Submitted Surnames from Locations

Shimazaki Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Shimazu Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 津 (zu) meaning "harbor".

Shimemura Japanese

Shimobayashi Japanese

Shimoda Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Shimoenoo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 下酔尾 (Shimoenoo) meaning "Shimoenoo", a former division in the area of Terushima in the city of Ichikikushikino 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.

Shimogawara Japanese

Shimokata Japanese
Shimo can mean "under, below" and kata can mean "shape" or "single".

Shimokawa Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Shimomae Japanese

Shimomura Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Shimono Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "under, below" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Shimooka Japanese
Shimo means "under, below" and oka means "ridge, hill". ... [more]

Shimosawa Japanese
Shimo means "below, under" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Shimota Japanese

Shimoyama Japanese
Shimo means "under, below" and yama means "mountain". ... [more]

Shimoyashiki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "lower, downstream" and 屋敷 (yashiki) meaning "mansion", referring to a mansion in the lowlands.

Shimozawa Japanese
Variant of Shimosawa.

Shimura Japanese
From Japanese 志 (shi) meaning "will, purpose" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Shin Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 針 (see Hari).

Shinada Japanese

Shinagawa Japanese
Variant of Shinakawa.

Shinakawa Japanese
Shina means "family, department, section" and kawa means "river, stream".

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

Shindera Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新寺 (see Niidera).

Shingawa Japanese
Variant of Shinkawa.

Shinkai Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "new" and 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean".

Shinkura Japanese
From 新 (shin, ara, nii) meaning "fresh, new" and 蔵 (kura) or 倉 (kura) meaning "possess, storehouse, granary".

Shinmar Ancient Hebrew (Hellenized, Archaic, ?)
'Shin'; literally translated as 'god', 'crown'. 'Mar'; Hebrew translation for 'master'. Used by Ancient Hebrew descendants/Jews still existing in Middle East & India. Also a city that exists in West Punjab with majority Hebrew/Jews & synagogues.... [more]

Shinmura Japanese
From 新 (shin, ara, nii) meaning "new, fresh" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".

Shino Japanese

Shinomi Japanese
From 篠 (shino) meaning "dwarf bamboo" and 見 (mi) meaning "view, outlook".

Shinosaki Japanese
Shino means "bamboo" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Shinota Japanese
Variant of Shinoda.

Shinotsuka Japanese
Shino means "dwarf bamboo" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".

Shinozuka Japanese

Shinozuka Japanese
From Japanese 篠 (shino) meaning "dwarf bamboo" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Shinsawa Japanese

Shinseki Japanese
Shin can mean "new" or "trust, faith" and seki means "frontier pass".

Shintaku Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "fresh, new" and 宅 (taku) meaning "house, home".

Shintani Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "fresh, new" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Shinwari Pashto
Perhaps from Shinwar, the name of a Pashtun-inhabited district in Afghanistan. The Shinwari are a Pashtun tribe found in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Shinzawa Japanese
Variant of Shinsawa.

Shioda Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Shioe Japanese
From 潮 (shio) meaning "salt" and 江 (e) meaning "inlet, river".

Shiohata Japanese

Shiojiri Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 尻 (jiri) meaning "rear, end, back".... [more]

Shiokawa Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" combined with 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Shiomi Japanese
From Japanese 汐 (shio) meaning "salt, tide, opportunity" and 見 (mi) meaning "sight".

Shiono Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness, plain".

Shiosaki Japanese

Shiotani Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Shiozaki Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 崎 (saki) meaning "peninsula, cape".

Shiozawa Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Shiozuka Japanese

Shipley English (Rare)
English: habitational name from any of the various places, for example in Derbyshire, County Durham, Northumberland, Shropshire, Sussex, and West Yorkshire, so called from Old English sceap, scip ‘sheep’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.

Shipov m Russian
From Russian шип (ship), meaning "thorn, spike". Probably denoted to a person living near thornbushes.

Shippo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 (see Shippō).

Shippō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 七宝 (Shippō) meaning "Shippō", a former village in the district of Toyota in the former Japanese province of Aki in parts of present-day Hiroshima, Japan.

Shippoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 (see Shippō).

Shippou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 (see Shippō).

Shipton English
From Old English scip "sheep", and tun "enclosure; settlement".

Shirado Japanese

Shiradoh Japanese

Shiradou Japanese

Shiragawa Japanese
Variant of Shirakawa.

Shirahama Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".

Shiraiwa Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks".

Shiramizu Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Shirano Japanese
Shira means "white" and no means "field, plain".

Shirao Japanese

Shirasaka Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Shirasaki Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Shirasuga Japanese
Shira means "white" and suga means "sedge".

Shiratō Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria".

Shiratoh Japanese

Shiratou Japanese

Shircliff English
Habitational name from Shirecliff in Sheffield (Yorkshire) from Old English scir "bright" and clif "cliff bank".

Shirino Japanese (Rare)
Shiri can mean "rear, behind" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Shiroda Japanese

Shiroi Japanese
Shrio means "white" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Shiroiwa Japanese

Shirono Japanese
Shiro means "white" and no means "field, wilderness".

Shirota Japanese

Shiryu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Shiryū).

Shiryū Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Yotsuyanagi).

Shiryuh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Shiryū).

Shiryuu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Shiryū).

Shishido Japanese
Japanese: habitational name taken from a district in Hitachi (now Ibaraki prefecture), written with a variant character for ‘flesh’ and ‘door’. It is found mostly in northeastern Japan.

Shishido Japanese
From Japanese 宍 (shishi) meaning "meat, flesh" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".

Shishikura Japanese
Shishi means "lion" and kura means "possess, have, storehouse, warehouse".

Shishinai Japanese

Shitao Japanese
From 下 (shita) meaning "lower, downstream, under" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Shitayashiki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 下屋敷 (see Shimoyashiki).

Shiu Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Shao.

Shiwa Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 or 紫波 (see Shiba) or variant of Shiba but written 志和.

Shiyanagi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Yotsuyanagi).

Shiyuno Japanese

Shizu Japanese

Shoat English (American)
Variant of Choate

Shockley English
(i) perhaps "person from Shocklach", Cheshire ("boggy stream infested with evil spirits"); (ii) perhaps an anglicization of Swiss German Schoechli, literally "person who lives by the little barn"

Shoels English (American)
Variant of Scholes.

Shohmi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正味 (see Shōmi).

Shoji Japanese
From the Japanese 庄 (sho) "level" and 司 (shi or ji) "director," "official."

Shōmi Japanese
From Japanese 正味 (Shōmi) meaning "Shōmi", a division in the area of Yoshiumi in the city of Imabari in the prefecture of Ehime in Japan.

Shomi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正味 (see Shōmi).

Shonkwiler German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Schankweiler.

Shore English
From the Old English word scora meaning "the land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast."

Shotton English

Shotwell English

Shoumi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正味 (see Shōmi).

Showalter German

Shpilbarg Yiddish
Yiddish form of Spielberg.

Shrewsbury English
From Shrewsbury, a market town and the county town of Shropshire, England, derived from Old English scrobb meaning "scrub, brushwood" and burg meaning "fortified place".

Shrimpton English
Probably referring to the unknown "Estate of Shrimp"

Shropshire English
Regional name from the county of Shropshire, on the western border of England with Wales.

Shteyn Yiddish
Yiddish form of Stein.

Shteynfeld Yiddish
It means "stone field".

Shteynhoyz Yiddish
It literally means "stonehouse".

Shu Chinese
From Chinese 舒 (shū) referring to the ancient state of Shu, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Anhui province.

Shue Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Xu 1, Xu 2 or Xue.

Shufflebottom English
Meaning: "From a sheep valley"

Shum Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Shen.

Shum Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cen.

Shumate French, English (American)
Americanized version of De La Chaumette.

Shumiya Japanese

Shuto Japanese
From 首 (shu) meaning "neck, counter for songs or poems" combined with 藤 (to, fuji) meaning "wisteria".

Sia Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Xie.

Siagian Batak
From the Batak prefix si- and suffix -an indicating location combined with agi meaning "younger sibling".

Siam Thai
From Siam, a historical name for Thailand.

Siauw Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Xiao based on Dutch orthography. It is primarily used in Indonesia.

Sibelius Finland Swedish
Latinization of Swedish Sibbe, the name of an estate in Eastern Uusimaa, Finland. A notable bearer was Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957).

Sicilia Spanish, Italian
Denotes someone from Sicily.

Siciliano Italian, Sicilian
One who came from Sicily.

Siddi Italian
From the name of a municipality in Sardinia, possibly deriving from Vulgar Latin casilli "huts, farmhouses".

Siddle English
Variant of Siddall.

Sidwell English
From an English surname of uncertain origin, possibly originally a habitational name from an unidentified place with a second element from Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’, but on the other hand early forms are found without prepositions... [more]

Siebold German

Siemiątkowski Polish
It indicates familial origin within in either one of a cluster of Masovian villages.

Sifford English (American, ?)

Sigera Sinhalese
Sinhala form of Siqueira.

Sigsworth English
Originally denoting someone from Sigsworth Moor in North Yorkshire, England.

Sigüenza Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Sikelianos Greek
Means the Sicilian in Greek.

Silang Tagalog
Means "mountain pass, trail" in Tagalog.

Silberstein German, Jewish
From Middle High German silber "silver" and stein "stone"; a habitational name from a place so named in Bavaria, or a topographic name.... [more]

Sild Estonian
Sild is an Estonian name meaning "bridge".

Silla Estonian
Silla is an Estonian surname meaning "bridges".

Sillamaa Estonian
Means "bridge land" in Estonian.

Sillanpää Finnish
Means "bridgehead" in Finnish, an area around the end of a bridge. Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888-1964) was a Finnish author and the first Finnish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Sillitoe English
A different form of Shillito (which is 'a name of unknown derivation and meaning, probably originating in Yorkshire'), borne by British novelist, short-story writer and poet Alan Sillitoe (1928-2010).

Silvera Spanish
Spanish cognate of Silveira.

Silverstone English
Obviously means "silver stone." In addition to people, this is the name of a racetrack in the village of the same name in England.

Silverthorne English (Rare)
Silverthorne, Silverthorn comes from the Old English seolfor "silver" and þorn "thorn bush" and means the family that lived by the "silver or white thorn tree".

Silverton English

Silveyra Spanish
Topographic name from silveira 'woodland', a collective derivative of silva (see Silva ); or a habitational name from any of the places called Silveira in Lugo and Pontevedra provinces, Galicia, Iberia.

Silvia Portuguese (Americanized)
SILVIA is an Americanized version of the Portuguese surname Silva, which is derived from the Latin silvae and Portuguese silva words meaning “forest,” “woodland,” or “jungle.” This variation of the surname SILVA was often adopted by Portuguese immigrants upon arrival to the United States.

Sim Chinese (Hokkien), Korean
Hokkien romanization of Shen as well as the Korean form.

Simamora Batak
From the Batak prefix si for place names and mamora meaning "rich, prosperous, wealthy".

Simancas Spanish
It indicates familial origin within either of 2 places: the municipality in the Comarca of Campiña del Pisuerga or the administrative neighborhood of the Madrid district of San Blas-Canillejas.

Simatupang Batak
From Batak si indicating location and tupang meaning "intersection, crossway, confluence".

Simbolon Batak
From the Batak prefix si for place names and bolon meaning "big, large, grand".

Similä Finnish
From the given name Simi 3 and the suffix -lä signifying a place.

Sin Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Xin.

Sin Korean
Variant romanization of Shin.

Sin Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Shan.

Sinaga Batak
Possibly from the Batak prefix si used for place names and naga meaning "dragon, naga (a type of mythological snake)".

Sinclaire English
Alternate spelling of the surname "Sinclair", derived from a Norman French town called "Saint Clair"

Singarimbun Batak

Single English
Topographic name derived from Old English sengel meaning "burnt clearing" or "brushwood".

Singleton English
Habitational name from either of two villages, one in Lancashire, derived from Old English scingol "shingle, roof tile" and tun "enclosure, yard, town", the other in Sussex, derived from Old English sengel meaning "brushwood" or "burnt clearing".

Siow Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Hakka), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien, Hakka and Teochew romanization of Xiao.

Sipala Italian
From Sicilian sipala "hedge".

Siqueira Portuguese
Habitational name from numerous places called Siqueira or Sequeira in Portugal or Galicia, derived from sequeira meaning "arid land" (ultimately from Latin siccus "dry").

Siracusa Italian, Sicilian
From the name of the city of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy (siracusa in Italian and sarausa in Sicilian).

Sirait Batak
From the Batak prefix si used for place names and rait meaning "roof frame, hook".

Sirtori Italian
Perhaps a habitational name from a comune (municipality) in Northern Italy.

Sitompul Batak
From the Batak prefix si used for place names and tompul meaning "peace".

Sitwell English
Form of Sidwell.

Sivi Estonian
Sivi is an Estonian surname possibly derived from the village of the same name in Lääne-Viru County.

Sizeland English
A locational surname deriving from the place called Sisland near Loddon in Norfolk.

Sjøberg Norwegian
Norwegian form of Sjöberg.

Skarsgård Swedish (Rare)
Allegedly a habitational name derived from Skärlöv, a village located on the island of Öland, Kalmar County, Sweden. The name of the village is said to mean "Skare's farm" (Skares gård in Swedish)... [more]

Skarstad Norwegian
From a farm named Skarstad

Skarsvåg Norwegian
From Norwegian meaning "scarp, promontory, rock cliff". It is derived from a place name in Norway, located in the municipality of Magerøya in the northernmost part of the country. As a surname, "Skarsvåg" likely originated as a toponym, referring to a person who hailed from the Skarsvåg area in Norway.

Skau Norwegian, Danish
Ultimately derived from Old Norse skógr "forest".

Skawinski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Skawina in Kraków province.

Skeffington English
From a location name meaning "homestead of Sceaft's people". This is the name of a parish in Leicestershire, England.

Skeie Norwegian
From Old Norse skeið "race, horse race".

Skelton English, German, Norwegian (Rare)
Habitational name from places in Cumbria and Yorkshire, England, originally named with the same elements as Shelton, but with a later change of ‘s’ to ‘sk’ under Scandinavian influence.

Skibniewski Polish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Podlachian villages: Skibniew-Kurcze or Skibniew-Podawce.

Skillern English
Habitational name from Skeleron in Rimington, Lancashire (formerly in West Yorkshire), earlier known as Skelhorn.

Skipworth English
From the name of Skipwith in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The place name was recorded as Schipewic in the Domesday Book of 1086; as Scipewiz in the 1166 Pipe Rolls of the county; and as Skipwith in the 1291 Pipe Rolls, and derives from the Old English sceap, scip "sheep", and wic "outlying settlement"; hence, "settlement outside the village where sheep were kept".

Skočdopole Czech
Derived from Czech imperative sentence skoč do pole! meaning "jump in a field!".

Skog Norwegian, Swedish
Means "forest" in Norwegian and Swedish.

Skoubye Danish (Americanized, Rare)
from the Danish Skovby (also pronounced SKO-bee), meaning "city by a forest" or "forest town"

Skowroński Polish
Name for someone from a place called Skowronów, Skowronna, Skowron or Skowronki, all derived from Polish skowronek meaning "lark".

Škrijelj Bosnian
Derived from Shkreli, an Albanian tribe and region.

Skrzyszewski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Skrzyszew.

Skultety Hungarian, Slovak

Skwierczyński Polish
This indicates familial origin within a cluster of 3 Podlachian villages: Skwierczyn-Dwór, Skwierczyn Lacki, & Skwierczyn-Wieś.

Skye English (Anglicized, Rare)
Originates from the Isle of Skye in Scotland.

Skyring English
originated around London home counties,... [more]

Słabosz Polish

Slack English
Means "small valley, shallow dell", derived from Old Norse slakki "a slope", a topographic name for someone who lived by such a landform, or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word, for example near Stainland and near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire.

Slats Dutch
Possibly derived from a toponym related to Old Germanic slaut meaning "puddle, pool" or "ditch, channel".

Šljivančanin Montenegrin
Habitational name for someone from Šljivansko, Montenegro.

Słomiński Polish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Masovian villages named Słomin.

Słomkowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from places called Słomków, Słomkowa, or Słomkowo, all named with słomka meaning "little straw".

Slonim Jewish
Habitational name from Slonim, a city in Belarus.

Slonimski Polish

Slotboom Dutch
From a place name meaning "lock beam", a piece of wood used to close an opening.

Slowinski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Slowin in Gorzów voivodeship. From the adjective slowinski, denoting a member of the Slowincy, a Slavic people living in Pomerania.

Slucki Belarusian
Means "of Sluck", a town in the Minsk region.

Slunjski Croatian
Habitational name for someone from Slunj, Croatia.

Slutskiy m Russian, Jewish
Variant transcription of Slutsky. Last name of Leonid Slutskiy.

Slutsky Jewish
Habitational name for someone from Slutsk, a city in Belarus.

Slutzky Jewish
Variant of Slutsky.

Smalley English, Cornish (?)
Locational surname from places in Derbyshire and Lancashire, so called from Old English smæl ‘narrow’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’. This may also be a Cornish name with an entirely separate meaning.

Smallridge English

Smallwood English

Smally English

Smeaton English
From Old English Smiðatun meaning "settlement of the smiths".

Śmigielski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Greater Polish town of Śmigiel.

Smiley Scots, English
From elements small and lea meaning "a small clearing" or as a nickname may refer to a person of happy disposition known for smiling.

Smitham English

Smithwick English
habitational name from Smethwick in Staffordshire Smethwick Green near Brereton Heath (Cheshire) or a lost place called Smithwick in Southover (Sussex). The place name means "the farm of the smiths" from Old English smiþ "smith" and wic "dwelling specialized farm"... [more]

Smolenskas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Smolensky.

Smolensky Russian
Refers to a region in Western Russia named "Smolensk".

Snape English (British), Scottish
An old, now rare surname, with various origins in Suffolk and Yorkshire in England and Lanarkshire in Scotland, derived from Middle English snaipen, “to injure; to nip (of sleet or snow); to criticize, rebuke, revile”, from Old Norse sneypa, “to disgrace, to dishonor, to outrage”... [more]

Snead English
Variant of Sneyd.

Sneed English
Variant of Sneyd.

Sneyd English
Derived from multiple locations named 'Sneyd'.

Śniegocki Polish
Variant of Śniegowski.

Snipe English
Derived from a given name; from Old English snip or Old Norse snípr. It is habitational surname from a place so called in the historic county of Northumberland, North East England.

Snipes English
Variant spelling of or a patronymic from Snipe. A famous bearer is American actor Wesley Snipes (1962-).

Snodgrass Scottish Gaelic

Snoek Dutch
Means "pike (fish)" in Dutch.

Snowden English
Habitational name from Snowden, a place in West Yorkshire named from Old English snāw ‘snow’ + dūn ‘hill’, i.e. a hill where snow lies long.

Snowdon English
Variant spelling of Snowden, a surname initially used by the Border Reivers. Comes from the mountain in Wales.

So Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Su.

Soames English
Denoted a person hailing from a village called Soham in Cambridgeshire, England. The place name itself means "homestead by the lake" from Old English sæ "lake" and ham "farm, homestead"... [more]

Sobaharaya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蕎原屋 (Sobaharaya) meaning "Sobahara Store", from 蕎原 (Sobahara) meaning "Sobahara", an area in the city of Kaidzuka in the prefecture of Ōsaka in Japan.

Sobanski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Sobanice, in Ciechanów voivodeship.

Sobolewska f Polish
Feminine form of Sobolewski.

Sobolewski Polish
Locational surname that means a person from places in Poland called Sobolew or Sobolewo, both derived from the Polish sobol, meaning "sable".

Sobral Portuguese
Means "cork oak grove" in Portuguese.

Sobue Japanese
From Japanese 祖 (so) meaning "ancestor", 父 (bu) meaning "father" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Söder Swedish
Swedish surname meaning "south".

Söderman Swedish
From Swedish söder "south" and man "man".

Soeda Japanese
From Japanese 添 (soeru) meaning "attach" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Soejima Japanese
Variant of Soeshima.

Soeshima Japanese

Soeta Japanese

Sogami Japanese
Variant of Sokami.

Søgård Danish
Means "sea farm" indicating a farmstead near the sea or open water.

Sogawa Japanese

Söğüt Turkish
Means "willow" in Turkish.

Sokólski m Polish
Derived from Polish sokół "falcon."

Solano Spanish, Aragonese
From various Spanish place names, which are derived from Spanish solano meaning "place exposed to the sun" (from Late Latin solanus "pertaining to the sun", a derivative of sol "sun")... [more]

Solar Spanish (Rare), Catalan, Aragonese, Asturian
Spanish, Catalan, Aragonese, and Asturian-Leonese: topographic name from Latin solarius ‘ancestral home’ (a derivative of solum ‘ground’, ‘floor’), perhaps denoting someone who lived near or at the house of an important family.

Solari Italian
Habitational name from any of various places called "Solaro" or "Solara", from solaro 'site', 'plot', 'meadow', literally "land exposed to the sun".

Solbakken Norwegian
From Norwegian meaning "sun hill".

Solecki Polish
Habitational surname for someone from any of a number of places called Solec, named with sól ‘salt’.

Solíz Spanish
Variant of Solís.

Sollai Italian
Habitational name from Mount Sollai.

Sollano Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Zalla.

Solorio Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the Sierra de Solorio mountain range that straddles Aragon, La Mancha, & Old Castile.

Solórzano Spanish
Habitational name for someone originally from the municipality of Solórzano in Cantabria, Spain.

Somby Sami
Derived from the name of the village Sompio in Finland.

Someno Japanese

Somerlee English (Rare)
Variant of Summerlee.

Somerset English
Regional name from the county of this name, so called from Old English sumer(tun)saete meaning "dwellers at the summer settlement".

Somerville Scottish, Irish (Anglicized, Rare)
Scottish (of Norman origin) habitational name, probably from Graveron Sémerville in Nord, named with the Germanic personal name Sigimar (see Siemer) + Old French ville ‘settlement’... [more]

Someya Japanese
From Japanese 染 (some) meaning "dye, colour, paint" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Sommerfeld German, Jewish
German cognate of Summerfield

Sommerfeldt German, Jewish
Variant of Sommerfeld

Sommerlee English

Somoza Spanish

Sonan Japanese

Søndergaard Danish
Habitational name from sønder "southern" and gård "enclosure", "farm".

Søndergård Danish
Means "southern farm."

Sondheim English (American, Rare), German (Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Sontheimer.

Sonehara Japanese

Songkhla Thai
Clipped form of Thai na Songkhla and written สงขลา.

Soni Hindi
A Suryavanshi Khatri family, the surname originating from the Punjab region of India. In India the term caste creates a crucial distinction between Varna and Jāti, even though jati does not fit into any of the four varnas and is more often referred to as Sudras.

Sonnenberg German, Jewish
From various place names derived from Middle High German sunne meaning "sun" and berg meaning "mountain, hill".

Sonnenburg German, Jewish
Variant of Sonnenberg.

Sono Japanese
Sono means "garden".

Sonobe Japanese

Sonoda Japanese
From Japanese 園 or 薗 (sono) meaning "park, garden, orchard" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sonogai Japanese

Sonogaya Japanese
Variant of Sonotani.

Sonoike Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 園 (sono) meaning "orchard; plantation" and 池 (ike) meaning "pond".... [more]

Sonoma Japanese

Sonoo Japanese
Sono means "garden" and o means "tail".

Sonosaki Japanese
Sono means "garden" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".

Sonota Japanese

Sonotani Japanese (Rare)
Sono means "garden" and tani means "valley".

Sonoue Japanese
"Garden under."