Submitted Surnames with 3 Syllables

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).

Oojima Japanese
Variant of Ooshima.

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".

Oosterhuis Dutch
Means "eastern house" in Dutch.

Ootani Japanese
From Japanese 大 (oo) meaning "big" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Ootono Japanese (Rare)
Oo means "big, great, large, huge" and tono is an outdated honorific that literally means "lord".

Oracion Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish oración meaning "sentence, prayer".

Oraliz Spanish

Orazio Italian
From the given name Orazio.

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."

Ordóñez Spanish
Means "son of Ordoño".

Orduña Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Urduña.

Oreshkin m Russian

Oreste Italian
From the given name Oreste

Orfanov Russian
Derived from Greek ὀρφανός (orphanos) meaning "orphan".

Orgeron French (Cajun)
From the Norman French family name Orger, which is a abbreviated form of the ancient Norman name Orglander.

Orime Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Orimen.

Orimen Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 折 (ori) meaning "occasion; time" or "fold" and 免 (men) meaning "dismissal".

Orisu Japanese

Orlandi Italian
Variant of Orlando.

Orłowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Orłów, Orłowo or Orły, all derived from Polish orzeł meaning "eagle".

Ortone Italian
Italian form of Horton.

Ortonio Italian, Spanish
Variant of Ortone. Italian and Spanish form of Hortonius.

Oryschak Ukrainian
Refers to someone from the village of Oryshkivsti in Ternopil Oblast in present-day Western Ukraine.

Osada Japanese
From Japanese 長 (osa) meaning "chief, head, leader" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Osada Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Ōsaka Japanese
From Japanese 逢 (o) meaning "meeting, encounter" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Ōsaka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Osaka Japanese
O means "Big" and Saka means "Hill, Slope".

Osaki Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 崎, 埼, 﨑 or 岬 (saki) "peninsula," "cape" or 嵜 (saki) "steep," "promontory."

Osako Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, large" combined with 迫 (sako) meaning "imperative".... [more]

Osama Arabic
Derived from the given name Usama.

Osame Japanese
From Japanese 納 (osame), a variant spelling of 納め (osame) meaning "to pay fees, to supply, to store, to complete, to restore".... [more]

Osamu Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Osato Japanese
O means "big" and sato means "hamlet, village, town".

Ōsawa Japanese
Alternate transcription of Osawa.

Osawa Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Ó Searcaigh Irish

Ōshima Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Oshima Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōshima.

Ōshita Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Oshita Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大下 (see Ōshita).

Osmeña Filipino (Hispanicized), Cebuano (Hispanicized)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from a Spanish form of the Arabic name Uthman. A notable bearer was Sergio Osmeña (1878-1961), the fourth president of the Philippines.

Osorio Spanish
From the given name Osorio.

Ostanin Russian
From any of several diminutives of the given name Evstafiy or Evstakhiy.

Österman Swedish
Variant of Östman.

Ōsuga Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge".

Osuga Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大菅 (see Ōsuga).

Osuga Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 (see Kosuge).

Osuge Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 (see Kosuge).

Osumi Japanese
From 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 隅 (sumi) meaning "corner, nook".

Osvaldo Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Osvaldo.

Ōtaka Japanese
This surname combines 大 (tai, dai, oo-, -oo.ini, oo.kii) meaning "big, large" with 高 (kou, taka, taka.i, taka.maru, taka.meru, -daka) meaning "expensive, high, tall," 鷹 (ou, you, taka) meaning "hawk," 孝 (kyou, kou, taka) meaning "child's respect, filial piety," 嵩 (shuu, suu, kasa, kasa.mu, taka.i) meaning "be aggravated, grow bulky, grow worse, swell" or 貴 (ki, tatto.i, tatto.bu, touto.i, touto.bu, taka) meaning "esteem, honour, precious, prize, value."... [more]

Ōtaka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Ōtaka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 鷹 (taka) meaning "eagle, falcon, hawk".

Otaka Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大高 (see Ōtaka).

Ōtake Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo".

Otake Japanese
O means "great, big" and take means "bamboo".

Otake Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大竹 (see Ōtake).

Ōtaki Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall".

Ōtani Japanese
Variant transcription of Ootani.

Ōtani Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Otani Japanese
Variant transcription of Ootani.

Ōtomo Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 友 (tomo) meaning "friend".

Otomo Japanese

Otomo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大友 (see Ōtomo).

Ōtsubo Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 坪 (tsubo), a traditional unit of measurement equivalent to approximately 3.306 square metres.

Otsubo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōtsubo.

Ōtsuka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Otsuka Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大塚 (see Ōtsuka).

Ōtsuki Japanese
This surname combines 大 (tai, dai, oo-, -oo.ini, oo.kii) "large, big" with 月 (gatsu, getsu, tsuki) meaning "moon, month," 槻 (ki, tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree," 築 (chiku, kizu.ku, tsuki) meaning "build, construct, fabricate," 附 (fu, tsu.ku, tsu.keru) meaning "affixed, append, attach" or 即 (soku, sunawa.chi, tsu.ku, tsu.keru) meaning "adapt, agree, as is, conform, instant, namely." It can also be used to combine 王 (ou, -nou) meaning "king, magnate, rule" and 月.... [more]

Ōtsuki Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 槻 (tsuki) referring to a type of tree (genus Zelkova).

Otsuki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大槻 (see Ōtsuki).

Ottavio Italian
From the given name Ottavio.

Ottone Italian
From the given name Ottone.

Ouattara Western African, Manding
From the name of the Wattara or Watara clan of the Dyula people, believed to be derived from a word meaning "prince".

Ōuchi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Ouchi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大内 (see Ōuchi).

Oudehand Dutch
Variant of Ouwehand.

Oudeland Dutch
Habitational name from places called Oudeland in the Netherlands, or perhaps the village of Oudelande in the Dutch province of Zeeland. Their names mean "old land" in Dutch.

Ouderland Dutch
Variant of Oudeland.

Oudomsouk Lao
From Lao ອຸດົມ (oudom) meaning "abundant, plentiful" or "superior, supreme, excellent" and ສຸກ (souk) meaning "happiness, pleasure, joy".

Oumarou Western African
From the given name Oumarou.

Ōura Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Oura Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大浦 (see Ōura).

Ouwehand Dutch
Means "old hand" in Dutch, originally a nickname for a fisherman, associated with the phrase "old hands at sea". Another theory holds that it comes from a misdivision of the surname Oudeland... [more]

Ouweland Dutch
Variant of Oudeland.

Ovchinskiy m Russian, Jewish

Ovechkin Russian
Patronymic derived from Russian овечка (ovechka) meaning "lamb". A famous bearer is the Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin (1985-).

Overath German
From the name of the town of Overath in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. A famous bearer is the German former soccer player Wolfgang Overath (1943-).

Ōwaki Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".

Owaki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大脇 (see Ōwaki).

Owara Japanese
Variant of Ohara.

Owari Japanese
From Japanese 終 (owa) meaning “last, to finish” and 里 (ri) meaning “village, the home of one’s parents, hometown”. The latter character is also an archaic Japanese unit of area.

Oyama Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Oyarzún Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Oiartzun.

Ozaka Japanese
"Big, great slope". Variant of Osaka.

Ozaki Japanese
A variant of Osaki. O means "Big" and Zaki means "Peninsula, Cape, Promontory".

Ozaki Japanese
From Japanese 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Ozato Japanese
Variant of Osato.

Ozawa Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Özçelik Turkish
From Turkish öz meaning "core, essence" and çelik meaning "steel".

Özdemir Turkish
Means "pure iron" from Turkish öz meaning "pure" and demir meaning "iron".

Ozdoba Polish

Ōzeki Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 関 (seki) meaning "frontier, pass".

Ozeki Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "big, great" and 関 (seki) meaning "frontier, pass".

Ozeki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大関 (see Ōzeki).

Özkaya Turkish
From Turkish öz meaning "core, essence" and kaya meaning "rock".

Ōzora Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 空 (sora) meaning "sky".

Özyakup Turkish
From Turkish öz meaning "core, essence, self, pure" combined with the given name Yakup. This name is borne by the Turkish-Dutch soccer player Oğuzhan Özyakup (1992-).

Pabalat Tagalog (Filipinized, Archaic)
A Filipino surname meaning "cover, saddle" or "saddle maker". This surname was probably created when a Spanish surveyor conducts a census sometime in the 19th century in Cavinti, Laguna, Philippines... [more]

Paciello Italian
Italian surname for "Little peacemaker"; a diminutive for the Italian word "paciere", meaning Peacemaker.

Pacino Italian
Diminutive form of Pace. The American actor Al Pacino (1940-) is a well-known bearer of this surname.

Pagaspas Tagalog, Cebuano
From Tagalog and Cebuano pagaspas meaning "rustling, fluttering", specifically referring to the movement and sound of leaves when being blown by strong wind.

Pagtakhan Filipino, Tagalog
Means "wonder, marvel at" in Tagalog.

Pahlavan Persian
Means "hero, strong man" in Persian.

Pahlavi Persian
Means "hero, champion, athletic, strong man", a variant of Pahlavan. It could also refer to a person who came from Parthia, a historical region situated in present-day Iran and Turkmenistan, derived from Persian پهلو (pahlaw) meaning "Parthian, person from Parthia"... [more]

Pakingan Tagalog
From Tagalog pakinggan meaning "to listen, to pay attention, to heed".

Palacol Filipino, Tagalog
Means "ax" in Tagalog.

Palacpac Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)
Derived from Tagalog palakpak meaning "appaluse."

Palare Thai (Muslim)

Palmarez Mexican

Palmieri Italian
Derived from Italian palmiere meaning "pilgrim".

Palola Finnish
Probably from Palo, the name of many Finnish villages or palo meaning "fire" and the suffix -la signifying a place.

Palosi Italian

Panahi Persian
From Persian پناه (panâh) meaning "shelter, refuge, protection".

Panchenko Ukrainian (Modern)
It is a common Ukrainian surname meaning "Fisher".

Pancrazio Italian
From the given name Pancrazio.

Panesh Circassian (Russified)
From Adyghe пэ (pă) meaning "nose" and нэшъу (năŝ°) "blind".

Pankiewicz Polish
From the nickname Panek, a diminutive of Panas, itself a form of the given name Atanazy.

Pankratov Russian
Means "son of Pankratiy".

Pantaleon Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Pantaleón.

Pantolin Swedish (Rare)
Swedish military name

Panuwat Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ภาณุวัฒน์ (see Phanuwat).

Panyobhas Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai ปัญโญภาส (see Panyophat).

Panyopas Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ปัญโญภาส (see Panyophat).

Panyophat Thai (Rare)
From Thai ปัญโญ (panyo), a form of ปัญญา (panya) meaning "wisdom; knowledge; intelligence" and

Paolo Italian
From the given name Paolo.

Paragas Pangasinan, Ilocano
From Pangasinan or Ilocano ragas meaning "to cut, to trim (clothing)", probably used as an occupational name.

Pariseau French
Derived from a pet form of Paris.

Parligras Romanian

Parreira Portuguese
Means "grapevine" in Portuguese. It was used as a toponymic name for someone from any of various places called Parreira, a topographic name for someone who lived near many grapevines, or an occupational name for someone who worked on a grapevine plantation.

Parsaee Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian پارسایی (see Parsaei).

Parsaei Persian
From the given name Parsa.

Parsapour Persian
Means "son of Parsa".

Parvanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Parvan".

Parvizi Persian
From the given name Parviz.

Pasasauv Paiwan

Pasechnik Russian
Means "beekeeper" in Russian. Leonid Pasechnik is the leader of the LNR.

Pashayev Azerbaijani (Russified)
Russified form of Paşayev.

Pasinski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Paszyn in Nowy Sacz voivodeship; also a pet form of Paweł.

Pasquale Italian
From the given name Pasquale.

Pasquali Italian
From the given name Pasquale.

Passepartout Literature
Derived from French passe-partout, which literally means "goes everywhere" but is actually an idiom for "skeleton key".... [more]

Passwater English (American)

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

Pastukhov Russian
Derived from Russian пастух (pastukh) meaning "shepherd".

Patiño Spanish, Galician
From a diminutive of Spanish or Galician pato meaning "duck", used as a nickname for a person who waddled.

Patnubay Filipino, Tagalog
Means "guide, companion" in Tagalog.

Patriksen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Patrik".

Pattinson English, Scottish
Derived from the name of an ancestor. 'The son of Patrick' (which see), from the nick. Pate and diminutive Patt-in; compare Colin, Robin.

Paulose Indian (Christian)
From the given name Paulose.

Paŭlovič Belarusian
Means "son of Paviel".

Paunero Spanish (Latin American)

Pavelka Czech
Derived from the given name Pavel. A famosu bearer is Jake Pavelka.

Pavese Italian
Means "one from Pavia". Pavia is an Italian town located in Lombardy, northern Italy. It can also derive from pavese, a kind of big, Medieval shield.... [more]

Pawlitski German (Rare)
Variant of Pawlitzki

Pazinski Polish
Variant of Pasinski.

Pechkunov m Russian

Pedreira Portuguese, Galician
Means "quarry, rocky place" in Portuguese and Galician, originally a habitational name from any of various places called Pedreira or A Pedreira.

Pehlivan Turkish
Means "wrestler, strongman" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian پهلوان (pahlavân).

Peijnenburg Dutch
Variant of Pijnenburg.

Peixoto Portuguese
Occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a fish, derived from Portuguese peixe meaning "fish".

Pelagio Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Pelagio.

Pelayo Spanish
From the given name Pelayo.

Pelevin Russian
Derived from dialectal Russian пелева (peleva) meaning "chaff, shuck". A notable bearer is Victor Pelevin, the Russian fiction writer.

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

Pendarvis English (American)
The American English spelling of the Cornish surname Pendarves. Ultimately, the surname is traced back to Pendarves Island, Cornwall.

Penderwick American
A family in a book series by Jeanne Birdsall.

Pendleton English
An Old English name meaning "overhanging settlement".

Pengelly Cornish
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations in Cornwall named Pengelly, from Cornish penn meaning "head, top, end" and gelli or gilly meaning "copse, grove".

Penington English
Variant of Pennington

Peniston English
Denoted someone who came from the town of Penistone in South Yorkshire.

Pennello Spanish, Italian

Pennington English
Habitational surname denoting someone originally from any of the various locations in England named Pennington, derived from Old English penning meaning "penny" (used as a byname or from a tribute due on the land) and tun meaning "town".

Pennyworth English
From Old English pening, penig meaning "penny (the coin)" and worþ meaning "enclosure". A notable fictional bearer is Alfred Pennyworth, a DC Comics character notable for being the butler of the superhero Batman.

Pepito Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Pepito.

Perales Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations named Perales, from Spanish perales meaning "pear trees" (the plural of peral meaning "pear tree").

Perceval English, Norman
Derived from either the Old French given name Perceval, or from one of two places called Perceval in the department of Calvados in Normandy, France... [more]

Percival English, Norman
Variant of Perceval, derived from the given name Percival.

Perera Sinhalese, Catalan
Sinhalese form of Pereira as well as a Catalan cognate.

Perrina Italian

Peruzzi Italian
From the given name Piero.

Pervushin m Russian
Possibly derived from первый (pervyy) meaning first.

Pesälä Finnish
From Finnish pesä meaning “nest” and the suffix -lä signifying a place.

Pescador Spanish
Means "fisherman, fisher" in Spanish.

Peshlakai Navajo
Derived from the Navajo words béésh "metal" and łigaii "white" meaning “silver”.

Pessoa Portuguese
From Portuguese pessoa meaning "person."

Petitjean French
Nickname for a small or little man, or ironically a large or tall man, derived from Old French petit meaning "small, little" combined with the given name Jean 1... [more]

Petito Italian, Judeo-Italian
Nickname for a small person, derived from a dialectal word ultimately from French petit meaning "small, little".

Petkevich Russian
Russian form of Piatkievič.

Petrelli Italian
From the given name Pietro.

Petreska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Petreski.

Petreski m Macedonian
Means "son of Petre".

Petridis Greek
Means "son of Petros".

Petrone Italian
Derived from the given name Pietro.

Petrosian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Petrosyan.

Petrucci Italian
From the given name Pietro.

Petryniec Ukrainian
From the given name Peter.

Pettifer English
Nickname for a good infantryman, an old soldier who had lost a foot, or a person who was never tired of walking, derived from Old French pedefer, pied de fer meaning "iron foot".

Pettyfer English
Variant spelling of Pettifer. The British actor and model Alex Pettyfer (1990-) is a famous bearer of this surname.

Pettyjohn French (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Petitjean.

Peverley English
Possibly a variant of Beverley.

Peverly English
Possibly a variant of Beverley.

Pezyarev m Russian

Phanouvong Lao
From Lao ພານຸ (phanou) meaning "light, sun" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Phanthavong Lao
From Lao ພັນທະ (phantha) meaning "connect, join, tie" or "obligation" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Phanuwat Thai (Rare)
From Thai ภาณุ (phanu) meaning "light, Sun" and วัฒน์ (wat), from วัฒน (watthana-) meaning "prosperity, beauty".

Phetdara Lao
From Lao ເພັດ (phet) meaning "diamond" and ດາຣາ (dara) meaning "star".

Philippart Belgian
In the Medieval period, of Ancient Greek origin, derives from philippos, a compound made of philein meaning "to love", and hippos, a horse, hence "lover of horses".

Philippou Greek
Alternate transcription of Filippou chiefly used in Cyprus.

Phimmasone Lao
From Lao ພິມ (phim) meaning "law, custom, form" and ສອນ (sone) meaning "arrow, weapon".

Phitoussi Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Fitoussi.

Phommachack Lao
From Lao ພົມມະ (phomma) referring to the Hindu god Brahma and ຈັກ (chack) meaning "disk, circle, wheel".

Phommachanh Lao
From Lao ພົມມະ (phomma) referring to the Hindu god Brahma combined with ຈັນ (chanh) meaning "moon".

Phommasone Lao
From Lao ພົມມະ (phomma) referring to the Hindu god Brahma and ສອນ (sone) meaning "arrow, weapon".

Phommavong Lao
From Lao ພົມມະ (phomma) referring to the Hindu god Brahma and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Phomphakdy Lao
From Lao ພົມ (phom) referring to the Hindu god Brahma and ພັກດີ (phakdy) meaning "loyalty, devotion".

Phomvihane Lao
From Lao ພົມ (phom) referring to the Hindu god Brahma and ວິຫານ (vihane) meaning "temple, sanctuary". A notable bearer was Kaysone Phomvihane (1920-1992), the second president of Laos.

Phonesavanh Lao
From Lao ພອນ (phone) meaning "blessing" and ສະຫວັນ (savanh) meaning "heaven".

Phonevilay Lao
From Lao ພອນ (phone) meaning "blessing" and ວິໄລ (vilay) meaning "splendid, beautiful".

Phongsavanh Lao
From Lao ພົງ (phong) meaning "family, lineage" and ສະຫວັນ (savanh) meaning "heaven".

Phongsavath Lao
From Lao ພົງ (phong) meaning "family, lineage" and ສະຫວາດ (sawat) meaning "sincere, open, beautiful".

Phonlamai Thai
Means "fruit" in Thai.

Phouthavong Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ພຸດທະວົງ (see Phoutthavong).

Phoutthavong Lao
From Lao ພຸດທະ (phouttha) meaning "Buddha" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Piatkievič Belarusian
Belarusian Latin spelling of Pyatkevich.

Piatraha Belarusian
Derived from an augmentative form of the Belarusian given name Piotr.

Pierahud Belarusian
Derived from Belarusian перагуд (pierahud) meaning "prolonged rumble". This may have been a nickname for a gossip.

Pijnenburg Dutch
From the name of an estate or hamlet called Pijnenburg in the town of Soest in Utrecht, the Netherlands, composed of Middle Dutch pijn meaning "pine tree" and burg meaning "fortress, manor, mansion".

Pikalov m Russian
Konstantin Pikalov ("Mazay") is the head of the Wagner PMC's branch in Central Africa and the founder of PMC Convoy.

Piketty French
Perhaps related to the English surname Pickett. A notable bearer is French economist Thomas Piketty (1971-).

Pilapil Filipino, Cebuano, Tagalog
Means "rice paddy, rice field" in Cebuano and Tagalog.

Pillsbury English
Derived from a place in Derbyshire, England, so named from the genitive of the Old English given name Pil and burh meaning "fortified place".

Pimenta Portuguese
Means "pepper" in Portuguese, used as an occupational name for someone who grew or sold peppers.

Pimentel Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from Portuguese pimenta meaning "pepper", used as an occupational name for someone who grew or sold peppers.

Pinchukov m Russian

Piñeiro Galician
Galician cognate of Pinheiro.

Pinkerton Scottish, Northern Irish
Habitational name for a person originally from a location in Scotland named Pinkerton, which is of uncertain meaning.

Pinochet Basque, French, Spanish
Derived from Basque pinoche meaning "pine cone". Alternately, it could be derived from the name of the hamlet of Pinouchet, located in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France... [more]

Piotrowicz Polish
Means "son of Piotr".

Piovasco Italian, Literature
Means "shower, brief fall of rain" in Italian, from Italian piovere or piova, both meaning "rain" with an added suffix. Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò is the protagonist in the Italian novel The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino, who inherited this surname from his father, Arminio Piovasco.

Pirzadeh Persian
Means "born of the pir", from the Persian title پیر (pir) denoting a Sufi spiritual guide (literally meaning "elder, old"). This name was traditionally used by owners or custodians of Sufi mausoleums and shrines.

Pisano Italian
Variant of Pisani.

Pitino Ancient Roman (Latinized, ?)

Pitogo Filipino, Cebuano
Means "queen sago" (a type of plant in the genus Cycas) in Cebuano.

Pitpreecha Thai

Pláňsker Czech (Rare, Archaic), Slovak (Rare, Archaic), German (Rare, Archaic)
Originating from Bohemia, a region between The Czech Republic and Germany. The name means "forest clearing", Pláň: forest, sker: clearing. It is a very rare last name with only about 20 holders of it.

Platini Italian
Occupational name for a person who coats objects with platinum, derived from Italian platinare literally meaning "to platinize, to coat with platinum". A notable bearer is the former French soccer star Michel Platini (1955-).

Plotnikov Russian
Means "son of the carpenter" from Russian плотник (plotnik) "carpenter".

Poduska Slovak
Poduska means pillow or soft cushion.

Poghosian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Պողոսյան (see Poghosyan).

Poghossian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Պողոսյան (see Poghosyan).

Poghosyan Armenian
Means "son of Poghos".

Pogosian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Պողոսյան (see Poghosyan).

Pogossian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Պողոսյան (see Poghosyan).

Pōhānō Hawaiian
This surname means "wheezy."

Pokatskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russian form of Pokacki.

Polansky Czech, Slovak, Russian, Polish, Jewish
Unknown, but having multiple origins, possibly of Baltic, Scandinavian or Slavic descent.

Politis Greek
Politis derives from the Greek word polis, which means 'city'. Therefore Politis means 'citizen'. According to some historians people with this surname have ancestors who came from Constantinople, which was commonly called Polis in the Byzantine era.

Polnareff French
Most known by famous French singer Michel Polnareff, and fictional Jojo's Bizarre Adventure character Jean-Pierre Polnareff (who is named after the singer).

Poloskin Russian
Derived from полоска (poloska), a diminutive of полоса (polosa) meaning "stripe, strip, streak". This may have been a nickname for a tall and thin person.

Polpraserth Thai

Pomeroy English
From an English surname meaning "dweller by the apple orchard".

Ponciano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Ponciano.

Porcari Italian, English
From Italian porci "pigs", denoting someone who worked as a pig herder.

Porfirio Spanish, Italian
From the given name Porfirio

Porteous Scottish
A topographic surname for someone who lived in the lodge at the entrance to a manor house, derived from Middle English port, meaning "gateway" or "entrance", and hous meaning "house". It can also be an occupational name with similar meaning, derived from Latin portarius meaning "porter"... [more]

Portillo Spanish
Meaning unknown.

Portnyagin Russian
Derived from Russian портняга (portnyaga), a colloquial nickname derived from портной (portnoy) meaning "tailor, clothier".

Potocki Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Potok, Gmina Szydłów.

Pourali Persian
Means "son of Ali 1".

Pourhassan Persian
Means "son of Hassan".

Pourhossein Persian
Means "son of Hossein".

Pozdnyakov m Russian

Pramanik Indian, Bengali, Odia, Assamese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रामाणिक (pramanika) meaning "genuine, authentic".

Pramualban Thai

Preminger Jewish
Meaning unknown, possibly a nickname for a person deported to Spain, derived from the name of a location in Portugal.

Prendergast Irish
means "good priest's glen" in Irish

Prigozhin m Russian
Prigozhin was the last name of Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner PMC until 2023 when he died in a plane crash. Pavel Prigozhin is his son, the current leader.

Prokuski Polish
Polish in origin with history in America since at least the early 1900s

Protacio Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Protacio.

Providence English
From the name of the capital city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, derived from Middle English providence meaning "divine guidance, care", ultimately from Latin providentia.

Proydakov m Russian

Prudencio Spanish
From the given name Prudencio.

Przepiórka Polish
It literally means "quail".

Przybylska f Polish
Feminine form of Przybylski.

Przychodzeń Polish
There isn't any significant history so far.