English (Australian) Submitted Surnames

These names are a subset of English names used more often in Australia. See also about English names.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

à Beckett Medieval English, English (Australian)
Medieval Latinized form from Beckett. This surname is not used in modern Anglosphere. (But still exist in Austrailia.)

Aberdeen English (Australian, Modern, Rare)

Aberline English (Australian, Rare, ?)
Possibly from a place name derived from Gaelic aber meaning "(river) mouth" and an uncertain second element.

Absolum English (Australian, Rare)
Variant of Absalom.

Andrikides English (Australian)

Anjoul English (Australian, Rare, ?)

Assange English (Australian, Rare)
Meaning unknown. A famous bearer is Julian Paul Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks.

Ausage Samoan, English (Australian), American
Possibly from the given name Ausage.

Aylett English (British), English (Australian)

Backhouse English (British), English (Australian)
Denoted someone who worked in a bakery, from Old English bæchūs meaning "bakehouse, bakery", a word composed of Old English *bæc "something baked" and hus "house".

Bailye English (Australian)

Bennell English (Australian)

Bennier English (Australian)

Bisby Medieval Scottish, Medieval English, English (British), Scottish, English (Australian), Anglo-Norman
Either originating from the village Busby in historic county East Renfrewshire in Scotland, or Great Busby in Yorkshire. The place name is likely derived from the Norman buki, "shrub". See also Busby.

Bogut English (Australian)

Boughton English (Australian)

Bradtke English (Australian)

Broekhoff English (Australian)

Bussard English (Australian)
Variant of Bosshart

Calliss English (Australian)

Carn English (Australian)

Cazaly English (Australian)
The meaning of this surname is unknown. This is a very important name in Australian Football culture, as it was the surname of a very prestigious Australian rules football player, Roy Cazaly. Mike Brady, from The Two Man Band, published a song called "Up There Cazaly", which is played every year at the AFL grand finals, thus making this surname is well-known by Australian Football fans.

Coolwell English (Australian)

Desney English (Australian)

Dobell English (Australian)
Sir William. 1899–1970, Australian portrait and landscape painter. Awarded the Archibald prize (1943) for his famous painting of Joshua Smith which resulted in a heated clash between the conservatives and the moderns and led to a lawsuit.

Downy English (Australian)

Dundee English (Australian)

Dunstan English (Australian)

Elsegood English (British), English (Australian)
Derived from an Old English given name, possibly *Ælfgod or *Æðelgod, in which the second element is god "god". (Another source gives the meaning "temple-god", presumably from ealh and god.)... [more]

Epis Italian, English (Australian), English (American), Muslim

Fetherstonhaugh English (Australian, Rare)
Variant of Featherstonhaugh.

Flatman English (Australian, Modern)

Gailey English (Australian)

Goodhardt English (Australian)

Goodie English (Australian)

Gooey English (Australian)

Hallingsworth English (British, Rare), English (Australian, Rare)
Unknown origin and meaning. I found it listed a few times on the 1881 census in the County Durham and in London; it is also supposedly a surname in Australia. Possibly a misspelling of Hollingsworth.

Hose English (Australian)

Hughan English (Australian)

Ioane English (New Zealand), English (Australian), American, Samoan, Polynesian, Romanian
May come from the given name John or variants of this name, such as Ion 1.

Kambos Greek (Anglicized), English (American), English (Australian)
Anglicized form of Kampos.

Kambosos Greek (Anglicized), English (American), English (Australian)
Anglicized form of Kamposos.

Klimson English (Australian)

Lachman English (Australian)

Lippis English (American), English (Australian)

Lynes English (Australian)

Mclullick English (Australian)

Minogue English (Australian)

Nankervis Cornish, English (Australian)
From the name of a place in St Enoder parish in Cornwall, derived from Cornish nans "valley" and an uncertain second element, possibly *cerwys, an unattested plural of carow "stag".... [more]

Niall English (Australian)

Ninness English (Australian)

Okely English (Australian)

Paull English (Australian)

Pittorino English (Australian)

Pomerenke English (Australian)

Renfrey English (Australian)
From the given name Reinfried.

Ribbons English (Australian)

Scobell English, English (Australian)

Shadwick English (Australian)

Sketcher English (Australian)

Slower English (Australian)