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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Ige Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 藝 or 芸 (ge) meaning "technique".
Ignace French
From the given name Ignace
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
Possibly from Sicilian inga "ink", an occupational name for a scribe. Alternatively, it could derive from the Germanic given name Inge.
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.
Isabella f Italian, Spanish, Hebrew
originating from the Hebrew name Elisheba, meaning “Devoted to God” and "God is my oath”... [more]
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.
Ishibashi Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Ishiguro Japanese
rom Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 黒 (kuro) meaning "black".
Ishihara Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Ishii Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 井 (i) meaning "well".
Ishiki Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and ki means "tree, wood".
Ishimaru Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 丸 (maru) meaning "circle, round, whole".
Ishimine Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and mine means "peak".
Ishimoto Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 本 (moto) meaning "source, base, root, origin".
Ishino Japanese
From 石 (shi) meaning "stone" and 野 (no) meaning "plain, wilderness, field".
Ishiyama Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" and 山 (yama) "mountain."
Ishizaki Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Ishizu Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 津 (zu) meaning "ferry".
Ishizuka Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".
Ishmael English
From the given name Ishmael
Ishtiaq Urdu
From the given name Ishtiaq.
Isidor German, Russian
From the given name Isidor.
Isidore French
From the given name Isidore.
Isidro Spanish
From the given name Isidro.
Işık Turkish
Means "light" in Turkish.
Isip Filipino, Tagalog
Means "mind, intellect, reason" in Tagalog.
Iskandar Arabic
From the given name Iskandar.
Iskander Arabic
From the given name Iskandar.
Isla Spanish
Means "island" in Spanish.
Islam Assamese, Bengali (Muslim)
From the name of the religion, derived from Arabic إسلام (Islam) meaning "submission (to God)".
Islam Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Islam.
Islami Persian, Urdu, Arabic, Albanian
From the given name Islam.
İslamov Azerbaijani
Means "son of İslam".
Island Norwegian
Habitational name from any of four farmsteads so named. The origin of their name is not certain; it may be a compound of is "ice" and land "land" or from Island "Iceland" (the name of the country).
Islas Spanish
Variant of Isla.
İşler Turkish
Means "works, doings, affairs" in Turkish.
Isley English
Of Old English origin, derived from a place named Hesli, meaning "a hazel wood or grove".
Ismael Arabic, Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Isma'il.
İsmail Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name İsmail.
Ismaili Arabic, Albanian, Persian
From the given name Ismail.
Ismay English
Matronymic surname from the medieval given name Ismay.
Isobe Japanese
From the Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "beach" and 部 (be) meaning "region, division, part".
Isom English
Variant of Isham.
Isono Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Israel Jewish
From the given name Israel.
Issa Arabic
Derived from the given name عيسى (see Isa 1).
Issac English
From the given name Issac.
Issak Estonian
Issak is an Estonian surname, a variation of the masculine Biblical given name "Isaac" (Estonian: "Iisak").
István Hungarian
From the given name István.
Isufi Albanian
From the given name Isuf.
Itagaki Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".
Itami Japanese
Ita means "board" and mi means "view, outlook".
Itano Japanese
Ita means "board" and no means "field, plain".
Itchon Filipino
Variant of Echon.
Ito Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).
Itō Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).
Itoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 伊藤 (see Itō).
Itoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).
Iturbide Basque
From Basque iturri meaning "fountain, spring" and bidea meaning "pathway".
Iturralde Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Lizartza, Spain, derived from Basque iturri "spring, fountain" and alde "near, by; side, area".
Iván Hungarian
From the given name Iván.
Ivan Croatian, Slovak
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Ivančević Croatian
Means "son of Ivan".
Ivanchenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Ivan.
Ivančić Croatian
Patronymic from the personal name Ivan.
Ivanic Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Ivanić Croatian
Means "son of Ivan" in Croatian.
Ivanič Slovene
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Ivanko Croatian, Russian, Ukrainian
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Ivanoff m Russian (Anglicized), Bulgarian (Anglicized)
Anglicised form of Ivanov. Note that in the English speaking countries, this last name is unisex.
Ivanoski Macedonian, Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Ivanovich Russian
Means "son of Ivan".
Ivans English
Meaning "son of Ivan
Iverson English (Rare)
Means "son of Iver".
Ives English
Means "son of Ive", a medieval male personal name, brought into England by the Normans but ultimately of Germanic origin, a shortened form of any of a range of compound names beginning with īv "yew" (cf... [more]
Ivey English
Could be a patronymic from the given name Ive, or a habitational name from Ivoy in Cher, northern France.
Ivković Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Ivko".
Ivory English
Habitational name from Ivry-la-Bataille in Eure, northern France.
Ivy English
Variant of Ivey. In some cases, might instead be derived from the name of the plant.
Iwabuchi Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 渕 or 淵 (fuchi) meaning "abyss, edge, deep pool".
Iwaki Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle, fortress".
Iwami Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and mi means "viewpoint, outlook".
Iwamura Japanese
Iwa means "stone " and mura can mean "village, hamlet" or "town".
Iwan Welsh
Derived from the given name Iwan.
Iwanaga Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 永 (naga 3) meaning "perpetual, eternal".
Iwański Polish
Name for someone from a place called Iwanie (now Iwonie), derived from the given name Iwan.
Iwaoka Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Iwasa Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid".
Iwase Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "boulder, cliff, rocks" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".
Iwashita Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "boulder, cliff, rocks" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".
Iwuchukwu Igbo, African
It means God's covenant is unwavering. This name is a bearer is a testimony of God's command. This ia a Christian name.
Izadi Persian
Derived from Persian ایزد (izad) meaning "god, angel".
Izawa Japanese
Variant of Isawa.
Izawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Izsák Hungarian
From the given name Izsák.
Izu Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).
Izzard English
Derived from the feminine given name Iseut.
Izzo Italian
From the given name Azzo.
Jaafar Arabic
Derived from the given name Jafar.
Jabar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Jabbar.
Jabari Arabic
From the given name Jabbar.
Jabbar Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Jabbar.
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