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This is a list of submitted surnames in which the usage is Scottish; and the first letter is K.
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Karr German, Scottish, English
German: truncated form of Karren or Karrer.... [more]
Kaylor Scottish, German
Variant of Scottish Keillor.... [more]
Kear Scottish Gaelic
Kear is derived from the Gaelic name O'Ciarain or O'Ceirin, which comes from the Gaelic word ciar, meaning black or dark brown.
Keay Irish (?), Scottish
Possibly from the given name Kay 1.
Kego Scottish
Scottish - Eaglesham, Renfrewshire Scotland
Keillor Scottish
Habitational name from a place in Angus called Keilor.
Kelso Scottish
Habitational name from Kelso on the river Tweed in Roxburghshire, perhaps so named from Old English cealc "chalk" + hoh "ridge", "spur".
Kelton Scottish
Scottish habitational name from the village of Kelton in the parish of the same name in Kirkcudbrightshire.
Kelty Scottish
From the name of a village in Fife, Scotland, which was derived from Scottish Gaelic coillte "wooded area, grove".
Kelvin Scottish, English
See the given name Kelvin.
Kenmuir Scottish
Derived from one of several places named with Gaelic ceann mòr "big end" (of a feature such as a hill or loch).
Kennebrew Scottish (Americanized, ?)
Americanized form of the Scottish surname Kinniburgh, which is derived from the feminine given name Kinborough... [more]
Kenny English, Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coinnigh "descendant of Coinneach" or Ó Cionaodha "descendant of Cionaodh".
Keough Irish, Scottish
Anglicized, reduced form of Mac Eochaidh meaning "son of Eochaidh".
Ker Scottish
Variant of Kerr.
Kewish Scottish, Manx
The surname Kewish was first found in on the Isle of Uist, in the Hebrides in Scotland, which is named for the Irish King, Colla Uais who was deposed in Ireland by Muedach Tireach and was banished with 300 of their principal chiefs to the Hebrides in 327 A.D. They became known as the kingdom of Ailech and gave birth to the kindred of St... [more]
Kilbride Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Bhrighde "son of the devotee of Saint Brigid" (cf... [more]
Kilgore Scottish
Habitational name for someone from Kilgour in Fife, named with the Gaelic coille "wood" and gobhar, gabhar "goat".
Kilmartin Irish (Anglicized), Scottish (Anglicized)
shortened Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhártain or Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Màrtainn, "son of the servant of (Saint) Martin"... [more]
Kilpatrick Scottish
Scottish: habitational name from Gaelic cill Padraig "church of (Saint) Patrick".
Kincaid Scottish
Scottish habitational name from a place near Lennoxtown, north of Glasgow, which is first recorded in 1238 as Kincaith and in 1250 as Kincathe... [more]
Kinkade Scottish
Habitation name, from the lands of Kincaid in Scotland.
Kinney Scottish
Reduced form of McKinney.
Kippenberger German, French, Scottish
Mainly means "Shepard".
Kirkland English, Scottish
Derived from the Scottish 'kirk', meaning church, and land. This name denoted one who lived near or tended to the land belonging to or surrounding a church. A famous /fictional/ bearer is Arthur Kirkland, a main character in the highly popular anime/webmanga Axis Powers Hetalia... [more]
Kirkpatrick English, Scottish, Northern Irish
Habitational name from various places so called from the dedication of their church to St. Patrick. See Kirk.
Kirkwood Scottish, English
From any of several places in Scotland named Kirkwood, derived from Old English cirice "church" and wudu "tree, wood, forest".
Kiskadden Scottish
From the place name Garscadden, which is in modern day Glasgow, Scotland.
Kitson Scottish, English
Patronymic form of Kit.