From Japanese 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia tree" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Kirja Estonian
Kirja is an Estonian surname meaning "epistolary" (relating to the writing of letters).
Kirovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Kirovski.
Kirsimaa Estonian
Kirsimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "cherry land".
Kısa Turkish
Means "short, brief" in Turkish.
Kishida Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kishikawa Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Kishioka Japanese
formed with 岸 (Kishi, Gan) meaning "Beach" and 岡 (Oka, Kō) meaning "Mount; hill; knoll”. So the mean it could be interpreted as “Hill of the Beach” or “Beach Hill”
Kishiyama Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Kishka Ukrainian
Means "cat" in Ukrainian.
Kitahara Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Kitajima Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Kitakawa Japanese
Kita means "north" and kawa means "river, stream".
Kitamura Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Kitaoka Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Kitasawa Japanese
Kita means "north" and shima means "island".
Kitashima Japanese
Kita means "north" and shima means "island".
Kitashirakawa Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north", 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Kitaura Japanese
Kita means "north" and ura means "bay, seacoast".
Kitaya Japanese
From 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Kitayama Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Kitazawa Japanese
Kita (北) means "North", zawa/sawa (沢 or 澤) means "swamp". Sawa changes to zawa because of rendaku.
Kitazawa Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Kivisilla Estonian
Kivisilla is an Estonian surname meaning "stone bridges".
Kiya Japanese
Means "tree valley" in Japanese, from 木 (ki) "tree" and 谷 (ya) "valley".