This is a list of submitted surnames in which the order is random.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
MitfordEnglish From the name of a village in Northumberland, England, derived from either Old English midd "middle" or (ge)myþe "confluence, stream junction, river mouth" combined with ford "ford, river crossing".
TullochScottish Scottish habitational name from a place near Dingwall on the Firth of Cromarty, named with Gaelic tulach ‘hillock’, ‘mound’, or from any of various other minor places named with this element.
NishimakiJapanese From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 牧 (maki) meaning "shepherd, tend cattle" or 巻 (maki) meaning "winding, rolling"..
MiniumItalian (Modern, ?) Minium is the name of a red pigment made from lead oxide as well as the name of the mineral itself, coming from Latin. It was named so because the mines it came from were close to the River Minius in Iberia... [more]
VillaquiránSpanish It indicates familial origin within either of 2 municipalities: Villaquirán de los Infantes or Villaquirán de la Puebla.
BumpusEnglish (i) from a medieval nickname for a vigorous walker (from Old French bon "good" + pas "pace"); (ii) perhaps "person who lives by a place through which travel is easy" (from Old French bon "good" + pas "passage")
KuritaJapanese From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chesnut" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
MolDutch Means "mole (animal)" in Dutch. Could be a nickname for someone with poor eyesight or who was known for digging, an occupational name for a mole catcher, or a habitational name for someone from Mol in the Antwerp province, Belgium.
KamalaphiromThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KaramatsuJapanese Kara means "Larch" (green needles poking from a tree) and Matsu means "Pine/Fur Tree".
KochJewish Koch - which also has the meaning of Cook in German's origin was however not from that meaning. It origins are to be traced in the Jewish ancestory. The original meaning came from the word Star. Amongst the related surnames (with or without bar in front or a ba or similar appended) are: Koch, Kochba, Kok, Kock, Kuk, Coq, Coqui, Cook (as a translation from the perceived meaning of cook) and a host of others... [more]
BeshimovKyrgyz Possibly derived from the given name Beshim. A known bearer is Bakyt Beshimov, the deputy chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan.
SewellEnglish Derived from the Middle English given names Sewal(d) and Siwal(d), variants of Old English Sigeweald, composed of sige "victory" and weald "power, authority, rule".
ScanavaccaItalian Possibly an occupational name for a butcher, from scannare "to slaughter, to cut the throat of" and vacca "cow".
CadedduItalian From Sardinian cadeddu "puppy, whelp", ultimately from Latin catellus.
BirchEnglish, German, Danish, Swedish (Rare) From Middle High German birche, Old English birce, Old Danish birk, all meaning "birch". This was likely a topographic name for someone living by a birch tree or a birch forest... [more]
SilveyraSpanish Topographic name from silveira 'woodland', a collective derivative of silva (see Silva ); or a habitational name from any of the places called Silveira in Lugo and Pontevedra provinces, Galicia, Iberia.
PopalzaiPashto Meaning unknown, possibly derived from Persian پوپل (pupal) meaning "betel nut". The Popalzai are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Durrani in Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan.
SłomińskiPolish This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Masovian villages named Słomin.
ZielsdorfGerman Habitational name from an unidentified place, perhaps Ziersdorf in Lower Austria.
DycianGerman (East Prussian), Hebrew The surname "Dycian" is quite rare, with limited information available regarding its origin or meaning. One suggestion proposes that it may derive from the German word "dicyan," meaning "cyanogen," a chemical compound... [more]
AmaiJapanese This surname is used as 天井 or 甘井 with 天 (ten, ama-, amatsu, ame) meaning "heavens, imperial, sky", 甘 (kan, ama.i, ama.eru, ama.yakasu, uma.i) meaning "be content, coax, pamper, sugary, sweet" and 井 (shou, sei, i) meaning "community, town, well, well crib."
MuehlhauserOld High German The German surname Müehlhauser is derived from the Middle High German words "mülle" and "hûs" which respectively mean mill and house. It is roughly translated to mean "mill-house" and is believed to have evolved from an individual who was either the owner of a mill or lived in a house attached to a mill in earlier times.
RedgateEnglish Habitational name from any of several places called Redgate such as Redgate in Uppingham (Rutland) recorded as le Redegate in 1290... [more]
BagatsingFilipino Filipinized form of Bhagat Singh, a combination of Sanskrit भगत (bhagat) meaning "devotee, follower" combined with सिंह (siṃhá) meaning "lion". A notable bearer was Ramon Bagatsing (1916-2006), the 19th Mayor of Manila who was of Indian descent.
AceboSpanish panish: Habitational Name From A Place Named Acebo, For Example In Cáceres Province; The Place Name Is From Acebo ‘Holly’ (Latin Aquifolium, Literally ‘Sharp-Leafed’).
GogliaItalian Nickname or a metonymic occupational name for a person who used leaves from a kind of plant to bind grafts, derived from the Italian dialectal goglia.
LinleyEnglish This surname can be derived from a place of the same name in Shropshire, which is derived from Old English lín meaning "flax, linen" and leah meaning "clearing." As a modern surname, it can also be a variant of Lindley (Lindley is used in 2 places in Yorkshire), which is derived from Old English lind meaning "lime tree" and leah.
HạVietnamese Vietnamese form of He, from Sino-Vietnamese 賀 (hạ).
HeimlichGerman Nickname for a secretive person from Middle High German heimelich German heimlich "confidential secret".
LadleyEnglish Probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place.
CraigieScottish Habitational name from any of several places in Scotland called Craigie, or simply a topographic name derived from Scottish Gaelic creag.
CapitaItalian Possibly derived from Sardinian cabitta meaning "little head" or "headboard (of a bed)", or perhaps from a contraction of cabiddáda "large quantity", indicating wealth. It could also derive from a descendant of Latin capitis "head".
BrinkerGerman, Dutch Derived from brink "edge, slope" or "village green", indicating that the bearer of the surname lived near a prominent slope of land or next to the centre of a village.
ArlinghausGerman Perhaps a habitational name from Oerlinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia.
JiaChinese From Chinese 甲 (jiǎ) meaning "one, first", also referring to an ancient fief or small state named Jia located in what is now either Henan or Hebei province.
Van BarneveldDutch Means "from Barneveld", a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland.
BeamEnglish From Old English beam "beam" or "post". It could be a topographic name from someone living near a post or tree, or it could be a metonymic occupational name for a weaver.... [more]
JägerstätterMedieval German Jäger meaning "hunter" + stätter, a suffix indicating a dwelling or home, literally translates to "hunter's dwelling" or "hunter's home".... [more]
GermanosGreek From Greek Γερμανία (Germania) meaning Germany.
GaddamTelugu This surname means "on the hill" It is derived from the Telugu words "gadda (గడ్డ)" which means hill and "meeda (మీద)/meedi (మీది)" which means on. The two words were put together and shortened to Gaddam.
ChiovaroSicilian Unknown meaning. Brought over to the United States from Sicilian immigrants, where the pronunciation changed from KEE-o-vah-row to SHIV-ahr-ow.
KurokawaJapanese From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" combined with 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river."
GofiganChamorro Chamorro for "very hot climate". Gof- is an amplifier which means very. Figan is a word for "hot", implying the climate
BibyltyOssetian Derived from Georgian ბიბილო (bibilo) meaning "scar" or "crest", used to refer to a person with a distinctive scar on their face.
EllerkerEnglish (British) This surname takes its name from the village of Ellerker in East Yorkshire. It derives from Old English alor “alder” and Old Norse kjarr "marsh, thicket". Mostly found in Yorkshire, notable bearers of this surname include English knight Sir Ralph Ellerker, and English politician Edward Ellerker, both of whom lived during the 16th centuries.
KiyomigawaJapanese A notable user of this surname is Kiyomigawa Umeyuki, a sumo wrestler from Yokota, Akita Prefecture.
VreeswijkDutch Habitational name from a former village and municipality in the province Utrecht, Netherlands, derived from Old Dutch Frieso "Frisian" and wic "village, town"... [more]
PiñeroSpanish Castilianized from the Portuguese surname Pinheiro, meaning "pine-tree"
WestdykeEnglish Name given to someone who lived on the west side of a dyke.
PlumtreeEnglish From any of the locations called Plumtree for anyone who lived near a plum tree derived from Old English plume "plum" and treow "tree".
ScafataItalian Possibly denoting someone from the Italian town Scafati, from Latin scapha "skiff, light boat". Alternately, may be from Italian scafare "to husk peas", either literally referring to someone's occupation, or from the figurative meaning of "to make more confident; alert, shrewd".
PühvelEstonian Pühvel is an Estonian surname meaning "buffalo (wisent)" and "bull".
KrčmarCroatian Derived from Croatian krčmar meaning "innkeeper, tavern owner, barkeeper", which is ultimately derived from Croatian krčma meaning "inn, tavern, pub".... [more]
CanomanuelSpanish The first part of this surname is possibly derived from Spanish cano "hoary, white-haired, grey-haired". The second part is derived from the given name Manuel... [more]
WurzburgerJewish "The Wurzburger surname is derived from the German city of Wurzburg, Bavaria, where Jews first settled in the 11th century. The German and Yiddish ending -er means 'of', 'from'." - from https://forebears.io/surnames/wurzburger
KennerkEnglish The surname Kennerk was first found in Westphalia, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families in the western region. From the 13th century onwards the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.
LoveraItalian, Spanish Either a topographic name from lovera "wolf pack" or "wolves’ lair" or a habitational name from a place called Lovera. Spanish variant of Lobera.
BergenstenSwedish From bergen "mountains" and sten "stone". This is the surname of Minecraft's lead designer Jens Bergensten, known professionally as Jeb.
ElizoharHebrew (Modern, Rare) Means "my God is brilliant" or "my God is shining" in Hebrew. Taken from Hebrew ’el + i (7) combined with the name Zohar.
BacigalupoItalian From Ligurian bacigare "to beat with a stick" and lupo "wolf", or from Genoese basigâ "to swing, to tease" and lupo "wolf". Possibly a nickname for someone considered courageous or cowardly, or an occupational name for a hunter.
LetendreFrench From 'tendre', meaning "tender" or "delicate".