SutantoJavanese (Modern) Sutanto comes in part from the Chinese surname Tan. The prefix Su is Javanese. The Su and to were used to make the name Indonesian but not eliminate the Chinese part... [more]
SuursooEstonian Suursoo is an Estonian surname meaning "big marsh/bog".
TadokoroJapanese Tadokoro literally means "farmland, country". It is spelled with 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 所 (dokoro) meaning "place, institute, plant, station".
TagliaferroItalian From Italian tagliare "to cut" and ferro "iron", an occupational name for an ironworker, or a nickname for a strong or ferocious fighter, one who was adept at cutting through the cuirass of the enemy with his sword... [more]
TagliaficoItalian From the Italian tagliare "to cut" and fico "fig".
TakazatoJapanese 高 (Taka) means "high, expensive, tall" and zato is a variant of 里 (sato) meaning "type of measurement, village, league, parent's home". ... [more]
TakemotoJapanese From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
TakenoJapanese From Japanese and 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" combined with 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
TakeoJapanese Take means "bamboo" and o means "tail".
TakezoJapanese Take means "bamboo" and zo means "castle".
TakimotoJapanese From Japanese 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
TakinoJapanese Taki means "waterfall" and no means field, rice paddy".
TamashiroJapanese Means "jewel castle" or "ball castle" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 玉 (jewel, ball) and 城 (castle). This surname is of Okinawan origin.
TamayoSpanish from a town in the burgos region in spain.
TanglaoTagalog From Tagalog tanglaw meaning "light, illumination", ultimately from Hokkien 燈樓/灯楼 (teng-lâu).
TanimotoJapanese From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
TaninoJapanese From 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain".
TankoRomanian (Americanized) In Romania Tankó is most common in Harghita, Covasna, and Bacău counties. Tankó is also common in Hungary and Slovakia.
TannerahoFinnish My grandmother was from Finland was as is many generations according to her. Descendants are still located in Musta Jarva, near Ruovesi.
TannoJapanese From Japanese 丹 (tan) meaning "red, vermilion" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
TannoRomansh Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a derivation from the given name Donatus.
TarantoItalian Habitational name from the southern Italian city and provincial capital of this name (from Latin Tarentum from Greek Taras). Variant of Tarantino and Di Taranto.
TegaldoItalian This surname is the Piedmontese origin. The Tegaldo last name comes from the Latin Teca (= shell beans). Its meaning is grower of vegetables (bean). Also it is known as vegetable farming... [more]
TejeroSpanish Occupational Spanish surname for a tiler, its origin may be in Saragossa, Spain. A famous bearer is Antonio Tejero, a Lieutenant Colonel who was responsible for the 23-F coup attempt.
TerraccianoItalian Derived from Italian terrazzano "inhabitant of a walled city or castle; fellow countryman, villager, peasant", ultimately derived from Latin terra "land, earth, country".
TersooTiv Means, "father's love". Has its history from Tiv origin. Its a common name amongst the Tiv people of Nigeria.
TesauroItalian metonymic occupational name for a treasurer or person in charge of financial administration from Old Italian tesauro "treasure treasury" (from Latin thesaurus "hoard"). It may also be from the personal name Tesauro with the same origin.
TesoroSpanish, Italian from tesoro "treasure" (from Latin thesaurus "hoard") applied as a metonymic occupational name for a treasurer. In some cases this may be a habitational name from El Tesoro in southern Spain... [more]
TofiñoSpanish Surname of Vicente Tofiño (de San Miguel y Wanderiales), an 18th century Spanish navigator, cartographer, and cosmographer. The meaning of the name Tofiño is unknown.
TogoJapanese From Japanese 東 (to, tou, tō) meaning "east" and 郷 (go, gou, gō) meaning "village"
TõnissooEstonian Tõnissoo is an Estonian surname meaning "Tõnis' (a masculine given name) swamp". Probably an Estonianization of "Tõnis' son (son of Tõnis)".
TōnoJapanese From Japanese 東 (tō) meaning "east" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
TōnoJapanese From Japanese 遠 (tō) meaning "distant, far off" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
ToomsooEstonian Toomsoo is an Estonian surname literally meaning "Toomas' swamp". However, it is a corruption of the surname "Thompson" or "Tomson" that has been Estonianized.
ToroSpanish, Italian Either a habitational name from Toro in Zamora province. Compare De Toro . Or a nickname for a lusty person or for someone who owned a bull or a metonymic occupational name for a tender of bulls or possibly for a bull fighter from toro "bull" (from Latin taurus).
TouriñoGalician It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the parish of San Martiño de Lanzós in the municipality of Vilalba.
TovstenkoUkrainian From Ukrainian товстий (tovstyy), meaning "thick, fat, bold".
ToyhacaoFilipino, Cebuano From Cebuano tuyhakaw meaning "to crane one's neck, to pull oneself up tall".
TrandoItalian Italian: from the Germanic (Lombardic) personal name Brando, a short form of the various compound personal names formed with brand ‘sword’, particularly Aldobrando and Ildebrando.
TrejoSpanish Spanish habitational surname, for someone from Trexo, a place in Asturias in northwest Spain.
TreviñoSpanish Habitational name from either of the places so named in the provinces of Burgos and Santander, possibly derived from Latin trifinium "place where three boundaries meet".
TrianoSpanish Possibly a habitational name from Triano, the Castilianized name of the Basque towns called Abanto and Urtuella, in Biscay province, Basque Country.
TripolinoItalian Locational name that originally designated a person who came from Tripoli, a common name of multiple places in Ancient Greece and Modern Greece, all derived from Greek prefix τρι- (tri-) "three" and πολις (polis) "city, city-state".
TrovarelloItalian First mention of the surname was in Marche in the 14th century, given to a foundling Trovarello di Paolo or "Paolo's foundling".The name was transcribed as a last name, as this person adopted the first name Claudio Trovarello... [more]
TrovatoItalian Given to a foundling or abandoned child, literally "found" in Italian.
TsuburakoJapanese (Rare) From 円 (tsubura) meaning "round, circle" and 子 (ko) meaning "child, sign of the rat".
TsugunoJapanese Tsugu means "inherit, sucession" and no means "field, wilderness".
TsujimotoJapanese From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 本 or 元 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
TsujinoJapanese From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 野 (no) meaning "field, civilian".
TsukamotoJapanese From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock" or 柄 (tsuka) meaning "design, pattern" or "handle, hilt" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".