Submitted Surnames on the United States Popularity List

Kataoka Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Katauskas Lithuanian

Katayama Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Katchen English

Kate English
Derived from the given name Kate.

Katechis Greek

Katehis Greek

Katen English

Katherine English
Derived form the given name Katherine.

Katić Croatian, Serbian

Katie Assyrian

Katin Russian
Matronymic surname derived from a diminutive Katya of the Russian given name Yekaterina.

Katje Dutch
Diminutive form of the surname Kat.

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

Katsoulis Greek

Katsuda Japanese

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]

Katta Japanese

Kattan Jewish
Variant of Katan.

Kattan Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic قطان (see Qattan).

Katz Jewish
An abbreviation of the phrase kohen tsedek "righteous priest".

Katzen Jewish (Ashkenazi)
Katzen is a variant of Kotzen, or a shortened version of Katzenellenbogen. Its origins can also be traced back to a habitational form of Katzenelnbogen. There is no clear answer of where this surname exactly came from... [more]

Katzenberg Jewish
Elaboration of Katz with the old German word berg meaning "mountain".

Katzenstein German

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".

Kauffman Jewish (Modern), German

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.

Kaul Estonian

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).

Kaurin Croatian

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.

Kauser Hungarian

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".

Kautzman German
Variant of Kautzmann.

Kautzmann German
Variant of Kautz, with the addition of Middle High German -man "man".

Kavin Indian

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.

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
From 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" combined with 内 (dai, nai, uchi, chi) meaning "among, between, home, house, inside, within."

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

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".

Kawana Hawaiian (?)

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) meaning "river, stream" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain, wilderness."

Kawase Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 瀬 (se) meaning "ripple, 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".

Kawazoe Japanese
Variant of Kawasoe.

Kawka Polish
Polish variant of Kawa and cognate of Kafka.

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.

Kayla Eastern African

Kayler English
Variant of Kaylor.

Kaylor Scottish, German
Variant of Scottish Keillor.... [more]

Kayse English

Kayser German
Variant of Kaiser.

Kayton English

Kayyali Turkish

Kaz Jewish
Variant of Katz.

Kazak Russian
Unisex Russian surname, meaning the word "Cossack"

Kazakov Russian
From Russian казак (kazak) meaning "Cossack".

Kazan Jewish
From Hebew chazan, which is an occupational name for a cantor in a synagogue.

Kazan Ukrainian, Belarusian, Jewish
From Turkish kazan meaning "kettle, boiler, furnace".

Kazan Greek
Reduced form of Kazandis which is an occupational surname for a maker of cauldrons or someone who uses a cauldron for the distillation of ouzo or raki... [more]

Kazan Turkish
From Turkish meaning "cauldron".

Kazanchyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).

Kazandjian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).

Kazanjian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).

Kazantsev m Russian
Denotes to a person from Kazan'.

Kazarian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազարյան (see Ghazaryan).

Kazaryan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազարյան (see Ghazaryan).

Kaze Japanese
Kaze means "wind".

Kazemi Japanese

Kazemzadeh Persian
Means "born of Kazem".

Kazi Indian (Muslim)
Variant spelling of Qazi ‘judge’.

Kazi Bengali, Indian
Variant of Qazi.

Kazi Bengali, Indian (Muslim)
Bengali form of Qazi as well as an alternate transcription of Hindi काज़ी and Urdu قاضی.

Kazim Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic
From the given name Kazim.

Kázmér Hungarian
From the given name Kázmér.

Kazmi Urdu
From the given name Kazim.

Kaźmierczak Polish
Derived from the given name Kazimierz.

Kc Chinese, Korean, Burmese, Hungarian
Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Kwang, Yong, Sung, Jae, Eun, Hyun, Myung, Jung, Kyong, Sang, Wing. Korean Chang, Chong, Chung, Byung, Byung Soo, Hak, Jeong, Kwang Soo, Min, Myong, Pak, Sinae.... [more]

Ke Chinese
From Chinese 柯 (kē) meaning "axe handle, stalk, branch".

Keady English

Keagle German

Keagle German (Americanized)
Americanized form of the German surname "Kegel".

Keahi Hawaiian
From the given name Keahi.

Keal Irish (Anglicized)

Keala Hawaiian
From the given name Keala.

Kealoha Hawaiian
From the given name Kealoha.

Kealy Irish (Anglicized)

Keane Irish (Modern)
A nickname for a "brave" or "proud" person deriving from Middle English given name Kene

Kear Scottish Gaelic
Kear is derived from the Gaelic name O'Ciarain or O'Ceirin, which comes from the Gaelic word ciar, meaning black or dark brown.

Kearl English (American)

Kearns Irish (Anglicized)
Irish anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Céirín ‘descendant of Céirín’, a personal name from a diminutive of ciar ‘dark’, ‘black’... [more]

Kearny Irish
Variant of Kearney.

Kearse Irish
Variant of Keirsey.

Kearsey English
Variant of Kearsley

Kearsley English
Derived from any of the English settlements called Kearsley

Kearson English

Keasley English
Variant of Kearsley

Keate English
Variant of Kite.

Keats English
Variant of Kite.

Keay Irish (?), Scottish
Possibly from the given name Kay 1.

Kedem Hebrew
Either means "east" or "ancient" in Hebrew.

Kedzie English

Keel English
English habitational name from Keele in Staffordshire, named from Old English cy ‘cows’ + hyll ‘hill’, or from East and West Keal in Lincolnshire, which are named from Old Norse kjolr ‘ridge’... [more]

Keel Irish
Irish reduced form of McKeel.

Keel German (Swiss)
Swiss German variant of Kehl.

Keel German (Anglicized)
Americanized spelling of German Kühl, Kiehl, or Kiel.

Keel Estonian
Keel is an Estonian surname meaning "language/speech" and also "reed".

Keele English

Keeler English
English: occupational name for a boatman or boatbuilder, from an agent derivative of Middle English kele ‘ship’, ‘barge’ (from Middle Dutch kiel). Americanized spelling of German Kühler, from a variant of an old personal name (see Keeling) or a variant of Kühl.

Keeling Irish, English
Irish: see Keeley. ... [more]

Keenan Irish
Variant of O'keenan.

Keene English
Variant of Keen.

Keener English
Anglicized form of Kiener or Kühner.

Keeper English

Keeper German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Kuper.

Keeping English

Keery Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ciardha.

Keeth Irish
A Scottish and Irish place surname meaning "forest" or "wood" or "windy place".

Keeton English
Habitational name from a place called Ketton in Durham or one in Rutland or from Keaton in Ermington, Devon. The first is named from the Old English personal name Catta or the Old Norse personal name Káti and Old English tūn "settlement"; the second is probably from an old river name or tribal name Cētan (possibly a derivative of Celtic cēd "wood") and Old English ēa "river"; and the last possibly from Cornish kee "hedge, bank" and Old English tūn.

Keever Celtic
From McKeever, a form of McIver, meaning "son of Ivor".

Kefalas Greek
Nickname for a big-headed or obstinate person, derived from Greek κεφάλι (kefali) meaning "head".

Keffler German
Derived from Koeffler.

Kegler German
Nickname for a skilled or enthusiastic skittles player, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kegel meaning "skittle", "pin".

Keheley Irish (Anglicized)
americanized version of an irish clan name

Kehler German
Habitational name from various places called Kehl, notably the town across the Rhine from Strasbourg. In some cases it may be a variant of Köhler.

Kehoe Irish
Variant of McKeogh.

Keicher German
from the East Prussian dialect word keicher "small cake, pastry" hence a metonymic occupational name for a pastry chef or cook.

Keidel German

Keif English

Keifer German
Variant of Kiefer.

Keillor Scottish
Habitational name from a place in Angus called Keilor.

Keim German
Unknown.

Keinath German
Possibly a variant of Keinrath, from the personal name Konrad. ... [more]

Keiner German
Reduced form of the personal name Kagenher, from Old High German gagan 'against' + heri 'army'.

Keiper German
Similar to the origins of Kuiper (Dutch) and Cooper (English), Keiper was an occupation which means "cooper" or "barrelmaker".

Keirnan Irish
Gaelic form of Keirnan is Mac Thighearnain, which is derived from the word tighearna, meaning "lord." First found in County Cavan, Ireland.

Keirns English
Name for someone who works at a mill of makes butter.

Keirsey Irish
Topographic name of Norman origin name dating back to the 13th century.

Keiser German
Variation of Kaiser.

Keita Western African

Keith German
Nickname from Middle High German kit "sprout, offspring".

Keizer Dutch
Dutch cognate of Kaiser.

Kekoa Hawaiian
From the given name Kekoa.

Kelby English

Kelce English
Variant of Kelsey.

Kelch German
nickname from Middle High German kelch "double chin", "goiter". from another meaning of Middle High German kelch "glass", "chalice", hence a metonymic occupational name for a chalice maker or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a chalice.

Kelchen Russian

Kelder Estonian
Kelder is an Estonian surname meaning "cellar".

Kelham English
Derived from the village of Kelham, near Newark-upon-Trent, Nottingham.

Kell Estonian
Kell is an Estonian surname meaning "clock".

Kellam English

Kelleher Irish
From Gaelic Ó Céileachair meaning "son of Céileachar". The Irish given name Céileachar means "companion-dear", i.e., "lover of company".

Kellen German
From the name of a place in Rhineland, which is derived from Middle Low German kel (a field name denoting swampy land) or from the dialect word kelle meaning "steep path, ravine".

Kellenberger Swiss

Kellerman South African

Kellers German
Variant of Keller.

Kellett Irish, English
Unknown meaning. Comes from Anglo-Saxon origin.

Kellner German, Dutch, Jewish, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, French
Means "waiter, cellarman" in German, ultimately derived from Latin cellarium "pantry, cellar, storeroom". This was an occupational name for a steward, a castle overseer, or a server of wine.

Kello Estonian
Kello is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kell" meaning "clock", or "kellu" meaning "trowel".

Kellock Scottish

Kellog English, Irish
Variant of Kellogg

Kellogg Irish
Anglicised form of Ó Ceallaigh

Kells English

Kelm German
Germanized form of Polish Chelm ‘peak’, ‘hill’, a topographic name for someone who lived by a hill with a pointed summit, or habitational name from a city in eastern Poland or any of various other places named with this word.

Kelner German, English, Vilamovian
Means "waiter" in German.

Kelsall English
Habitational name probably derived from Kelsall in Cheshire, England, derived from the Old English given name Kell combined with halh "nook, recess", or possibly from Kelshall, Hertfordshire, meaning "Cylle’s hill", or Kelsale, Suffolk, meaning "Ceol’s nook"... [more]

Kelsay English
Variant spelling of Kelsey.

Kelsch German (Anglicized)
Partly Americanized form of German Koelsch.

Kelshaw English
Variant of the habitational name Culcheth, or of Kershaw or Kelsall.

Kelso Scottish
Habitational name from Kelso on the river Tweed in Roxburghshire, perhaps so named from Old English cealc "chalk" + hoh "ridge", "spur".

Kelson English
Means "son of Kel"

Kelton Scottish
Scottish habitational name from the village of Kelton in the parish of the same name in Kirkcudbrightshire.

Kelty Scottish
From the name of a village in Fife, Scotland, which was derived from Scottish Gaelic coillte "wooded area, grove".

Kelvin Scottish, English
See the given name Kelvin.

Kemal Turkish

Kember English

Kemble English

Kemerer German
From the Old German word "kämmerer," which means "chamberlain." A chamberlain was the person in charge of the noble household; to him would fall the duty of ensuring that the castle and court of the noble ran smoothly.

Kemmer German
Kemmer is a surname. The surname Kemmer is an occupational surname. Further research revealed that the name is derived from the Old German word "kämmerer," which means "chamberlain." A chamberlain was the person in charge of the noble household; to him would fall the duty of ensuring that the castle and court of the noble ran smoothly... [more]

Kempe Swedish
Variant of Kämpe.

Kemper German, Dutch
From Kamp "field, piece of land", an occupational name denoting a peasant farmer. It could also indicate someone from a place named using the element. Alternatively, a variant of Kempf meaning "fighter".

Kempner Jewish

Kempton English
From the name of a place in Shropshire meaning "Cempa's town" or "warrior town", from a combination of either the Old English word cempa "warrior" or the byname derived from it and tun "farmstead, settlement".

Kenderdine English
Origins: Staffordshire, England

Kendi African

Kendrew English
Variant of Andrew, possibly influenced by Mcandrew. Notable namesake is Nobel Prize winning chemist John Kendrew (1917-1997).

Kendrix English (American)
Patronymic form of Kendrick 1.

Kendziora Polish
Polish

Keneally Irish
Variant of Kenneally.

Kenealy Irish
Variant of Kenneally.

Kenmore Scottish, Manx
Variant of Kenmuir.

Kennan Irish (Anglicized), English

Kenneally Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cionnfhaolaidh "descendant of Cionnfhaoladh", a personal name derived from ceann "head" + faol "wolf".

Kennebrew Scottish (Americanized, ?)
Americanized form of the Scottish surname Kinniburgh, which is derived from the feminine given name Kinborough... [more]

Kennelly Irish
Variant of Kenneally.

Kennen Irish

Kenner German, Jewish
Means "expert, connoisseur" in German, from kennen "to know", a nickname for someone considered to be intelligent or knowledgeable.

Kenner German
Habitational name denoting someone from Kenn, Germany.

Kenner English
Possibly derived from Middle English kenner "teacher", derived from kennen "to make known, to teach".

Kennerley English

Kennerson English

Kenneth English
Derived from the given name Kenneth.

Kennett English

Kenney English
Variant of Kenny

Kennington English

Kenny English, Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coinnigh "descendant of Coinneach" or Ó Cionaodha "descendant of Cionaodh".

Kent English (?)
Region in England

Kenton English

Kenton English
habitational name from any of various places so named Kenton, for example in Devon, Greater London (formerly Middlesex), Northumberland, and Suffolk... [more]

Kenwood English
From the settlement of Kenwood in the parish of Kenton, county of Devon, England. ... [more]

Kenworthy English (British, Anglicized, Rare)
his interesting surname of English origin is a locational name from a place so called in Cheshire, deriving from the Old English pre 7th Century personal name Cyna, a short from of the various compound names with the first element "cyne" meaning "Royal", or, Cena, a byname meaning "Keon", "Bold" or a short form of various compound personal names with this first element plus the Old English pre 7th Century "worthing" "enclosure"... [more]

Kenyon English, Welsh
Kenyon is a surname from Wales meaning "a person from Ennion's Mound"

Kenzie Irish (Anglicized)

Kenzy Scottish

Keodara Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "jewel, gem" and ດາລາ (dara) meaning "star".

Keogan English

Keogh Irish (Anglicized)
Variant of Keough, which is a shortened form of McKeough, itself an anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eochadha meaning "son of Eochaidh"... [more]

Keohavong Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "gem, jewel", ຫາ (ha) meaning "seek, find, obtain" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Keomanivong Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "jewel, gem", ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Keomany Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "gem, jewel, glass" and ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel, precious stone".

Keopaseuth Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "gem, jewel" and ​ປະ​ເສີດ (paseuth) meaning "excellent, magnificent".

Keopraseuth Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ແກ້ວ​ປະ​ເສີດ (see Keopaseuth).

Keough Irish, Scottish
Anglicized, reduced form of Mac Eochaidh meaning "son of Eochaidh".

Keovilay Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "jewel, gem" and ວິໄລ (vilay) meaning "splendid, beautiful".

Keovongsa Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "jewel, gem" and ວົງສາ (vongsa) meaning "family line".

Kepler German
From Middle High German kappe meaning "hooded cloak". This was an occupational name for someone who made these kind of garments. A notable bearer was German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler (1571–1630).

Kepley English

Kepple English (American)
Americanized form of Köppel and Köpple.

Keppler German
Variant of Kepler.

Ker Scottish
Variant of Kerr.

Keränen Finnish
Possibly from Keräpää, a nickname for a bald person or someone with a round head and/or with closely cropped hair, combined with the common surname suffix -nen. In eastern Finland the name dates back to the 16th century.

Kerbel English, German, Russian (Rare)
Means "chervil" in German, a parsley-related herb. The surname probably came into England via Germanic relations between the two languages, hence it being most common in German & English countries.

Kerbow French
Possibly derived from the French word 'corbeau', meaning "raven".

Kerby English (Rare)
Variant of Kirby

Kerch Russian, Ukrainian
Denotes to a person from the city of Kerch.

Kercher German
1 Southern German variant of Karcher .... [more]

Kerchner German, Jewish
Variant of Kirchner.

Keren Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Keren.

Keres Estonian
Keres is an Estonian surname derived from "kere", meaning both "hull" and "coach work".

Kerian Armenian
chishmanian

Kerin Irish (Latinized, Rare)
Irish variation of Kieran. ... [more]

Kerk Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Guo.

Kerley Irish

Kermani Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Kerman in Iran, derived from Middle Persian klmʾn of uncertain meaning.

Kern German, Dutch, Jewish
from Middle High German kerne "kernel, seed pip"; Middle Dutch kern(e) keerne; German Kern or Yiddish kern "grain" hence a metonymic occupational name for a farmer or a nickname for a physically small person... [more]

Kernan Irish

Kernen German (Swiss, Modern)
Variante of Kern

Kerns Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Céirín.

Kerouac French (Quebec)
Variant form of Kirouac. This name was borne by the American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), who was a pioneer of the Beat Generation, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg.

Kerrigan Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ó Ciaragáin.

Kershaw English
Derived from Old English cirice "church" and sceaga "thicket, grove, copse".

Kerslake English

Kerslake English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a stream where cress grew, derived from Old English cærse meaning "watercress" and lacu meaning "stream".

Kerstein German
Derived from -kirsch "cherry" and -stein "stone", variant of Kirstein.

Kersten Low German, Dutch
Derived from the given name Kersten, a Dutch and low German form of Christian.

Kerth German (Modern)

Kerwin Irish
Variant of Kirwan.

Kesari Indian

Keser Turkish

Keserović Bosnian, Croatian

Keshavarz Persian
Means "farmer" in Persian.

Keshishyan Armenian

Keskin Turkish
Means "sharp, bitter" in Turkish.

Kesler German, Jewish
Variant of Kessler.

Kess German (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Keß.

Kessel German
Occupational name for a maker of cooking vessels from Middle High German kezzel meaning "kettle, cauldron, boiler".

Kessel Dutch
Habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in the Netherlands named Kessel, ultimately derived from Latin castellum "fortress, stronghold, castle". Could possibly also be a variant of German Kexel.

Kessenich German
Habitational name from Kessenich near Bonn.

Kessinger German