Submitted Surnames on the United States Popularity List

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the name appears on the United States popularity list.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Detweiler German (Swiss)
From the name of a village in Switzerland or from one with a similar name (Dettweiler) in France.
Deutch German (Rare), Jewish (Rare)
"German". Used as a last name for those who had none in the 17-18th century. Continues to today, albeit rarely.
Deutsch German, English
Means "German" in German.
Deutscher German
Means "German, person from Germany" in German.
Deutschlander English (American), German
Name given to a person from Germany.
Deutschmann German
Originally denoted a person from Germany.
Dev Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil
Derived from Sanskrit देव (deva) meaning "god" (see the given name Dev).
Deva Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil
Derived from Sanskrit देव (devá) meaning "heavenly, divine" or "deity, god".
Devalcourt French (Cajun)
Habitational name from places in France named Valcourt.
Devall French, English
Devall (also DeVall) is a surname of Norman origin with both English and French ties.Its meaning is derived from French the town of Deville, Ardennes. It was first recorded in England in the Domesday Book.In France, the surname is derived from 'de Val' meaning 'of the valley.'
Devane Marathi
Someone descended from deva(god).Someone who is like a god
Devaney Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duibheannaigh ‘descendant of Duibheannach’, a personal name of uncertain origin; the first element is dubh ‘black’, the second may be eanach ‘marshy place’... [more]
Devanney Irish
Irish: variant of Devaney.
Deveaux French, Bahamian Creole
Means "of the valleys", derived from French val "valley".
De Venecia Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone from the city of Venecia (Venice) in Italy.
De Vera Spanish (Philippines)
Referred to someone from the municipality of Vera in Spain.
Devera English (British)
English elaboration of Norman surname De Vere, literally meaning "from Ver," a settlement near Bayeaux.
Deveraux English, French
Variant spelling of Devereux.
Devereaux English
Variant form of Devereux, based on the common English mis-pronunciation "Devero".
Deville French
French surname meaning, 'The Village', from French De- 'the' and Ville- 'Village'.
Deville English
From Old English "devil, slanderer, enemy".
Devins Irish
Variant of Devin 1.
De Visser Dutch, Belgian
means "the fisherman" variant of Visser
Devitt Irish
Comes from McDevitt, means "son of David."
Devon Irish
Variant of Devin 1.
Devon English
Regional name for someone from the county of Devon. In origin, this is from an ancient British tribal name, Latin Dumnonii, perhaps meaning "worshipers of the god Dumnonos".
Devon Jamaican Patois (Modern, Rare)
The name Devon is of English and Irish origin and means "Warrior of God". This name is also very common in the British West Indies, especially Jamaica.
Devooght Belgian
The origin of the surname DeVooght is unknown.... [more]
Devore French
French: variant of De Var, a habitational name for someone from a place named Var, for example in Charente. Respelling of French Devors, a habitational name, with the preposition de, for someone from Vors in Aveyron.
Devoy English
Anglicized form of Gaelic surname Ó Dubhuidhe ‘descendant of Dubhuidhe’, a name probably derived from dubh "dark, black" and buidhe "sallow".
De Waal Dutch, Walloon
Means "the Walloon" in Dutch, derived from Middle Dutch wale, originally indicating a person who came from Wallonia, a French-speaking region of southern Belgium. It could also possibly be a variant spelling of Van Der Walle and De Walle meaning "the wall"', though evidence for this is lacking... [more]
De Waard Dutch
From Dutch waard "innkeeper, host, landlord, protector", derived from Middle Dutch weert. Alternatively, from Middle Dutch waert "floodplain, riverine island".
Dewald German
Derived from the given name Diebold, a variant of Theobold.
Dewalt German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Dewald.
Dewan Indian, Pakistani
Status name for a treasurer or court official, from Arabic diwan "royal court", "tribunal of justice", or "treasury". Under the Mughal administration in India the dewan was usually the highest official in a state.
Dewan Indian, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Nepali
From a title for a high-ranking government official or minister, derived from Persian دیوان (divan) meaning "royal court, tribunal, ministry, assembly".
Dewdney English
From the Old French personal name Dieudonné, literally "gift of God".
Dewey English
From the given name Dewey.
De Wilde Dutch
Means "the wild", from Middle Dutch wilt "wild, savage, untamed".
De Winter Dutch
Means "the winter" in Dutch, a nickname for a cold or gloomy man, or perhaps for someone born in the winter. It could also be a habitational name referring to a house or tavern named for the season.
De Wolf Dutch, Flemish
Means "the wolf", a nickname given to someone associated with wolves in some way, or a habitational name for someone who lived by a sign depicting a wolf. Could also be a patronymic form of Wolf.
Dewolf Dutch
Contracted form of De Wolf.
Dexheimer German
From the German village Dexheim (south of Mainz).
Dey Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia
Derived either from Sanskrit देव (deva) meaning "god" or देय (deya) meaning "fit or proper (for a gift)".
Deyette French (Quebec)
Variation of Guillet, reflecting French Canadian pronunciation of the G and final T.
De Zeeuw Dutch
Means "the Zealander", indicating someone from the Dutch province of Zealand.
Dezső Hungarian
From the given name Dezső.
Dhaliwal Indian (Sikh), Punjabi
From the name of the ancient city of Dharanagar (currently Dhar) in present-day Madhya Pradesh, India.
Dhar Indian, Bengali
Derived from Sanskrit उद्धार (uddhara) meaning "credit, deliverance, redemption".
Dhar Indian, Kashmiri
Meaning uncertain, possibly from an honourific title given to a village head, a strongman or a warlord.
Dhawan Indian, Punjabi, Hindi
Means "runner, messenger" from Sanskrit धाव् (dhav) meaning "to run".
Dhillon Indian, Punjabi
Of unknown meaning.
Dhiman Indian, Punjabi
Meaning uncertain.
Dhungana Nepali
From the name of a village in Nepal called Dhungani.
Đới Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Dai, from Sino-Vietnamese 戴 (đới).
Diab Arabic
Derived from Arabic ذئب (dhiʾb) meaning "wolf".
Diabate Western African
From the name of the Diabaté clan of the Mandinka and the closely related Soninke peoples, usually interpreted as “the irresistible.”
Diaconu Romanian
From Romanian diacon meaning "deacon".
Di Agostino Italian
From the given name Agostino.
Diakos Greek
Meaning Deacon. Notable bearer of this name is Athanasios Diakos (1786–1821), a Greek military commander during the Greek War of Independence and a national hero.
Dial Scottish
Variant of Dalziel, representing the usual pronunciation of this name in Scotland. Perhaps also an altered form of Irish Dyal.
Dial Indian (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Dayal. It is also found in South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana.
Dial Western African
From the name of the Dial clan of the Fulani people of unexplained etymology. The younger form of the clan name is Diallo.
Diallo Western African, Fula
Derived from the Fula clan name Jallo of uncertain meaning. Diallo is a common name throughout West Africa.
Diamant Jewish
Derived from Yiddish דימענט (diment) meaning "diamond".
Diamantis Greek
Derived from the Byzantine Greek word διαμάντιν (diamántin), itself from the Italian diamante (Late Latin diamas), ultimately from the Ancient Greek word ἀδάμας (adámas) meaning "diamond".
Diamond Jewish
Americanized form of a Jewish surname, spelled in various ways, derived from modern German Diamant, Demant "diamond", or Yiddish dimet or diment, from the Middle High German diemant (via Latin from Greek adamas ‘unconquerable’, genitive adamantos, a reference to the hardness of the stone)... [more]
Diamond Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Diamáin "descendant of Diamán", earlier Díomá or Déamán, a diminutive of Díoma, itself a pet form of Diarmaid.
Diamond English
English variant of Dayman (see Day). Forms with the excrescent d are not found before the 17th century; they are at least in part the result of folk etymology.
Diana Italian
From the female given name Diana.
Diao Chinese
From Chinese 刁 (diāo) referring to the ancient state of Diao, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province. It was adopted due to being homophonous with the character 雕, which was the actual name of the state.
Diawara Western African
From the name of the Diawara clan and ethnic subgroup of the Soninke people which is apparently derived from the name of the town of Dia in Mali or from the name of the medieval Dia Dynasty of Gao, also in Mali.
Dib Arabic
From Arabic meaning "wolf".
Di Benedetto Italian
From the given name Benedetto.
Di Bernardo Italian
From the given name Bernardo. Means "Son of Bernardo".
Di Carlo Italian
From the given name Carlo.
Di Cesare Italian
Means "son of Cesare".
Di Cicco Italian
Patronymic from a pet form of the personal name Francesco.
Dickensheets English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Dickenscheid, a habitational name from a place named Dickenschied in the Hunsrück region. The place name is from Middle High German dicke ‘thicket’, ‘woods’ + -scheid (often schied) ‘border area’ (i.e. ridge, watershed), ‘settler’s piece of cleared (wood)land’.
Dicker English
Either an occupational name for a digger of ditches or a builder of dikes, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a ditch or dike, derived from Middle English dike or dik meaning "dyke.
Dickerman English, German, Jewish
Possibly derived from Middle High German dic(ke) "strong, thick" and Mann "man, male, husband".
Dickey Irish
Northern Irish: from a pet form of the personal name Dick 1.
Dicks English
Variant of Dykes, Diks, or Dick with plural or post-medieval S.
Dicks German, Dutch
Refers to the descendant of someone with the given name Dick.
Dickson English (American)
This surname means son of Dick and son of Richard.
Di Cola Italian
The surname Di Cola originates from the diminutive of the male name Nicola, widespread especially in the city of Bari, devoted to its patron saint.
Dicus English
Variant of Dycus.
Didenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian дід (did), meaning "grandfather".
Di Dio Italian
Means "of God" in Italian.
Didonato Italian
Combination of the prefix Di and the name Donato.
Die French
From a town called Die in Drôme, France. Possibly from French dieu meaning "God".
Diebold German
Derived from the Germanic given name Theudebald.
Dieckhaus German
Refers to a person from a place of the same name near Diepholz in Lower Saxony.
Dieckmann German
"one who lives on a dike"
Diede Dutch
From the given name Diede.
Diéguez Spanish
Means "son of Diego".
Diehl German
From the given name Diel, Tiel, from Thilo, a diminutive of given names beginning with Diet-, as such as Dietrich.
Dielmann German (Modern)
It was once spelled as "Dielhmann" and sometimes with one "n". The meaning is unknown, but when I used Google's translator "dielh" means "the" and "mann" was "man".
Diem German
German: from a reduced form of the personal name Dietmar ( see Dittmar ).
Diener German
Means "butler" in German.
Diệp Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Ye, from Sino-Vietnamese 葉 (diệp).
Diep Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Diệp.
Dier Jewish
the name allegedly means "dyer (of clothes)"
Dieringer German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Thüringer, regional name for someone from Thuringia, This was also used as a medieval personal name. Americanized form of German Tieringer, habitational name for someone from Tieringen in Württemberg.
Dierking Low German, Dutch
Habitational name from a farm so named which once belonged to a certain Dierk and his kin, for instance Dircking (nowadays Derkink) in Enschede.
Dierks Low German, Dutch
Genitivized patronymic from a short form of the personal name Diederik.
Diesel German
From the pet form of Matthias or from any Germanic compound name beginning with diota meaning "people"
Diethelm German
From the given name Diethelm.
Dietrick German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Dietrich.
Dietz German
From a short form of the personal name Dietrich.
Dieu French, Walloon
From French dieu "god" given as a nickname for someone who played Christ in medieval mysteries or for a presumptious or an overly religious person, or from a short for of the given name Dieudonné.
Dieudonné French
From the given name Dieudonné.
Diffey English
Possibly from Anglo-Norman defieu meaning "faithless, disloyal", perhaps denoting an unpious person.
Di Francesco Italian
Literally means "of Francis," and therefore may also mean "son of Francis."
Digby English
Derived from the name of an English town, itself derived from a combination of Old English dic "dyke, ditch" and Old Norse býr "farm, town".
Diggins Norman
Diggins came to England in the 11th century wave of migration that was set off by the Norman Conquest of 1066; from the Norman baptismal name which means the son of Diccon, a diminution of the parent name, Richard.
Di Giacomo Italian
Means "son of Jacob".
Di Giovanni Italian
From the given name Giovanni.
Dilag Filipino, Tagalog
Means "beauty, splendour, brilliancy" or "maiden" in Tagalog.
Dilan Filipino, Ilocano
Filipino from the filipine islands
Dileo Italian
Southern Italian Surname.
Dill English
Nickname from Middle English dell, dill, dull "dull, foolish".
Dillen German, Dutch, Flemish
Matronymic from the given name Dille, a short form of Odilia.
Dillen Flemish, Dutch
Patronymic from a variant of the given name Aegidius (compare Giles).
Dillie German
Probably an altered spelling of Dilley or Dilly or possibly of German Dillier... [more]
Dillinger German
Denoted a person from Dillingen, a district in the region of Swabia in Bavaria, Germany. This name was borne by the infamous John Dillinger (1903-1934), an American gangster and bank robber during the Great Depression.
Dillingham English (British)
Habitational name that probably derives from Dullingham in Cambridgeshire which was recorded as Dolingeham in 1214 and Dillyngham in 1298, named in Old English as ‘homestead (Old English hām) of the people (-inga-) of Dull(a)’.
Dillion Irish, English
Possibly a variant of Dillon.
Dillon Irish, English
Could be an Irish form of the Breton surname de Léon, meaning "of Léon", an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duilleáen, from the given name Dallán "little blind one", or be from a Norman French personal name derived from Ancient Germanic Dillo, possibly a byname from dil- "destroy".
Dills English (American)
1 Variant spelling of Dutch Dils .... [more]
Dilly English (British, Rare)
From the town illy in france
Di Lorenzo Italian
From the given name Lorenzo.
Dim Croatian
Derived from dim, meaning "smoke".... [more]
Dimaano Filipino, Tagalog
Means "not touched, not injured" from Tagalog di meaning "no, not" and maano meaning "have something happen" or ano meaning "how, what".
Dimaculangan Filipino, Tagalog
Means "cannot be diminished" from Tagalog di- meaning "no, not" and kulangan meaning "reduce".
Di Maggio Italian
Came from a child who was born in the month of May. The surname Maggio is derived from the Italian word Maggio, which literally means the month of May.
Dimagiba Filipino, Tagalog
Means "indestructible" from Tagalog di meaning "no, not" and giba meaning "demolished, destroyed".
Dimailig Filipino, Tagalog
Means "unshakable" from Tagalog di meaning "no, not" and ilig meaning "shaking, mixing".
Dimaio Italian
Derived either from the given name Maia or from the Latin "Maies" meaning May
Dimalanta Filipino, Tagalog
Means "cannot be withered" from Tagalog di- meaning "no, not" and malanta meaning "fade, wither, wilt".
Dimapilis Filipino, Tagalog
Means "cannot be dissuaded" (literally "cannot be twisted") from Tagalog di meaning "no, not" and pili meaning "twisted, contorted".
Dimaranan Tagalog
From Tagalog di madaanan meaning "impassible".
Di Marco Italian
Means "son of Marco".
Di Martino Italian
From the given name Martino.
Dimas Spanish, Portuguese, Greek
Derived from the given name Dimas.
Di Matteo Italian
The surname Di Matteo comes from the personal names Matteo, of Jewish origin and popularized by the evangelist "Mattia" which have the meaning of "Gift of God".
Dimatulac Filipino, Tagalog
Means "stubborn" (literally "cannot be shoved") from Tagalog di meaning "no, not" and tulak meaning "push, shove".
Di Mauro Italian
From the given name Mauro.
Dimayuga Filipino, Tagalog
Means "unshakable" from Tagalog di meaning "no, not" and mauga meaning "shaky, wobbly".
Dimeglio Italian
First used in Venice, Italy
Dimitriadis Greek
Means "son of Dimitris".
Dimon Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Derived from the place name Dimona, a city in the south of Israel.
Dimond English, Irish
English and Irish variant of Diamond.
Dimovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Dimo".
Din Filipino, Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Lin primarily used in the Philippines.
Din Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Means "religion, faith, belief" in Arabic.
Di Nardo Italian (Tuscan)
Ancient and illustrious family, called Nardo, Nardi or De Nardi, originally from Tuscany, spread over the centuries in various regions of Italy.
Dineen Irish (Anglicized)
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinnín which meant "descendant of Duinnín". The byname Duinnín was derived from a diminutive of Gaelic donn meaning "brown" (i.e. "brown-haired man") or "chieftain".
Ding Hui
From the Arabic surname al-Din.‎
Dinger English
Means "one who rings the bell," which is most likely a butler
Dingfelder Medieval German (Rare, Archaic)
When surnames were finally adopted, family heads who originated from Thungfeld in the Steigerwald area of Mittelfranken, took the name of their traditional home area.
Dinglasan Tagalog
From Tagalog dinglas meaning "slide, slip, glide".
Dingle English
A name for someone who lives near a dingle, a small wooded dell or hollow.
Dingwall English
From the city of Dingwall in Scotland.
Đinh Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Ding, from Sino-Vietnamese 丁 (đinh).
Dinh Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Đinh.
Dinkin Jewish (Ashkenazi)
Metronymic with the addition of the Slavic possessive suffix -in, derived from the Yiddish female personal name Dinke, a hypocoristic form of Biblical Dinah, that in turn, derived from Hebrew dina, meaning “judged” or “vindicated”.
Dinkin Irish
Shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinnchinn, meaning “descendant of Donnchean, which is a byname composed of the elements donn meaning “brown-haired man” or “chieftain” + ceann meaning “head.”
Dinkins Irish (?)
Probably a variant (with English possessive -s) of Irish Dinkin.
Dinn English
From a short form of the personal name Dinis, a variant of Dennis.
Dinwiddie Scottish
Habitational name from Dinwoodie near Dumfries. The place name is first recorded in 1296 in the form Dinwithie/Dunwythye and is probably named with British words that are ancestors of Welsh din meaning “forest” + gwydd meaning “shrubs, bushes.”
Dio Italian
Means God in Italian. It was born as a stage name by Ronnie James Dio (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), an American Heavy Metal Musician.
Diodato Italian
From the given name Diodato.
Diogene Italian
From the given name Diogene
Diogo Portuguese
From the given name Diogo.
Dion French
Meaning uncertain. It may be a habitational name from any of various locations called Dion or Dionne, derived from the Gaulish element divon- meaning "(sacred) spring" or Celtic dēwos meaning "god, deity"... [more]
Dionicio Spanish
From the given name Dionicio.
Diop Western African, Wolof
From Joob, the name of a Wolof clan, derived from a totemic word meaning "black craned swan" or "peacock".
Dios Spanish (European)
Means "God" in Spanish.
Diosdado Spanish
From the given name Diosdado.
Diouf Serer, Western African
From the Serer clan name Joof or Juuf of uncertain meaning.
Di Paolo Italian
Means "son of Paolo".
Di Pietrantonio Italian
The surname Di Pietrantonio literally means "son of Pietro" and indicates in a reinforcing way the descent from the progenitor named Pietro.
Dirk Dutch, German
From the given name Dirk.
Diroma Italian
From Rome or of Rome.
Disch Romansh
Contracted form of Durisch.
Dischinger German
Habitational name for someone from Dischingen near Neresheim or Oberdischingen near Ehingen in Württemberg.