KporaroNigerian (Rare) The name Kporaro translates into the English language as "PROGRESS" (literally Kpo which is "Go", Ra which is "OF" and Aro which is "FRONT" in which case the Ra implies "For" or "Of" thus Kporaro is literally "Go Of Front" or more properly "Move Forward")... [more]
KremkoUkrainian From Ukrainian крем (krem), meaning "cream".
KukinoJapanese It could be from 柊 (ku, kuki) meaning "holly, ilex" combined with 野 (no) meaning "field, plain". The ki portion could also be spelled with 木 (ki, gi) meaning "tree, wood"... [more]
KulichenkoUkrainian From Ukrainian куліч (kulich), meaning "cake for easter", ultimately from Greek κόλλιξ (kóllix) "easter bread".
KumanomidōJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 熊野 (Kumano), a name of a shrine that is/was somewhere in Ōita in Japan, 御 (o), a honorific indicator, and 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall", referring to a hall in Kumano Shrine.... [more]
KumanomidōJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 熊野 (Kumano), a name of a shrine that was somewhere in the former Japanese province of Kii in parts of present-day Wakayama and Mie in Japan, 御 (o), a honorific indicator, and 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall", referring to a hall in Kumano Shrine.... [more]
KumashiroJapanese Kuma means "bear" and shiro can mean "white" or "castle".
KuronoJapanese Kuro means "black" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
KurooJapanese From 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail".
KuryachenkoUkrainian From Ukrainian курячий (kuryachyy), meaning "chicken (adjective)".
KurylenkoUkrainian Possibly from Ukrainian курити (kuryty), meaning "to smoke". A famous bearer is Ukrainian-French actress and model Olga Kurylenko (1979-).
KuryloUkrainian From the personal name Kurýlo, a Ukrainian form of the ancient Slavic name Kiril, from Greek Kyrillos, a derivative of kyrios "Lord"... [more]
KusanoJapanese From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
KusnoChinese (Indonesian) Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Gu (古) or Xu 2 (許). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
KuusistoFinnish Means "spruce forest" in Finnish, from Finnish kuusi "spruce" combined with a collective forming suffix.
KuwakoJapanese Kuwa means "mulberry tree" and ko means "child, sign of the rat, first of the Chinese zodiac."
KyröFinnish Origins remain unknown, might be deprived from the rare given name Kyrö or the location name. The earliest documented person with Kyrö as a surname dates back to 1553
LagoItalian, Spanish, Portuguese Topographic name for someone living by a lake from lago "lake" (from Latin lacus) or a habitational name from any of the many places called with this word.
LandetxoBasque (Rare, Archaic) From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Mungia, Spain, derived from Basque landa "field, prairie, plain" and etxe "house, home, building".
LandichoFilipino Either from a nickname derived from Spanish le han dicho meaning "he has been told" or a variant of the name Landecho.
LapidarioSpanish (Philippines) Unaccented form of Spanish lapidário "lapidary". Severino Lapidario (1847-1896) was a corporal in the Spanish Navy Marines who was implicated in the Cavite Mutiny of 1872. He was one of the Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite.
LarussoItalian Derived from the Italian word "Rosso," which comes from the Latin words "Rubius and Rossius," which mean "red." As a surname, larusso was originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a reddish complexion.
LatinoItalian From the medieval personal name Latino, originally an ethnic name for someone of Latin as opposed to Germanic, Byzantine or Slavic descent.
LatoHungarian, Polish From Hungarian látni meaning ‘to see’, hence a nickname for a wise person or an occupational name for a clairvoyant, or possibly for an official who checked the quality of products at markets.... [more]
LattanzioItalian From the given name derived from Latin Lactantius, which could derive from the minor Roman agricultural deity Lactans, or directly from the Latin word lactans "suckling, milking".
LaurisooEstonian Laurisoo is an Estonian surname meaning "Lauri's (a masculine given name) swamp". However, the name is probably an Estoniazation of the masculine given name "Lauri" and the Germanic suffix "son"; "Lauri's son".
LedoCatalan Variant spelling of Lledó, a habitational name from Lledó d’Empordà in Girona province.
LeggioItalian From Sicilian leggiu "light, not heavy; superficial", a nickname for someone considered unreliable or irresponsible. Variant of Leggièri.
LeherooEstonian Leheroo is an Estonian surname meaning "leafy cane".
LehtoFinnish Finnish: from lehto ‘grove’; either a habitational name, recorded since the 17th century, from any of the farms in eastern Finland named for their location by a grove, or in other cases a more recent ornamental adoption... [more]
LeinoFinnish Derived from Finnish leina, leini and leino meaning "sad, weak".
LeitãoPortuguese Occupational name for a keeper of pigs, derived from Portuguese leitão meaning "piglet, young pig".
LeitaoPortuguese Portuguese metonymic occupational name for a keeper of pigs, or nickname meaning ‘piglet’, from Portuguese leitão ‘(suckling) pig’.
LemmiksooEstonian Lemmiksoo is an Estonian surname meaning "favoured/favourite swamp/bog". Possibly an Estoniazation of the Germanic "-son"; "favourite son".
LeonadoSpanish The color tawny which is an orange, brown color. This descriptive surname was given to the Filipino people by the Spanish when the Philippines was colonized.
LeonardoItalian, Spanish, German Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese from the Germanic personal name Leonhard, formed from the elements leo ‘lion’ + hard, ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’; this was an early medieval saint’s name (see Leonard).
LignoistoEsperanto Lignoisto-means woodworker is derived from the Esperanto words meaning wood and to work
LiistroItalian From Sicilian lijistru "privet", a kind of shrub or small tree.
LimboSpanish (Philippines) From Spanish limbo "limbo, an in-between place", a concept in Roman Catholicism referring to a place between heaven and hell where souls reside.
LobatoAmerican (Hispanic) Lobato variant of Lovato, a Hispanic last name originating from Spanish colonial New Mexico and Colorado. That surname is common with Native New Mexicans... [more]
LobatoSpanish, Portuguese nickname from lobato "wolf cub" (from Latin lupus "wolf") or from a medieval personal name based on this word.
LobiancoItalian Means "the white one", a variant of Bianco using the definitive article lo.
LourinhoPortuguese Possibly from Lourinhã, a portuguese city to the northwest of Lisbon who possibly originated in the Roman period, when a villa named "Laurinana" existed in the area. Lourinho is a diminutive form of "louro", deriving from Latin laurus, "laurel".
LovatoSpanish (Latin American), Italian Northern Italian from the Late Latin personal name Lupatus, derivative of Latin lupus "wolf". This is one of several medieval personal names which became popular under the influence of Germanic compound personal names formed with wolf-.
LugardoSpanish Spanish (Mainly Huelva): From The Personal Name Lugardo A Variant Of Lutgardo Of Ancient Germanic Origin (See Luckhardt ). This Surname Is Most Common In Mexico.
LugoSpanish Galician and Spanish habitational name from Lugo, a city in Galicia. This was a Roman settlement under the name of Lucus Augusti ‘grove or wood of Augustus’, but that may have been no more than an adaptation of an earlier name derived from that of the Celtic god Lugos.
LuiaondoBasque (Rare) From the name of a village in Álava, Spain, composed of the Basque suffix -ondo "near, adjacent" and an uncertain first element; possibly related to lur "earth, soil, land".
LujanoSpanish Spanish: variant of Luján ( see Lujan ).
LukashenkoUkrainian Means "son of Luka". Aleksandr Lukashenko is the current Belarusian president.
LunavelascoSpanish (Latin American, Rare) Un-hyphenated combination of the last names, Luna, and Velasco forming its’ own name. Luna meaning “the moon” in Latin as well as multiple languages. Velasco meaning “crow” or “raven”.
MacalinaoTagalog, Cebuano From Tagalog makalinaw meaning "to clarify, to make apparent" or Cebuano makalinaw meaning "to make calm, to make peaceful".
MacalinoPampangan From Pampangan makalino meaning "to make clear, to make transparent".
MacalusoItalian Possibly from Arabic مخلوص (maklus) "freed, liberated", indicating a freedman or slave who had been liberated, which may be related to Sicilian macaluscio, "cleaned and prepared cotton".