BostwickEnglish Altered form of Bostock, the second element probably influenced by Old English wic "village, town".
AkarregiBasque Derived from Akerregi, the name of a place in Basque Country composed of aker "goat, billy goat" combined with either hegi "side, slope, bank; edge, border" or -egi "place".
KamatIndian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Konkani Means "people who work in soil" from काम (kām) meaning "work, task, labour" combined with मिट्टी (miṭṭī) meaning "soil, earth".
LormnaimuangThai The surname "ล้อมในเมือง" is used after the place they was born Nai Muang District in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.
PetraliphasGreek The surname is composed of the name Petros and the city Alifa in Campania, Italy. The surname was held by a Byzantine-Italian family in Epirus.
Van HaitsmaDutch Habitational name for someone from Haitsma, a place in Friesland.
GeistGerman Habitational name for someone who lived in a house marked by the sign of the Holy Spirit (normally depicted as a dove), from Middle High German geist 'spirit'.
Mac LaoidhighIrish Irish Gaelic form of McAlea, which comes from the word laoidh, which means "a poem;" or from Mac Giolla Íosa, which means "son of the devotee of Jesus."
KasselGerman habitational name mainly from a place of this name in northeastern Hesse so named from Frankish castellacassela "fortification" a military term from Late Latin castellum "fortified position fort" or a topographic name from the same word.
VärbuEstonian Värbu is an Estonian surname; a diminutive of "värb" meaning "sparrow".
TappEnglish, German Derived from an Old English given name Tæppa, of uncertain origin and meaning. In German, it is a nickname for a clumsy person or a simpleton, derived from Middle Low German tappe meaning "oaf".
KrumreihnGerman Possibly derived from Middle High German krum(b) meaning "crooked" and rein meaning "border of a field, margin", and hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a field with a crooked edge, or perhaps a nickname for a farmer who plowed a crooked furrow... [more]
HajArabic Refers to a person who has participated in the حج (hajj), the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia that Muslims must undertake at least once in their lifetimes.
MallowGerman Variant spelling of Malow, a habitational name from Malow in Mecklenburg.
PanykUkrainian From the title пан (pan), to show a respected male (similar to "mister"). Extremely rare surname with 61 bearers in Ukraine (2013 data).
MasumotoJapanese From Japanese 増 (masu) meaning "increase" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
SanromanSpanish San Roman refers to a family line of Spanish and Italian origin. The term San Roman in Spanish or Castilian refers to ' St. Roman ' and the name is a habitual name from any of the persons from the local church or shrines of Saint Roman.
MyśliwiecmPolish Derived from the Polish word myśliwy meaning "hunter."
KierkegaardDanish Means "farm near the church" from elements kirke meaning "church" and gaard meaning "farm." A famous bearer is Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher.
StockingEnglish Topographic name from Middle English stocking 'ground cleared of stumps'.
HeadleeEnglish (Rare) The Anglo-Saxon name Headlee comes from when the family resided in one of a variety of similarly-named places. Headley in Hampshire is the oldest. The surname Headlee belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
JūmonjiJapanese Means "cross, crisscross" in Japanese, a compound of 十 (jū) meaning "ten", 文 (mon) meaning "writing", and 字 (ji) meaning "character, handwriting."
PungaMaori The name means "reason, cause, origin". Punga is the name of the daughter of Ra (Sun) and his spouse Tame. This was the name of Ngati Mutunga chief Apitea Punga (1827?-1885) who had Moriori slaves and was a big land owner... [more]
MogiJapanese From 茂 (mo) meaning "lush" and 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood".... [more]
OdénSwedish Likely a locational name derived from place names containing the elements od or oden (see Oden).
KurzawaPolish Of Polish origin, used by celebrities Karina and Ronald Kurzawa (duo from Sis Vs. Bro).
SpielerGerman, Jewish Occupational Name For A Tumbler Or Jester German Spieler ‘Player’ Middle High German Spilære An Agent Derivative Of Spiln ‘To Play To Jest To Sport’.
PiquéCatalan A famous bearer of this surname is Spanish/Catalan footballer Gerard Piqué.
CamoranesiItalian Originally indicated a person from Camerano, a small town near the city of Ancona in central Italy. A famous bearer of this name is the Argentine-born Italian former soccer player Mauro Camoranesi (1976-).
BudeGerman, Dutch Means "booth, stall" or "hut, small house".
WebleyEnglish Habitational name for a person from the civil parish of Weobley in Herefordshire, from the Old English personal name Wiobba and leah "woodland, clearing".
MoreyIrish, English Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Mórdha, and in English (of Norman origin), derived from the Old French given name Mory, a short form of Amaury (see Emery).
CaneEnglish From the English word meaning "cane, reed", a nickname for someone tall and thin, or perhaps an occupational name for someone who gathered reeds.
RovnákCzech Habitational name from places named Rovné and/or Rovný.
CorneyEnglish A habitational surname from places in Cumbria and Hertfordshire named Corney, derived from either Old English corn "grain, seed" or a metathesized form of cran "crane (bird)" combined with eg "island, dry land in a marsh"... [more]
SokićCroatian Derived from Turksh sokak, meaning "street". The word is still used in Croatian meaning "little street, alley". Most people with this surname live in Cernik, Croatia.
ChopinFrench French and English: nickname for a heavy drinker, from Old French chopine, a large liquid measure (from Middle Low German schopen "ladle"). The derived Old French verb chopiner has the sense 'to tipple’, ‘to drink to excess’... [more]
LarivièreFrench (Modern) From the region of Bourgoigne, in France, meaning 'the river'. The name is likely a topographic reference to the physical location, likely a river in this case.
StrayerGerman Americanized form of GermanStröher: habitational name for "someone from any of the places called Ströh in Westphalia and Lower Saxony".
TakafujiJapanese From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "high" and 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria".
KvonChinese (Russified) Russified form of Kuang used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union (based on the Cantonese romanization of the name).
HaalandNorwegian From Old Norse Hávaland, derived from hár "high" and land "land, farm". This is the name of several farms in Norway.
DanzaItalian Probably a habitational name from a place in Salerno, Italy. In the case of American actor Tony Danza, it’s a shortened form of Iadanza, used as a stage name.
BalageSinhalese Means "military, forces, cavalry", derived from Sanskrit बल (bala) meaning "strength, might" combined with the Sinhala suffix ගේ (ge) meaning "of, home, house".
TregurthaCornish A rare Cornish surname that derives its name from either the manor of Tregurtha in the parish of St. Hilary (located in west Cornwall) or from the hamlet of Tregurtha Barton in the parish of St. Wenn (located in central Cornwall)... [more]
GünaltayTurkish From Turkish gun meaning "sun, day" and altun meaning "gold". A famous bearer was the Turkish prime minister Şemsettin Günaltay (1883-1961).
SpalloneItalian From spalla "shoulder, back", indicating someone who carried things on their shoulders. The modern translation is "smuggler". Alternately, may be an elaboration of Spalla.
MarascoItalian Means "morello, morello cherry" in Italian, derived from Latin amarus "bitter".