Submitted Surnames from Locations

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Odendaal Afrikaans
Afrikaans form of Odenthal.
Odenthal German
From the name of a town in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Odesyuk Ukrainian
Means "from Odessa".
Odin Swedish
Variant of Odén.
Odland Norwegian
Habitational name from any of several farmsteads in Rogaland and Hordaland named Odland, from Old Norse Árland, a compound of á ‘small river’ (or another first element of uncertain origin) + land ‘land’, ‘farm’.
Odpowiedź Polish (Rare)
From polish "Odpowiedź" Literally meaning "Answer"
Ōe Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".
Oe Japanese
O means "big, great" and e means "inlet, shore".
Oe Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大江 (see Ōe).
Oeffelt Dutch
Oeffelt is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant, part of the Boxmeer municipality.
Oesten German
Possibly derived from a watercourse, e.g. the Oste, tributary of the Elbe.
Oesterreich German (Austrian)
Variant transcription of Österreich.
Offenbach German, Jewish
From the name of the city of Offenbach am Main in Hesse, Germany. A famous bearer was the German-born French composer Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880).
Offerhaus Dutch
From Offenhaus, the name of two municipalities, one in Germany and one in Austria.
Ogai Korean (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Ogay.
Ogai Japanese
Variant of Otani.
Ogasahara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.
Ogasawara Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 笠 (kasa) meaning "bamboo hat", and 原 (wara) meaning "field".
Ogasawara Japanese
From Japanese 小笠原 (Ogasawara) meaning "Ogasawara", a former village in the former district of Koma in the former Japanese province of Kai in parts of present-day Yamanashi, Japan.
Ogata Japanese
From Japanese 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end" and 形 (kata) meaning "shape, form".
Ogawara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.
Ogay Korean (Russified)
Form of Oh used by Koryo-saram using the particle -gay of unexplained meaning.
Ogaya Japanese
Variant of Otani.
Ogihara Japanese
Ogi means "reed, rush" and hara means "field, plain".
Ogilvie Scottish, English
From the ancient Barony of Ogilvie in Angus, Northeast Scotland. The placename itself is derived from Pictish ocel, 'high' and fa, 'plain'.
Ogino Japanese
Variant of Okino.
Ogino Japanese
From Japanese 荻 (ogi) meaning "reed, rush" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Oginskiai Lithuanian
This indicates familial origin within the village of Uogintai.
Ogiwara Japanese
From Japanese 荻 (ogi) meaning "reed, rush" and 原 (wara) meaning "field".
Ogle Scottish, English, Northern Irish
Habitational name from a place in Northumbria, named with the Old English personal name Ocga + Old English hyll 'hill'.
Oglethorpe English
It indicates familial origin within the civil parish of Bramham cum Oglethorpe in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Oglethorpe English
From Oglethorpe Hall in Bramham (WR Yorks) which is recorded as Ocelestorp in 1086 and Okelesthorp in 124 The place-name derives from the Old Scandinavian personal name Oddkell and Old Scandinavian or Old English þorp "secondary settlement outlying farmstead" meaning "Oddkell's village" the surname derived from oddr "point of a weapon" and ketill "cauldron".
Ogliari Italian
Possibly derived from a place name, or from oglio "oil", indicating the bearer's occupation, or perhaps appearance.
Oguchi Japanese
"Big, great mouth/opening".
Ogura Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 倉 (kura) meaning "storehouse".
Oguri Japanese
A variant of Okuri.
Oguro Japanese
Variant of Okuro.
Ōhama Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".
Ōhara Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Ohara Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Ōhashi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Ohashi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōhashi.
Ohayashi Japanese
This is the less common variant of Kobayashi.
Ohda Japanese
Variant transcription of Oda.
Ohguro Japanese
Variant transcription of Oguro.
Ohi Japanese
Variant of Oi.
Ōhira Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful".
Ohira Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大平 (see Ōhira).
Ohjima Japanese
Variant transcription of Ojima.
Ohki Japanese
Variant transcription of Oki.
Ohkubo Japanese
Variant transcription of Okubo.
Ohmori Japanese
Variant of Omori.
Ohmura Japanese
Variant transcription of Omura.
Ohno Japanese
From 大 (meaning large) and 野 (meaning field).
Ohori Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 堀 (hori) "moat."
Ohsawa Japanese
Variant transcription of Osawa.
Ohshima Japanese
Variant transcription of Oshima.
Ohtani Japanese
Variant transcription of Ootani.
Ohto Japanese
Variant transcription of Oto.
Ohtsu Japanese
Variant transcription of Otsu.
Ohtsuka Japanese
Variant transcription of Otsuka.
Ohwada Japanese
Variant transcription of Owada.
Ohyagi Japanese
Variant transcription of Oyagi.
Oi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 井 (i) meaning "well, spring".
Oianguren Basque
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in the municipality of Elorrio or the one in the municipality of Askoitia.
Oiartzun Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Oibar Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese municipality.
Oihaneder Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous palace in the city of Gasteiz.
Oihartzabal Basque (Rare)
Derived from Basque oihan "forest, woods" and zabal "wide, broad, open".
Oikawa Japanese
From Japanese 及 (oi) meaning "reach out, exert, cause" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Ōishi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone".
Oishi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōishi.
Õismaa Estonian
Õismaa is an Estonian surname meaning "blossom land".
Ōiwa Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大岩 (see Ōiwa).
Ojakäär Estonian
Ojakäär is an Estonian name meaning "runnel" or "stream edge".
Ojamaa Estonian
Ojamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek land".
Ojima Japanese
Variant of Oshima.
Oka Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".
Okada Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Okai Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".
Okajima Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Okamizu Japanese
From 岡 (oka) meaning "hill" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Okano Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Okanoue Japanese
Oka means "ridge, hill", no is a possessive article and ue means "above, top, upper".
Okasahara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.
Okasaka Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and means "slope, hill".
Okasaki Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and saki means "cape, promontory peninsula".
Okasawara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.
Okase Japanese
Oka means "hill, ridge" and se means "ripple".
Okashima Japanese
岡 (Oka) means "ridge, hill" and 島 (shima) means "island".
Okata Japanese
Variant of Okada.
Okatani Japanese
Oka means "ridge, hill" and tani means "valley".
Ōkawa Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Okawa Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 川 or 河 (kawa) "river."
Okawa Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大川 (see Ōkawa).
Ōkawara Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great", 河 (ka) meaning "river, stream" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".
Okawara Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大河原 (see Ōkawara).
Okayama Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Okayasu Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet".
Okey English
Location name meaning "lives near oak trees".
Ōki Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Oki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大木 (see Ōki).
Oki Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea".
Okiayu Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and ayu means "trout".
Okie Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and e means "inlet, river".
Okimatsu Japanese
Matsu means "pine, fir tree" and oki means "open sea".
Okimoto Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Okino Japanese
O could mean "big, great" and ki can mean "tree, wood", or it could be spelled as oki meaning "open sea", and no means "field, plain".
Okino Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Okise Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and se means "river".
Okita Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Okitani Japanese
Oki could mean "open sea", or it could be spelled as o meaning "big, great", and tani meaning "valley".
Okkotsu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 乙骨 (Okkotsu), a variant reading and spelling of 乙事 (Okkoto), an area in the town of Fujimi in the district of Suwa in the prefecture of Nagano in Japan.
Ōkōchi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 河内 (kōchi) meaning "plain in a river basin".
Okochi Japanese
Variant transcription of Ookouchi.
Okochi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大河内 (see Ōkōchi).
Okocimski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Okocim.
Oku Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside, interior".
Ōkubo Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" combined with 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 保 (ho) meaning "protect"... [more]
Okubo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōkubo.
Okuda Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Okuda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小管 (see Kosuge).
Okuhashi Japanese
Oku means "inside, interior" and hashi means "bridge".
Okui Japanese
Oku means "interior, inside" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".
Okuno Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Ōkura Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 倉 (kura) or 蔵 (kura) both meaning "granary, storehouse".
Okura Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大倉 or 大蔵 (see Ōkura).
Okuri Japanese
O means "big, great" and kuri means "chestnut".
Okuro Japanese
From 奥 (oku) meaning "interior, inner part, inside" combined with 梠 (ro, ryo, hisashi) meaning "companion, follower".
Okuse Japanese
Oku means "secluded, further out, inside, interior" and se means "river,inlet".
Okutani Japanese
Oku means inside, interior" and tani means "valley".
Okutsu Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour".
Okuyama Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Ol Dutch, Flemish
Shortened form of Van Mol.
Olabarria Basque
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous river in the municipality of Markina-Xemein.
Olabeaga Basque
From the name of a neighbourhood in the city of Bilbao in Biscay, Basque Country, derived from Basque ola "factory, foundry, ironworks" and -be "lower part" combined with -aga "place of, group of".
Olaetxea Basque
From the name of a tower house in Elgoibar, an industrial town in Basque Country, derived from Basque ola "factory, foundry, forge; cabin, hut" and etxe "house, building".
Olagarai Basque
Derived from Basque ola "factory, forge, ironworks; hut, cabin" and garai "high, tall, prominent".
Olagaraia Basque (Rare)
From the name of a location in Etxalar, Navarre, a variant of Olagarai.
Olague Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Anue.
Olah Hungarian
Oláh (Olah) is a Hungarian surname that means Vlach/Romanian. A similar word is Olasz, meaning "Italian".Hungarian (Oláh): ethnic name from Hungarian oláh ‘Romanian’, old form volách, from vlach ‘Italian’, ‘speaker of a Romance language’.
Ó Laighin Irish
Means "of Leinster" or "descendant of the one from Leinster", denoting someone who came from the Irish province Leinster (Laighin in Irish)... [more]
Olano Basque
From the name of a hamlet in Álava, Basque Country, derived from ola "factory, forge, ironworks; hut cabin" and the diminutive suffix -no.
Olaskoaga Basque
Derived from places named "Olaskoaga".
Oldenhave Dutch
From the name of a small village in the province of Drenthe, Holland, composed of Dutch oud and hoeve, meaning "old farm".
Oldham English
Habitational name from Oldham in Lancashire. The placename derives from Old English ald "old" and Old Norse holmr "island water meadow" or eald "old" and ham "farmstead" meaning either "old lands" or "old farm".
Oldknow English
Originally "Oldknoll"; deriving from the word knoll meaning ''hill''.
Olevian German (Latinized)
Olevian is a latinised word meaning "from Olewig" (a town today incorporated into Trier, Germany). ... [more]
Olin English
Etymology uncertain, possibly derived from the Swedish surname Olander.
Olivares Spanish
Habitational name from any of several places named Olivares, from the plural of Spanish olivar meaning "olive grove". Compare Portuguese and Galician Oliveira.
Olivas Catalan
Variant spelling of Olives, habitational name from Olives in Girona province, or a topographic name from the plural of Oliva.
Oliveras Catalan
Catalan: variant spelling of the topographic name Oliveres, from the plural of olivera ‘olive tree’, or a habitational name from Las Oliveras in Murcia province.
Olivo Italian, Spanish
Topographic name from olivo "olive tree" or occupational name for someone who sold olives. Or from the given name Olivo given to someone born on Palm Sunday.
Olloki Basque (Rare)
From the name of a village in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque oilo "chicken, hen".
Olloqui Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Olloki.
Olmstead English (British)
Comes from the Old French ermite "hermit" and Old English stede "place".... [more]
Olszański Polish
Name for someone from a place called Olszany or Olszanica, both derived from Polish olsza meaning "alder".
Olveira Galician
Galician cognate of Oliveira.
Olwell English
Possibly a habitational name from Ulwell in Swanage Dorset named with Old English ule "owl" and wille "stream".
Olyphant English, Scottish
Variant of Oliphant. A famous bearer is American actor Timothy Olyphant (1968-).
Oma Japanese (Modern, ?)
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "large, big" and 間 (ma) meaning "interval, space".
Ōmae Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward".
Omae Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大前 (see Ōmae).
Omaeda Japanese
From 大 (o) meaning "big, great", combined with 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward", and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Oman Arabic, English
From the place Oman.
Omaña Leonese (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Oumaña.
Omaru Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小丸 (see Komaru).
Omine Japanese
O means "big, great, large" and mine means "peak".
Ōmori Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
Omori Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 森 (mori) "forest," "woods."
Omori Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大森 (see Ōmori).
Ōmoto Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Omoto Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大本 (see Ōmoto).
Omtzigt Dutch
Derived from Dutch omzicht meaning "cautious, careful, circumspection", ultimately from the verb omzien meaning "to look around". It may have originated in a Dutch village with several farms named Omzicht, or as a nickname for a cautious person... [more]
Ó Muimhneacháin Irish
It literally mean’s "Munsterman’s descendant".
Ōmura Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Omura Japanese
O means "big, huge, great" and mura means "bamlet, village". ... [more]
Omura Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大村 (see Ōmura).
Oña Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Onda Japanese
From Japanese 恩 (on) meaning "obligation" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Öngo Estonian
Öngo is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "õng", meaning "fishing rod/pole" or from the village of Õngu in Hiiu County.
Onidi Italian
Denoting someone from Onida, a former village.
Ōnishi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Onishi.
Onishi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".
Onizuka Japanese
From Japanese 鬼 (oni) "demon" and 塚 (dzuka) "mound".
Onnis Italian
From the toponym Fonni.
Ōno Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (oo) "big" and 野 (no) "field," "area."
Onodera Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 寺 (tera) meaning "temple".
Onoe Japanese
O means "Big, great", No means "plain", and E means "inlet, shore."
Onogi Japanese
O means "large, big", no means "field", and gi is a form of ki meaning "tree, wood".
Onoki Japanese
O means "large, big", no means "field", and ki means"tree, wood".
Onose Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".
Onota Japanese
Variant of Onoda.
Onoue Japanese
From the Japanese 尾 (o) "tail" and 上 (ue) "above" (the possessive particle ノ (no) is not always written down but is always included when the name is spoken aloud).
Onslow English
Locational name from a place called Onslow described in Victorian times as being "a place within the liberty of Shrewsbury, in Salop', the original and still confusingly used, name for the county of Shropshire.
Onstad Norwegian, German
Habitational name from the name of any of seven farmsteads mainly in the southeast most of them with names formed from any of various Old Norse personal names plus stathir "farmstead" as for example Augunarstathir from the personal name Auðun (from Auth "wealth" plus un "friend")... [more]
Onstenk Dutch
Derived from a place name, ultimately composed of on- "un-, bad" and stede "city, town" combined with the possessive suffix -ink.
Ōnuma Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".
Onuma Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大沼 (see Ōnuma).
Ōoka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Ookouchi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (oo) meaning "big", 河 (kou) meaning "river" and 内 (chi) meaning "inside".
Oono Japanese
Varianr of Ono.
Oosterhout Dutch
From the name of various places in the Netherlands, derived from ooster "eastern" and hout "wood, forest".
Oosterhuis Dutch
Means "eastern house" in Dutch.
Oosterweghel Dutch
Derived from the Dutch words ooster "east" and weg "road".
Oosthuizen South African
Came from a village in the Dutch province of North Holland.
Oostwal Dutch
From the Dutch words oost "east" and wal "coast, shore" or "bank, levee, wall".
Ootake Japanese
Ootake means "Big, great bamboo."
Ootani Japanese
From Japanese 大 (oo) meaning "big" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Opaliński Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Greater Polish town of Opalenica, Nowy Tomyśl County.
Ophel English
19th century name from the Cambridgeshire area. Probably derived from Oldfield. Variants include Opheld, Oful and Offel.... [more]
Ophir Hebrew
From the given name Ophir. Ophir (or Ofir) is originally a biblical place name. In the days of King Solomon, Ophir was metioned as the name of a land, full of abudant natural treasures such as gold, silver, etc.
Oppegård Norwegian
Habitational name meaning "upper farm". Derived from Old Norse uppi "upper" and garðr "farm, yard". This was the name of several farmsteads in Norway. ... [more]
Orange Medieval English, Medieval French, English
Derived from the medieval female name, or directly from the French place name. First used with the modern spelling in the 17th century, apparently due to William, Prince of Orange, who later became William III... [more]
Oranje Dutch
Means "orange (colour)" in Dutch, in reference to the Dutch Royal Family, who in turn derive their name from the town of Orange (or Auranja) in France, first attested as Arausio in the first century... [more]
Orbison English
From a village in Lincolnshire, England originally called Orby and later Orreby that is derived from a Scandinavian personal name Orri- and the Scandinavian place element -by which means "a farmstead or small settlement."
Orchard English, Scottish
English: topographic name for someone who lived by an orchard, or a metonymic occupational name for a fruit grower, from Middle English orchard.... [more]
Orczy Hungarian
Was the surname of a family of Hungarian nobility (including Baroness Emmuska Orczy, author of *The Scarlet Pimpernel*) originating from the village Orczi (now called Orci).
Ord English, English (American)
Ord is an English descent surname that also has Gaelic roots. It's also short for many English surnames that end with "Ord". people include US Army general Edward Ord who practiced in California and had many street names after him.
Ordorika Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Muxika, Spain, possibly derived from Basque ordo "plain, field, meadow" and ori "yellow" combined with the toponymic suffix -ika meaning "slope" or "place of".
Orduña Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Urduña.
Ore English
Habitational name from Woore (Shropshire, England).
Oregon English (American, Rare)
From the state of Oregon. Meaning “River of the west”
Org Estonian
Org is an Estonian surname meaning "valley".
Orihara Japanese
From Japanese 折 (ori) meaning "fold, bend" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Oritz Basque
Habitational name from Oritz, a town in Navarre province.
Orley English
Habitational name from Orleigh, possibly meaning "Ordwulf’s clearing", functionally from ort "point" and leah "woodland, clearing"... [more]