Submitted Surnames with 3 Syllables

Kawato Japanese
From 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 戸 (do) meaning "door".

Kawaya Japanese
Variant of Kawatani.

Kawazu Japanese (Rare)
Kawa (川, 河) means "river", tsu (津) means "port". Tsu changes to zu/dzu because of rendaku

Kayama Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "increase, add" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kayano Japanese (Rare), Brazilian
Kaya means "yew tree",and No means "field,meadow,wilderness".People with this last name are Kayano Gonbei (a samurai),Ai Kayano(a voice actress of MANY characters /more than 30),and Shigeru Kayano(an Ainu politician who lived well up to 2006)... [more]

Kayıkçı Turkish
Means "boatman, rower" in Turkish.

Kazaana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 風穴 (kazaana) meaning "air hole", referring to a place with many air holes.

Kazakov Russian
From Russian казак (kazak) meaning "Cossack".

Kazami Japanese
From Japanese 風 (kaza) meaning "wind, style" and 見 (mi) meaning "looking, viewing".

Kazanchian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).

Kazanchyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).

Kazancı Turkish
Occupational name for a maker or seller of cauldrons, kettles or boilers, from Turkish kazan meaning "cauldron, boiler".

Kazandjian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).

Kazanjian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).

Kazanjyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).

Kazantsev m Russian
Denotes to a person from Kazan'.

Kazari Japanese (Rare)
Means "decoration" in Japanese.

Kazarian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազարյան (see Ghazaryan).

Kazaryan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազարյան (see Ghazaryan).

Kazempour Persian
Means "son of Kazem".

Kazeya Japanese
Variant of Kazetani.

Kazinskiy m Russian, Jewish

Kaźmierczak Polish
Derived from the given name Kazimierz.

Kazoe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 主計 (see Kazue).

Kazue Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 主計 (kazue) meaning "(Ancient Japan) tax officer".... [more]

Keahi Hawaiian
From the given name Keahi.

Kefalas Greek
Nickname for a big-headed or obstinate person, derived from Greek κεφάλι (kefali) meaning "head".

Kekkai Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 結解 (see Kekke).

Kelava Croatian
Possibly derived from Turkish kel, meaning "bald".... [more]

Kenmochi Japanese
From 剣 (ken, tsurugi) meaning "sword" and 持 (mochi, ji, chi, mo.tsu) meaning "to hold, to have".

Kenzaki Japanese
Variant of Kensaki.

Keobouahom Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "jewel, gem", ບົວ (bua) meaning "water lily, lotus" and ຫອມ (hom) meaning "fragrant, aromatic".

Keodara Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "jewel, gem" and ດາລາ (dara) meaning "star".

Keohavong Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "gem, jewel", ຫາ (ha) meaning "seek, find, obtain" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Keokanya Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "jewel, gem" and ກັນຍາ (kanya) meaning "September" or "Virgo (the constellation)".

Keomany Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "gem, jewel, glass" and ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel, precious stone".

Keopanya Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "gem, jewel" and ປັນຍາ (panya) meaning "wisdom, intelligence, reason".

Keopaseuth Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "gem, jewel" and ​ປະ​ເສີດ (paseuth) meaning "excellent, magnificent".

Keopraseuth Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ແກ້ວ​ປະ​ເສີດ (see Keopaseuth).

Keosavath Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "gem, jewel" and ສະຫວາດ (savath) meaning "sincere, open, beautiful".

Keosoupha Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "gem, jewel" and ສຸພາ (soupha) meaning "beautiful, handsome, pleasant".

Keovilay Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "jewel, gem" and ວິໄລ (vilay) meaning "splendid, beautiful".

Keovongsa Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "jewel, gem" and ວົງສາ (vongsa) meaning "family line".

Kerington English
Varient of Carrington.

Kermani Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Kerman in Iran, derived from Middle Persian klmʾn of uncertain meaning.

Kerouac French (Quebec)
Variant form of Kirouac. This name was borne by the American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), who was a pioneer of the Beat Generation, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg.

Keshavarz Persian
Means "farmer" in Persian.

Kesteloot Belgian (Modern)
No idea whatsoever as to the origin of the surname other than it is of Belgian origin.

Ketsuge Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 結解 (see Kekke).

Kettunen Finnish
Derived from Finnish kettu "fox".

Kevinsen Scandinavian
Scandinavian variant of Kevinson.

Keziah English (Rare)
From the given name Keziah.

Khachatrian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Խաչատրյան (see Khachatryan).

Khachatryan Armenian
Means "son of Khachatur".

Khaleghi Persian
Derived from Persian خالق (khaleq) meaning "creator (an epithet for God)".

Khalidov m Chechen, Dagestani
Means "son of Khalid".

Khalifa Arabic
From the given name Khalifa.

Khalili Persian, Arabic
From the given name Khalil.

Khamenei Persian
Originally denoted someone who came from the village of Khamaneh, located in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran. A famous bearer is Ali Khamenei (1939-), a former president and the current Supreme Leader of Iran.

Khamvongsa Lao
From Lao ຄຳ (kham) meaning "gold" and ວົງສາ (vongsa) meaning "family line".

Khandakar Bengali
Means "teacher, scholar" (literally "one who reads"), derived from Persian خواندن (khandan) meaning "to read, to study" and the occupational suffix گار (kar).

Khandaker Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খন্দকার (see Khandakar).

Khandkar Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খন্দকার (see Khandakar).

Khandker Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খন্দকার (see Khandakar).

Khanthawong Thai
From Thai คันธ (khantha) meaning "smell, scent, fragrance" and วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty".

Kharchenko Ukrainian

Khasanov Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Bashkir, Chechen
Means "son of Khasan".

Khaskheli Urdu, Sindhi
Referred to a person belonging to the Khaskheli tribe in the Pakistani provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. It is perhaps derived from the Urdu words خاص (khas) meaning "proper" and خالی (khali) meaning "performer"... [more]

Khavari Persian
Means "eastern" from Persian خاور (khāvar) meaning "east".

Khavrenkov m Russian

Khayasi Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Hayashi more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Khodyrev m Russian

Kholodkov m Russian
Derived from холодный (kholodnyy) meaning cold.

Kholodov Russian
Derived from Russian холод (kholod) meaning "cold".

Khomeini Persian
Originally indicated a person who came from the city of Khomeyn in the Markazi province of Iran. A notable bearer of this surname was the Islamic revolutionary, politician and religious leader Ruhollah Khomeini (1900 or 1902-1989), who founded the Islamic Republic of Iran following the Iranian Revolution in 1979... [more]

Khomsiri Thai

Khomyakov Russian
From Russian хомяк (khomyak), meaning "hamster".

Khondakar Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খন্দকার (see Khandakar).

Khondaker Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খন্দকার (see Khandakar).

Khondkar Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খন্দকার (see Khandakar).

Khondker Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খন্দকার (see Khandakar).

Khondokar Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খন্দকার (see Khandakar).

Khondoker Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খন্দকার (see Khandakar).

Khorchidian Armenian
Variant transcription of Khorchidyan.

Khorchidyan Armenian
Means "son of Khorchid".

Khorinyak Russian
Uncertain meaning.

Khoroshko Russian, Ukrainian (?)
Derived from Russian хорошо (khorosho), meaning "good".

Khorrami Persian
Variant of Khorram.

Khorsandi Persian
Derived from Persian خرسند (khorsand) meaning "happy, content, satisfied".

Khorshidian Armenian
Means "son of Khorshid" in Armenian.

Khosravi Persian
From the given name Khusraw.

Khovanskiy m Russian, Jewish

Khrustalyov m Russian
Derived from Russian хрусталь (khrustal'), meaning "crystal". Georgiy Khrustalyov-Nosar was a Russian revolutionary.

Khvylyovyy m Ukrainian
Means "wave (water)" in Ukrainian.

Kibara Japanese
Variant of Kihara.

Kichida Japanese
A variant pronunciation of Yoshida.

Kidate Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree" and 建 (date), the joining continuative form of 建てる (tateru) meaning "to build; to construct".

Kierkegaard Danish
Means "farm near the church" from elements kirke meaning "church" and gaard meaning "farm." A famous bearer is Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher.

Kigawa Japanese
Variant of Kikawa.

Kihara Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kijima Japanese
Variant of Kishima.

Kijowska f Polish
Feminine form of Kijowski.

Kijowski m Polish
Derived from Kijów, the Polish form of Kyiv.

Kikawa Japanese
From 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Kikuchi Japanese
From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" and 池 (chi) meaning "pool, pond" or 地 (chi) meaning "earth, land, ground".

Kikuda Japanese
Kiku means "chrysanthemum" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Kikuta Japanese
From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kikuya Japanese
"Chrysanthemum valley."

Kilcommon Irish
Indicated a person who was from Kilcommon, Erris, County Mayo in Ireland. The place name Kilcommon derives from the Gaeltacht phrase Cill Chomáin, meaning "church of St. Comán."

Kilcullen Irish
Variant of Kilgallen.

Kilgallen Irish
Kilgallen comes from the Irish name Mac Giolla Chaillin, meaning the son of a servant or devotee of St. Caillin.

Killmonger African
The name (last name) of the villain in Black Panther, played by Michael B. Jordan.

Kimata Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 俣 (mata) meaning "fork, crotch".

Kimoto Japanese
Derived from the Japanese kanji 木 (ki) or 樹 (ki) both meaning "tree, wood, plant" combined with 本 (moto) or 元 (moto) both meaning "base, root, origin".... [more]

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

Kindersley English

Kingetsu Japanese

Kinose Japanese
Ki means "tree, wood", no could be a possessive particle or it could mean "field, wilderness", and se means "current, ripple".

Kinoshi Japanese (Rare)

Kinoshita Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood", an unwritten possessive marker 之 (no), and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Kinsella Irish
From Gaelic Uí Ceinnsealaigh meaning "descendant of Cinnsealach", a given name probably meaning "chief warrior".

Kinuya Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kinutani.

Kirchofer German
German topographic name for someone living near a churchyard, or habitational name for the proprietor or tenant of a farm named as "Church Farm", from Middle High German kirche "church" + hof "farmstead", "manor farm".

Kirida Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Kirillov Russian
Means "son of Kirill"

Kirima Japanese (Rare)
Kiri (桐 or 霧) means "paulownia/foxglove tree" or "mist" respectively, ma (間), means "space".

Kirino Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Kirita Japanese
Variant of Kirida.

Kiriya Japanese
A variant of Kiritani.

Kırmızı Turkish
Means "red" in Turkish.

Kirsanov m Russian
Means "son of Kirsan."

Kiruta Belarusian, Russian

Kiryuin Japanese (?), Popular Culture (?)
Either from 桐生 (Kiryu), a place name, combined with 院 (in) meaning "college" or 鬼 (ki, oni) meaning "demon" and 龍 (ryu) meaning "dragon, imperial" combined with 院 (in) meaning "college".

Kiryukhin m Russian
Possibly derived from a diminutive of Kira 1.

Kiryushkin m Russian
Derived from a diminutive of the Russian name Kir.

Kishida Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kishino Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kishinyov m Russian (Rare)
Means "Chișinau", the capital of Moldova, in Russian. It is a very rare last name.

Kishio Japanese
Kishi means "bank, shore, beach" and o means "tail".

Kisida Japanese

Kislitsyn Russian
Derived from Russian кислица (kislitsa) meaning "mope, a dull, spiritless person".

Kissami Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "descendants of Qasim" in Arabic. This was the name of a Moroccan family descended from the Idrisid dynasty.

Kitani Japanese
From the Japanese 木 (ki or moku) "tree," "wood" and 谷 (tani or ya) "valley."

Kitano Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kitao Japanese
From 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail".

Kitase Japanese
Kita means "north" and and se means "ripple".

Kitchener English
Variant spelling of Kitchen. A notable bearer was the Anglo-Irish senior British Army officer and colonial administrator Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916).

Kitzmiller English (American)
Americanized form of German Kitzmüller, literally ‘kid miller’ ( see Kitz + Muller ), a nickname for a miller who kept goats; alternatively, the first element may be from a personal name formed with the Germanic element Gid-, cognate with Old English gidd ‘song’.

Kiuchi Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Kiwara Japanese
Variant of Kihara.

Kiyoda Japanese

Kiyono Japanese
From Japanese 清 (kiyo) meaning "clear, pure, clean" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kiyose Japanese
Kiyo means "pure, clean" and se means "ripple".

Kiyoshi Japanese (Rare)
Means "pure, clean" in Japanese. It is more common as a given name (see Kiyoshi).

Kiyota Japanese
From the Japanese 清 (kiyo) "clearly," "brightly," "cleanly" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy."

Kizuki Japanese
Kizuki has various spellings. It combines 木 (ki) meaning “tree”, 気 (ki) meaning “spirit”, 稀 (ki) meaning “rare”, 希 (ki) “hope, rare” and 妃 (ki) meaning “princess” with 月 (tsuki) meaning “moon, month”... [more]

Klepikov m Russian
Possibly derived from клепка (klepka), meaning riveting.

Kletenkov m Russian

Klobučar Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Occupational name derived from Serbian, Croatian and Slovene klobučar meaning "hatter" (a derivative of klobuk meaning "hat"), originally indicating a person who made, sold or repaired hats.

Klobuchar Slovene (Anglicized), Croatian (Anglicized), Serbian (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Klobučar. A notable bearer is the American politician, lawyer and senator Amy Klobuchar (1960-).

Kloosterboer Dutch
Occupational name derived from Dutch klooster meaning "monastery, convent, cloister" and boer meaning "peasant, farmer".

Kloppenburg German, Dutch
From Cloppenburg, the name of a town in Lower Saxony.

Kluczewski m Polish
Habititional surname for someone from a village called Kluczewo, derived from klucz, meaning "key."

Kluczyński m Polish
Variant of Kluczewski. A notable bearer was John C. Kluczynski (1896-1975), an American veteran who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Kobara Japanese
Variant of Kohara.

Kobari Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 針 (hari) meaning "needle, pin".

Kobashi Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" or 古 (ko) meaning "ancient, old, previous" combined with 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Kobata Japanese
Variant of Kohata.

Kobata Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hatta, added Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small, little".

Kobela Hungarian
May come from the slavic word kobila, meaning mare.

Kobel'kov m Russian

Kobori Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 堀 (hori) meaning "moat, ditch".

Kocabaş Turkish
Means "hawfinch" (a type of bird) in Turkish.

Kocaman Turkish
Means "huge, enormous" in Turkish.

Kocharyan Armenian

Kochiya Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 古知屋 (see Kucha).

Kociołek Polish
It literally means "small kettle".

Kodama Japanese
From Japanese 児 or 兒 (ko) meaning "child, young" and 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball".

Kodama Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball".

Kodzuchi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small; little" and 土 (dzuchi), the joining form of 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth; soil; mud, ground".

Koenigsberg Jewish
Associated with the Polish, then Prussian, then German, now Russian town Königsberg.

Kogami Japanese
Variant of Kokami.

Kogane Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 黄金, 小金, 古金, 子金, 故金 or 小賀根 with 黄 (ou, kou, ki, ko-) meaning "yellow", 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small", 古 (ko, furu-, furu.i, -fu.rusu) meaning "old", 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of Chinese zodiac", 故 (ko, furu.i, moto, yue) meaning "cause, circumstances, consequently, especially, happenstance, intentionally, reason, the late, therefore", 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations, joy", 根 (kon, ne, -ne) meaning "head (pimple), radical, root" and 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane, -gane) meaning "gold."... [more]

Kogawa Japanese
Variant of Kokawa.

Kogure Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ko) meaning "tree, wood" and 暮 (kure) meaning "end, close".

Kohashi Japanese
Ko means "small" and hashi means "bridge".

Kohata Japanese

Kohira Japanese
A variant of Kodaira.... [more]

Kohsaka Japanese
Variant transcription of Kosaka.

Kohyama Japanese
Variant transcription of Koyama.

Koide Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 出 (ide or de) meaning "rising."

Koike Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "little, small" and 池 (ike) meaning "pond."

Koirala Nepali
From the name of the village of Koirali in Nepal.

Koishi Japanese
Ko means "small" and ishi means "stone".

Koiso Japanese
Combination of the kanji 小 (ko; "small, little, short") and 磯 (iso; "seashore")

Koivula Finnish
From Finnish koivu meaning "birch" and the suffix -la signifying a place.

Koivunen Finnish
From Finnish koivu meaning "birch" and the suffix -nen.

Kojima Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" or 児 (ko) meaning "young" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kōjiya Japanese
From Japanese 麹 (kōji) meaning a substance made from plant molds to make fermented products and 屋 (ya) meaning "seller; shop".

Kojiya Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 麹屋, 麹家, 麹谷, 糀屋, 糀谷, 糀矢, 粷谷, or 小路谷 (see Kojiya) or a variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).

Kokawa Japanese
Ko means "small" and kawa means "river".

Kokubo Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 保 (ho) meaning "protect".

Kokubu Japanese
From Japanese 国 or 國 (koku) meaning "country, state" and 分 (bu) meaning "part, share, portion".

Kokubun Japanese

Kokuda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小管 (see Kosuge).

Kolesnik Russian
Denoting to a person who fixed wheels, from Russian колесник (kolesnik), meaning "wheelwright".

Kolesnyk Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kolesnik.

Kolovrat Russian, Croatian, Czech
A Kolovrat is a swastika-type Slavic symbol resembling a spinning wheel.

Kolyada Russian, Ukrainian
From Коляда (Kolyada), a name for Slavic Christmas celebrations (or formerly, Slavic pagan traditional winter solstice celebrations).

Komada Japanese
Ko could mean "small, little" or "old", ma could mean "real, genuine" and da comes from ta meaning "rice paddy, field".

Komarov Russian
From Russian комар (komar) meaning "mosquito".

Komaru Japanese
From Japanese 小丸 (Komaru) meaning "Komaru", a former village in the former district of Mikumi in the former Japanese province of Tajima in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.

Komata Japanese

Komatsu Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Komine Japanese
Ko mean "small" or "light" and mine means "peak".

Komiya Japanese
小 (Ko) means "small" and 宮 (miya) means "shrine".

Komiya Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Komoku Japanese

Komori Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Kōmura Japanese
From Japanese 高 (kō) meaning "tall, high" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Komura Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small, Little" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village".

Komura Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 高村 (see Kōmura).

Kömürcü Turkish
Means "coal dealer, charcoal burner, coal miner" in Turkish.

Komuro Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) "small" and 室 (muro) "room."

Konaka Japanese
小 (Ko) means "small" and 中 (naka) means "middle".

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

Kondratyev m Russian
From the given name Kondrat.

Kongsabut Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI.

Konieczny m Polish
Means "necessary" in Polish.

Königsberg Jewish
Associated with the Polish/Prussian/German/Russian town Königsberg, now called Kaliningrad. This surname was borne by the parents of American actor, writer, teacher, and director Walter Koenig (1936-) before they emigrated to the United States.

Koniński m Polish
Derived from Polish koń, meaning "horse." It can also refer to the city of Konin in Poland.

Konkyuhri Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūri).

Konkyuhryoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūryō).

Konkyūri Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).

Konkyuri Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūri).

Konkyūryō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).

Konkyuryo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūryō).

Konkyuuri Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūri).

Konkyuuryou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūryō).

Konoe Japanese
Means "royal guardian" in Japanese. The kanji that make up this name are 近 (kon, "near, close") and 衛 (e, "protection"). A famous bearer of this surname was Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe (近衞 文麿; 1891–1945).

Konparu Japanese
Kon means "gold" and paru is a form of haru, meaning "spring".

Konstantin Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, German, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian
From the given name Konstantin

Konyakhin m Russian

Konzelman German
Orginating from Konrad, which is a variant of Conrad, meaning "brave counsel." The second half of the name indicates one who was a councilman or advisor to someone of importance or power.

Koplakov m Russian

Kopytov Russian
Patronymic surname derived from Russian копыто (kopyto) meaning "hoof". This may have been a nickname for a lame man or a shepherd.

Kopyttsev m Russian

Korablev m Russian
From Russian корабль (korabl'), meaning "ship, boat".

Koretskiy Russian
Name for a person originally from the Ukrainian city of Korets, derived from Russian корец (korets) or корчик (korchik) both referring to a type of ladle.

Koretsky Russian, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Koretskiy.

Korndilok Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kornilov m Russian
Means "son of Kornelij". Lavr Kornilov (1870-1918) was a Russian military intelligence officer, explorer, and general in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the ensuing Russian Civil War.

Kornkowit Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Korntemi Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Korobchak Russian, Ukrainian

Korochkin m Russian
Derived from корочка (korochka) meaning crust.

Korolyov Russian
Derived from Russian король (korol) meaning "king".

Korsakov m Russian
From Russian корсак (korsak), meaning "corsac (fox)". Probably to a sly person. A variant of Korsak.

Korshunov Russian
From a nickname derived from Russian коршун (korshun) meaning "kite (a type of bird)".

Korutürk Turkish
Nickname meaning "protector of the Turks", derived from the Turkish verb korumak "to protect". This name was acquired by Turkish president Fahri Korutürk (1903-1987). It was given to him by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey (the verb korumak refers to Atatürk's expectation of Korutürk to preserve his legacy).

Koryagin m Russian
From Russian коряга (koryaga), meaning "uprooted tree stump, rotten tree".

Koryakov m Russian
Denotes to a Koryak person. Koryaks are the native ethnic group of Kamchatka.

Kosaka Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Kosaki Japanese
Ko means "small" and saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory".

Kosarev m Russian
Derived from косарь (kosar') meaning mower.

Koseki Japanese
Ko means "small" and seki means "frontier pass".

Kösetürk Turkish

Koshchakov m Russian

Koshiba Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" and 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood".

Koshima Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" or 児 (ko) meaning "young" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kosopkin m Russian

Kosuga Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 or 小管 (see Kosuge).

Kosuge Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small; little; short" and 菅 (suge) meaning "sedge".... [more]

Kosugi Japanese
Ko means "small" and sugi means "cedar". ... [more]

Kosugi Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar".

Kotaka Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Kotake Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "little, small" and 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo."

Kōtani Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 糀谷 (see Kōjiya).

Kotani Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 糀谷 (see Kōtani).

Kotenko Ukrainian

Kotenkov m Russian

Koteynko Ukrainian

Kothari Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
Derived from Sanskrit कोष्ठागारिक (koṣṭhāgārika) meaning "storekeeper".

Kotnikov m Russian

Kotono Japanese

Kotsuki Japanese
It means "above moon".

Koumoto Japanese
It might mean "light source origin".

Koura Japanese
Ko means "small" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

Kourakos Greek

Kouroshi Persian
From the given name Kourosh.

Kovtunov m Russian
A form of Kovtun.

Kowaka Japanese

Kowalczuk Ukrainian (Polonized)
Polonised form of Ukrainian Kovalchuk, which is used by Ukrainians in Poland.

Kowara Japanese
Variant of Kohara.

Kowerski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Kowersk.

Koyama Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain."

Koyano Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Koyasu Japanese
From the Japanese 子 (ko) "child" and 安 (yasu or an) "relax," "inexpensive," "low."

Kozaka Japanese
Variant of Kosaka.

Kozaki Japanese
Variant of Kosaki.