Submitted Surnames from Locations

Kalinin Russian
Derived from Russian калина (kalina) meaning "guelder rose" (a type of plant).

Kalinov m Russian, Bulgarian

Kalinowska f Polish
Feminine form of Kalinowski.

Kalinowski Polish
Name for someone from any of various locations named Kalinowa, Kalinowo or Kalinów, all derived from Polish kalina meaning "viburnum (a type of plant)".

Kalinska Polish

Kalju Estonian
Kalju is an Estonian surname, meaning "cliff". "Kalju" is also a masculine given name.

Kaljumäe Estonian
Kaljumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff hill".

Kaljurand Estonian
Kaljurand is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff beach".

Kaljuvee Estonian
Kaljuvee is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff water".

Kallas Estonian
Kallas is an Estonian surname, meaning "shore".

Kallaste Estonian
Kallaste is and Estonian surname meaning "seaside" or "seashore".

Kállay Hungarian
Habitational name for someone from a place called Kálló or Kallo in Nógrád County or from the provincial town of Nagykálló in Szabolcs County in Hungary

Kallio Finnish
Means "rock" in Finnish (as in a formation of solid rock, not a piece of stone). Common, is in the top 50 surnames. Kyösti Kallio was the fourth president of Finland.

Kalm Estonian
Kalm is an Estonian surname derived from "kalme", meaning "burial mound" and "kalmistu", meaning "cemetery".

Kalnieks Latvian
Derived from the word kalns meaning "mountain".

Kalthoff German
German (Westphalian): habitational name from a place named as 'the cold farm', from Middle High German kalt "cold" + hof "farmstead", "manor farm’, "court".

Kalviste Estonian
Kalviste is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Kalvi", a village in Lääne-Viru County.

Kamachi Japanese
Kama means "honeysuckle" and chi means "ground, soil", or it could be spelled as ka meaning "add, increase" and machi meaning "town".

Kamada Japanese
From Japanese 鎌 (kama) meaning "sickle, scythe" and 田 (Tạ) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kamai Japanese
Kama means "honeysuckle" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Kamakura Japanese
Kama means "honeysuckle" and kura means "storehouse."

Kamase Japanese
From Japanese 釜 (kama) meaning "cauldron; pot; kettle" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids; current".

Kamata Japanese
From Japanese 鎌 (kama) meaning "sickle, scythe" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kambayashi Japanese

Kamberg German

Kambos Greek (Anglicized), English (American), English (Australian)
Anglicized form of Kampos.

Kambosos Greek (Anglicized), English (American), English (Australian)
Anglicized form of Kamposos.

Kamchatsky Russian
Refers to a region in Eastern Russia named "Kamchatka."

Kameda Japanese
From Japanese 亀 (kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kamegai Japanese
"Turtle valley".

Kamegaya Japanese
"Turtle valley".

Kamei Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "turtle well". It is written as 亀井. A bearer of this surname is Eri Kamei. She is a member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. (1988-)

Kameoka Japanese
From Japanese 亀 (kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Kametani Japanese
"Turtle valley."

Kameya Japanese
"Turtle valley".

Kameyama Japanese
From Japanese 亀 (kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kamida Japanese

Kamieńska f Polish
Feminine form of Kamieński.

Kamieński Polish
Variant of Kamiński.

Kamigai Japanese

Kamigawa Japanese
Variant of Kamikawa.

Kamigaya Japanese

Kamihigashi Japanese

Kamijo Japanese

Kamikawa Japanese

Kamimoto Japanese

Kamimura Japanese
Kami means "god" or "top, upper" and mura means "village, hamlet "

Kaminskis Latvian
Latvian form of Kamiński.

Kaminsky Polish, Serbian
Variant of Kamiński.

Kamio Japanese
The Japanese surname "Kamio" (上尾) typically means "upper tail" or "upper end." Surnames in Japanese often have different origins and meanings, but "Kamio" likely originated from a geographic feature or a historical occupation.

Kamioka Japanese

Kamisaka Japanese
Kami can mean "god" or "above, upper, top" and saka means "hill, slope."

Kamita Japanese

Kamitani Japanese

Kamiyama Japanese
From Japanese 神 (kami) meaning "god" or 上 (kami) meaning "above, upper" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kamizaka Japanese
Variant of Kamisaka.

Kamizawa Japanese

Kamon Japanese

Kamori Japanese
Ka means "increase, step up" or "congratulation" and mori means "forest".

Kamosawa Japanese
Kamo means "duck" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Kamoshida Japanese
From Japanese 鴨 (kamo) meaning "duck", 志 (shi) meaning "will, purpose" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kamp German, Dutch, Danish
From the German element kamp (from Latin campus) "field".

Kampos Greek
From Greek meaning "plain, lowlands".

Kamposos Greek
Diminutive of Kampos.

Kampū Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 寒風 (Kampū) meaning "Kampū", a former division in the former large village of Kamiminamiaosawa in the former district of Akumi in the former Japanese province of Ugo in parts of present-day Akita and Yamagata in Japan.

Kana Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 海南 (see Unami).

Kanagai Japanese
Variant of Kanatani.

Kanagaya Japanese
Variant of Kanatani.

Kanai Japanese

Kanai Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Kaname Japanese
Kana means "gold, metal, money" and ne means "root, origin".

Kanamoto Japanese
Kana means "gold, metal, money" and moto means "origin, root, source".

Kanaoka Japanese
Kana means "metal, money, gold" and oka means "hill, mound",

Kanarek Jewish (Anglicized, Modern)
Originally from Canary, as in the Canary Islands.

Kanasawa Japanese
Kana means "gold, metal, money" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".=

Kanata Japanese
Variant of Kanada.

Kanatani Japanese

Kanatsu Japanese

Kanaya Japanese
Variant of Kanatani.

Kanaya Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "metal, money" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Kanayama Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "metal, money" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kanazawa Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "metal, money, gold" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Kanba Japanese
From 樺 (kanba) meaning "birch".

Kanbara Japanese
From Japanese 神 (kan) meaning "god" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kanbayashi Japanese
From the Japanese 上 (kan, kami or ue) "upper," "above," 管 (kan) "tube," "canal," 官 (kan) "authorities," "government" or 神 (kan, kami or shin) "god" and 林 (bayashi or hayashi) "forest," "woods," "grove."

Kanbe Japanese
It's written as kan meaning "god, deity" and be meaning "door".

Kandel Nepali
Habitational name from a village called Kanda.

Kandiotis Greek

Kaneda Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "metal" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Kanehara Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kaneko Okinawan (Japanized)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganeko).

Kanemitsu Japanese
Kane means "gold, metal" and mitsu means "light".

Kanemoto Japanese
Topographic name meaning ‘(one who lives) near where gold (or any metal) is found’. Found in the island of Okinawa, where it is variously written. ... [more]

Kanemoto Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kaneniwa Japanese
"Golden garden."

Kaneshiro Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".

Kaneta Japanese

Kang Chinese, Korean
From Chinese 康 (kāng), derived from Kangju (康居), the Chinese name for an ancient kingdom in Central Asia (now known as Sogdiana). It may also refer to the city of Samarkand in present-day Uzbekistan, which was called 康 in Chinese.

Kanie Japanese
From Japanese 蟹 (kani) meaning "crab" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Kanja Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 冠者 (Kanja), a variant spelling of 管者 (Kanja) meaning "Kanja", a former division in the district of Chīsagata in the former Japanese province of Shinano in present-day Nagano, Japan.

Känngård Swedish (Rare)
Derived from a place named Kännavallen (now known as Tjännavallen) outside Enånger, Hälsingland, Sweden.

Kanno Japanese
From the Japanese 菅 (kan or suga) "sedge" and 野 (no) "field," "area." This name can also be read as Sugano.

Kano Japanese
From Japanese 狩 (ka) meaning "hunt, gather" and 野 (no) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kanpistegi Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the commune of Ezterenzubi in the arrondissement of Baiona.

Kanroji Japanese
Fron Japanese 甘 (kan) meaning "sweet", 露 (ro) meaning "dew" and 寺 (ji) meaning "temple".

Kantakouzenos Greek
One of the noble Byzantine families, the surname is connected to the locality of Kouzenas, a name for the southern part of Mount Sipylus near Smyrna (Izmir).

Kanzawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒風澤 (see Sabusawa).

Kapeller German, German (Austrian)
Derived from Middle High German kappelle, kapelle "chapel", this name denoted someone who lived near a chapel.

Kapodistrias Greek
This surname is a greek version of Capo d'Istria

Kapos Greek

Kapuściński Polish
Habitational name for someone from the town of Kapuścin or Kapuścino, both named from Polish kapusta meaning "cabbage".

Karadağ Turkish
From Turkish kara meaning "black" and dağ meaning "mountain".

Karadeniz Turkish
Means "black sea" in Turkish.

Karakawa Japanese
Kara means "larch" and kawa means "river, stream".

Karakaya Turkish
Means "black rock" in Turkish.

Karasawa Japanese

Karbowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Karbowo in Torun voivodeship, a place so named from Polish karbowy "overseer (of farm laborers)", from karbowac "to make notches", i.e. to keep records.

Karczewski Polish
habitational name for someone from Karczew, named with Polish karcz ‘stump’.

Kareaga Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Barakaldo.

Kari Finnish, German (Austrian), Slovene (?), Hungarian, Indian, Marathi
As a Finnish name, it is a topographic and ornamental name from kari "small island", "stony rapids", "sandbar", or "rocky place in a field". This name is found throughout Finland.... [more]

Karigai Japanese

Karigaya Japanese

Karino Japanese

Karitani Japanese

Kariya Japanese

Karjala Finnish
Finnish from karja ‘cattle’ + the local suffix -la, or possibly from a word of Germanic origin, harja- ‘host’, ‘crowd’, Old Swedish haer. Historic records suggest that the Germanic inhabitants of the area around Lake Ladoga (in present-day Russia) used this term to refer to the Finns who once lived there.

Karjamaa Estonian
Karjamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "pastureland".

Karkamu Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Gaubea, Province of Araba.

Karkavandian Armenian, Iranian
Those belonging to the Karkevand/Garkevand district of Iran who are most likely of Armenian origin. Typical modern Armenian last names end with the originally patronymic suffix -յան or -եան, transliterated as -yan, -ian, or less often '-jan'... [more]

Karlin Polish
Polish habitational name from a village in Poland.

Karling German
A habitational name from Karling in Bavaria.

Karlsberg German
Means "Carl's Mountain" in German language, it is also used in other Germanic languages

Karlström Swedish
Literally means "Carl's stream" in Swedish.

Karmazinas Lithuanian
Perhaps a habitational name taken from the Lithuanian village Karmazinai. The name of the village is allegedly derived from Polish karmazyn "crimson". See also Karmazsin, a Hungarian occupational name for a dyer or for someone making dyestuff (taken directly from Hungarian karmazsin "crimson").

Karrantza Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality in the Basque Country.

Karslake English
Variant spelling of Kerslake.

Karyotakis Greek

Kasahara Japanese
From Japanese 笠 (kasa) meaning "conical hat" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kasahara Japanese (Rare)
From an additional character of Japanese 上 (ka) meaning "above; high; up" added to 砂原 (Sunahara) (see Sunahara).

Kasaya Japanese

Kašćelan Montenegrin
Derived from Italian castello, meaning "castle".

Kaselaid Estonian
Kaselaid is an Estonian surname meaning "birch islet".

Kasemaa Estonian
Kasemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "birch land".

Kasemets Estonian
Kasemets is an Estonian surname meaning "birch forest".

Kashani Persian

Kashani Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Kashan in Isfahan province, Iran. The name may be derived from the Kasian, the original inhabitants of the area.

Kashgari Uyghur, Arabic
Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Kashgar, located in the Xinjiang region of western China. The city's name is of Persian origin probably meaning "rock mountain".

Kashibara Japanese
Variant of Kashihara.

Kashihara Japanese
Kashi means "candy" and hara means "plain, field".

Kashii Japanese
Kashi can mean "candy" or "oak" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit"

Kashima Japanese

Kashima Japanese
From Japanese 鹿 (ka) meaning "deer" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kashimoto Japanese
From Japanese 樫 (kashi) meaning "oak" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kashimura Japanese

Kashimura Japanese
From Japanese 樫 (kashi) meaning "oak" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Kashiwabara Japanese
Variant of Kashiwahara.

Kashiwabara Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kashiwada Japanese (Rare)
Kashiwa means "oak" and da comes from ta meaning "field, rice paddy". ... [more]

Kashiwado Japanese (Rare)
Kashiwa means "oak" and do means "door". ... [more]

Kashiwaeda Japanese
柏 (Kashiwa) means "Japanese emperor oak" and 枝 (eda) means "bough, twig, branch".

Kashiwagi Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Kashiwahara Japanese
Kashiwa means "oak" and hara means "field, plain".

Kashiwako Japanese
Kashiwa means "oak" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Kashiwara Japanese
Variant of Kashihara.

Kashiwazaki Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Kashiyama Japanese

Kashmanian Armenian
this name is believed to be a version of the name of a city called kashman

Kasimov Russian
From the city of Kasimov, located in Ryazan district, Russia.

Kasongo Central African
A Congolese surname derived from the town with the same name, located in the Maniema Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kassel German
habitational name mainly from a place of this name in northeastern Hesse so named from Frankish castella cassela "fortification" a military term from Late Latin castellum "fortified position fort" or a topographic name from the same word.

Kasselmann German
Combination of the German place name Kassel (or Cassel) and German Mann "man".

Kassler German
habitational name for someone from Kassel (see Kassel).

Kastamonites Greek
Someone from Kastamoni (Kastamonu).

Kasteel Dutch
Dutch cognate of Castle.

Kastelic Slovene
Means "from a castle".

Kasuba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Kasugano Japanese

Kasuya Japanese
From Japanese 粕 (kasu) meaning "dregs, sediment, scrap" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Kataba Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "one side; one-sided" and 場 (ba) meaning "place".

Katagami Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "single" and 上 (gami) meaning "above".

Katagiri Japanese
From the Japanese 片 (kata) "single-" and 桐 (giri) "foxglove tree."

Katai Japanese

Kataja Finnish
Finnish for common juniper. Originally given to people living near juniper trees.

Katakami Japanese
Variant transcription of Katagami.

Katano Japanese

Katano Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "one-sided, part" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

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

Katase Japanese
From 片 (kata) meaning "one side, single" and 瀬 (se) meaning "current, ripple".

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

Katoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Kato.

Katōno Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ka) meaning "above, top, upper", 遠 (tō) meaning "distant, far off" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Katono Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 上遠野 (see Katōno).

Katsuta Japanese

Katsuta Japanese
From Japanese 勝 (katsu) meaning "victory" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Katsuyama Japanese
Katsu means "victory" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Katta Japanese

Kattano Japanese (Rare)

Kaunas Lithuanian
From Kaunas, the name of a city in Lithuania, itself most likely derived from a given name.

Kaunisvesi Finnish
Means "beautiful water", deriving from the Finnish elements kaunis ("possessing charm and attractiveness") and vesi ("water").

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.

Kavaja Albanian

Kavakami Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Kawakami more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Kavasaki Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Kawasaki more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Kawa Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream".

Kawabara Japanese
Variant of Kawahara.

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

Kawabe Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Kawachi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and chi means "ground".

Kawada Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kawaei Japanese
From 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 栄 (ei) meaning "glory, honour, flourish, prosper".... [more]

Kawagai Japanese
Variant of Kawatani.

Kawagaya Japanese
Variant of Kawatani.

Kawagoe Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 越 (koeru) meaning "pass, cross, go through".

Kawahara Japanese
From Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kawahata Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and hata means "field".

Kawai Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Kawajiri Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and jiri comes from shiri meaning "rear, behind".

Kawakame Japanese (Rare)
Kawa means "river" and kame means "turtoise, turtle".

Kawakatsu Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and katsu means "victory".

Kawaki Japanese

Kawakita Japanese
川 (Kawa) means "River" and 北 (Kita) means "North".

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".

Kawanaka Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Kawanichi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and nichi means "sun, day".

Kawanishi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and nishi means "west".

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) and 野 (no) "field," "area."

Kawanoue Japanese

Kawara Japanese
Variant Kahara.

Kawarasaki Japanese

Kawarazaki Japanese
Variant of Kawarasaki.

Kawase Japanese
Kawase means "river" and se means "ripple".

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

Kawashima Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream, brook" and 島 (shima) or 嶋 (shima) both meaning "island".

Kawashita Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and shita means "under, below".

Kawasugi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and sugi means "cedar".

Kawasumi Japanese

Kawata Japanese
Variant transcription of Kawada.

Kawatani Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and tani means "valley".

Kawato Japanese
From 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 戸 (do) meaning "door".

Kawauchi Japanese
From Japanese 河 (kawa) or 川 (kawa) meaning "river" combined with 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Kawawara Japanese
Variant of Kawahara.

Kawaya Japanese
Variant of Kawatani.

Kawaye Japanese (Americanized)
Americanized form of Kawai.

Kawazaki Japanese
Variant of Kawasaki.

Kawazoe Japanese
Variant of Kawasoe.

Kawazu Japanese (Rare)
Kawa (川, 河) means "river", tsu (津) means "port". Tsu changes to zu/dzu because of rendaku

Kayama Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "increase, add" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kayashima Japanese
From Japanese 萱 (kaya) meaning "miscanthus reed" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

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

Kayton English

Kazaana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 風穴 (kazaana) meaning "air hole", referring to a place with many air holes.

Kazakh Kazakh
Derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kazakhstan.'

Kazakhstansky Russian, Kazakh
One who came from Kazakhstan.

Kazamatsuri Japanese
From Japanese 風祭 (Kazamatsuri) meaning "Kazamatsuri", an area in the city of Odawara in the prefecture of Kanagawa in Japan.

Kazanov Russian
Means "of Kazan", either referring to the city of Kazan in Tatarstan, Russia, or from a given name. The name is most likely of Turkic origin, possibly from Bulgar qazan meaning "cauldron, pot", which would have been used to denote someone who made pots.

Kaze Japanese
Kaze means "wind".

Kazeana Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 風穴 (see Kazaana).

Kazegai Japanese
Variant of Kazetani.

Kazegaya Japanese
Variant of Kazetani.

Kazetani Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 風 (kaze) meaning "wind, style" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Kazeya Japanese
Variant of Kazetani.

Kazikowski Polish
Variant of Kozikowski.

Kearsey English
Variant of Kearsley

Kearsley English
Derived from any of the English settlements called Kearsley

Keasley English
Variant of Kearsley

Kebukawa Japanese

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]

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.

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.

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

Kelce English
Variant of Kelsey.

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

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".

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

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.

Kelshaw English
Derived from the villages of North or South Kelsey in Lincolnshire.

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

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".

Ķemeris Latvian
Derived from the place name Ķemeri.

Kemper German, Dutch
German: status name denoting a peasant farmer or serf, an agent noun derivative of Kamp ... [more]

Kempes German, Dutch
German and Dutch variant of Kemp or Kamp. It could also be a habitational name for a person from any of the various places named Kempen on the border between Germany and the Netherlands (for example the town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, close to the Dutch border), a status name for a peasant farmer or serf, or an occupational name for an official calibrator who marked the correct weight and measures for verification, derived from Middle Low German kempen... [more]

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".

Kendo Japanese
From Japanese 拳 (ken) meaning "fist" and 藤 (do, dou, dō) meaning "wisteria"

Kendy English (?)
Variant of Kindy(?).

Kenmotsu Japanese

Kenmuir Scottish
Derived from one of several places named with Gaelic ceann mòr "big end" (of a feature such as a hill or loch).

Kenner English, Scottish, German, Jewish

Kennerley English

Kennett English

Kennington English

Kensaki Japanese

Kensett English
Variant of Kensit.