Submitted Surnames from Locations

Kuchler German (Rare)
Often confused with Küchler a name for a cookie baker, Kuchler is a noble name for an old german family. Kuchler is origined in a city named Kuchl at the border of todays german bavaria... [more]

Kudahl Danish

Kudoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Kudo.

Kue Hmong
From the clan name Kwm associated with the Chinese character 古 (gǔ) (see Gu).

Kueda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久枝 (see Hisaeda).

Kueng Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Kuang.

Kues German, Dutch (Rare)
Habitational name from Cues, now part of Bernkastel-Kues in the Rhineland Palatinate.

Kuga Japanese
From the Japanese 久 (ku or hisa) "long time," and 我 (ga) "self."

Kugisaki Japanese
Kugi means "nail, tack, peg" and saki means "peninsula, promontory, cape".

Kuhara Japanese (Rare)
Ku means "long time" and hara means "plain, field".

Kühl German, Low German
The spelling Kühl results from a folk-etymological association with High German kühl ‘cool’ (Middle High German küel(e), a nickname from Middle High German küel ‘cool’, ‘calm’... [more]

Kuilart Dutch
Derived from Dutch kuil "pit, hole in the ground", probably part of a toponym.

Kujawski Polish
Regional name for someone from Kujawy (see Kujawa) or from a village called Kujawy, for example in Sielce voivodeship.

Kujikawa Japanese
From Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago", 慈 (ji) meaning "mercy", and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".

Kujou Japanese

Kukino Japanese
It could be from 柊 (ku, kuki) meaning "holly, ilex" combined with 野 (no) meaning "field, plain". The ki portion could also be spelled with 木 (ki, gi) meaning "tree, wood"... [more]

Kukowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Kukowo in Wlolawek voivodeship or Kuków in Bielsko-Biala voivodeship, named with kuk, the cry of the cuckoo.

Külaots Estonian
Külaots is an Estonian surname meaning "village end".

Kulenović Bosnian

Kuma Japanese
Kuma could mean "bear", or it could be written with ku meaning "long lasting, long time ago" and ma meaning "horse" or "flax".

Kumada Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kumagaya Japanese

Kumai Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Kumakura Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".

Kumano Japanese
Kuma means "bear" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Kumanomido Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 or 熊埜御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Kumanomidō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 熊野 (Kumano), a name of a shrine that is/was somewhere in Ōita in Japan, 御 (o), a honorific indicator, and 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall", referring to a hall in Kumano Shrine.... [more]

Kumanomidō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 熊野 (Kumano), a name of a shrine that was somewhere in the former Japanese province of Kii in parts of present-day Wakayama and Mie in Japan, 御 (o), a honorific indicator, and 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall", referring to a hall in Kumano Shrine.... [more]

Kumanomidoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 or 熊埜御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Kumanomidou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 or 熊埜御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Kumasaka Japanese

Kumasaka Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Kumasawa Japanese
Kuma means "bear" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Kumasawa Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Kumashiro Japanese
Kuma means "bear" and shiro can mean "white" or "castle".

Kumatani Japanese

Kumaya Japanese

Kumazaki Japanese
Variant of Kumasaki.

Kumazawa Japanese
Variant of Kumasawa.

Kumigashira Japanese
From 組 (kumi) meaning "group, set," and 頭 (kashira) meaning "head".

Kummerow German
Habitational name from any of various places in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg called Kummerow.

Kumobayashi Japanese

Kundraparolu Telugu

Kunfermann Romansh
Younger form of Gufermann, which was derived from Romansh gufer "rubble, shingle" combined with German Mann "man". This name was given to someone who lived near a place filled with rubble.

Kung Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 龚 (see Gong).

Kuni Japanese

Kunida Japanese
From Japanese 国 (kuni) meaning "a land, a large place" combined with 田 (da) meaning "paddy, field".

Kunihiko Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and hiko means "prince".

Kunii Japanese
"Country well."

Kunii Japanese
From Japanese 国 or 國 (kuni) meaning "country, land" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Kuniki Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and ki means "tree, wood".

Kunimatsu Japanese
From Japanese 国 (kuni) meaning "land, a large place" combined with 松 (matsu) meaning "pine."

Kunimoto Japanese
From Japanese 国 (kuni) meaning "country" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kunimura Japanese
From Japanese 国 (kuni) meaning "country" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".

Kuninaka Japanese
From 国 (kuni) meaning "country, land" and 仲 (naka) meaning "relations, terms".

Kunio Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and o means "tail".

Kunita Japanese

Kunito Japanese

Kunitoh Japanese

Kuniyuki Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and yuki can mean "good" or "snow".

Kunizaki Japanese
Variant of Kunisaki.

Kuno Japanese
From Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kunogi Japanese

Kunoki Japanese

Kunugiza Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 椚座 (Kunugiza) meaning "Kunugiza", a former division in the former village of Kusaka in the former district of Tsuna in the former Japanese province of Awaji in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.

Kuo Taiwanese
Alternate transcription of Guo chiefly used in Taiwan.

Kurabashi Japanese
Variant of Kurahashi.

Kurabayashi Japanese
Variant of Kurahayashi.

Kurachi Japanese
From Japanese 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse" and 知 (chi) meaning "wisdom".

Kurada Japanese

Kurahashi Japanese
Kura means "storehouse, warehouse" and hashi means "bridge".

Kurahashi Japanese
From Japanese 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Kurahayashi Japanese
Kura means "storehouse" and hayashi means "forest, grove".

Kurai Japanese
Kura means "warehouse, storehouse" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Kuraishi Japanese

Kurama Japanese
Kura can mean "own, possess, warehouse, storehouse" and ma can mean "horse".

Kuramae Japanese
Kura means "storehouse, warehouse, have, possess" and mae means "front, forward".

Kuramochi Japanese

Kuramochi Japanese
From Japanese 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse" and 持 (mochi) meaning "hold, have, possess".

Kuramoto Japanese
From Japanese 倉, 蔵 (kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kuramura Japanese
Kura means "storehouse" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Kuranishi Japanese
Kura means "granary, warehouse, storehouse, has, possess" and nishi means "west".

Kurano Japanese
Kura means "storehouse, warehouse" no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Kuranoo Japanese
From 倉 (kura) meaning "possess, have, granary, storehouse", 野 (no) meaning "field", and 尾 (o) meaning "end, tail".... [more]

Kurashiki Japanese
From 倉 (kura) meaning "have, possess, storehouse, granary", combined with 式 (shiki) meaning "formula, expression, ceremony" or 敷 (shiki) meaning "house, paving".

Kurauchi Japanese
From Japanese 倉 (kura) or 蔵/藏 (kura) both meaning "granary, storehouse" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Kuri Japanese
From 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".

Kuribara Japanese

Kuribashi Japanese
Variant of Kurihashi.

Kuribayashi Japanese
A variant of Kurihayashi.

Kuribayashi Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Kurida Japanese
From 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kurihaba Japanese
栗幅 = chestnut | hanging scroll; width ... [more]

Kurihara Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chesnut" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kurihashi Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and hashi means "bridge".

Kurihayashi Japanese

Kurikara Japanese (Rare)
Kuri means "chestnut" and kara means "larch."

Kuriki Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and ki means "tree, wood".

Kuriki Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle".

Kurimida Japanese
Kurimi means "chestnut" and da comes from ta meaning "rice paddy, field".

Kurimita Japanese
Kurimi means "chestnut" and ta means "field, rice paddy".

Kurimoto Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kurio Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and o means "tail".

Kurisu Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 栖 (su) meaning "nest, den".

Kurita Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chesnut" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kuritsuka Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".

Kuriwara Japanese

Kuriyama Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and yama means "mountain".

Kuriyama Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kurizuka Japanese
A variant of Kuritsuka.... [more]

Kurmana Telugu

Kurnatowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Greater Polish village of Kurnatowice.

Kuroba Japanese
From the Japanese 黒 (kuro) "black" and 羽 (ha or hane) "wing."

Kurobashi Japanese
Variant of Kurohashi.

Kurobe Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Kurobiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Kurogiri Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 霧 (giri) meaning "mist"

Kuroi Japanese
Kuro means "black" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".

Kuroishi Japanese

Kuroita Japanese
Kuro means "black" and ita mean "board, plank".

Kurokawa Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" combined with 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river."

Kuromiya Japanese
Kuro means "Black" and Miya means "Shrine".... [more]

Kuromusha Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 黒武者 (Kuromusha) meaning "Kuromusha", a division in the division of Urano in the area of Iriki in the city of Satsumasendai in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan or a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Kurone Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Kuronire Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Kuronishi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Kuroniwa Japanese
Kuro means "black" and niwa means "garden".

Kurono Japanese
Kuro means "black" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Kuronuma Japanese
Kuro means "black" and numa means "swamp".

Kurosaki Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Kurose Japanese
Kuro means "black" and se means "current, ripple".

Kuroshima Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kurota Japanese

Kurschat German (East Prussian)
Variant of Kurscheit.

Kurskiy m Russian
Means "from Kursk".

Kurtzberg German, Yiddish, Jewish
Variant of Kurzberg.

Kurumi Japanese (Rare)
From 栗 (kurumi) meaning "chestnut".

Kurushima Japanese
From 栗 (kuru) meaning "chestnut" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kurusu Japanese
Combination of 来 (kuru), meaning "come, next", and 栖 (su), meaning "nest, den".

Kurzberg German, Yiddish, Jewish
From a location name meaning "short mountain" in German, from Middle High German kurz meaning "short" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.

Kusaka Japanese
meaning of sound of KUSA-KA is grassy-place. on kanji it means 日(sun) 下(under), there is association which grass grows good under the sun. this is the special case of usage of kanji in Japanese such as 飛鳥 asuka, 春日 kasuga and 長谷川 hasegawa.

Kusaka Japanese
From Japanese 日 (ku) meaning "sun, day" and 下 (saka) meaning "under, below".

Kusakabe Japanese

Kusama Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Kusano Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kuse Japanese
Ku means "long time ago" and se means "world"

Kushi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久枝 (see Hisaeda).

Kushige Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 櫛笥 (Kushige) meaning "Kushige", a former alley in the area of Kushige in the ward of Kamigyō in the city of Kyōto in the prefecture of Kyōto in Japan.... [more]

Kushige Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 櫛下 (Kushige), from 櫛下門 (Kushigemon), the name of one of the groups of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan, as well as surrounding areas.

Kushita Japanese

Kusuda Japanese
From Japanese 楠 (kusu) meaning "camphor tree" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kusumi Japanese

Kusunoki Japanese
From Japanese 楠 (kusunoki) meaning "camphor tree".

Kusunoki Japanese
From Japanese 楠 (kusunoki) meaning "camphor tree". This name can also be formed from 楠 (kusu) meaning "camphor" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Kusuta Japanese

Kutz Italian
Habitational name for someone from Kuhz, near Prenzlau.

Küün Estonian
Küün is an Estonian surname meaning "barn".

Kuusik Estonian
Kuusik is an Estonian surname meaning "spruce stand".

Kuuskmaa Estonian
Kuuskmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "fir/spruce land".

Kuwabara Japanese
Variant of Kuwahara.

Kuwabe Japanese

Kuwagai Japanese

Kuwagaya Japanese

Kuwahara Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kuwai Japanese

Kuwajima Japanese (Rare)
Kuwa (桑) means "mulberry", shima/jima (島) means "island". Shima changes to jima because of rendaku. It is also possible to be spelled as Kuwashima

Kuwako Japanese
Kuwa means "mulberry tree" and ko means "child, sign of the rat, first of the Chinese zodiac."

Kuwara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kuhara.

Kuwashima Japanese (Rare)
Kuwa (桑) means "mulberry", shima (島) means "island". It is also possible to be spelled as Kuwajima

Kuwata Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kuwawara Japanese

Kuwaya Japanese

Kuwayama Japanese

Kuwayama Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kuyeng Chinese (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).

Kuze Japanese
Ku means "long time ago" and ze comes from ze meaning "world".

Kvon Chinese (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).

Kvong Chinese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Kvon.

Kvyatkovskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russian form of Kwiatkowski.

Kwak Korean
From Sino-Korean 郭 (gwak) meaning "outer city" (making it the Korean form of Guo) or 霍 (gwak) meaning "quickly, suddenly".

Kwee Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Guo based on Dutch orthography.

Kwek Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Guo.

Kwieciński Polish, Jewish
Habitational surname for someone from a place named Kwiecin, named after the Polish word kwiat, which means "flower".

Kwm Hmong
Original Hmong form of Kue.

Kwong Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Kuang.

Kyoda Japanese

Kyoguchi Japanese
From Japanese 京 (kyo) meaning "capital" and 口 (guchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Kyohoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 京応 (see Kyōō).

Kyōō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 京 (kyō) meaning "capital city" and 応 (ō) meaning "to comply; to respond; to accord".

Kyoo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 京応 (see Kyōō).

Kyota Japanese

Kyouou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 京応 (see Kyōō).

Kyugoku Japanese
A variant of Kyogoku.

Kyuno Japanese

La Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Luo, from Sino-Vietnamese 羅 (la).

Lã Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Lu 1, from Sino-Vietnamese 呂 (lã).

Laan Dutch
Means "lane, avenue" in Dutch (see Van Der Laan). Alternatively, could be a matronymic from the given name Lane, a Middle Dutch diminutive of Juliana and other names with similar elements.

Lääne Estonian
Lääne is an Estonian surname meaning "western".

Laaneots Estonian
Laaneots is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen tip" or "edge".

Laanepõld Estonian
Laanepõld is an Estonian surname meaning "chickweed-wintergreen field".

Laaneviir Estonian
Laaneviir is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Laaneveere", a village in Viimsi Municipality, Harju County.

Läänsoo Estonian
Läänsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "west swamp".

Laayouni Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Laayoune, the name of a city in the Western Sahara (chiefly Moroccan).

Labossiere French
Norman habitational name from a common village name La Boissière, meaning 'wooded area', from bois 'wood'. possibly a metronymic, from a feminine derivative of Bossier 'cooper', denoting the 'wife of the cooper'.

Labrie French
Topographic name from l’abri meaning "the shelter", or a habitational name from a place named with this word.

LaBrie French
Referred to a person who came from various places named Brie in France, for example Brie-sous-Matha, a commune in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

Lachtrup German
Probably from a place name using the suffix -trup, related to dorf meaning "village". The first element could be lach "laugh, smile", or a corruption of loch "hole, pit".

Lackwood English

Lacombe French
French (western and southwestern): topographic name for someone living in or near a ravine, from la combe ‘the ravine’ (a word of Gaulish origin, related to English Combe).... [more]

La Costa Portuguese
Variant of Costa.

La Cotera Spanish
Spanish variant for Hill and/or someone living in a slope, A "cota" in Spanish.

Lacsina Pampangan
From Kapampangan laksina meaning "south", ultimately derived from Sanskrit दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa).

Lacunza Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Lakuntza.

Ladley English
Probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place.

Laei Polynesian

Læstadia Swedish (Archaic)
Feminine form of Læstadius.

Læstadius Swedish
From the name of the village Lästa in Ångermanland, Sweden, whose name possibly means "Leiðulfr's home". Lars Levi Læstadius (1800-1861) was a Swedish priest who founded a Lutheran revival movement known as Laestadianism.

Laffont Occitan
Variant of Lafont.

Lafitte French
French: topographic name for someone who lived near a boundary mark, Old French fitte (Late Latin fixta petra ‘fixed stone’, from the past participle of figere ‘to fix or fasten’), or habitational name from any of several places in western France named with this word

Laflash French (Quebec, Anglicized)
Anglicization of the name "Richer dit Laflèche." Richer comes from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ric ‘power(ful)’ + hari, heri ‘army.' Laflèche is a reference to La Flèche, a town in historical Anjou, France... [more]

Laflèche French (Quebec)
A French-Canadian secondary surname from "Richer dit Laflèche," used independently since 1746. Laflèche is derived from the French town of La Flèche, in the former province of Anjou.

Lafont French
topographic name for someone living near a spring or well a variant of Font with fused feminine definite article la.

Lafont Occitan
Topographic name for someone who lived near a spring or well, from Occitan font meaning "fountain".

Lafontaine French
Means" The fountain" in French.

Laframboise French, French (Quebec)
Derived from La Framboisière, a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

Lafranchi Alpine
Possibly, the Frank. Thought by some to indicate a group of merchants in Middle Ages responsible for the transalpine trade to the French.

Lafrenière French
Topographic name derived from French frenière meaning "place of ash trees". It is often Americanised as Freeman.

Lafuente Spanish
Means "the fountain" in Spanish derived from fons "fountain" with fused definite article la. Variant of Fuentes and cognate to Lafontaine.

Lagarde French
Habitational name from Lagarde or La Garde names of several places in various parts of France named in Old French with garde "watch protection" (see Garde).

Lagerfeld German

Lagerstedt Swedish
Feom Swedish, lager meaning "lair, den, shelter" and stedt meaning "town, farmstead".

Laghi Italian
Possibly originated to denote someone from the Italian town of Laghi.

Lago Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Topographic name for someone living by a lake from lago "lake" (from Latin lacus) or a habitational name from any of the many places called with this word.

Lagójskì Belarusian
This indicates familial origin within the city of Lagójsk.

Lagrange French
French: topographic name for someone who lived by a granary, a variant of Grange, with the definite article la.

Laguna Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in Spain named Laguna meaning "lake, pond" in Spanish.

Lah Slovene
It means "italian"

Lahaie French
Locational name for someone who lived near a hedge or large bush, from old French "La" the and "Haie" hedge.

Lahaye French, Walloon
topographic name with the definite article la from Old French haye "hedge" (see Haye ) or a habitational name from La Haye the name of several places in various parts of France and in Belgium (Wallonia) named with this word... [more]

Lahiri Bengali
Habitational name from either the village of Lohori in present-day Bangladesh or the village of Laheria in India.

Lahner German, Hungarian
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Lahn in Hungary and Germany. In southern Germany and Austria, Lahn denotes a place where there had been an avalanche or landslide, from Middle High German laen, lēne meaning "avalanche".

Laht Estonian
Means "bay, gulf" in Estonian.

Lại Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Lai, from Sino-Vietnamese 賴 (lại).

Lai Chinese
From Chinese 赖 (lài) meaning "rely", also referring to the ancient state of Lai that existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.

Lai Italian
Possibly denoting someone from Alà dei Sardi, or derived from the given name Nicola 1. Alternately, it may derive from lai, a type of lyrical poem.

Laidla Estonian
Laidla is an Estonian surname meaning "near an islet".

Lail English (American)
Americanized form of German Lehl or Loehl. In either case, the name is a spelling variant of Lehle or Löhle, pet forms of the personal name Leonhardt.

Laithen English
English habitational name from any of various places so called, for example in Lancashire (near Blackpool) and in North Yorkshire. The former was named in Old English as ‘settlement by the watercourse’, from Old English lad ‘watercourse’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; the latter as ‘leek enclosure’ or ‘herb garden’, from leac ‘leek’ + tun... [more]

Laizāns Latvian
Derived from the place name Laizāni.

Lake English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, Old English lacu, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, for example in Wiltshire and Devon. Modern English lake (Middle English lake) is only distantly related, if at all; it comes via Old French from Latin lacus... [more]

Lakeland English (Rare)
Taken from the Place name Lakeland.... [more]

Lakeman Dutch
Either a topographic name for someone who lived by a lake or pond, from Middle Dutch lake "lake, pool; stream, marshland" and man "person, man", or an occupational name from laken "broadcloth".

Lakes English

Lakuntza Basque
From the name of a town in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque lako "wine press" and -une "place, location" combined with -tza "large quantity, abundance".

Lalaurie French (Cajun)
A French surname meaning "the laurel".

Lalonde French
Habitational name from any of various places in Normandy called La Londe, from the French feminine definite article la combined with Old Norse lundr meaning "grove".

Lâm Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Lin, from Sino-Vietnamese 林 (lâm).

Lam Dutch, North Frisian
Means "lamb" in Dutch, a habitational name for someone who lived by a sign depicting a lamb or a place named for them. In some cases, it may derive from the name of a ship.

Lamalfa Sicilian
Variant of Malfa, most probably a habitational name for someone from Malfa on the island of Salina (Messina), although the name has also been linked with Amalfi in Salerno and Melfi in Potenza.

Lamantia Italian
Italian:vail, the last name of a general in Palrmo, Sicily, Italy.

Lamarche French
French: topographic name or habitational name, a variant of LaMarque.

Lamarr French, English
Variant form of Lamar.

Lámbarri Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Lanbarri.

Lambers French
Means "illustrious land", variant of Lambert

Lamborghini Italian
Probably from Germanic landa "land" and burg "fortress, castle".

Lamendola Italian, Sicilian
nickname or more often a habitational name from places named with the dialect term amendola, mendola, mendula "almond" (also "almond tree").

Lammas English
Lammas is a surname from the village Lamarsh in Essex, England.

Lammers English
Habitational name from either Lamas in Norfolk or Lamarsh in Essex, derived from Old English lām "loam, clay" combined with ersc "plowed field" or mersc "marsh".

Lampert German, English
German & English variant of Lambert.... [more]

Lamshed English
Surname common in Australia & the UK. A variation of Lambshead which was originally a mis-spelling of Lambside which was the area from which the family originated in Pommyland. Other variations include Lambshed, Lamshead, Lammyside and Lamesta... [more]

Lan Chinese
From Chinese 蓝 (lán) referring to a place called Lantian that existed in what is now Shaanxi province.

Lanbarri Basque
Habitational name meaning "newly ploughed land", derived from Basque lan "work, labour" (or possibly landa "field") and barri "new".

Lancashire English
Shire of Lancaster; One who came from Lancashire, a county in the North of England.

Lancaster English
From the name of a city in northwestern England derived from Middle English Loncastre, itself from Lon referring to an ancient Roman fort on the River Lune combined with Old English ceaster meaning "city, town".

Lanchester English
Indicated the bearer of the surname lived in the settlement of Lanchester.

Lanciego Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Lantziego.

Lanckoroński Polish
This denotes familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Lanckorona.

Land English, German
Topographic name from Old English land, Middle High German lant, "land, territory". This had more specialized senses in the Middle Ages, being used to denote the countryside as opposed to a town or an estate.

Landa Jewish
Variant of Landau.

Landaverde Spanish
From Spanish landa meaning 'meadow' + verde meaning 'green'.

Landazuri Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque landa "field, prairie, plain" and zuri "white".

Lande French, Norwegian, Jewish
French: topographic name for someone living on a heath, lande (from Gaulish landa ‘space’, ‘land’), or a habitational name from any of numerous minor places named La Lande from this word.... [more]

Landecho Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Landetxo.

Landen Belgian
Belgian habitational name from Landen in Brabant.

Lander German, Jewish
Topographic or status name from Middle High German lant "land, territory".

Landers English, Irish
From Norman French de Londres meaning "of London".

Landetxo Basque (Rare, Archaic)
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Mungia, Spain, derived from Basque landa "field, prairie, plain" and etxe "house, home, building".

Landford English

Landham English

Landibar Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the village of Urdazubi, Navarre, derived from Basque landa "field, prairie, plain" and ibar "valley, riverbank".

Landívar Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Landibar.

Landon French
Either from the given name Landon the French cognate of Lando. Or a habitational name from a place so named (from a diminutive of lande "heath") in Creuse.

Landsteiner German

Lanezo Spanish
Means "Lanezo's street" from Basque abas "Lanezo" and kale "street".

Lanford English

Langarica Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Langarika.

Langarika Basque (Rare)
From the name of a hamlet in Álava, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Basque langarri "arable, cultivatable", or from an uncertain given name.

Långbacka Finland Swedish
From Swedish lång "long" and backe "slope, hillside".

Langeland Norwegian
Derived from the elements lang meaning "long" and land meaning "land" or "farmstead".

Langendonck Dutch, Belgian
A habitational name derived from lang "long, elongated" and donk "sandy hill".