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Ninka Albanian (Modern)
First recognized in the early 1800s as a surname in and around Albania and the Balkans, and due to migration it has spread to a few different places across the world. Very little is known about this surname as there are very few records of it.

Ninomiya Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two", ノ (no), a possessive marker, and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Nioka African (Rare)

Nioka Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Niola Italian
Possibly derived from a pet form of Antonio or Nicola 1.

Niora African

Nirehara Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 楡原 (Nirehara), an variant reading of 楡原 (Nirebara) meaning "Nirebara", a former large village in the district of Koshi in the former Japanese province of Echigo in parts of present-day Niigata, Japan or an area in the same place, in the city of Nagaoka in the prefecture of Niigata in Japan.

Nishantha Sinhalese
From the given name Nishantha.

Nishida Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Nishigawa Japanese
Variant of Nishikawa.

Nishigaya Japanese
Variant of Nishitani.

Nishihara Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, field, plain, wilderness".

Nishijima Japanese
Variant of Nishishima.

Nishikata Japanese

Nishimiya Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Nishina Japanese
From 仁 (ni) meaning "benevolence, compassion" and 科 (shina) meaning "grade, examination, categorized classes".

Nishinohara Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 野原 (nohara) meaning "grass field".

Nishioka Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Nishisawa Japanese
Nishi means "west" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Nishishima Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Nishita Japanese

Nishiura Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Nishiya Japanese
Variant of Nishitani.

Nishizawa Japanese
Variant of Nishisawa.

Nishizuka Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Niska Finnish, Sami
From Finnish niska "neck" (in this case referring to an isthmus).

Nisumaa Estonian
Nisumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "wheat land".

Nita Romanian (?)

Nitta Japanese

Nittala Telugu

Niva Sami, Finnish
From Finnish niva "small rapid in a river", ultimately derived from Northern Sami njavvi "small river, small rapid".

Nivana Indian

Nivola Sardinian

Niwa Japanese
Means "garden" in Japanese.

Niwa Japanese
From Japanese 丹 (ni) meaning "cinnabar, red" and 羽 (wa) meaning "feather, plume, wing".

Niyazova Uzbek, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine transcription of Uzbek/Tajik Ниёзова and Kazakh/Kyrgyz Ниязова (see Niyazov).

Niyazymbetova Kazakh
Feminine form of Niyazymbetov.

Nkata Kongo, Vili
From the Vili nkhata meaning “raffia palm”.

Nkurunziza Eastern African
Burundian surname meaning "good news". It is also the most common surname in the country.

Nnanna Nigerian

Nobara Japanese
Variant of Nohara.

Nobira Japanese
From the Japanese 野 (no) "field," "area" and 平 (hira) "peace."

Noborikawa Japanese

Nobrega Portuguese (Brazilian), English

Nobukawa Japanese

Nobunaga Japanese
Nobu means "trust, believe" and naga means "long, cheif".... [more]

Noceda Spanish
Spanish surname derived from the word "nocedal" meaning "field of walnut trees" it denoted a person who lived or came from such place.

Nocella Italian
Diminutive of Noce.

Nōda Japanese
Variant of Osame but adding Japanese 田 (da), the joining form of 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field", possibly referring to a place with rice paddies or cultivated fields.

Noda Japanese
Combination of the kanji 野 (no, "area, field, hidden part of a structure; wild, rustic") and 田 (ta, "rice paddy, field"). A famous bearer of this surname is Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (野田 佳彦; b. 1957).

Noda Japanese
Variant reading or transcription of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Nogawa Japanese
Variant of Nokawa.

Nogita Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "field, plain" and 北 (kita) meaning "north".

Nohara Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Nohda Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Nojima Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Noka Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 野底 (see Nosoko).

Nokawa Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "plain, field" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream."

Noma Japanese

Nomita Indian

Nomiyama Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "field, plain", 見 (mi) meaning "see, view, perspective", 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Nõmmela Estonian
Nõmmela is an Estonian surname meaning "heath area".

Nomura Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Nonaka Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Nonomura Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field" and 村 (mura) meaning "village".

Nonoyama Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" (repeated, indicated by the iteration mark 々) and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Noodla Estonian
Noodla is an Estonian surname meaning "seine/fishing area".

Nooja Albanian

Nopcsa Hungarian

Nora Italian, German
Italian and German: from a short form of the feminine personal names Eleonora or Leonora.

Norida Japanese

Noriega Asturian
This indicates familial origin within an eponymous village.

Norita Japanese

Noronha Portuguese
Derived from Noreña, the name of a village in Asturias, northern Spain.

Nosaka Japanese

Nōsawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōzawa).

Nosawa Japanese
No means "field, plain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Nosawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōsawa).

Noshima Japanese
No means "field, rice paddy, wilderness" and shima means "island".

Noszka Russian

Nota Japanese
Variant of Noda meaning "field, rice paddy".

Nouda Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Nouioua Arabic (Maghrebi)

Nova Spanish
From the Spanish word 'nueva' meaning "new".

Novara Italian

Novaya f Russian
Feminine form of Novyy.

Novina Croatian

Novitskaya Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian
Feminine transcription of Belarusian Навіцкі, Russian Новицкий and Ukrainian Новицький (see Novitsky).

Nóvoa Galician
Habitational name from the former Galician juridical district Terra de Nóvoa, in Ourense province.

Novoseltseva Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Новосельцев (see Novoseltsev).

Novruzova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Novruzov.

Nowara Japanese
Variant of Nohara.

Noyama Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters 野 meaning "Field", and 山 meaning "Mountain".

Nōzawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Osame but adding Japanese 沢 (zawa), the joining form of 沢 (sawa) meaning "mountain stream, marsh; wetlands", possibly referring to a place with wet grounds or a mountain stream.

Nozawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōzawa).

Nsenga Central African

Nshimirimana Central African
Means "I thank God" in Burundian.

Ntenta Greek

Nua African
Means "second daughter" in African.

Nueva Spanish

Nuga Estonian
Nuga is an Estonian surname meaning "knife".

Nugmanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Nugmanov.

Numa Japanese
Numa means "marsh, swamp".

Numada Japanese

Numahata Japanese
Possibly from 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh" and 形 (hata) meaning "shape, form, type".

Numasawa Japanese
From 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Numata Japanese
From Japanese 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Numazawa Japanese

Nunokawa Japanese

Nunomura Japanese

Nunoya Japanese

Nuotclà Romansh
Derived from the given names Nuot and Clà.

Nurəddinova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Nurəddinov.

Nurbergenova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Nurbergenov.

Nurbolatova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Nurbolatov.

Nurdauletova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Nurdauletov.

Nureyeva Russian, Tatar, Bashkir
Feminine variant of Nureyev.

Nuriyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Nuriyev.

Nurkenova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Nurkenov.

Nurlanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Nurlanov.

Nurlybekova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Nurlybekov.

Nurmagambetova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Nurmagambetov.

Nurmagomedova f Avar (Russified)
Feminine form of Nurmagomedov.

Nurmuhamadova f Avar
Feminine form of Nurmuhamadov.

Nurra Italian
See Nurchis.

Nursultanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Nursultanov.

Nurymova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Nurymov.

Nurzhanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Nurzhanov.

Nwaloka Nigerian

Nyaua Indonesian (Rare)
Originally descended from the Pamona tribe, Central Sulawesi which means stinging like a hornet.

Nygma Popular Culture
The surname of Edward Nygma, also known as the Riddler in DC Comics. The name comes from the term enigma, meaning something that is difficult to understand.

Nygmetova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Nygmetov.

Nyirambarushimana Rwandan

Nyiraneza Rwandan

Nyiranshimiyimana Rwandan

Nyirenda African

Nyona African

Oania Filipino

Ōba Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 場 (ba) meaning "place, situation, circumstances".

Oba Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大場 (see Ōba).

Obadia Judeo-Spanish
From the given name Obadiah.

Obaldia Medieval Basque (Latinized, Archaic)
Obaldia comes from the Proto-Euskera or Proto-Basque (ancient Basque languaje) that is Dovaltia (also known as Dobaldia). Its meaning is pear tree or european wild pear.

Obama Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".

Obara Japanese
It's written like : 小 (O meaning small) and Bara meaning "Plain". Masakazu Obara's last name is pronounced like this. He is an anime director, he worked on Accel World.

Obata Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 畑 (hata) meaning "field".

Obata Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 幡 (hata) meaning "flag, banner".

Obata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小八田 (see Kobata).

Ó Beargha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Barry.

Obiena Filipino

Obinaga Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 帯 (obi) meaning "sash; belt" and 長 (naga), the root form of 長い (nagai) meaning "long; lengthy".... [more]

Obrová f Czech

Obuća Bosnian
Derived from obuća meaning ''footwear'', denoting someone who made or sold footwear.

Oca Castilian
It indicates familial origin within the municipality of Villafranca Montes de Oca (geo coordinates: 42.3882°N 3.3090°W).

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

Oceguera Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Oseguera.

Ochirova f Buryat (Russified), Kalmyk (Russified)
Feminine form of Ochirov.

Ochiya Japanese
A variant of Ochitani.

Ochotorena Spanish

Oda Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (o) "small," 尾 (o) "tail" or 織 (o) "fabric," "material," "cloth" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many."... [more]

Oda Arabic
Means "Several" in Arabic

Odajima Japanese
Variant of Odashima.

Odajima Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Odaka Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Odakura Japanese

Odashima Japanese

Odda Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, denoting agriculture, such as workers and laborers.

O'Dea Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deaghaidh, ‘descendant of Deaghadh’, a personal name of uncertain origin... [more]

Odilia Spanish (Anglicized, Rare, Archaic)

Odilova f Uzbek

Ó Dubhdara Irish
It means "descendant of Dubhdara.

Odusanya Yoruba

Oegema Dutch, Frisian
Patronymic form of an uncertain personal name, possibly Hugo, using the Frisian suffix -ma "man of".

Ó Flaithearta Irish
Proper, non-Anglicized form of Flaherty.

Ofuka Japanese

Ōga Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 淡河, 王賀 or 相賀 with 淡 (tan, awa.i) meaning "faint, fleeting, pale, thin," 河 (ka, kawa) meaning "river," 王 (ou, -nou) meaning "king, magnate, rule," 相 (shou, sou, ai-, ou) meaning "aspect, councillor, each other, inter-, minister of state, mutual, phase, physiognomy, together" and 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations, joy."... [more]

Ogada Eastern African

Ogasa Japanese

Ogasabara Japanese

Ogasahara Japanese

Ogasahara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.

Ogasawara Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 笠 (kasa) meaning "bamboo hat", and 原 (wara) meaning "field".

Ogasawara Japanese
From Japanese 小笠原 (Ogasawara) meaning "Ogasawara", a former village in the former district of Koma in the former Japanese province of Kai in parts of present-day Yamanashi, Japan.

Ogata Japanese

Ogata Japanese
From Japanese 緒 (o) meaning "thread" and 方 (kata) meaning "person, way, method".

Ogata Japanese
From Japanese 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end" and 形 (kata) meaning "shape, form".

Ogawara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.

Ogaya Japanese
Variant of Otani.

Ogibara Japanese
Variant of Ogihara.

Ogihara Japanese
Ogi means "reed, rush" and hara means "field, plain".

Ogisawa Japanese

Ogishina Russian, Ukrainian
Feminine form of Ogishin (Огишин)

Ogita Japanese

Ogiwara Japanese
From Japanese 荻 (ogi) meaning "reed, rush" and 原 (wara) meaning "field".

Ogiya Japanese

Ogiyama Japanese

Ogorodnikova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Огоро́дников (see Ogorodnikov).

Ó Gríobhtha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Griffin.

Oguma Japanese
Variant of Ōkuma.

Ogura Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 倉 (kura) meaning "storehouse".

Ōhama Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".

Ohana Judeo-Spanish
From a name meaning "son of Hanna" in Tamazight, either from the given name Hanna 1 or perhaps Tamazight ḥenna meaning "grandmother".

Ōhara Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ohara Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

O'harra Irish
A variant of O'Hara.

Ohba Japanese

Ohda Japanese
Variant transcription of Oda.

Ó hEodhusa Irish
Means "descendant of Eodhus"

Ó Hiarfhlatha Irish
Proper form of Herlihy.

Ohinata Japanese

Ōhira Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful".

Ohira Japanese

Ohira Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大平 (see Ōhira).

Ohjima Japanese
Variant transcription of Ojima.

Ohka Japanese
A transcription of Oka meaning "Ridge, Hill". It's likely an americanized spelling.

Ohkura Japanese

Ohmura Japanese
Variant transcription of Omura.

Ohorella Moluccan

Ohoyama Japanese

Ohsawa Japanese
Variant transcription of Osawa.

Ohshima Japanese
Variant transcription of Oshima.

Ohsuka Japanese
Variant transcription of Osuka.

Ohta Japanese

Ohtsuka Japanese
Variant transcription of Otsuka.

Ohwada Japanese
Variant transcription of Owada.

Oikawa Japanese
From Japanese 及 (oi) meaning "reach out, exert, cause" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Õisla Estonian
Õisla is an Estonian surname meaning "floral/blossom area".

Õismaa Estonian
Õismaa is an Estonian surname meaning "blossom land".

Ōiwa Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大岩 (see Ōiwa).

Ojamaa Estonian
Ojamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek land".

Ojha Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Bengali, Punjabi
Means "shaman, sorcerer, healer", ultimately derived from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher, spiritual preceptor".

Ojima Japanese
Variant of Oshima.

Ojiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).

Oka Finnish
Means "thorn" in Finnish.

Oka Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".

Okada Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Okagawa Japanese
Variant of Okakawa.

Okagaya Japanese
Variant of Okatani.

Okahisa Japanese

Okajima Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Okara Ukrainian

Okasa Japanese

Okasahara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.

Okasaka Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and means "slope, hill".

Okasawara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.

Okashima Japanese
岡 (Oka) means "ridge, hill" and 島 (shima) means "island".

Okata Japanese
Variant of Okada.

Ōkawa Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Okawa Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 川 or 河 (kawa) "river."

Okawa Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大川 (see Ōkawa).

Ōkawara Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great", 河 (ka) meaning "river, stream" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".

Okawara Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大河原 (see Ōkawara).

Okaya Japanese
Variant of Okatani.

Okayama Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Okazaka Japanese
Variant of Okasaka.

Okekawa Japanese

Okida Japanese

Okigaya Japanese
Variant of Okitani.

Okinaya Japanese

Okita Japanese

Okita Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Okiya Japanese
Variant of Okitani.

Okonma Igbo

Okota Japanese (Rare)
This name is used to combine 興 (kou, kyou, oko.ru, oko.su) meaning "interest, pleasure," or 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small" with 古 (ko, furu.i, furu-, -furu.su) meaning "old" and 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field, rice paddy."

Oksa Finnish
Means "branch" in Finnish.

Oksmaa Estonian
Oksmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "bough/branch land".

Oksyonova Russian
Feminine form of Oksyonov (Оксёнов)

Oktila Indonesian

Oktyabrskaya Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Октябрьский (see Oktyabrsky).

Okuda Japanese

Okuda Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Okuda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小管 (see Kosuge).

Okudaira Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 平 (taira) meaning "level, even, peaceful".

Okugawa Japanese
Variant of Okukawa.

Okugaya Japanese
Variant of Okutani.

Okukawa Japanese (Rare)
Oku means "interior,secluded,further out" and kawa means "river". Minako Okukawa is a fictional character from Yuri!!! On Ice and it's also the name of a company.

Ōkuma Japanese
Combination of the kanji 大 (ō, "big, great") or 逢 (ō, "meeting") and 熊 (kuma, "bear") or 隈 (kuma, "recess, corner, shade")

Okumiya Japanese

Okuna Polish
Polish (also Okuła): nickname for a lame person, from okuleć ‘to stumble or founder’, Old Polish okułac.

Okuoka Japanese
The meaning of Okuoka/奥岡 equals to "Interior Hill"

Ōkura Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 倉 (kura) or 蔵 (kura) both meaning "granary, storehouse".

Okura Japanese

Okura Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大倉 or 大蔵 (see Ōkura).

Okusawa Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Okuwa Japanese

Okuya Japanese
Variant of Okutani.

Okuyama Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Olabarria Basque
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous river in the municipality of Markina-Xemein.

Olabeaga Basque
From the name of a neighbourhood in the city of Bilbao in Biscay, Basque Country, derived from Basque ola "factory, foundry, ironworks" and -be "lower part" combined with -aga "place of, group of".

Ó Labhradha Irish
Means "descendant of Labhraidh"

Olachea Spanish (Latin American)

Olaetxea Basque
From the name of a tower house in Elgoibar, an industrial town in Basque Country, derived from Basque ola "factory, foundry, forge; cabin, hut" and etxe "house, building".

Olagaraia Basque (Rare)
From the name of a location in Etxalar, Navarre, a variant of Olagarai.

Olascoaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Olaskoaga.

Olascuaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Olaskoaga.

Olaskoaga Basque
Derived from places named "Olaskoaga".

Olavarría Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Olabarria.

Olavarrieta Basque
Ola: hut, forge. Varri: new. -eta:abundance of.

Olfatnia Persian

Oliva Italian, Spanish
Of uncertain origin: derived either from a nickname to those who picked, worked with or sold olives, or from the given name Oliva.

Olivera Spanish
Comes from the Latin etymology related to olive trees, olive grees and olives.