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Kruip Dutch

Kruis Dutch

Krukowsky Polish (Americanized, Rare)
Variant of Krukowski, used outside Poland.

Krum German, Jewish, Scandinavian
Variant of Krumm.

Krump English

Krump German

Krungolcas Lithuanian

Krunić Serbian

Krupinac Bosnian

Krupp German

Krusch German (Silesian)
Derived from dialectal Polish krusza (gruszka in Standard Polish), Lower Sorbian ksusa and Upper Sorbian kruswa "pear, pear tree".

Kruschel German (Silesian)
Variant of Krusch.

Kruz Polish

Kruzhkin Russian
Derived from Russian кружка (kruzhka) meaning "cup, mug, tankard". This may have been a nickname either for a drinker or a cupmaker.

Krychowiak Polish

Krygin Russian
Derived from dialectal Russian крыга (kryga) meaning "ice floe".

Krzoska Polish
Altered spelling of Polish Brzózka, from a diminutive of Brzoza

Kshetrapal Indian

Kszczot Polish

Kszyminski German (Rare), English (American, Rare)

Ku Chinese

Ku Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 九 (see Ichijiku).

Kuasha Bengali

Kuba Japanese
Written with characters meaning ‘long time’ and ‘method’, this name is found mostly in the Ryūkyū Islands.

Kuban Northern African
Unknown Nubian surname.

Kubat Turkish

Kubica Polish
Derived from the given name Kuba, a diminutive of Jakub.

Kubizna Polish

Kublashvili Georgian
Last name originates from Imereti region of Georgia .

Kubooka Japanese

Kubrava Abkhaz
Mingrelian form of an Abkhaz surname of unknown meaning.

Kubu Estonian
Kubu is an Estonian surname meaning a "bundle" or "truss".

Kuč Montenegrin

Kučar Croatian

Kuchi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth". It is a reference to an event in the Northern and Southern Courts Period, of 3 sons of Takase who became heroes for the south. The emperor of Japan awarded each of the sons a new surname; Oku for the eldest son, Naka for the middle son, and Kuchi for the youngest son.

Kuchiki Japanese
This name combines 朽 (kyuu, ku.chiru) meaning "decay, remain in seclusion, rot" or 口 (ku, kou, kuchi) meaning "mouth" with 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."... [more]

Kuchinoku Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 九 (see Ichijiku).

Kudo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Kudō.

Kudō Japanese
From Japanese 工 (ku) meaning "work, craft, art" and 藤 (dō) meaning "wisteria".

Kudou Japanese
From 久 (ku) "long time" and 遠 (tou/dou) "distant" OR from 工 (ku) "construction" and 藤 (dou) "wisteria."

Kuduzović Bosnian

Kudzh Abazin

Kuerzi Chinese
From the Chinese characters 哭儿子 (Kū érzi) meaning, "crying son." This is one of the rare multiple-character Chinese surnames.

Kugaruban Indian

Kuge Japanese

Kugimiya Japanese
This surname is used as 釘宮 with 釘 (chou, tei, kugi) meaning "nail, peg, tack" and 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess, Shinto shrine."... [more]

Kuhi Estonian
Kuhi is an Estonian surname meaning "pile" or "stack".

Kuiva Estonian
Kuiva is an Estonian surname derived from "kuivaks" meaning "dry".

Kujira Japanese (Rare)
Kujira is an uncommon Japanese surname and first name that literally means "whale".

Kujiradou Japanese

Kujo Japanese

Kukava Georgian (Rare), Mingrelian (Rare)
Not much is known about the meaning of the Mingrelian last name "Kukava" (Mingrelia being a province in Georgia), but it is recorded that the surname was possibly Apsuafied somewhere in 17th century, being turned into "Kukaa" (-aa is usually an Apsuan surname suffix) and then re-Mingrelifying some decades later back to its current form - "Kukava." The earliest known person with the last name dates back to 17th century, his name being Ivana Kuka, a Mingrelian male who lived in the Abkhazia province of Georgia.

Kuki Japanese

Kül Turkish, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, Uyghur
Turkish, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, and Uyghur variant of Kul.

Kul Pakistani, Pashto, Punjabi, Bengali, Assamese, Sindhi, Balochi, Urdu, Persian, Kurdish, Odia, Thai, Khmer, Lao
Derived from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower" or "rose".

Kulan Turkish

Kulas Polish
Polish in Origin

Kulasekere Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලසේකර (see Kulasekara).

Kulasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලසිංහ (see Kulasinghe).

Kulasinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Kulasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".

Kulasooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලසූරිය (see Kulasuriya).

Kulasuriya Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".

Kulathilaka Sinhalese
Derived from Sinhala कुल (kula) meaning "family" and तिलक (tilaka) meaning "mark, dot, ornament".

Kulathilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලතිලක (see Kulathilaka).

Kulathunga Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and तुङ्ग (tunga) meaning "high, lofty, tall".

Kulathunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලතුංග (see Kulathunga).

Kulatilaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලතිලක (see Kulathilaka).

Kulatilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලතිලක (see Kulathilaka).

Kulatunga Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලතුංග (see Kulathunga).

Kulatunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලතුංග (see Kulathunga).

Kulawansa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and वंश (vansa) meaning "lineage, clan, family".

Kulawansha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලවංශ (see Kulawansa).

Kulen Turkish

Kuliev Karachay-Balkar

Kulin Hungarian

Küllücek Turkish

Kulrattanarak Thai

Kulu Estonian
Kulu is an Estonian surname meaning "sumptuary" and "cost".

Kumada Japanese

Kumai Indian

Kumaki Japanese (Rare)
The kanji in Anri Kumaki's name reads, Kuma ("Bear") + Ki ("Tree"). She is a singer and songwriter. There might be other combinations too, probably being , Ku ("Long Time") + Maki 1 ("Shepard").

Kumakura Japanese

Kumanogoh Japanese

Kumanov Bulgarian (Modern)
Turkic origins, delivered from the Cuman people (Cumanov) who ruled the steppes around 12 century

Kumanova Albanian

Kumarage Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince" combined with the Sinhala suffix -ගේ (-ge) meaning "of".

Kumarasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුමාරසිංහ (see Kumarasinghe)

Kumarasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".

Kumarathunga Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince" and तुङ्ग (tunga) meaning "high, lofty, tall".

Kumaratunga Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුමාරතුංග (see Kumarathunga).

Kumata Japanese

Kume Japanese
From Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 米 (me) meaning "rice".

Kuminga Central African

Kumm Estonian
Kumm is an Estonian surname meaning "vault" and "arch".

Kumon Japanese (Rare)
One notable bearer of this surname is Tōru Kumon (公文公), the founder of Kumon Education.

Kump English

Kump German

Kun Hungarian, Jewish
Hungarian: ethnic name for a member of a Turkic people known in English as the Cumanians (Hungarian kún). ... [more]

Kunaya Kongo

Kundla Estonian
Kundla is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kindla", meaning "certain" or "fixed".

Kundu Indian

Kunga Tibetan

Kungkuan Paiwan

Kunisaki Japanese (Rare)

Kuniyasu Japanese

Kuniyoshi Japanese
Kuni means "large place, country" and yoshi means "good luck".

Kunizane Japanese
From 国 (kuni) meaning "country" and 実 (zane) meaning "truth," "fruit."

Kunkabayev Kazakh

Künnis Estonian
Künnis is an Estonian surname meaning "threshold" and "doorstep" and "crest".

Kunou Japanese

Kunter Turkish

Kuopus Finnish
A house name in Pudasjärvi Oulu Finland... [more]

Kuosmanen Finnish
Meaning uncertain. Possibly deriving from the Finnish element kuoha ("foam"), or the element kousi ("pattern"). Features the nen suffix commonly found in surnames of Savo-Karelian origin.

Kupchan Jewish

Kuperus Dutch

Kupp Estonian
Kupp is an Estonian surname meaning "pip".

Kurasawa Japanese
倉 (Kura) means "Owns, Storehouse, Posesses" and 沢 (Sawa) means "Marsh, Swamp".

Kuri German

Kurich Ukrainian (Rare)

Kurigawa Japanese
The Surname "Kurigawa/Kurikawa" translates to "Chestnut River"

Kurimoto Japanese
Kuri means "Chestnut" and Moto means "Origin, Source, Root".

Kurisingal Malayalam
Malayalam surname used by the St Thomas Christians of Kerala.

Kurisu Japanese
This surname is used as 栗栖, 栗須, 栗洲 with 栗 (ri, ritsu, ononoku, kuri) meaning "chestnut", 栖 (sei, su.mu) meaning "cobweb, den, hive, nest, rookery", 須 (shu, su, subekara.ku, subeshi, hige, matsu, mochi.iru, moto.meru) meaning "by all means, necessarily, ought" and 洲 (shuu, su, shima) meaning "continent, country, island, sandbar."... [more]

Kurjak Bosnian

Kürküt Turkish

Kurogi Japanese
Variant of Kuroki, Kuro means "Black" and Gi means "Tree, Wood".

Kurohashi Japanese
Kuro means "black" and hashi means "bridge".

Kurohata Japanese

Kuroko Japanese (Rare)
Kuro means "black" and ko means "child, sign of the rat". ... [more]

Kurosaka Japanese
Kuro means "Black" and Saka means "Hill, Slope".

Kurosu Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary".

Kuroyanagi Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".

Kurr German

Kursha Indian

Kurspahić Bosnian

Kursumulu Albanian
Meaning unknown.

Kurtalić Croatian

Kurtar Turkish

Kurti Albanian

Kurtović Bosnian, Croatian

Kurtuluş Turkish

Kuru Japanese
Japanese: though written with the character for ‘give’ or ‘present’, the original meaning may actually be ‘sunset’. The name is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku and is no longer common in Japan, but there is a city by that name in Hiroshima prefecture and the area may have ancient connections with the family.

Kuryakin Russian (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Koryakin.

Kurzawa Polish
Of Polish origin, used by celebrities Karina and Ronald Kurzawa (duo from Sis Vs. Bro).

Kurzi Swiss

Kuś Polish

Kusanagi Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass" and 彅 (nagi) meaning "cutter". A notable bearer of this surname is actor Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (草彅剛, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, 1974–).

Kušar Slovene

Kusatsu Japanese

Kusayanagi Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusayanagi) meaning "grass" or 日 (kusayanagi) meaning "sun, day". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Kush English (American)
Americanization of Kusz, Kusch, Kuš and Kus.

Kushibiki Japanese
From Japanese 櫛 (kushi) meaning "comb" and 引 (hiki) meaning "pull, stretch".

Kushida Japanese (Rare)
This surname is written multiple ways, Kushi meaning "Skewer" or "Comb" (these are different kanji),and da is "Rice Paddy".

Kushieda Japanese (Rare)
Kushi means "Comb" and Eda means "Branch, Twig".

Kushwaha Indian
Kushwaha (sometimes, Kushvaha) is a community of the Indo-Gangetic plain which has traditionally been involved in agriculture. The term has been used to represent at least four subcastes, being those of the Kachhis, Kachwahas, Koeris and Muraos... [more]

Kusue Japanese

Kusunoki Japanese
"Camphor Tree"

Kut Turkish

Kutay Turkish

Kutch German (Anglicized)
Americanized variant of German Kutsch.

Kutchar Czech (Anglicized)
Variant of Kutcher.

Kuteli Albanian (?)

Kutlu Turkish
Means "auspicious, blessed, happy, holy, lucky" in Turkish.

Kutsuku Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Mari).

Kutsunis Lithuanian

Küttim Estonian
Küttim is an Estonian surname derived from "küttima" meaning "to hunt" or "pursue".

Kütük Turkish

Kütük Turkish
Means "tree log, stump" in Turkish.

Kutuna African

Kutz Polish
Germanized form of Polish Kuc "pony", "short person".

Kutzler German
This is the surname of my great-grandfather, of German ancestry.

Kuub Estonian
Kuub is an Estonian surname meaning "coat" and "jacket".

Kuulmata Estonian
Kullmata is an Estonian surname derived from "kuulmatu" meaning "unheard".

Kuulpak Estonian
Kuulpak is an Estonian surname meaning "bullet ("kuul") "pack/packet/stock" ("pakk").

Kuum Estonian
Kuum is an Estonian surname meaning "hot" and "blazing".

Kuur Estonian
Kuur is an Estonian surname meaning "shed" or "hovel".

Kuusinen Finnish
A surname originating from Eastern Finland, comprised of the elements “kuusi” meaning “six” or “moon”, and the suffix “-nen” which is typical of Eastern Finnish surnames. A notable bearer of this name is the Finnish-Soviet politician and writer Otto V. Kuusinen, one of the original founders of the Finnish Communist Party.

Kuuspalu Estonian
Kuuspalu is an Estonian surname meaning "fir (kuusk) heathy woodland (palu)".

Küüts Estonian
Küüts is an Estonian surname meaning "lift".

Kuwada Japanese

Kuwata Japanese

Kuwatani Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" combined with 谷 (tani) meaning "valley". A notable bearer of this surname is Natsuko Kuwatani (桑谷夏子), a Japanese voice-actress who is best known for voicing Ryōko Asakura from the Haruhi Suzumiya series and Alph from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.

Kuyukin m Russian

Kuyuko Japanese (Rare)

Kuzai Southern African

Kuzu Turkish
Means "lamb" in Turkish.

Kvaratskhelia Georgian

Kvaternik Croatian

Kvavadze Russian, Georgian, Ukrainian
Not known.

Kvyat Russian

Kwa Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Ke.

Kwan Korean
Korean Hanja: 管, 關 ... [more]

Kwang Chinese

Kwasigroch Polish
person who ferments(kwasic) peas(groch)

Kwelagobe Southern African

Kwemoi Eastern African

Kwi Central African

Kwiecień Polish
Derived from Polish kwiecień "April (month)".

Kwon Korean
Korean form of Quan, from Sino-Korean 權 (gwon).

Ky Western African

Ky Vietnamese
Meaning Unknown.

Kyagumbo Shona
Meaning unknown.

Kyden Finnish

Kyei African
Ghanaian surname that is derived from the Akan language. It means "greatness" or "to become great" in English.

Kyekyeku Akan
Meaning unknown.

Kyer English (American)
Anglicized form of Geier.

Kyl Khmer

Kyle Swedish (Rare)

Kylo Ukrainian (Rare)

Kyner English

Kyogoku Japanese

Kyōnō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 皛 (kyō) of unknown meaning and 納 (nō) meaning "to pay fees, to supply, to store, to complete, to restore".

Kyono Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 皛納 (see Kyōnō).

Kyoso Japanese
From Japanese 狂 (kyō) meaning "madness" and 想 (sō) meaning "thought, idea". The kanji that makes up Kyoso can also mean "fantasy".

Kyoto Japanese
From place name Kyoto.

Kyper Ukrainian

Kyriakou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Kyriakos".

Kyrö Finnish
Origins remain unknown, might be deprived from the rare given name Kyrö or the location name. The earliest documented person with Kyrö as a surname dates back to 1553

Kysh Ukrainian

Kyuma Popular Culture

Kyvelos Greek

Kyzy Kyrgyz

La Lao

La Hui
From the Arabic surname al-Din.

Laager Estonian
Laager is an Estonian surname meaning "camp"; ultimately from the German "lager" with the same meaning.

Laagriküll Estonian
Laagriküll is an Estonian surname meaning "bearing enough". Also possibly derived from "laagrikuul" meaning "bearing ball/bullet".

Laalaa Northern African

Laande Marathi

Läänemets Estonian
Läänemets is an Estonian surname meaning "western forest".

Labana Indian

Labang Filipino, Cebuano
Means "cross, pass" in Cebuano.

La Barbera Italian
Variant of Labarbera.

Labarre French

Labeouf French (Cajun)
Meaning unknown. A famous bearer is American actor Shia LaBeouf (1986-present).

Laber German (Austrian)

Lacandula Filipino, Tagalog
This surname honors Lakandula, the last ruler of the Kingdom of Tondo, a pre-Hispanic state in what is now Manila.

Lacang Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano lakang meaning "step, pace".

Lāce Latvian
Derived from Latvian lācis “bear”.

Lacefield English (American)

Lachacz Polish
Polish

Lācis Latvian
Means "bear".

Lackett English

Lackyard French (Anglicized)
Anglicized version of French surname, Lacaillade.

Laclaire French

Lacort Catalan, Spanish

Lacosta Spanish
Variant of Costa with fused definite article la.

Lăcustă Romanian
Meaning unknown.

Ladulås Old Swedish
Most likely from Swedish ladulås "barnlock", but it could also be derived from the Slavic name Ladislaus. Magnus Ladulås, sometimes known as Magnus Birgersson or Magnus III in English, was the king of Sweden between 1275 and 1290.

Ladvik Estonian
Ladvik is an Estonian surname meaning "elite" and "upper class".

Ladwig German

Lady Western African

Laely Romansh

Laes Estonian
Laes is an Estonian surname meaning "fore" and "overhead".

Laev Estonian
The Estonian word for "ship"

Lafalaise French

Lafayette French
The name of Marquis de Lafayette; a famous French man during the revolutionary war.

Laffen German

Laffrenzen German (?)

Láfis Greek

Lafiti Obscure