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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Huskey English (American)
Likely was named after an person who owned a husky
Husni Arabic
Derived from the given name Husni.
Hussaini Persian, Afghan, Urdu, Arabic
From the given name Hussain.
Husseini Persian, Afghan, Urdu, Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Husayn.
Hussey English, Irish
As an English surname, it comes from two distinct sources. It is either of Norman origin, derived from Houssaye, the name of an area in Seine-Maritime which ultimately derives from Old French hous "holly"; or it is from a Middle English nickname given to a woman who was the mistress of a household, from an alteration of husewif "housewife"... [more]
Hussien Arabic
Derived from the given name Husayn.
Husson French
From a pet form of Hue a variant of Hugues.
Husted German
The name was originally spelled "Hustedt" and means "homestead." The family name originated in northern Germany. One branch of the family migrated to England, and a branch of that family to the United States.
Huston Scottish
Scottish variant spelling of Houston.
Hutch English
From the medieval personal name Huche, a pet form of Hugh.
Hutcherson Scottish
"Variant of Hutchison; patronymic from the medieval personal name Hutche, a variant of Hugh"
Hutchin English
From the given name Hutchin
Hutchings English
Patronymic of Hutchin, a medieval diminutive of Hugh.
Hutchins English
Southern English patronymic from the medieval personal name Hutchin, a pet form of Hugh.
Hutchison Scottish
Patronymic from the medieval personal name Hutche, a variant of Hugh.
Huth German
From Middle High German huot "hat, cap, helmet", a name for someone who made or wore hats.
Hütter German
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a hatter from an agent derivative of Middle High German huot ‘hat’; Yiddish hut, German Hut ‘hat’. German (Hütter): topographic name from Middle High German hütte ‘hut’... [more]
Hutton English, Scottish
Scottish and northern English habitational name from any of the numerous places so called from Old English hoh ‘ridge’, ‘spur’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Hutzel German
from a Germanic personal name, Huzo
Hüüs Estonian
Hüüs is an Estonian surname derived from "hüüsing" meaning "houseline".
Huval French (Cajun)
The Huval name has historically been labeled German or Acadian (Cajun), however, recently more information has been discovered that shows the Huvals came directly from France.... [more]
Hux German
Probably from a topographic name Huck or Hucks, of uncertain origin. It occurs in many place and field names.
Hux English
Means "insult, scorn" in Old English. This is used in Popular Culture by First Order General Armitage Hux, played by Domhnall Gleeson in the Star Wars sequel trilogy.
Huxford English
Habitational name from a place in Devon called Huxford (preserved in the name of Huxford Farm), from the Old English personal name Hōcc or the Old English word hōc ‘hook or angle of land’ + ford ‘ford’.
Huynh Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Huỳnh.
Huys Dutch, Flemish
Derived from Huis, itself a variant of Huus and Huuchs, medieval Dutch genitive forms of the given name Hugo.
Hwa Korean (Rare)
From Sino-Korean 化 (hwa) meaning "to be; to become", making it the Korean form of Hua 2.
Hwang Korean, Chinese
Korean form of Huang, from Sino-Korean 黃 (hwang). It is also an alternate transcription of the Chinese name.
Hwangbo Korean
Korean form of Huangfu, from Sino-Korean 皇甫 (hwangbo).
Hyatt English
Topographic name derived from Middle English heih "high" and yate "gate".
Hyatt Jewish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Chait.
Hyder Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Haidar.
Hylan Scottish, English
Variation of the surname Hyland 1.
Hylton English
Variant of Hilton.
Hyman Jewish, English
Jewish (American): Americanized variant of Heiman. English: variant of Hayman or Americanized spelling of Heimann.
Hymanson Jewish
Means "son of Hyman".
Hymel American
Possibly an altered form of Hummel 1 or Hummel 2.
Hyppolite French, French (Caribbean)
From the given name Hyppolite, variant of Hippolyte.
Hysenaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Hysen" in Albanian.
Hyseni Albanian
Derived from the given name Hysen.
Hyslop Scottish
Habitational name from an unidentified place in northern England, perhaps so called from Old English hæsel (or the Old Norse equivalent hesli) ‘hazel’ + hop ‘enclosed valley’.
Hyun Korean
From Sino-Korean 玄 (hyeon) meaning "deep, profound, mysterious".
Iacono Italian
From Sicilian jacunu "deacon".
Iadanza Italian
Of Italian origin, and a (currently) unknown meaning.... [more]
Iams English (American)
Possibly the result of a misdivision of the given name William.
Ian Khmer
Variant of Yen.
Iannacone Italian
Means "son of Iannaco", an elaborated form of Ianni.
Iannucci Italian
From a pet form of the given name Ianni. A famous bearer of the name is the Scottish filmmaker and satirist Armando Iannucci (1963-).
Iavarone Italian
Possibly from a shortened form of the personal name Ianni + varone, a variant of barone ‘baron’; literally ‘baron John’.
Ibara Japanese
Variant of Ihara.
Ibarguen Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in Biscay, Spain, derived from Basque ibar "valley, riverbank" and guren "limit, edge, bank".
Ibarrola Basque
From the name of a village in Basque Country, derived from ibar "valley, riverbank" and ola "factory, forge, ironworks", or possibly -ola "location, place of".
Ibbotson English
Diminutive form ("son of" or little) of Hibbs, itself a patronymic, from a diminutive of Hibbert, which derives from a Norman personal name, "Hil(de)bert", composed of the Germanic elements "hild", battle, and "berht" famous.
Ibraheem Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ibrahim.
Ibrahem Kurdish, Arabic
From the given name Ibrahim.
Îbrahîm Kurdish
From the given name Îbrahîm.
İbrahim Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name İbrahim.
Ibrahimi Pashto, Arabic, Albanian
From the given name Ibrahim.
Ice English
Americanized form of Eis.
Ichihara Japanese
This surname combines 一 (ichi, itsu, hito-, hito.tsu) meaning "one" or 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town" with 原 (gen, hara) meaning "field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness".... [more]
Ichikawa Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Ichimura Japanese
Ichi can mean "one" or "market" and mura means "hamlet, village".
Ichimura Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Ichimura Japanese
From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Ichinose Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market, city" or 一 (ichi) meaning "one", combined with an unwritten possessive marker, or the written possessive markers ノ (no) or 之 (no), that is then combined with 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current"... [more]
Ichiyama Japanese
From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Ickes German, English
In German the meaning is unknown.... [more]
Ida Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Ide Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 出 (de) meaning "exit".
Ide Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 手 (te) meaning "hand".
Ide Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 射手 (see Ite).
Iden English
Habitational name from a place called Iden Green in Benenden, Kent, or Iden Manor in Staplehurst, Kent, or from Iden in East Sussex. All these places are named in Old English as meaning "pasture by the yew trees", from ig meaning "yew" + denn meaning "pasture".
Ido Japanese
From Japanese 井門 (Ido) meaning "Ido", a former township in the former district of Ukena in the former Japanese province of Iyo in present-day Ehime, Japan.
Idrees Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Idris 1.
Idris Arabic
From the given name Idris 1.
Idriss Western African
From the given name Idriss.
Idrissi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Idriss (chiefly Moroccan).
Iftikhar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Iftikhar.
Igartua Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous locality in the municipality of Gatika.
Igawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Ige Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 藝 or 芸 (ge) meaning "technique".
Ignacio Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from the given name Ignacio.
Ignat Romanian
From the given name Ignat.
Ignatius English
From the given name Ignatius
Ignatz German
From the given name Ignatz.
Iguchi Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) "well, mine shaft, pit" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Igwe Igbo
Means "sky".
Ihara Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" or 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Ihsan Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ihsan.
Iida Japanese
From Japanese 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains, cooked rice" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Iino Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and no means "field, wilderness".
Iizuka Japanese
From Japanese 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock".
Ijaz Urdu
Derived from the given name Ijaz.
Ikari Japanese
Means "anchor" in Japanese. When written in different kanji, it can also mean anger.
Ikari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 五十里 (Ikari) meaning "Ikari", a division in the town of Nyūzen in the district of Shimoniikawa in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan or an area in the city of Takaoka in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan.
Ike Japanese
池 (Ike) means "pond, pool".
Ike Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 生 (Ike), a clipping of 生勝 (Ikegachi) meaning "Ikegachi", an area in the village of Uken in the district of Ōshima in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.
Ikegami Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".
Ikehara Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Ikemoto Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 本 or 元 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Ikram Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ikram.
Ikuta Japanese
From Japanese 生 (iku) meaning "living, life" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Ilagan Tagalog
Means "to evade, to dodge, to get out of the way (of something)" in Tagalog.
Ilahi Urdu
From the given name Ilahi.
Ilao Tagalog
From Tagalog ilaw meaning "light".
Ilardi Italian
Possibly from the given name Ilardo, which was possibly a derivative of the Germanic name Adalhard... [more]
Ilario Italian
From the given name Ilario.
Ildefonso Spanish
From the given name Ildefonso.
Iles English (British), French
English (mainly Somerset and Gloucestershire): topographic name from Anglo-Norman French isle ‘island’ (Latin insula) or a habitational name from a place in England or northern France named with this element.
Ilgenfritz German
Compound patronymic, meaning "Fritz, the son of Ilg".
Ilievski Macedonian
Means "son of Iliya".
Iliopoulos Greek
Means "son of Ilias".
Illescas Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Illingworth English
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous village in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Ilunga Luba, Central African
Means ‘To Unite’.
İlyas Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name İlyas.
Ilyas Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ilyas.
Im Khmer
Khmer form of Ren.
Imada Japanese
From the Japanese 今 (ima) "now" and 田 (ta) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta) "many."
Imaizumi Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 泉 (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain".
Imam Arabic, Bengali, Persian, Urdu
From Arabic إِمَام (ʾimām) meaning "leader, guide", used to denote a Muslim leader.
Imamović Bosnian
Means "son of the imam", from Arabic إِمَام (ʾimām) referring to a Muslim leader.
Imamura Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Iman Arabic
From the given name İman.
Imani Persian
From the given name Iman.
Imberi German (Swiss)
It comes from Stuttgart Germany from the late 1800s. Then the name moved to a small village outside of Odessa Ukraine, in my family at least.
Imbert French
From the medieval French personal name Imbert, of Germanic origin and meaning literally "vast-bright".
Imbimbo Neapolitan
From Italian bimbo meaning "a child, a male baby" (which is a variant of bambino "child") combined with in-, a prefix indicating "belonging to the family of".
Immer German, English
German: habitational name for someone from a place named Immer near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony. ... [more]
Imoto Japanese
Means "well root" in Japanese.
Imperato Italian
From the personal name Imperato from the past participle of imperare "to rule to command".
Imperatore Italian
from a personal name or nickname from imperatore "emperor".
Imperiale Italian
Derived from Latin imperialis meaning "imperial", either denoting someone of aristocratic lineage or a nickname for a haughty person.
Impey English
From Impey, the name of various places in England, derived from Old English *imphaga, *imphæg "sapling enclosure". Alternatively it could have indicated a person who lived near an enclosure of young trees.
Imran Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Imran.
Imre Hungarian
From the given name Imre.
Imtiaz Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Imtiyaz.
Imura Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
In Khmer
Khmer form of Lin.
Inácio Portuguese
From the given name Inácio.
Inagaki Japanese
Ina (稲) means rice, Gaki (垣) means fence.
Inagaki Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".
İnan Turkish
Means "faith, belief" in Turkish.
Inan English, Irish
Possibly a variant of Dunn.
Inayat Urdu
Derived from the given name Inayat.
Inbar Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Inbar, means "amber" in Hebrew.
İnce Turkish
Means "thin, slim" in Turkish.
Indalecio Spanish
From the given name Indalecio.
Inderrieden Dutch (Americanized)
Variant of Dutch in der Rieden, possibly derived from German ried "reed", or from a cognate of Old English rith "stream".
Indig Filipino, Cebuano
Means "compare, compete" in Cebuano.
Ines Spanish
From the given name Inés.
Infante Spanish
From infante literally "child", but in Spain also a title borne by the eldest sons of noblemen before they inherited, and in particular by the son of the king of Castile; thus the surname probably originated either as a nickname for one of a lordly disposition or as an occupational name for a member of the household of an infante.
Infante Italian
Nickname for someone with a childlike disposition, from infante "child" (Latin infans, literally "one who cannot speak").
Ing English
From the name of a former district in Essex, possibly derived from Old English ing "meadow, water meadow", or from ge "district, region" combined with the suffix -ing. Alternatively, it could derive from the given name Inge.
Inga Italian, Spanish
Italian name, however probably Germanic origins
Ingalls English, Scandinavian (Anglicized)
Patronymic from the Anglo-Scandinavian personal name Ingell, Old Norse Ingjaldr.... [more]
Ingebretsen Norwegian
Means "son of Ingebret". The given name Ingebret is a Norwegian alteration of Engelbert (see also Engebret).
Ingebretson Norwegian
Patronymic from the German personal name Engelbrecht.
Ingebritson Norwegian
Patronymic from the German personal name Engelbrecht.
Ingersoll English
Habitational name derived from Inkersall in Derbyshire, probably composed of a given name such as Ingvarr or the byname Hynkere (meaning "limper") combined with Old English hyll "hill" or Old Norse salr "hall, room"... [more]
Ingle English
Derived from the Old Norse given names Ingialdr or Ingólfr.
Ingleby English
From the names of either of two hamlets in England, derived from Old Norse Englar "Englishman" and býr "farmstead, village".
Ingles Spanish
Spanish (Inglés): ethnic term denoting someone of English origin, from Spanish Inglés ‘English’.
Ingleston English (British)
Ingleston is an exceptionally rare surname and seems to be posessed by a single family who much grew larger in the 19th century. ... [more]
Inglis English (British), Scottish
Originates from the Scots word for English as in a person of English origin. Around 1395 after a dual, the family name became connected to the Scottish clan Douglas as a sept, or a follower, of the clan... [more]
Ingoglia Italian
Means "belonging to the family of Goglia" in Italian, derived from the prefix in- meaning "belonging to the family of" combined with the name Goglia... [more]
Ingold English
Derived from the given names Ingell (see Ingle), Ingjaldr or Ingwald.
Ingoldsby English
Habitational name from Ingoldsby in Lincolnshire, named from the Old Norse personal name Ingjaldr + bý meaning "farmstead", "settlement".
Ingraham English, Scottish
Variant spelling of Ingram, influenced by Graham.
Ings English
This surname of Norse origin referring to water meadows and marshes, including those that were part of the Humber flood plain.
Íñigo Spanish
From the given name Íñigo.
Inks English
Patronymic variant of Ing.
Inman English (British)
Anglo-Saxon in Origin. Occupational surname given to a person who "tended a lodge or an inn". Surname first found in Lancashire, England.
Inn Estonian
Inn is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "innas", meaning "amorous".
Innocenzi Italian
Derived from the given name Innocenzo.
Inocêncio Portuguese
From the given name Inocêncio.
Inouye Japanese
Variant transcription of Inoue.
Insalaco Italian
A surname in Sicily. Believed to come from the word Salaco an occupational name for a tanner in Arabic.
Insisiengmay Lao
From Lao ອິນ (in) referring to the Hindu god Indra, ສີ (si) meaning "majesty, glory, splendour", ຊຽງ (siang) meaning "city, town" and ໃໝ່ (mai) meaning "new".
Insixiengmay Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ອິນ​ສີ​ຊຽງ​ໃໝ່ (see Insisiengmay).
Inthavong Lao
From Lao ອິນທະ (intha) referring to the Hindu god Indra and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family". This is the most common surname in Laos.
Ioane English (New Zealand), English (Australian), American, Samoan, Polynesian, Romanian
May come from the given name John or variants of this name, such as Ion 1.
Ioannides Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Ioannidis chiefly used in Cyprus.
Ioffe Russian, Jewish
Russian transcription of Hebrew גופה (see Joffe).
Ioniță Romanian
From a diminutive of the given name Ion 1.
Iori Japanese
This surname is used as 庵, 井居, 井折, 井織, 伊折 or 伊織 with 庵 (an, iori, io) meaning "hermitage, retreat", 井 (sei, shou, i) meaning "well, well crib, town, community", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 居 (kyo, ko, i.ru, -i, o.ru) meaning "reside, to be, exist, live with", 折 (setsu, o.ru, ori, o.ri, -o.ri, o.reru) meaning "fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit" and 織 (o.ri) meaning "fabric, weave."... [more]
Ippolito Italian
Italian: from the personal name Ippolito (classical Greek Hippolytos, composed of the elements hippos ‘horse’ + lyein ‘loose’, ‘release’). This was the name of various minor early Christian saints... [more]
Iqbal Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Iqbal.
Iraeta Basque
From the name of a settlement in Basque Country, Spain, derived from Basque ira "fern" and the toponymic suffix -eta.
Irakoze Central African
Means "thank god" in Burundian and Rwandan.
Iran Persian
A name for someone from Iran
Irani Persian
Means "Iranian" in Persian. It is also commonly used within a Zoroastrian community in India with the same name.
Iraola Basque
Derived from Basque ira "fern" and -ola "location, place of".
Irby English
The name of several places in England, derived from Old Norse Iri býr meaning "Irish settlement".
Ireland English, Scottish
Ethnic name for someone from Ireland, Old English Iraland. The country gets its name from the genitive case of Old English Iras "Irishmen" and land "land". The stem Ir- is taken from the Celtic name for Ireland, Èriu, earlier Everiu... [more]
Ireton English
Habitational name from either of two places in Derbyshire called Ireton, or one in North Yorkshire called Irton. All of these are named from the genitive case of Old Norse Íri ‘Irishmen’ (see Ireland) + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.... [more]
Irfan Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Irfan.
Iriarte Basque
Topographic name for someone who lived between two or more settlements, from Basque iri "settlement, village" and arte "between".
Iribarren Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous district of the municipality of Otsagabia.
Iribe English
1 Southern English: unexplained.... [more]
Irie Japanese
From Japanese 入 (iri) meaning "entry, input" and 江 (e) meaning "river, inlet". 入江 (irie) means "cove, creek".
Irion German
From a variant of the given name Gereon.
Irish English
Derived from Ireland
Ironmonger English
From Middle English ire(n)mongere, er(n)mongere meaning "ironmonger; dealer in household goods".
Irons English
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Airaines in Somme, so named from Latin harenas (accusative case) ‘sands’. The form of the name has been altered as a result of folk etymology, an association of the name with the metal... [more]
Ironside English
Possibly from Middle English irenside (Old English iren ‘iron’ + side ‘side’), a nickname for an iron-clad warrior.
Irshad Urdu
Derived from the given name Irshad.
Isa Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Isa 1.
Isaac Jewish, English, Welsh, French
Derived from the given name Isaac.
Isabelle French, English
From the given name Isabelle.
Isacco Italian
From the given name Isacco.
Isachsen Norwegian
Means "son of Isach".
Isaiah English
From the given name Isaiah
Ísaksson Icelandic
Means "son of Ísak" in Icelandic.
Isam Arabic
Derived from the given name 'Isam.
İsayev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of İsa".
Isenbarger German, Jewish
Respelling of German or Jewish Eisenberger.
Ishak Arabic
From the given name Ishak.
Isham English
The name of a village in Northamptonshire, England from the Celtic name of a local river Ise and the Anglo-Saxon term for a small settlement or homestead -ham.
Ishaq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ishaq.
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