Submitted Surnames from Other Sources

Xaysana Lao
Means "victory" in Lao.

Xen Spanish (Latin American)

Xenakis Greek

Xenopoulos Greek

Xhafa Albanian

Xhakli Albanian

Xhanari Albanian

Xhaxha Albanian

Xhelilaj Albanian

Xhepa Albanian

Xherahu Albanian

Xhilaga Albanian

Xhuli Albanian

Xhumba Albanian

Xie Chinese
Meaning "wrong, evil".

Xin Chinese
From the name of a state of Xin that existed during the Xia dynasty. King Qi (2197–2188 bc) granted this state to one of his sons, whose descendants adopted a modified form of the character for Xin as their surname.

Xiriha Maltese

Xisto Portuguese
Means "schist" or "shale" in Portuguese. Can also be found in Brazil.

Xiu Chinese

Xoe Arabic

Xuc Central American, Indigenous American

Xueren Malaysian

Xūwáng Chinese
A Chinese surname taken from combining 須 (xū) meaning "must, necessary" with 王 (wáng) meaning "king, monarch". It is the Chinese reading of the Japanese surname Suō.

Xydas Greek

Xylas Greek

Xyooj Hmong
This name is possible from a location since Chinese during the 18th century gave Hmong surnames based on the location the Hmong were in. It's a possible clan surname.

Yabugame Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 籔亀 (see Yabuki).

Yabukame Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 藪亀 or 薮亀 (see Yabuki).

Yabuki Japanese (Rare)
Derived from the Japanese kanji 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 吹 (buki), from 吹き (buki), the joining continuative form of 吹く (fuku) meaning "to blow". It can also derive from 藪 (yabu) meaning "thicket; grove; copse" and 亀 (ki) meaning "tortoise, turtle"... [more]

Yabut Filipino, Pampangan
Derived from Pampangan iabut meaning "to hand over, to give".

Yaca African

Yacomes Greek (Americanized, Rare, ?), Obscure

Yafai Arabic
Meaning unknown.

Yafo African

Yagami Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 神 (kami) meaning "god".

Yagnik Indian/Gujarati/Sanskrit (Modern)
Means "one who performs sacrifices". Derived from the Sanskrit word yajña (pronounced yagna or yagya) meaning "sacrifice" or "sacraficial fire".

Yagyu Japanese

Yahan Hebrew, Persian, Urdu, Arabic

Yahata Japanese

Yahgulanaas Haida

Yahn English

Yaida Japanese

Yaish Arabic, Hebrew

Yajin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 夜 (ya) meaning "night; evening" and 陣 (jin) meaning "battle formation; camp"

Yak Eastern African

Yakhontov m Russian

Yakimovich Belarusian

Yakini African

Yakini Nigerian

Yakkola Karelian

Yakumo Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 八 (hachi, ya, ya'.tsu, ya.tsu, you) meaning "eight", 耶 (ja, ya, ka) meaning "question mark" or 家 (ka, ke, ie, uchi, ya) meaning "expert, family, home, house, performer, professional" with 雲 (un, kumo, -gumo) meaning "cloud."... [more]

Yakushimaru Japanese
A notable bearer is Hiroko Yakushimaru, a singer and actress. ... [more]

Yakut Turkish
Means "ruby" in Turkish.

Yalman Turkish
Means "steep" in Turkish. Synonymous with the given name "Sarp".

Yalnazov Bulgarian

Yalnuzov Bulgarian

Yalonglong Paiwan

Yam Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Ren.

Yama Indian

Yama Japanese
Yama means "Mountain".

Yamabi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 火 (bi), the joining form of 火 (hi) meaning "fire". It is a reference to an event when the leader of the Morioka Domain came to the mountains and the residents warmed him up by starting a fire using flint... [more]

Yamaha Japanese (Rare)
This Japanese surname is more found in Brazil than Japan, because of Japanese immigrants who immigrated from Japan to Brazil. Notable bearer of this surname: Torakusu Yamaha (Japanese entrepreneur who was the founder of the Yamaha Corporation).

Yamahi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山火 or 山日 (see Yamabi).

Yamaka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山火 (see Yamabi).

Yaman Turkish

Yamara African

Yamba Kongo

Yambao Filipino
Possibly from Vietnamese iàm-báu meaning "treasure."

Yamikawa Japanese
From Japanese 闇 (Yami) meaning "darkness" 川(Kawa) meaning "river", the name basically means "Dark river"

Yammada Indian

Yanabu Japanese

Yanada Japanese

Yanagita Japanese

Yanami Japanese

Yang Hui

Yanga Filipino

Yanković Croatian, Serbian
means "son of Janko"

Yannotta American
Possibly a variant of Iannotta.

Yant American

Yantorno Italian
Derived from the word torno which in Italian means "around".

Yaoyorozu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight", 百 (o) meaning "one hundred", and 万 (yorozu) meaning "ten thousand"

Yap Chinese (Hakka), Chinese (Hokkien)
Hakka and Hokkien romanization of Ye.

Yara Japanese

Yarasavych English (American, Rare)

Yarchi Hebrew
From Hebrew יָרֵחַ (yareach), meaning "moon".

Yard Dutch (Surinamese)

Yardly English
Variant of Yardley.

Yaremchuk Ukrainian

Yarger English (American)
Americanized form of German Järger or Jerger

Yarimizo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鑓 (yari) meaning "sword" and 溝 (mizo) meaning "ditch; drain".

Yarish American
Anglicized form of Jaroš.

Yarzagaray Spanish (Caribbean), Papiamento (?)
Aruban surname of Basque origin.

Yasohachi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 八十八 (yasohachi), the characters broken down from a single character 米 (kome) meaning "rice".

Yassman Russian

Yasuan Alaskan

Yasuhiko Japanese
Yasu means "peace, even, level, cheap, inexpensive, relax" and hiko means "prince".

Yasuhiro Japanese
From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet" combined with 央 (hiro) meaning "centre, middle". Other Kanji combinations are possible.... [more]

Yasukochi Japanese

Yasumoro Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.

Yasumuro Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.

Yasunami Japanese
Means "calm wave" in Japanese.

Yasunishi Japanese
yasu means "Peace,Quiet" and nishi means "West". See Anzai for alternative, but similar meaning.

Yasura Japanese
Yasu means "cheap, relax, peace" and ra means "good".

Yasuraoka Japanese (Rare)
安 (Yasu) means "Cheap, Low, Inexpensive, Rested, Peaceful, Relax".良 (Ra) means "Good, Excellent", and 岡 (Oka) means "Ridge, Hill". A notable bearer is Akio Yasuraoka, he was a composer in his earlier days.

Yasuzato Japanese
See Asato.

Yata'uyungana Tsou

Yatauyungana Tsou

Yatsko Ukrainian

Yatsuka Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 束 (tsuka) meaning "bundle, bunch, sheaf".

Yatsuki Japanese

Yatsuyama Japanese
Variant reading of Hachiyama.

Yau Chinese (Cantonese)

Yaun Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of Jahn.

Yavi Eastern African

Yaw Irish, English, Chinese
Irish: reduced and altered Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eochadha Chinese : Cantonese variant of Qiu.

Yawana African

Yayama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Hachiyama.

Yaziji Turkish, Arabic
Arabic surname of Turkish origin meaning “clerk” or “writer”. Alternate spelling to Yazıcı.

Yazzi Navajo

Ybl Hungarian

Ybyrai Kazakh

Yde Danish

Yeboah Western African, Akan

Yeh Chinese
Variant romanization of Ye.

Yeibi Nigerian

Yeien Malaysian (Rare, ?)

Yelich Serbian (Anglicized, Rare)
Yelich is an Anglicized spelling of the last name Jelić.

Yelley English (British)
The surname Yelley was first found in Oxfordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed... [more]

Yellman English
Yellman comes from the English words yell and man creating Yellman. The last name Yellman was also given to a person who consistently yelled a lot.

Yellow Robe Indigenous American

Yellowtail Indigenous American

Yelly English

Yelnats Literature
Invented by Louis Sacher for his novel "Holes". The name was created because it is Stanley spelled backwards. Stanley Yelnats IV is the main character in the novel.

Yemen Arabic
From the Given Name YEMEN.

Yemesi Papuan

Yen Khmer

Yende South African

Yeo Korean

Yepa Papuan

Yépez South American

Yerba Spanish (Latin American)

Yerges English (American)

Yerka English (Rare)

Yerokhin Russian

Yesca Spanish (Latin American)

Yeşildere Turkish

Yeska English (American)

Yesua Indonesian
From the given name Yesua, a variant of Yeshua. This surname is found among Indonesian populations.

Yeta African

Yetarian Armenian

Yett English
Derived from the Old English word geat, meaning gate.

Yeun Korean

Yevin Russian

Yew Chinese (?)

Yia African

Yikoshu African, Central African

Yim Khmer
Meaning uncertain, probably of Chinese origin.

Yimtatu Amharic

Yíng Chinese (Rare)
From the name of the royal house of the Qin Dynasty from the ancient Chinese state also known as Qin.

Yip Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Ye.

Yisselin Spanish (Latin American)

Ylvisåker Norwegian (Rare)
Meaning unknown. Famous bearers of this name are the Norwegian comedy duo "Ylvis" consisting of brothers Vegard (b. 1979) and Bård Ylvisåker (b. 1982).

Ymeri Albanian

Yo Korean

Yoakum English (American)
Americanized version of Jochim

Yoami Spanish (Mexican, Rare)

Yoho American (Anglicized)
American Anglicized spelling of Swiss surname 'Joho'

Yohuang Thai

Yoichi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 与市 with 与 (yo, ata.eru, azuka.ru, kumi.suru, tomoni) meaning "bestow, participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend" and 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town."... [more]

Yokomura Japanese
横 (Yoko) means "Beside" and 村 (Mura) means "Village, Hamlet". Check the source if needed.

Yokotani Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "next to, beside" combined with 谷 (tani) "valley".

Yokote Japanese
Yoko ("Beside") + Te , this is the Japanese word for hand. This surname means "Beside a Hand". Michiko Yokote is an example. She wrote the Pichi Pichi Pitch manga and did screenwriting for Masamune-kun's Revenge.

Yokoyama Japanese
A Japanese surname with a combination of Yoko and Yama

Yoldoshov Uzbek
Variant of Yo'ldoshev.

Yomanov Jewish (Russified, Modern)

Yomohiro Japanese (Rare)
This is a very rare surname with the kanji of all four directions: (東西北南) "east, west, north, south", in that order. Yomo literally means "four directions" and hiro means "extension".

Yomtov Hebrew (Modern)
Means "good day", derived from Hebrew יום (yom) means "day" and טוב (tov) means "good".

Yonaga Japanese
From Japanese 夜長 (yonaga) meaning "a long night".

Yonce English

Yone Japanese
Yo (与) means together.... [more]

Yonega Japanese

Yoneichi Japanese
Yone (米) means rice.... [more]

Yonoda Japanese

Yonota Japanese

Yonover English (British)
The surname Yonover was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor.

Yontararak Thai (Rare)
From Thai ยนตร (yontra) meaning "mechanical device; motor; engine" and รักษ์ (rak) meaning "to cure, to take care of".

Yook Korean
Variant transcription of Yuk.

Yore English (Rare)
Not available.

Yoruno Japanese
From Japanese 夜 (yoru) meaning "night" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Yoruw Micronesian

Yoshi Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortune".

Yoshimi Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 見 (mi) meaning "look, appearance".

Yoshimitsu Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck" and mitsu means "light".

Yoshimoto Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Yoshina Japanese
Yo means "night" and shina means "family, department, section".

Yoshitake Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 武 (take) meaning "military, martial".

Yoshitomi Japanese
From 吉 (yoshi, kichi, kitsu) meaning "good luck, fortunate" and 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance".

Yoshiyasu Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi), an alternative spelling of 吉し (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, safe, simple, ammonium".

Yoshizako Japanese

Yosozumi Japanese
Variant of Yososumi.

Youk Korean
Variant transcription of Yuk.

Younce English (American)

Youngblood English
Americanisation of the German surname Jungbluth.

Younger English, American
English (mainly Borders) from Middle English yonger ‘younger’, hence a distinguishing name for, for example, the younger of two bearers of the same personal name. In one case, at least, however, the name is known to have been borne by an immigrant Fleming, and was probably an Americanized form of Middle Dutch jongheer ‘young nobleman’ (see Jonker)... [more]

Youngson English
Means "son of Young".

Yovel Hebrew
Means "jubilee" or "anniversary" in Hebrew, usually refers to a 50 years anniversary.

Ypi Albanian

Yris Spanish (Mexican)

Yubi Japanese

Yubuza Dungan
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from an Arabic name.

Yuce French

Yuchengco Filipino
From the surnames Yu, Cheng, and Ko.

Yuehua English

Yuk Korean
From Sino-Korean 陸 (yuk/ryuk) meaning "dry land; land".

Yukida Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters "雪" meaning "Snow", and "田" meaning "Rice Field".

Yukimiya Japanese
From Japanese, 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Yukiyama Japanese
This surname combines 幸 (kou, saiwa.i, sachi, shiawa.se, yuki) meaning "blessing, fortune, happiness," 雪 (setsu, yuki) meaning "snow" or 行 (an, gyou, kou, -i.ki, -iki, i.ku, okona.u, oko.nau, -yu.ki, -yuki, yu.ku) meaning "going, journey" with 山 (san, sen, yama) meaning "mountain."... [more]

Yukiyasu Japanese
Yuki can mean "snow" or "luck" and yasu means "peace, relax, cheap".

Yukizome Japanese
From Japanese 雪染 (yukizome) meaning "snow prints, dyed snow".

Yukkupicio Cahita
It literally means "drizzle".

Yüksel Turkish
Means "increase, rise, ascend" in Turkish.

Yuktanan Thai

Yulandi Indonesian

Yulo Filipino

Yumehara Japanese
From Japanese 夢 (yume) means "dream" and 原 (hara) means "field".

Yumeno Japanese
yumeno means "dream field" the kanji used for this name are 夢 (yume) meaning " dream" and 野 (no) meaning "field".

Yumi Japanese
Yu means "cause, reason, logic" and mi means "beauty". ... [more]

Yumul Filipino, Pampangan

Yung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Rong or Weng.

Yunyun Nigerian

Yurovsky Russian, Jewish, Polish (Anglicized)
Habitational name from Yurovo, or anglicization of Polish cognate Jurowski.

Yusa Japanese
From Japanese 遊 (yu) meaning "play" and 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid".

Yushchenko Ukrainian

Yuyan Nanai

Zabatsu Japanese

Zabiela Lithuanian

Zaboo Indian (Rare)

Zabot Italian

Zabu French (African)

Zaccardo Italian

Zach German
German and Czech from the personal name Zach a short form of Zacharias or in Czech Zachariáš... [more]

Zachos Greek
A shortened version of Zacharias.

Zack English

Zackowski English (American)
Americanized version of the surname Zakowski

Zadjelović Croatian (Rare)

Zadneprovskienė Lithuanian

Zadniprovskyi Ukrainian

Zadran Pashto
Meaning unknown. This is the name of a Pashtun tribe inhabiting Afghanistan and Waziristan (Pakistan).

Zadro Croatian

Zændžiaty Ossetian
From the Persian word zangi meaning "Dark Skinned". Zangiev and Zangief are variants.

Zaewa Russian
meaning unknown. female form of ZAEW

Zafirov Bulgarian

Žagars Latvian
Means "stick".

Žager Slovene, Croatian

Zagrebelsky Italian (Rare)

Zagreda Albanian

Zahaf Arabic (Maghrebi)

Zahavi Hebrew, Jewish
From Hebrew זהב (zahav) meaning "gold", commonly used as a replacement for Ashkenazi surnames containing the element gold, such as Goldman, Goldstein or Goldberg.

Zahra Maltese

Zahrani Arabic
From the Arabic زهراني (zahran) meaning "flowering, blossoming"; ultimately from زَهْرَة (zahra) meaning "flower, blossom" (see Zahrah)... [more]

Zai Japanese

Žaibus Lithuanian

Zaičikas Lithuanian

Zaicikas Lithuanian
Could mean "rabbit"

Zaiger German

Zaimi Albanian

Zaizen Japanese (Rare)

Zajmi Albanian

Zakareishvili Georgian
Meaning unknown.

Zaķis Latvian
Means "hare".

Zakovorot Russian

Zala Romansh

Zale English, Polish (Anglicized)
Possibly from a Polish surname, the meaning of which is uncertain (it may have been a variant of the surname Zalas which originally indicated one who lived "on the other side of the wood", from za "beyond" and las "forest").

Žalec Slovene

Zalewski Polish

Zalick English
Comes from the Greek surname Tsalikis.

Zam Bhutanese

Zambazis Greek

Zámbó Hungarian

Zambo Central African

Zamfir Romanian
From zamfir, a variant of the Slavonic word samfir or safir meaning "sapphire".

Żammit Maltese
Maltese form of the Sicilian name Zammito.

Zammit Berber, Northern African
Tunisian Berber name of unknown meaning.

Zamoa Maltese

Zamonte Filipino (Rare, ?)
Possibly a variant of Samonte.

Zander German

Zane English
Meaning unknown. It could be a Americanization of the German surname Zahn. Zane 1 is also used as a given name.

Zanel Spanish (Latin American)

Zanella Italian

Zanelli Italian

Zanfardino Italian

Zangara Italian
Southern Italian: from a feminine form of Zangaro ( see Zangari ).

Zangiev Ossetian, Soviet, Russian, Popular Culture
The Russified Soviet and Modern Russian form of the Ossetian surname Зæнджиаты Zændžiaty. A famous user of it is wrestler Victor Zangiev, himself the inspiration for Zangief of Street Fighter fame.

Zango Fula, Western African

Zanick Brazilian

Zano African

Zanos Greek

Zanto German
Unknown origin and history.

Zanussi Friulian, Italian
Zanussi is best known as the surname of an influential Italian inventor from Brugnera in Friulia. The name likely comes from zanuso meaning ‘sedge’ in Italian.

Zanza African