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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Kamali Persian
From the given name Kamal 1.
Kamara Western African
Used in Sierra Leone.
Kamat Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Konkani
Means "people who work in soil" from काम (kām) meaning "work, task, labour" combined with मिट्टी (miṭṭī) meaning "soil, earth".
Kamata Japanese
From Japanese 鎌 (kama) meaning "sickle, scythe" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kamath Sanskrit
Derived from the Sanskrit word “kamat,” which means “merchant” or “trader”.
Kamble Indian, Marathi, Konkani
Occupational name for a weaver of blankets or a nickname for a person who often carried blankets with them, derived from Sanskrit कम्बल (kambala) meaning "blanket".
Kameda Japanese
From Japanese 亀 (kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kamei Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "turtle well". It is written as 亀井. A bearer of this surname is Eri Kamei. She is a member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. (1988-)
Kamel Arabic
From the given name Kamal 1.
Kameoka Japanese
From Japanese 亀 (kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Kamhi Jewish
Name found throughout the Mediterranean, predominantly in Mizrahi and Sephardic Jewish communities. Meaning unknown.
Kami Nepali
From the name of a caste of blacksmiths derived from Nepali काम (kam) meaning "work, act", ultimately from Sanskrit कर्मन् (karman).
Kami Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).
Kamil Arabic
Derived from the given name Kamil 1.
Kamimura Japanese
Kami means "god" or "top, upper" and mura means "village, hamlet "
Kaminskas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Kamiński.
Kamiyama Japanese
From Japanese 神 (kami) meaning "god" or 上 (kami) meaning "above, upper" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Kamm Estonian, German
It's origins are of German origin, meaning "comb"... [more]
Kämmerer German
from Middle High German kamerære "chamberlain" (from kamere "chamber") a status name for the treasurer of a court monastery a great household or a city and in Switzerland for the manager of a church property a so-called Widem... [more]
Kamp German, Dutch, Danish
From the German element kamp (from Latin campus) "field".
Kampa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 寒波 (kampa) meaning "cold wave", referring to possibly a person described as having cold vibes or an event that involved cold waves.
Kämpe Swedish
From Swedish kämpe "fighter".
Kampf German, Jewish
From middle high German kampf, German kamf "fight, struggle" occupation for a fighter.
Kamran Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Kamran.
Kan Korean (Russified)
Russified form of Kang used by ethnic Koreans living in parts of the former Soviet Union.
Kan Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Hokkien)
Cantonese and Hokkien romanization of Jian.
Kan Khmer
Means "hold, carry, sustain, support" in Khmer.
Kan Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).
Kana Estonian
Kana is an Estonian surname meaning "hen" and "chicken".
Kana Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 海南 (see Unami).
Kanada Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Kaneda.
Kanae Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).
Kanai Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Kanamori Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "gold, money" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
Kanarek Jewish (Anglicized, Modern)
Originally from Canary, as in the Canary Islands.
Kanazawa Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "metal, money, gold" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Känd Estonian
Känd is an Estonian surname meaning "stump".
Kandel Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic قنديل (see Qandil).
Kandel Nepali
Habitational name from a village called Kanda.
Kandil Arabic
Means "lamp, candle, lantern" in Arabic.
Kandil Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic قنديل (see Qandil).
Kandt German
Probably from Middle High German kant meaning "jug" (from Latin olla cannata meaning "pot with one spout") and hence an occupational name for a maker or seller of jugs.
Kane Irish, Norwegian
From the anglicized Irish surname Cathan, meaning "warlike." In Norway, it's used as a noble name.
Kaneda Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "metal" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Kaneko Okinawan (Japanized)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganeko).
Kanellopoulos Greek
Feminine version is Kanellopoulou
Kanemitsu Japanese
Kane means "gold, metal" and mitsu means "light".
Kanemoto Japanese
Topographic name meaning ‘(one who lives) near where gold (or any metal) is found’. Found in the island of Okinawa, where it is variously written. ... [more]
Kanemoto Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Kaneshiro Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".
Kang Chinese, Korean
From Chinese 康 (kāng), derived from Kangju (康居), the Chinese name for an ancient kingdom in Central Asia (now known as Sogdiana). It may also refer to the city of Samarkand in present-day Uzbekistan, which was called 康 in Chinese.
Kangas Estonian
Kangas is an Estonian surname meaning "fabric" and "weft" and "piece goods". Associated with weavers.
Kangas Finnish
Derived from Finnish kangas, denoting a type of soil and the type of forest (known as boreal forest or taiga) that grows in such soil.
Kann Estonian
Kann is an Estonian surname meaning "jug" and "pitcher".
Kannan Indian, Tamil
From the given name Kannan, the Tamil variant of Krishna.
Kannel Estonian
Kannel is an Estonian surname, taken from the word "kannel"; an Estonian plucked string instrument.
Kanno Japanese
From the Japanese 菅 (kan or suga) "sedge" and 野 (no) "field," "area." This name can also be read as Sugano.
Kano Japanese
From Japanese 狩 (ka) meaning "hunt, gather" and 野 (no) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kanō Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 納 (nō) meaning "settlement, obtain, reap".
Kanō Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 納 (nō) meaning "settlement, obtain, reap".
Kanwar Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "prince".
Käo Estonian
Käo is an Estonian surname meaning "cuckoo".
Kapadia Indian, Gujarati
Occupational name for a cloth maker from Gujarati કાપડ (kāpaḍ) meaning "cloth, fabric".
Kapela Polish
Occupational name for a musician, derived from Polish kapela "music band; court orchestra".
Kapeller German, German (Austrian)
Derived from Middle High German kappelle, kapelle "chapel", this name denoted someone who lived near a chapel.
Kapetanović Croatian, Bosnian
Occupational surname derived from kapetan meaning "captain".
Kapić Bosnian
Derived from kapa, meaning "hat, cap".
Kaplan Jewish, Turkish
Means "tiger" in Turkish. This common Jewish surname has a spelling variation: Caplan. For an unknown reason, Jewish immigrants who passed through the port at Baltimore had their names changed to Caplan, while the Jewish immigrants who passed through Ellis Island retained the original K spelling.
Kaplan Jewish
Surname used as a translation of Cohen, from German Kaplan or Polish kapłan "chaplain, curate".
Kaplan Turkish, Yiddish, German
In turkish it's a common surname meaning "tiger".... [more]
Kapoor Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
From Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpura) meaning "camphor".
Käpp Estonian
Käpp is an Estonian surname meaning both "orchid" and "paw".
Kapu Indian, Telugu
It is a Telugu name, denoting an "agricultural worker".
Kapur Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Alternate transcription of Kapoor.
Kapuściński Polish
Habitational name for someone from the town of Kapuścin or Kapuścino, both named from Polish kapusta meaning "cabbage".
Kapustin Russian
From kapusta, meaning "cabbage".
Kar Turkish
Means "snow" in Turkish.
Kara Turkish
Means "black, dark" in Turkish.
Karabulut Turkish
Means "black cloud" in Turkish.
Karaca Turkish
Means "roe deer" in Turkish.
Karagöz Turkish
Means "black eye" in Turkish.
Karakas Hungarian
Means "maker of wheels".
Karakaş Turkish
Means "black eyebrow" from Turkish kara meaning "black, dark" and kaş meaning "eyebrow".
Karalius Lithuanian
From Lithuanian meaning "king".
Karam Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Karam.
Karami Persian
From the given name Karam.
Karan Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 加覧 (see Garan).
Karapetian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Karapetyan.
Karapetyan Armenian
Means "son of Karapet".
Karataş Turkish
From Turkish kara meaning "black" and taş meaning "stone, rock".
Karbowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Karbowo in Torun voivodeship, a place so named from Polish karbowy "overseer (of farm laborers)", from karbowac "to make notches", i.e. to keep records.
Karch Jewish
1 Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized spelling of Karcz .... [more]
Karczewski Polish
habitational name for someone from Karczew, named with Polish karcz ‘stump’.
Kardashian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Kardashyan. This is the name of an Armenian-American family of socialites.
Kareem Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Karim.
Karen Czech
From a diminutive of the given name Karel.
Kärg Estonian
Kärg is an Estonian surname meaning "honeycomb".
Kargar Persian
Means "worker, labourer" in Persian.
Karhu Finnish
Means "bear" (the animal) in Finnish.
Kari Finnish, German (Austrian), Slovene (?), Hungarian, Indian, Marathi
As a Finnish name, it is a topographic and ornamental name from kari "small island", "stony rapids", "sandbar", or "rocky place in a field". This name is found throughout Finland.... [more]
Kari Estonian
Kari is an Estonian surname meaning both "reef" and "herd".
Karia Indian (Christian)
Derived from the given name Zechariah.
Karimian Persian
From the given name Karim.
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.
Kark Estonian
Kark is an Estonian surname meaning "stilt" (Himantopus himantopus).
Karki Nepali
Occupational name for a tax collector from Nepali कर (kar) meaning "tax" (ultimately of Sanskrit origin).
Karla Czech
Karla, from English - carla
Kärlin German
German surname from the personal name Karl. Also an altered spelling of German Gerling.
Karlin Jewish
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) habitational name for someone from Karlin, a suburb of Pinsk in Belarus, in which the Jews formed the majority of the population until the Holocaust. A well-known Hasidic sect originated in Karlin and at one time it attracted so many followers that a (now obsolete) Russian word for ‘Hasid’ was Karliner (of Yiddish origin)... [more]
Karlin Swedish (Rare)
Variant spelling of Carlin 3.
Karlin Polish
Polish habitational name from a village in Poland.
Karling German
A habitational name from Karling in Bavaria.
Karlović Croatian
Means "son of Karlo".
Karłowicz Polish
Patronymic from Karol 1 or Karl.
Karlson English
Means "Son of Karl".
Karlström Swedish
Literally means "Carl's stream" in Swedish.
Karm Estonian
Karm is an Estonian surname meaning "strict" and "austere".
Karmakar Indian, Bengali, Assamese
Means "blacksmith" in Bengali and Assamese.
Károly Hungarian
From the given name Károly.
Kärp Estonian
Kärp is an Estonian surname meaning "stoat" or "ermine".
Karp English
From the given name Karp.
Karp Polish
From Middle High German karp(f)e Middle Low German karpe or Slavic (Russian and Polish) and Yiddish karp ‘carp’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a carp fisherman or seller of these fish or a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish.... [more]
Karpiak Ukrainian
Possibly a patronym from the given name Karp.
Karpov Russian
Means "son of Karp".
Karpowicz English
Patronymic from Karp.
Karras Greek
Means "dark" in Greek. Feminine form is Karra.
Karter Breton
Breton form of Carter. This was the birth surname of Breton-French explorer Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), who is known for discovering the gulf of St. Lawrence.
Karu Estonian
Karu is an Estonian surname meaning "bear".
Karunaratne Sinhalese
From Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, kindness, mercy" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Kasabyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղասաբյան (see Ghasabyan)
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).
Kasai Japanese
It means fire in Japanese
Kasap Turkish
Means "butcher" in Turkish.
Kase Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".
Käser German, German (Swiss)
occupational name for a cheesemaker or a cheese merchant (see Kaeser ). topographic name for someone who lived by a summer dairy in the Alps from a Tyrolean dialect word derived from Ladin casura... [more]
Kasey English
Variant of Casey.
Kashani Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Kashan in Isfahan province, Iran. The name may be derived from the Kasian, the original inhabitants of the area.
Kashif Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Kashif.
Kashima Japanese
From Japanese 鹿 (ka) meaning "deer" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Kashiwabara Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Kashiwagi Japanese
From 柏 (kashiwa), which specifically refers the Japanese Emperor Oak/Daimyo oak (Quercus dentata), and 木 (ki), meaning "tree".
Kashiwagi Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Kashyap Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
From the given name Kashyapa.
Kasim Arabic, Filipino, Maguindanao, Tausug
From the given name Qasim.
Kasimov Russian
From the city of Kasimov, located in Ryazan district, Russia.
Kasongo Central African
A Congolese surname derived from the town with the same name, located in the Maniema Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kasparian Armenian (Expatriate)
Variant of Gasparyan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.
Käsper Estonian
Käsper is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Kasper".
Kasper German, Czech
From the given name Kasper.
Kasperson English
Means "Son of Kasper".
Kass Estonian
From the Estonian word kass, meaning "cat".
Kassel German
habitational name mainly from a place of this name in northeastern Hesse so named from Frankish castella cassela "fortification" a military term from Late Latin castellum "fortified position fort" or a topographic name from the same word.
Kassem Arabic
From the given name Kassem, a form of Qasim.
Kassler German
habitational name for someone from Kassel (see Kassel).
Kastelic Slovene
Means "from a castle".
Kastl German
From a pet form of the saint's name Castulus, itself a diminutive of the Latin adjective castus 'chaste'.
Kastrati Albanian
Derived from the name of the Kastrati tribe inhabiting the region of Malësia in northern Albania.
Kasuba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).
Kasun Sinhalese
From the given name Kasun.
Kasunić Croatian
Possibly derived from the old Slavic word kazati, meaning "to order, to command".
Kat Dutch, Frisian, Afrikaans, Jewish
Means "Cat" in Dutch, Frisian, and Afrikaans, perhaps originally a nickname for someone who owned a cat or somehow resembled a cat.
Katagiri Japanese
From the Japanese 片 (kata) "single-" and 桐 (giri) "foxglove tree."
Katano Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "one-sided, part" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
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".
Kate English
Derived from the given name Kate.
Katherine English
Derived form the given name Katherine.
Katin Russian
Matronymic surname derived from a diminutive Katya of the Russian given name Yekaterina.
Katje Dutch
It means 'Little Kate' in Dutch. A fun nickname for anyone
Katoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Kato.
Katopodis Greek
It cames only from the greek island lefkada, its by the word meaning is "Downfoot" nut actually it means The guy who run away
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]
Katz Jewish
An abbreviation of the phrase kohen tsedek "righteous priest".
Katzenberg Jewish
Elaboration of Katz with the old German word berg meaning "mountain".
Katzin Jewish
Jewish: nickname from Hebrew katsin ‘rich man’. ... [more]
Katzman Slavic
Slavic form of Katz. Means "high priest, king".
Kau German
From Middle High German gehau "(mountain) clearing" hence a topographic name for a mountain dweller or possibly an occupational name for a logger.
Kau German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a mineshaft, from Middle High German kouw(e) "mining hut".
Kauhane Hawaiian
Literally, "the spirit". Ka being "the" and Uhane being "spirit".
Kauk German
probably a variant of Kauke from Middle Low German koke "cake" (dialect kauke) hence a metonymic occupational name for a baker or confectioner or a nickname for a cake lover.
Kaul Kashmiri (Modern)
The word Kaul, meaning well-born, is derived from Kula, the Sanskrit term for family or clan.
Kaun Estonian
Kaun is an Estonian surname meaning "pod" or "legume".
Kaup Estonian
Kaup is an Estonian surname meaning "merchandise" or "goods".
Kaur Estonian
Kaur is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name) derived from the given name "Kaur" (loon: Gavia).
Kaus German
From a regional (Hessian) variant of the habitational name Kues, from a place on the Mosel river, probably so named from Late Latin covis "field barn", "rack" and earlier recorded as Couese, Cobesa.
Kausar Urdu
Derived from the given name Kausar.
Kausch German
Pet name derived from the Old High German personal name Gozwin, of uncertain origin.
Kausch German
From a medieval form of the Old High German personal name Chuzo.
Kauss Estonian
Kauss is an Estonian surname meaning "dish" and "bowl".
Kaut German
Netonymic occupational name for a flax grower or dealer, from Middle High German kute, from Kaut(e) "male dove", hence a metonymic occupational name for the owner or keeper of a dovecote.
Kaut German
Topographic name from the Franconian dialect word Kaut(e) "hollow", "pit", "den".
Kauten Hungarian
Nickolas Kauten was born July 15, 1890, in Austria - Hungary, ... [more]
Kautz German
Nickname for a shy or strange person, from Middle High German kuz "screech owl".
Kautzmann German
Variant of Kautz, with the addition of Middle High German -man "man".
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.
Kawa Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream".
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".
Kawabe Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".
Kawachi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and chi means "ground".
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".
Kawai Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
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".
Kawamoto Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Kawamura Japanese
From Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Kawanishi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and nishi means "west".
Kawanishi Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".
Kawano Japanese
From the Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa or gawa) and 野 (no) "field," "area."
Kawase Japanese
Kawase means "river" and se means "ripple".
Kawase Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".
Kawashima Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream, brook" and 島 (shima) or 嶋 (shima) both meaning "island".
Kawata Japanese
Variant transcription of Kawada.
Kawauchi Japanese
From Japanese 河 (kawa) or 川 (kawa) meaning "river" combined with 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".
Kay Chinese
From Chinese 凯 (kǎi) meaning "triumphant, victorious, triumphal".
Kaya Japanese
From 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate", combined with 屋 (ya) meaning "house, shop".
Kaye English
From the first name Kaye.
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