Submitted Surnames from Locations

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Kakihara Japanese
From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain". A notable bearer of this surname is voice actor Tetsuya Kakihara (柿原 徹也, 1982–).
Kakii Japanese
Kaki means "pomegranate" means "well, pit, mineshaft".
Kakimura Japanese
Kaki means "persimmon" and mura means "village, hamlet".
Kakine Japanese (Rare)
Kaki (垣) means "fence", ne (根) means "root, base, foundation". Notable bearers of this surname are Takuya Kakine, a football player, and Teitoku Kakine, a character from Toaru Majutsu no Index
Kakinoki Japanese
"Persimmon tree."
Kakinuma Japanese
From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".
Kakisaki Japanese
Kaki means "persimmon" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".
Kakita Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kakizaki Japanese
From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Kakizaki Japanese
From Japanese 蠣 (kaki) meaning "oyster" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Kaku Japanese
From Japanese 角 (kaku) meaning "corner".
Kakuma Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 隈 (kuma) meaning "corner, shade".
Kakuta Japanese
From 角 (kaku) meaning "corner" and 田 (da) meaning "rice paddy, field".
Kakutani Japanese
From Japanese 角 (kaku) meaning "corner" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Kalda Estonian
Variant form of Kallas "shore".
Kaldoja Estonian
Kaldoja is an Estonian name meaning "sloping creek".
Kale Croatian
Possibly derived from Turkish kale, meaning "castle, fortress".
Kale Turkish
Means "castle, fortress" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic قلعة (qal'ah).
Kalinin Russian
Derived from Russian калина (kalina) meaning "guelder rose" (a type of plant).
Kalinowska f Polish
Feminine form of Kalinowski.
Kalinowski m 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)".
Kalju Estonian
Means "cliff, rock" in Estonian. The given name Kalju is an independent invention.
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
Means "shore, bank (of a river), seashore" in Estonian.
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
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.
Kalyniuk Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Kalynyuk.
Kalynyuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian калина (kalyna), meaning virburnim.
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 (Ta) 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".
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".
Kamieńska f Polish
Feminine form of Kamieński.
Kamimura Japanese
Kami means "god" or "top, upper" and mura means "village, hamlet "
Kaminskis Latvian
Latvian form 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.
Kamisaka Japanese
Kami can mean "god" or "above, upper, top" and saka means "hill, slope."
Kamiyama Japanese
From Japanese 神 (kami) meaning "god" or 上 (kami) meaning "above, upper" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Kamm German, Estonian
Means "comb" in German, an occupational name for a wool comber or fuller, or perhaps a maker of combs. In some cases it might have been used in the sense of "ridge of mountains, hills", making it a topographic name... [more]
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 Germanic element kamp "field", derived from Latin campus "open space, battlefield".
Kamphuis Dutch
Topographic name for someone who lived near a field, derived from Dutch kamp "enclosed field" and huis "house, home, building".
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).
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".=
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.
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".
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).
Käosaar Estonian
Possibly means "cuckoo island" in Estonian, from a genitive form of kägu "cuckoo" combined with saar "island". It could also indicate someone from the village Käo in Saare county, on the island Saaremaa.
Kapel Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
Means "chapel" in Dutch, a habitational name for someone who lived near a chapel (or in a place named after one), or an occupational name for a chaplain.
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
Kaposi Hungarian
Derived from places named Kaposvár or Kapos.
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.
Karamanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Քարամանյան (see Karamanyan).
Karamanli f Greek
Feminine form of Karamanlis. Anna Karamanli (1968-) is a Greek politician, sports journalist, and former athlete.
Karamanlis m Greek
Originally indicated a person who came from Karaman, a city located in south-central Turkey. The name itself is derived from Karaman Bey (full name Karim al-Dīn Ḳarāmān Beg), a Turkoman chieftain who ruled the Karamanids in the 13th century... [more]
Karamanyan Armenian
From Ottoman Turkish قرامان (Karaman), a city in south-central Turkey, or قرامان (karaman) "swarthy, black, dark-skinned".
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
Derived from Basque kare "lime (mineral)" and -aga "place of, abundance of".
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]
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".
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.
Kármán Hungarian
An ethnic name for people from Karaman, Turkey, via Medieval Latin Caramanus.
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").
Karpiński m Polish
Derived from karp, the Polish spelling of "carp." Historically, the Karpiński family was part of the royal Clan of Korab, one of the twelve noble tribes of Poland.
Karrantza Basque
Habitational name from Basque Country, Spain, a Basque adaptation of Carrantia, a toponym probably of Cantabrian origin meaning "high rocks" (compare Basque harri "rock, stone" and (h)andi "big, large").
Karslake English
Variant spelling of Kerslake.
Karube Japanese
From Japanese 苅 (karu) meaning "reap, cut" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
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).
Kašćelan Montenegrin
Derived from Italian castello, meaning "castle".
Kaseda Japanese
If kase is spelled like 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase, join, include, Canada" and 世 (se, yo) meaning "generation, world, society, public", then it can also be read as kayo... [more]
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
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".
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
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
From Japanese 樫 (kashi) meaning "oak" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
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".
Kashiwazaki Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
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).
Kastanis m Greek
From Greek καστανιά (kastania) meaning "chestnut, chestnut tree". This name is given to someone with chestnut hair or someone who lived near a chestnut tree.
Kasteel Dutch
Dutch cognate of Castle.
Kastelic Slovene
Means "from a castle".
Kasuba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).
Kasuya Japanese
From Japanese 粕 (kasu) meaning "dregs, sediment, scrap" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Kat Dutch, Frisian, South African, Jewish
Means "cat", a habitational name for someone who lived by a sign depicting a cat, or a nickname for someone who somehow resembled a cat, perhaps in agility or an independent nature.
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
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 井 (i) meaning "well".
Kataja Finnish
Finnish for common juniper. Originally given to people living near juniper trees.
Katakami Japanese
Variant transcription of Katagami.
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".
Katje Dutch
Diminutive form of the surname Kat.
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
From Japanese 勝 (katsu) meaning "victory" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Katsuyama Japanese
Katsu means "victory" and yama means "mountain, hill".
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.
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.
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".
Kawaei Japanese
From 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 栄 (ei) meaning "glory, honour, flourish, prosper".... [more]
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".
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."
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".
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".
Kawaye Japanese (Americanized)
Americanized form of Kawai.
Kawazu Japanese (Rare)
Kawa (川, 河) means "river", tsu (津) means "port". Tsu changes to zu/dzu because of rendaku
Kaya Japanese
From 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate", combined with 屋 (ya) meaning "house, shop".
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]