Ukrainian Submitted Surnames

Hrytsko Грицько Ukrainian, Rusyn
Variant of Hrytsenko.

Hrytsyk Грицик Ukrainian
Variant of Hrytsenko.

Hryzun Гризун Ukrainian

Hubar Губар Ukrainian

Hubenko Губенко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian губ (hub), meaning "lip".

Hubko Губко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian губи (huby), meaning "lips".

Hudz Гудзь Ukrainian

Hudzenko Гудзенко Ukrainian

Hudzyk Гудзик Ukrainian

Huk Гук Ukrainian

Humennyy Гуменний m Ukrainian
Variant of Humenyuk.

Humenyuk Гуменюк Ukrainian
From Ukrainian гуменний (humennyy), meaning "rubber (adjective)". Denoted to rubber worker.

Hunchenko Гунченко Ukrainian

Hupalo Гупало Ukrainian

Hurban Гурбан Slovak, Romanian, Ukrainian

Hurtovenko Гуртовенко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian гурт (hurt), meaning "group".

Huryk Гурик Ukrainian

Hurzhy Гуржи Ukrainian

Husak Гусак Ukrainian, Rusyn (?)

Hutnyk Гутник Ukrainian, Yiddish (Rare)
Ukrainian spelling of Gutnik.

Huzhva Гужва Ukrainian

Huzun Гузун Ukrainian

Hvozdyk Гвоздик Ukrainian
Means "carnation" in Ukrainian.

Ignatenko Ігнатенко Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Ihnatenko.

Ihnatenko Ігнатенко Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Ihnat.

Ihnatsenka Ігнаценка Ukrainian (Belarusianized)
Belarusianised form of Ihnatenko.

Ilkiv Ільків Ukrainian
From the given name Illya.

Ilyushenko Ілюшенко Ukrainian
Means "son of Illya".

Indychenko Індиченко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian індик (indyk), meaning "turkey".

Isachenko Ісаченко Ukrainian

Isaiewa Ukrainian (Germanized)

Ishchenko Іщенко Ukrainian
Possibly from dialectal іщити (ishchyty), meaning "to search".

Iskrytskyy Іскрицький m Ukrainian

Ivachenko Иваченко Ukrainian
Variant of Ivashchenko.

Ivakhnenko Івахненко Ukrainian

Ivanchenko Іванченко Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Ivan.

Ivanenko Іваненко Ukrainian
Variant of Ivanchenko.

Ivanichenko Іваніченко Ukrainian
Variant of Ivanenko.

Ivaniv Іванів Ukrainian
Ukrainian variant of Ivanov.

Ivankevych Іванкевич Ukrainian
Means "child of Ivanko".

Ivanko Іванко Croatian, Russian, Ukrainian
Derived from the forename Ivan.

Ivanychuk Іваничук Ukrainian
Means "son of Ivan".

Ivanyshyn Іванишин Ukrainian
Variant of Ivanchenko.

Ivanyuk Іванюк Ukrainian
Means "son of Ivan".

Ivaschenko Іващенко Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Ukrainian Іващенко (see Ivashchenko).

Ivashchenko Іващенко Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Ivan.

Ivashko Івашко Ukrainian
From diminutive of Ivan.

Ivashyna Івашина Ukrainian
From a diminutive of the given name Ivan.

Iwanyzka Ukrainian (Germanized)

Izhytskyy Іжицький m Ukrainian

Janczuk Ukrainian (Polonized)
Polonised form of Yanchuk.

Jepifanow Ukrainian (Germanized)

Jusko Юсько Ukrainian, English (American), Polish, Slovak
The surname Jusko is both Polish and Ukrainian, but likely has Slavic Slovak origins. It may have come from the word "jus," which means "law" or "justice". It may come from a pet form of the names Just or Julian... [more]

Kaffka Hungarian, Romanian, Low German, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian
The Germanised Czech surname of a certain Margit. Means ‘Little Jackdaw’ in Czech. Its internationally better known diminutive is Kafka.

Kahal Кагал Ukrainian
Possibly variant of Kahalnyak.

Kahalnyak Кагальняк Ukrainian

Kalabun Калабун Ukrainian

Kalashnik Калашник Ukrainian
Means "maker of kalaches", a variant of калачник (kalachnik) - itself composed of калач (kalach), a type of bread, and the agent suffix -ник (-nik). See also Kalashnikov.

Kalchenko Кальченко Ukrainian
Possibly from the river Kalchyk (Кальчик), a Ukrainian river in Zaporizhzhya and Donetsk regions.

Kalchytskyy Кальчицький m Ukrainian
Likely meaning "lives nearby River Kalchyk", from Кальчик (Kal'chyk).

Kalian Ukrainian

Kalinchuk Калінчук Ukrainian

Kalinichenko Калініченко Ukrainian, Ukrainian (Russified)
Variant or Russifed form of Kalynychenko.

Kalistratenko Калістратенко Ukrainian
Means "son of Kalistrat".

Kalynenko Калиненко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian калина (kalyna), meaning "virburnim". Denoted to a person who lived by virburnims.

Kalyniuk Калинюк Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Kalynyuk.

Kalynyak Калиняк Ukrainian
From Ukrainian калина (kalyna), meaning "guelder rose".

Kalynychenko Калиниченко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian калина (kalyna), meaning "viburnum".

Kalynyuk Калинюк Ukrainian
From Ukrainian калина (kalyna), meaning virburnim.

Kalyuzhnyy Калюжний Ukrainian (Rare)
Means "puddle (adjective)" in Ukrainian.

Kamenko Каменко Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kamenev.

Kamluk Камлук Ukrainian

Kanyuk Канюк Ukrainian

Kapatsyna Капацина Ukrainian

Kapelyukha Капелюха Ukrainian
From Ukrainian капелюх (kapelyukh), meaning "hat".

Kapustyak Капустяк Ukrainian, Rusyn (?)
A form of Kapustin.

Kapustyuk Капустюк Ukrainian
Variant of Kapustyak.

Karabychevskyy Карабичевський m Ukrainian

Karachun Карачун Ukrainian
Karachun is ceremonial Western Ukrainian Christmas bread, ultimately from Romanian crăciunul (крэчунул), meaning "Christmas".

Karak Карак Ukrainian

Karas Карась Ukrainian (?)

Karpenko Карпенко Ukrainian
Means "son of Karp".

Karpiak Карпяк Ukrainian
Likely from the given name Karp.

Karytskyy Карицький m Ukrainian

Kashperuk Кашперук Ukrainian

Kasich Ukrainian

Kasiyan Ukrainian

Kasyanenko Касяненко Ukrainian

Kasycz Ukrainian

Kaszperuk Ukrainian (Polonized)
Polonised form of Kashperuk.

Kats Ukrainian (Germanized)

Katsay Кацай Ukrainian

Katsys Кацис Ukrainian (?)

Katvalyuk Катвалюк Ukrainian

Kavka Кавка Slovak, Ukrainian, Czech
Yet another variant of Kafka and its pop culture equivalents Kefka and Cefca. Also like Kaffka, it simply means ‘Jackdaw’ in Slovak.

Kaydan Кайдан Ukrainian (?), Crimean Tatar (Ukrainianized, ?), Tatar (Ukrainianized, ?)
Possibly from Tatar кайдан (qaydan), meaning "from (place)".

Kazachenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Kozachenko, from Russian казак (kazak) "cossack".

Kazan Казань Ukrainian, Belarusian, Jewish
From Turkish kazan meaning "kettle, boiler, furnace".

Kemskyy Кемський m Ukrainian

Kerch Керч Russian, Ukrainian
Denotes to a person from the city of Kerch.

Kerchuk Керчук Ukrainian
Denotes to a person from Kerch.

Keyser Кейзер Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Macedonian, Jewish (Sephardic), Judeo-Spanish
Slavic and Sephardic surname from Sephardic Jews in Eastern Europe. Surname is derived from village of кизя (Kizya) in Galacia (Ukraine). Common throughout entire former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR/CCCP)... [more]

Khakhel'ko Ukrainian

Khalak Халак Ukrainian

Khanenko Ханенко Ukrainian, Muslim
Derived from the given name Khan.

Kharchenko Харченко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian харчування (kharchuvannya), meaning "food, sustenance".

Khariuk Харюк Ukrainian

Kharlamow Ukrainian (Germanized)

Kharlan Харлан m Ukrainian

Khatsevych Хацевич Ukrainian

Khatsko Хацько Ukrainian

Khilko Хілько Russian, Ukrainian

Khlevnyuk Хлевнюк Ukrainian
Possibly a variant of Khlyvnyuk.

Khlyvnyuk Хливнюк Ukrainian

Khmelko Хмелько Ukrainian

Khodemchuk Ходемчук Ukrainian
Means "son of the one who walks" from the verb ходити (khodyty) meaning "to walk, to go".

Kholokholenko Холохоленко Ukrainian

Kholondach Холондач Russian, Ukrainian (?)

Kholyavko Холявко Ukrainian

Khomenko Хоменко Ukrainian
From the given name Khoma.

Khomeriki Хомерікі Ukrainian (?)

Khomyak Хомяк Ukrainian
From the given name Khoma.

Khomyuk Хомюк Ukrainian
Variant of Khomenko.

Khoroshko Хорошко Russian, Ukrainian
Derived from Russian хороший (xoróšij), meaning "good, nice, fine".

Khovrenko Ховренко Ukrainian

Khrapachenko Храпаченко Ukrainian

Khrapko Храпко Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian (Rare)
Derived from East Slavic храп (khrap) meaning "snore".

Khrebet Хребет Ukrainian
Means "ridge".

Khreshchyk Хрещик Ukrainian
Probably from the street Khreshchatyk in Kyiv.

Khromykh Russian, Ukrainian
From proto-slavic *xromъ meaning "lame, crippled"

Khronenko Хроненко Ukrainian

Khrul Хруль Ukrainian

Khryapa Хряпа Ukrainian

Khrystenоk Христенок Ukrainian

Khrystenko Христенко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian Христ (Khryst), meaning "Christ".

Khrystosenko Христосенко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian Христос (Khrystos), meaning "Christ". Likely denoted to very religious person.

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

Khyla Ukrainian

Khymych Химич Ukrainian

Kidanchuk Кіданчук Ukrainian

Kirichenko Кириченко Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Kyrychenko.

Kirienko Кірієнко Ukrainian
Variant of Kyrylenko. Means "son of Kyrylo".

Kirilenko Кириле́нко Russian, Ukrainian
Means "son of Kirill".

Kiriyenko Кірієнко Ukrainian

Kish Кіш Ukrainian

Kishchuk Кіщук Ukrainian
From Ukrainian кіт (kit) or кішка (kishka), both meaning "cat".

Kishka Кішка Ukrainian
Means "cat" in Ukrainian.

Kiyanovskyy Кіяновський m Ukrainian

Kizyun Кізюн Ukrainian

Kladbishche Кладбіще Ukrainian (?)

Kladko Кладько Ukrainian

Klanovets Клановець Ukrainian

Klaptyuk Клаптюк Ukrainian
From клаптик (klaptyk) meaning "patch"

Klen Клен Ukrainian, Russian
Means "maple" in Russian and Ukrainian.

Klimczuk Ukrainian (Polonized)
Polonised form of Klymchuk.

Klimenko Клименко Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Klymenko.

Klippert Ukrainian (Germanized)

Klitschko Кличко Ukrainian (Anglicized)
Anglicised form of Klychko.

Klitynskyy Клітинський Ukrainian

Klochko Клочко Ukrainian

Klychko Кличко Ukrainian

Klymchuk Климчук Ukrainian
Variant of Klymenko.

Klyuchka Ключка Ukrainian
From Ukrainian ключ (klyuch), meaning "key".

Kobrynsky Кобринський Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kobrinsky. Most of the Kobrynsky family had settled in Canada.

Kobylytsya Кобилиця Ukrainian
Means "mare" in Ukrainian.

Kobylytzia Ukrainian (Germanized)
Germanised form of Kobylytsya.

Kobzar Кобзар Ukrainian

Kobzon Кобзон Ukrainian (?)

Kocur Ukrainian
means "tom cat" or "male cat"

Kodryk Кодрик Ukrainian

Koiuda Ukrainian, Romanian

Kokhas Кохась Ukrainian
Possibly from Ukrainian кохання (kokhannya), meaning "love".

Kol Ukrainian (Germanized)

Kolbasenko Колбасенко Ukrainian

Kolchak Колчак Russian, Ukrainian
Aleksandr Kolchak was a White Army general and the leader of the Russian Empire for a short period of time (1918-1920).

Kolesnichenko Колесніченко Ukrainian
From колес (koles) meaning "wheel"

Kolesnyk Колесник Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kolesnik.

Kolinko Ukrainian (Germanized)

Kolodiy Колодій m Ukrainian

Kolodyazhnyy Колодяжний m Ukrainian
From Ukrainian колодяжний (kolodyazhnyy), meaning "water well". Denoted to someone who lived by a well.

Kolomiyets Коломієць Ukrainian
Means "a person from Kolomyya". Kolomyya is a city and rayon in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine.

Kolosha Колоша Ukrainian

Kolosok Колосок Ukrainian

Kolpakchy Ukrainian (Germanized)

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

Komar Комар Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, Croatian, Slovene, Belarusian (Russified)
Means "mosquito" in many Slavic langauges.

Konashevych Конашевич Ukrainian
Surname of Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny, a Ukrainian cossack hetman and military leader of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth.

Kondratenko Кондратенко Ukrainian
Form of Polish Kondrat. Masha Kondratenko is a Ukrainian singer.

Kondratyuk Кондратюк Ukrainian
Means "child of Kondratiy".

Konenko Ukrainian (Germanized)

Kononenko Кононенко Ukrainian
Means "son of Konon 2".

Kononets Кононець Ukrainian

Kononovych Кононович Ukrainian
Variant of Kononenko.

Konopelko Конопелько Ukrainian
Means "hemp".

Konoshenko Коношенко Ukrainian

Konovanets Коновалець Ukrainian

Kopko Polish, Ukrainian
Kopeck is a reduced pet form of the personal name Prokop.... [more]

Kopyl Копил Ukrainian

Korbut Корбут Ukrainian, Belarusian
From a form of the Lithuanian given name Kaributas. A famous bearer is former Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut (1955-).

Korchak Корчак Rusyn, Ukrainian (?), Polish (Ukrainianized)

Korinets Корінець Ukrainian

Korniychuk Корнійчук Ukrainian
Variant of Korniyenko.

Korniyenko Корнієнко Ukrainian
From the given name Korniy.

Korobchak Коробчак Russian, Ukrainian

Korol Король Russian, Ukrainian
Means "king".

Koroliuk Королюк Ukrainian
Based on the root word "король" (Korol), meaning "King"

Korotchenko Коротченко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian короткий (korotkyy), meaning "small, short".

Korsun Корсун Ukrainian

Korsunskyy Корсунський m Ukrainian
Variant of Korsun.

Korzhowa Ukrainian (Germanized)

Kosach Косач Ukrainian
Means "mower" in Ukrainian, ultimately from косити (kosyty), meaning "to mow". This was the birth surname of Lesya Ukrainka.

Kosmen Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)

Kosmina Ukrainian (Germanized)

Kostenko Костенко Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Kostyantyn.

Kostyshyn Костишин Ukrainian
From the given name Kostyantyn.

Kostyuchenko Костюченко Ukrainian
Variant of Kostenko.

Kostyuk Костюк Ukrainian
Variant of Kostenko.

Kostyushko Костюшко Ukrainian
Variant of Kostyuchenko.

Kotelyak Котеляк Ukrainian

Kotenko Котенко Ukrainian

Koteynko Котейнко Ukrainian

Kotlyar Котляр Ukrainian
Means "boilermaker".

Kotlyarevskyy Котляревський m Ukrainian
Variant of Kotlyar.

Kotsyuba Коцюба Ukrainian

Kotyk Котик Ukrainian
Means "kitten, little cat".

Kovaliv Ковалів Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Kovalyov.

Kovalko Ковалько m Ukrainian
Variant of Koval.

Kovalyuk Ковалюк Ukrainian
Variant of Kovalenko.

Kovtun Ковтун Ukrainian, Russian
Means "plica, mophead" in Ukrainian, refering to someone with unkempt hair "Polish plait" .

Kowal Polish, Ukrainian (Germanized)
Blacksmith

Kowalchuk Ковальчук Ukrainian (Anglicized), Ukrainian (Germanized)
Alternate transcription of Kovalchuk. This is mostly used in Germany, Canada and United States.

Kowalchyk Ковальчук Ukrainian
Variant transcription of Kowalchuk.

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

Kozachenko Козаченко Ukrainian
Means "son of a cossack", from Ukrainian козак (kozak) "cossack".

Kozak Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian, Ukrainian
Ethnic name for a Cossack, a member of a people descended from a group of runaway serfs who set up a semi-independent military republic in Ukraine in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Kozakov Козаков Ukrainian
From Ukrainian козак (kozak) meaning "cossack".

Kozar Ukrainian, Russian, Croatian, Slovene
Means “goatherd”.

Kozarenko Козаренко Ukrainian
Ukrainian variant of Kozar.

Kozatskyy Козацький m Ukrainian
Variant of Kozak.

Kozhara Кожара Ukrainian
From Ukrainian кожа (kozha), meaning "skin, leather".

Kozhedub Кожедуб Ukrainian
Probably from Ukrainian кожа (kozha) "skin, leather" and дуб (dub) "oak".

Kozlenko Козленко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian козел (kozel), meaning "goat".

Kozlovskyy Козловський m Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kozłowski.

Kozlyk Козлик Ukrainian

Kozmenko Козьменко Ukrainian
Variant of Kuzmenko.

Kozyna Ukrainian

Kozyr Козир Ukrainian

Kraina Країна Czech, South Slavic, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian
From Old Slavic крайина (krajina) "country" or from крайь (krajĭ) "border", ultimately from кройити (krojiti) "to cut".

Krajnyk Ukrainian (Germanized)

Krasilnyk Красільник Ukrainian

Krasnopolskyy Краснопольський m Ukrainian (?)

Krasnozhon Красножон Ukrainian

Krasyuk Красюк Ukrainian
From Ukrainian краси (krasy), meaning "beauty".

Kravtsiv Кравців Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kravtsov.

Krayinyk Країник Ukrainian
From Ukrainian країна (krayina), meaning "country, bordered land".

Krayinyuk Країнюк Ukrainian (Rare)
A form of Kraina.

Krechun Кречун Ukrainian

Kremin Кремінь Ukrainian
Means "flint".

Kremko Кремко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian крем (krem), meaning "cream".

Krisenko Крісенко Ukrainian

Krisko Криско Ukrainian, Russian
Ukrainian and Russian cognate of Kriško.

Krjukow Ukrainian (Germanized)

Kropyvnytskyy Кропивницький m Ukrainian

Krot Крот Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Means "mole" in Russian.

Krotevych Кротевич Ukrainian

Krulikovskyy Круліковський m Ukrainian

Krutko Крутько Ukrainian
Maybe from Ukrainian круто (kruto), meaning "steep".

Krylenko Криленко Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Krylov.

Krym Крим Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Belarusian, Polish
Means "Crimea", from Krym.

Krymchak Кримчак Ukrainian
From Кримчак (Krymchak), a term for a Jewish Crimean Tatar, or denoting to resident of Crimea.

Krymchuk Кримчук Ukrainian
Variant of Krymenko.

Krymenko Крименко Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian variant of Krym.

Krymko Кримко Ukrainian, Russian
From the place name Крим/Крым (Krym), meaning "Crimea".

Krypak Крипак Ukrainian

Krysco Криско Ukrainian, Russian
Alternate transcription of Krisko.

Kryshchenskyi Крищенський m Ukrainian
From the Ukrainian word крішка (krishka) meaning "lid, cover" or from the Ukrainian place names Kryshchiv or Kryshche. Might also be the Russified form of a different Slavic surname.

Kryshtofovych Криштофович Ukrainian
Means "son of Kryshtof".

Krysin Крисін Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian
Derived from Russian крыса (krysa) meaning "rat".

Kryvko Кривко Ukrainian

Kryvonos Кривонос Ukrainian (?)

Kryvoruchko Криворучко Ukrainian
Means "one with crooked hands or arms", from Ukrainian кривий (kryvyy) "crooked", and руки (ruky), meaning "hands, arms".

Kryvyanyk Кривяник Ukrainian

Kryvykobylski Ukrainian

Krywtschun Ukrainian (Germanized)

Kryzhanskyy Крижанський m Ukrainian

Ksyonda Ксьонда Ukrainian (?)

Kucher Кучер Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Kučera.

Kucherenko Кучеренко Ukrainian
Variant of Kucher 2.

Kucheryavenko Кучерявенко Ukrainian
From Ukrainian кучерявий (kucheryavyy), meaning "curly".

Kucheryavyy Кучерявий m Ukrainian
Means "curly".

Kuchma Кучма Ukrainian
A kuchma (кучма) is type of tall hat.

Kuchmenko Кучменко Ukrainian
Variant of Kuchma.

Kuchuk Кучук Russian, Ukrainian (?)

Kuchyk Кучик Ukrainian

Kudlyk Кудлик Ukrainian

Kudrenko Кудренко Ukrainian

Kudrevych Кудревич Ukrainian

Kudryavets Кудрявець Ukrainian
Variant of Kudrenko.

Kukharskyy Кухарський m Ukrainian, Polish (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainian form of Kucharski.

Kukla Кукла Ukrainian
Means "doll, puppet" in Ukrainian.