Submitted Surnames from Locations

Nakami Japanese
Naka means "middle" and mi means "mindset, view, outlook".

Nakamine Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit".

Nakamori Japanese
Naka means "middle" and mori means "forest".

Nakamoto Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Nakane Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship" and 根 (ne) meaning "root, source, foundation".

Nakanishi Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship, terms" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".

Nakaniwa Japanese

Nakanotani Japanese (Rare)
Naka means "middle", no is a possessive particle, and tani means "valley".

Nakao Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Nakaoka Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Nakasaki Japanese
Naka means "middle" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".

Nakasato Japanese

Nakasato Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 里 (sato) meaning "village".

Nakasato Japanese
From Japanese 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship" and 里 (sato) meaning "village".

Nakasawa Japanese

Nakase Japanese
Naka means "middle" and se means "ripple, current".

Nakata Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Nakatani Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Nakatsuka Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Nakatsutsumi Japanese
Naka means "middle" and tsutsumi means "enbankment, river, bank, dike".

Nakauchi Japanese
From the Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship, relations" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside."

Nakaya Japanese
Variant of Nakatani.

Nakaya Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Nakaya Japanese
From Japanese 仲 (naka) meaning "relation, relationship" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Nakayama Japanese
From the Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) "relationship, relations" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Nakayoshi Japanese
Naka means "middle" and yoshi means "good luck".

Nakazaki Japanese

Nakazato Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "center, middle" and 里 (sato) meaning "village."

Nakazawa Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "wetland, swamp, marsh".

Nakazone Japanese
Variant of Nakasone.

Naley English

Nam Korean
From Sino-Korean 南 (nam) meaning "south".

Namatame Japanese
From Japanese 生 (nama) meaning "raw, fresh, natural", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 目 (me) meaning "look, appearance".

Namazu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鯰 (Namazu) meaning "Namazu", a former large village in the former district of Aida in the former Japanese province of Mimasaka in parts of present-day Okayama, Japan.

Namazu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鯰 (Namazu) meaning "Namazu", a division in the town of Kashima in the district of Kamimashiki in the prefecture of Kumamoto in Japan.

Namba Japanese
From 難 (nan, nam) meaning "difficulties, flame, shortage, poorly" and 波 (ba, nami) meaning "wave, surf".

Nambara Japanese

Nameda Japanese

Namigata Japanese
Variant of Namikata.

Namigawa Japanese
Variant of Namikawa.

Namikawa Japanese
From Japanese 波 (nami) meaning "wave" and 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream".

Namiki Japanese
Nami means "wave" and ki means "tree, wood".

Namiki Japanese
From Japanese 並 (nami) meaning "row, line" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Namisato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 波里 (see Hari).

Namkoong Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 남궁 (see Namgung).

Namura Japanese

Nanaho Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Nanahō).

Nanahō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of 七宝 (see Shippō) and can be also spelled 七寳.

Nanahoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Nanahō).

Nanahou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Nanahō).

Nanashima Japanese (Rare)
Japanese surname meaning "seven island".

Nanba Japanese
From 難 (nan, nam) meaning "difficulties, flame, shortage, poorly" and 波 (ba, nami) meaning "wave, surf".

Nancarrow Cornish
Means "person from Nancarrow", Cornwall (either "valley frequented by deer" or "rough valley"). It was borne by US composer Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997).

Nance Cornish
Medieval Cornish surname. Derived from the Celtic word 'nans', meaning valley. Often linked with the Breton surname 'de Nant', which also means valley.

Nandedkar Marathi
Means "one from Nanded" in Marathi. Nanded is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Nanjo Japanese
From 南 (nan) meaning "south" and 條 (jo) meaning "section, article, clause".

Nanke Japanese
From 南 (nan, minami) meaning "south" and 家 (ke, ie) meaning "home, house residence".

Nankervis Cornish, English (Australian)
From the name of a place in St Enoder parish in Cornwall, derived from Cornish nans "valley" and an uncertain second element, possibly *cerwys, an unattested plural of carow "stag".... [more]

Napierkowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Napierki in Olsztyn voivodeship.

Nápoles Spanish, Portuguese, Spanish (Caribbean)
Spanish and Portuguese cognate of Napoli; habitational name from the Italian city of Naples, which is called Nápoles in Spanish and Portuguese.

Napolitano Italian
Originally indicated a person from Napoli (Naples) in Italy.

Naquin French (Cajun)

Naramor English, Welsh
Naramor, also Narramore or Naramore, is a corruption of Northmore, and has Welsh/English background. "More North"

Naranjo Spanish
Topographic name for someone who lived by an orange grove, from Spanish naranjo ‘orange tree’ (from naranja ‘orange’, Arabic nāránjya), or a habitational name from a place named Naranjo in A Coruña and Códoba provinces... [more]

Naraoka Japanese

Narasaki Japanese

Narazaki Japanese
Variant of Narasaki.

Narboni Judeo-Spanish
From the name of the city of Narbonne in Occitania, France.

Narewski Polish
Possibly derived from the name of the river Narew. Surname associated with the Wieniawa coat of arms which dates back as early as the XIV century.

Narida Japanese

Nariño Galician
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the parish of Niveiro, Val do Dubra.

Narisawa Japanese
From the Japanese 成 (nari) "turn into," "become" and 澤 or 沢 (sawa or zawa) "swamp."

Narita Japanese
From 成 (nari) meaning "become", and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy".

Narita Japanese
From Japanese 成 (nari) meaning "become" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Nariyama Japanese
Nari means "thunder" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Narizaka Japanese
Variant of Narisaka.

Narizaki Japanese
Variant of Narisaki.

Narutaki Japanese
Naru means "become" and taki means "fountain".

Narvarte Spanish
Variant of Navarrete.

Nase Japanese

Nasers German
Habitational, derived from any of several places called Nesse in Oldenburg and Friesland.

Nashima Japanese

Naska Albanian (Rare)
Present in Albania before 1900'.

na Songkhla Thai
From Thai สงขลา (Songkhla) meaning "Singora", a former Thai sultanate in present-day Songkhla, Songkhla, Songkhla, Thailand.

Nassau German, Dutch, Jewish
From the name of the town of Nassau in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (formerly the seat of an independent duchy in the 19th century), derived from Old High German naz meaning "damp, wet" and ouwa meaning "water meadow"... [more]

Nasser German
Someone from any of the places called Nassen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, and Bavaria.

Nasukawa Japanese
From 那 (na) meaning "what", 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary, moment", and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Nasworthy English
Variant of Norsworthy.

Natsugawa Japanese
Variant of Natsukawa, meaning "summer river".

Natsuki Japanese
Natsu means "summer" and ki means "tree, wood".

Natsume Japanese
From Japanese 棗 (natsume) meaning "jujube". Natsume was a large village in the former district of Sakai, but the surname could also be from the former name for the area of Ishishimbo.

Naughton English
Habitational name from a place in Suffolk, named in Old English with nafola meaning "navel" + tūn meaning "enclosure", "settlement", i.e. "settlement in the navel or depression".

Navarra Italian, Spanish
Means Navarre in Italian and Spanish; which was also the female equivalent to Navarro.

Navarrate Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Navarrete.

Navarratte American (Hispanic)
Variant of Navarrete.

Navarre French
The name means "By the sea". Originally a country of its own, located between Spain and France, Navarre became a part of France in 1284 when the Queen of Navarre married King Philip IV of France. After much war, becoming independent once again, and falling into Spanish rule, the Kingdom of Navarre is now split between Spain and France.

Navarrete Spanish
From the town of Navarrete in La Rioja, Spain, meaning "the mountain pass of the Navarrans" or "dun mountain pass". It became particularly popular in the province of Jaen through the Castillian conquest of Baeza.

Navarrette Spanish
Variant of Navarrete.

Navas Spanish
Pural form of Spanish and Asturian-Leonese Nava (see also Naves).... [more]

Navascués Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Nabaskoze.

Navickevičius Lithuanian (Rare)
Lithuanian form of Nowicki with the addition of the -evičius suffix. See Navickas.

Navitski Belarusian
Belarusian cognate of Nowicki.

Nawa Japanese

Nawada Japanese

Nazar Arabic, Muslim, Jewish, Persian, Basque, Polish, Ukrainian, Armenian (Americanized)
Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Abdol, Ahamed, Ali, Behzad, Bijan, Davoud, Massoud, Muhammad, Naved, Nuri, Saeid, Sheikh.... [more]

Necker German
Denoted a person who lives near the Neckar River, a major tributary of the Rhine.

Needham English
From a place name derived from Old English ned meaning "need, constraint" and ham meaning "home, estate, settlement".

Negi Japanese

Negishi Japanese
From Japanese 根 (ne) meaning "plant root, source, foundation" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank".

Negoro Japanese

Negros Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish negro meaning "black". Named after an island in the Philippines.

Negueruela Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous La Riojan ghost town.

Nehru Indian, Hindi
From Sanskrit नहर (nahar, nehar) meaning "canal". This name was borne by Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), the first Prime Minister of India. His earliest recorded ancestor Raj Kaul adopted the name when, upon moving from Kashmir to Delhi, he was granted a jagir (feudal land grant) with a house situated on the banks of a canal... [more]

Neisser German
German demonym of the town of Neisse (nowadays Nysa, in Poland), itself from the name of the river Neisse (Nysa) which runs through the city.

Nemcová f Slovak
Feminine form of the surname Nemec exclusively used in Slovakia.

Nemec m Slovak
Slovak or unaccented/Anglicized form of Němec. A famous bearer of this surname is Slovak soccer player Adam Nemec (1985–).

Nemetsev m Russian
Means "from Germany".

Nemirov Russian, Hebrew, Ukrainian
Name derived from the city of Nemirov in Ukraine, The city was named after its founder, Prince Nemir.

Nemoto Japanese
From 根 (ne) meaning "plant root, source, foundation" and 本 (moto) meaning "source, origin".

Nenninger German
Habitational name for someone from Nenningen in Württemberg.

Neo Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Liang chiefly used in Singapore.

Nepal Nepali
Name for someone from the village of Nepa in western-central Nepal.

Nerby English, Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
From Old Norse neðri "lowest" and býr "farm".

Nerenberg Jewish
Variant of the Ashkenazic Jewish surname Nierenberg, which is derived from Nirnberg, the Yiddish form of Nuremberg (German Nürnberg), hence becoming an Ashkenazic Jewish habitational surname for someone living in that city.

Nerman Swedish
Possibly a combination of Swedish nedre "lower, southern" and man "man".

Nesbitt Scottish, Irish, English
Derives from the hamlets of East Nisbet and West Nisbet, Berwickshire. Some bearers of Nisbet/Nesbitt (and variant) names may originate from the village of Nisbet in Roxburghshire.

Netherland English
Indicates origin from The Netherlands.

Netley English
Locative name from Netley Marsh in Eling (Hants), which is recorded as Nateleg in 1248. The place name derives from Old English næt "wet" + lēah "open woodland".

Netterville Irish
Of Anglo-Norman origin, probably a habitational name from an unidentified place in France.

Netting English
As Needham the derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th century elements 'ned' meaning need, with 'ham', a homestead or village, the name indicating a place that provided a poor living.

Neubaum German
topographic name meaning "new tree" or a habitational name from a place so named. Derived from the elements niuwi "new" boum "tree".

Neuburg German
From the name of various places in Germany and Austria.

Neuenfeldt German
Habitational name for someone from places so named in Brandenburg and Pomerania, or from places in Lower Saxony or Westphalia called Neuenfelde.

Neuenschwander German (Swiss), Swiss
Means "newly cleared land".

Neuhaus German, Jewish
Topographical name for someone who lived in a new house, Middle High German niuwe hus, modern German neu Haus, or a habitational name for someone from any of several places named Neuhaus ('new house') in various parts of Germany and Austria, also in Bohemia.

Neukirch German, German (Swiss)
Derived from the Middle High German niuwe meaning "new" and kirch meaning "church".

Neustädter German
Habitational name for someone from any of many places in Germany and Austria called Neustadt.

Nevala Finnish
From Finnish word 'neva', which is a marsh type and '-la', a suffix used for places.

Neve French
Derived from the place name En Nève, derived from a misdivision of Old French en nève "in water".

Nevels English, Scottish
Variant of Neville.

Never German
Habitational surname denoting someone from the town of Nevern (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), Germany.

Neves Portuguese
Means "snows" in Portuguese, derived from either the Marian title Maria das Neves "Mary of the Snows", or from any of several locations named for the title.

Nevilis Venetian (Archaic)
An extinct surname. Likely derives from Italian "neve", meaning "snow". This surname was possibly given as a nickname to someone with light hair or fair skin. It could also be a cognate of the French surname Neuville.

Newark English
A habitational name taken on from a place name, such as Newark in Cambridgeshire or Newark on Trent in Nottinghamshire.

Newborn English
Habitational name from Newbourn in Suffolk or Newburn in Tyne and Wear (formerly part of Northumberland), both named with Old English niwe "new" and burna "stream", perhaps denoting a stream that had changed its course.

Newburn English
Variant of Newborn.

Newby English
From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English niwe "new" and Old Norse býr "farm, settlement".

Newcomen English

Newey English
Topographic name for someone who lived at a "new enclosure", from Middle English newe "new" and haga "enclousire".

Newham English
Habitational name from any of the various places, for example in Northumbria and North Yorkshire, so named from Old English neowe "new" and ham "homestead".

Newhouse English
Either a habitational name for someone who lived at a "new house" (from Middle English niwe "new" and hus "new house") or a habitational name from any of various minor places so called especially perhaps Newhouses in Horton Yorkshire near the border with Lancashire... [more]

Newlin English, Irish
An Irish surname meaning "By the the spring"

Newsom English
Variant of Newsome.

Newsome English

Newtown English, French (Americanized)
Variant of Newton. In some cases, it can be a literal translation of the French surname Villeneuve.

Neyama Japanese
Ne means "root" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Ngai Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Wei.

Ngai Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Ni.

Ngamnaimuang Thai
The surname "งามในเมือง" is used after the place they was born Nai Muang District in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.

Ngeoncharoen Thai
Thaification of the Chinese surname Wu.

Nghiêm Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Yan, from Sino-Vietnamese 嚴 (nghiêm).

Nghiem Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Nghiêm.

Ngumba Kongo
From Kongo meaning "mountain".

Ngụy Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Wei, from Sino-Vietnamese 魏 (ngụy).

Nhan Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Yan, from Sino-Vietnamese 顏 (nhan).

Nhữ Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Ru, from Sino-Vietnamese 汝 (nhữ).

Ni Chinese
From Chinese 倪 (ní) referring to the ancient territory of Ni, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now the Shandong province.

Nice French
From Nice, in France.

Nie Chinese
From Chinese 聂 (niè) referring to either of two ancient fiefs named Nie. One existed in the state of Wei (Wey) in what is now Henan province, while the other was part of the state of Qi in what is now Shandong province.

Nied Upper German
South German: habitational name from Nied in Hesse.

Niederhäuser German, Swiss
Habitational name from any of numerous places named Niederhaus or Niederhausen, denoting the lower of two dwellings or settlements or one in a low-lying position.

Niedermeyer German
Means "lower farmer", a distinguishing name for a farmer who worked further south or in a low-lying location.

Niedfeldt German
Topographic name for a person who lived by a lower area of open land, derived from Middle Low German nider meaning "lower" and feld meaning "open country".

Nieh Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 聂 (see Nie).

Niehaus German
North German: topographic name from Middle Low German nie ‘new’ + hus ‘house’; or a habitational name from a common North German and Westphalian farm name with the same meaning.

Nieuwenhuis Dutch
Means "new house" in Dutch. Indicated that the bearer lived in a new house or lived in a village of the same name

Nieuwenhuizen Dutch
Habitational name meaning "new houses".

Niewinski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Niewino in Białystok voivodeship.

Niezabitowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Lesser Polish villages: Niezabitów or Niezabitów-Kolonia.

Nigh English
Variant of Nye.

Nighy English
Pet form of Nigh.

Nigi Japanese

Nihon Japanese (Rare)
Means "Japan" in Japanese, though originally from 日本 (nihon), a clipping of 日本晴れ (nihombare) meaning "no clouds in the sky". It is a reference to an event in the Edo Period, of a weather forecaster who was asked for the weather and answered 日本晴れ... [more]

Nihon'yagi Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 二本柳 (see Nihon'yanagi).

Nihonyagi Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 二本柳 (see Nihon'yagi).

Nihon'yanagi Japanese
Means "2 salix trees", from Japanese 二本 (nihon) meaning "2 (cylindrical objects)" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "salix". This is the name of a few places in Japan (in the city of Goshogawara and the city of Gonohe).

Nihonyanagi Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 二本柳 (see Nihon'yanagi).

Niida Japanese
From 新 (ni) meaning "new" or 仁 (ni) meaning "benevolence", combined with 井 (i) meaning "well", and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Niidera Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 新 (nii-) meaning "temple" and 寺 (dera), the joining form of 寺 (tera) meaning "temple".

Niigaki Japanese
Variant of Niikaki.

Niihara Japanese
Nii means "new" and hara means "plain, field".

Niijima Japanese

Niikura Japanese
From the Japanese 新 (nii) "new" and 倉 or 蔵 (kura) "storehouse" or 鞍 (kura) "saddle."

Niinistö Finnish
Combination of Finnish niini "bast fibre" and the suffix -stö.

Niishima Japanese

Niit Estonian
Niit is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow".

Niitsoo Estonian
Niitsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow swamp".

Niizeki Japanese
Variant of Niiseki.

Nijhof Dutch
From a place name derived from nij "new" and hof "court, yard, farmstead".

Nijhuis Dutch
Topographic name meaning "new house".

Nijimura Japanese (Rare)

Nijine Japanese (Rare)
Niji means "rainbow" and ne means "root".

Nijvelt Dutch
From a place name derived from Middle Dutch nij "new" and velt "field".

Nikaido Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 二階堂 (see Nikaidō).

Nikaidō Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two", 階 (kai) meaning "floor, storey" and 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine".

Niki Japanese

Nikšić Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian

Nilsiam Thai
From Thai นิล (nin) meaning "very deep black" and สยาม (Sayam) meaning "Siam".

Nimavat Hindi

Nimmo Scottish

Nimura Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Ning Chinese
From Chinese 宁 (níng) meaning "peaceful, tranquil", also referring to the ancient county of Ningyi, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.

Ninh Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Ning, from Sino-Vietnamese 寧 (ninh).

Ninomiya Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two", ノ (no), a possessive marker, and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Nio Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Liang.

Nioka Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Nip Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Nie.

Nippon Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.

Nirehara Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 楡原 (Nirehara), an variant reading of 楡原 (Nirebara) meaning "Nirebara", a former large village in the district of Koshi in the former Japanese province of Echigo in parts of present-day Niigata, Japan or an area in the same place, in the city of Nagaoka in the prefecture of Niigata in Japan.

Nishi Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west".

Nishiaki Japanese

Nishibe Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Nishibori Japanese
Variant of Nishihori.

Nishida Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Nishidate Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 舘 (tate) meaning "mansion, large building, palace".

Nishide Japanese

Nishigai Japanese
Variant of Nishitani.

Nishigawa Japanese
Variant of Nishikawa.

Nishigaya Japanese
Variant of Nishitani.

Nishiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Nishihara Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, field, plain, wilderness".

Nishii Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Nishijima Japanese
Variant of Nishishima.

Nishijo Japanese

Nishiki Japanese

Nishikido Japanese

Nishikidou Japanese

Nishimaki Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 牧 (maki) meaning "shepherd, tend cattle" or 巻 (maki) meaning "winding, rolling"..

Nishimiya Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Nishimoto Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Nishino Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain, meadow, wilderness".

Nishio Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Nishioka Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Nishiomote Japanese (Rare), Okinawan (Rare)
Variant reading of Iriomote.

Nishisawa Japanese
Nishi means "west" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Nishita Japanese

Nishitouin Japanese

Nishiura Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Nishiwaki Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".

Nishiya Japanese
Variant of Nishitani.

Nishizaki Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 﨑 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Nishizawa Japanese
Variant of Nishisawa.

Nishizuka Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Nisumaa Estonian
Nisumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "wheat land".

Niswonger German (Americanized), Dutch
Americanized form of Neuschwanger.

Nithercott English (Archaic)
An extinct surname. Derived from Old English "nefa," meaning "navel, center," and "cote," meaning "small cottage".

Nito Japanese

Nitobe Japanese

Nitoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Nito.

Nitou Japanese
Variant transcription of Nito.

Niue English (British)
Variant of Neal.

Nivola Sardinian

Niwa Japanese
Means "garden" in Japanese.

Niz Spanish (Latin American, Hispanicized, Modern)
Derived from the city of Nice in France, usually a surname given to someone without paternal recognition in that city.... [more]

Niziński m Polish
Might be derived from a Polish village called Niziny. It comes from Polish nizina, meaning "plain, lowland."

No Korean
Korean form of Lu 2, from Sino-Korean 盧 (no).

Noar English
This surname is thought to be derived from nore which could mean "shore, cliff." This could denote that someone might have lived in a shore or cliff. It may also be used as a surname for someone who lived in the now 'diminished' village of Nore in Surrey.

Nobara Japanese
Variant of Nohara.

Nobe Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "plain, field, wilderness" and 邊 (be) meaning "general area, place, vicinity".

Nobel Swedish
Habitational name from Östra Nöbbelöv in Scania, Southern Sweden. The name was originally spelled Nobelius but was later shortened to Nobel. A famous bearer was Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), a Swedish engineer, chemist, and inventor.

Nobira Japanese
From the Japanese 野 (no) "field," "area" and 平 (hira) "peace."

Nobukawa Japanese

Noceda Spanish
Spanish surname derived from the word "nocedal" meaning "field of walnut trees" it denoted a person who lived or came from such place.

Nocito Italian
from Latin nucetum (Italian noceto) "walnut orchard" applied as either a topographic name for someone who lived by such a place or as a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in one.

Nock Celtic, English
Dweller at the oak tree; originally spelt as "Noake" evolved into "Nock".

Nōda Japanese
Variant of Osame but adding Japanese 田 (da), the joining form of 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field", possibly referring to a place with rice paddies or cultivated fields.

Noda Japanese
Combination of the kanji 野 (no, "area, field, hidden part of a structure; wild, rustic") and 田 (ta, "rice paddy, field"). A famous bearer of this surname is Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (野田 佳彦; b. 1957).

Noda Japanese
Variant reading or transcription of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Nogales Spanish
Habitational name from either of two locations in Spain named Nogales, from the plural form of Spanish nogal meaning "walnut tree".

Nogami Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Nogawa Japanese
Variant of Nokawa.

Nogi Japanese

Nõgu Estonian
Nõgu is an Estonian surname meaning "dell".

Noh Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 노 (see No).

Nohara Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Nohda Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Noji Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 地 (ji) meaning "earth, land, dirt".

Nojima Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Nojiri Japanese
No means "rice paddy, field" and jiri is a corruption of shiri meaning "behind, end, rear".

Noka Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 野底 (see Nosoko).

Nokawa Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "plain, field" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream."

Noko Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "field, plain" and 古 (ko) meaning "old, antique, ancient".

Nomi Japanese
From the Japanese possessive particle 乃 (no) and 美 (mi) "beauty."

Nomiyama Japanese

Nomizu Japanese
No means "field, wilderness" and mizu means "water".

Nõmme Estonian
Nõmme is an Estonian surname, derived from "nõmm", meaning "heath". It is also the name of several locations of towns and villages in Estonia.

Nõmmik Estonian
Nõmmik is an Estonian surname meaning "heath forest" or "heath stand".

Nomoto Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 本 (moto) or 元 (moto) both meaning "base, root, origin".

Nomura Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Nonaka Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".