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A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with...

Smith is an occupational surname originating in England. It is the most prevalent surname in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada,...

Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the Western tradition in which surnames are written last. Around 2,000 Han Chinese surnames are currently in use...

surname 常 (Cháng). It was listed 80th among the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames. "Chang" is also the Wade-Giles romanization of two Chinese surnames...

common Chinese surnames 王 (Wáng) and 汪 (Wāng). It is currently the most common surname in Mainland China, one of the most common surnames in Asia, with...

the third most common surname in China and Taiwan (commonly spelled as "Chang" in Taiwan), and it is one of the most common surnames in the world. Zhang...

is a common Chinese surname, it is the 4th name listed in the famous Hundred Family Surnames. Li is one of the most common surnames in Asia, shared by...

Rén is the Mandarin pinyin romanisation of the Chinese surname written 任 in Chinese script. It is romanised as Jen in Wade–Giles, and Yam or Yum in Cantonese...

the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 曹 (Cáo). It is listed 26th in the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames poem. Cao is romanized as "Tsao" in Wade-Giles...

A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name, which included names of specific locations, such as the individual's...

romanization of the East Asian surname 潘. It is listed 43rd in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. It is romanized as P'an in Wade–Giles;...

Chinese surname written 苏 in simplified characters and 蘇 traditionally. It was listed 42nd among the Song-era list of the Hundred Family Surnames. In 2019...

name. It is the sixth most common surname in Mainland China. It is the 16th surname on the Hundred Family Surnames text. The Yang clan was founded by...

Zhuang is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 庄 in simplified character and 莊 in traditional character. It is usually romanized as...

Liang (Chinese: 梁) is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin. The surname is often transliterated as Leung (in Hong Kong) or Leong (in Macau, Hong Kong...

Ji is the pinyin romanization of a number of distinct Chinese surnames that are written with different characters in Chinese. Depending on the character...

Lee, I, or Yi (이) is the second-most-common surname in Korea, behind Kim (김). As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 7,306,828 people by this...

the English spelling of a Chinese surname. During the Zhou Dynasty, Wei (state) (魏) the Ji family acquired the surname Wèi (魏). During the Northern Wei...

Xiong is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 熊 (Xióng). It is 41st in the Hundred Family Surnames, contained in the verse 熊紀舒屈 (Xiong, Ji, Shu...

Asian surname. Pinyin: Qiū in Mandarin Chinese, Yau4 in Cantonese, Chiu1 in Wade-Giles (widely used in Taiwan), respectively, of the Chinese surnames 丘/邱...

Chinese-language surname. lt is usually romanized as "Hsieh" in Taiwan. It is estimated that there are more than ten million people with this surname, most of...

name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem), 於, 遇, 虞, 郁, 尉, 禹, 游, 尤, 庾, 娛(娱), and 茹 (Rú). The most common of the Yu surnames are 于, 余, and 俞. In China,...

Cheng can be a transcription of one of several Chinese surnames. Since the syllable Cheng represents different sounds in Hanyu pinyin and the Wade–Giles...

the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surnames 區 and 歐, which share a common origin with the compound surname Ouyang (歐陽), from the ruling family of...

A Chinese compound surname is a Chinese surname using more than one character. Many of these compound surnames derive from Zhou dynasty Chinese noble...

Lí (Chinese: 黎) is a Chinese surname. It mostly appears in Central and South China (including Hong Kong and Macao) where it is transliterated as Lai or...

Chinese-language surname. It is listed 257th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames, and is the 43rd most common surname in China, with...

the 2015 census in South Korea, there were 763,281 people carrying the O surname. The earliest ancestor of the Korean Oh family is believed to be Oh Eung...

several distinct Chinese surnames, including 宫, 龔, 共, 公, 鞏, 功, 貢, and 弓. It may also be an alternative transcription of the surname Kong (Chinese: 孔, Korean: 공)...

Seo is a Korean surname and Japanese surname. As a Korean surname, Seo is the most frequent romanization, but it may also be romanized as Suh, Surh, Sur...

is a Chinese-language surname that derives from the name of the ancient Cai state. In 2019 it was the 38th most common surname in China, but the 9th most...

Jewish surnames are family names used by Jews and those of Jewish origin. Jewish surnames are thought to be of comparatively recent origin;: 190  the first...

([lǐn]; Chinese: 林; pinyin: Lín) is the Mandarin romanization of the Chinese surname written 林, which has many variations depending on the language and is also...

The surname literally means "horse". As of 2006, it ranks as the 14th most common Chinese surname in mainland China and the most common surname within...

) () is a common Chinese-language surname and one of the most common surnames in Asia. It is the most common surname in Taiwan (2010) and Singapore (2000)...

Kong (Chinese: 孔; Korean: 공) is a Chinese and Korean surname. It can also be written as Kong in Taiwan, Hung in Hong Kong, Khổng in Vietnam, and Gong...

(/ˈhwɑːŋ/; traditional Chinese: 黃; simplified Chinese: 黄) is a Chinese surname that originally means and refers to jade people were wearing and decorating...

Sun is a transliteration of a common Chinese surname (simplified Chinese: 孙; traditional Chinese: 孫; pinyin: Sūn). It is the third name listed in the...

The surname Ray has several origins. In some cases it originates from a nickname, derived from the Old French rei, roy, meaning "king", which was sometimes...

Chinese surname. It is the 7th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. In 2006, Zheng ranked 21st in China's list of top 100 most common surnames. Zheng...

The Surname Law (Turkish: Soyadı Kanunu) of the Republic of Turkey is a law adopted on 21 June 1934, requiring all citizens of Turkey to adopt the use...

an Indonesian surname with elements derived from their Chinese surname. In certain instances, the phonetic spelling of these surnames is utilized instead...

Grassmann, Graßmann or Grassman is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Grassmann Dietrich Graßmann (1920–1991), German Luftwaffe...

Jang, Chang and (less often) Zang are romanizations of the common Korean surname 장. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 1,021,107 people by...

Korea[citation needed]. As of 2000, there were 1,347,730 people by this surname in South Korea, about 1% of the total population. The name may represent...

the 48th most common surname in Mainland China. There are four main hypothesized sources of Ding: The earliest record of this surname in history was the...

the 2000 Census. The surname has a Baekje origin. It is also said that when Goryeo dynasty fell, many changed their royal surname Wang to Jeon (全) / Ok...

A surname DNA project is a genetic genealogy project which uses genealogical DNA tests to trace male lineage. In most cultures, there are few or no matrilineal...

also spelled Borah or Barah, is an Assamese surname used commonly throughout Assam. Originally, the Bora surname was used as a high military position/title...

The Hebraization of surnames (also Hebraicization; Hebrew: עברות Ivrut) is the act of amending one's Jewish surname so that it originates from the Hebrew...

differing ways to represent the surname in modern Scottish Gaelic. The surnames are not among the most common surnames in the United Kingdom, Australia...

Beaman is thought to be either: A surname of Norman origin from the English midlands. The name is an Anglicisation of the French Beaumont. It is claimed...

Dhar is a surname commonly found among the Hindu Bengali Kayastha community in West Bengal, India. Dhar or Dar is also used by some Kashmiri clans and...

(Chinese: 姒; pinyin: sì) was a Chinese surname during the Xia Dynasty. According to Records of the Grand Historian, the surname of the Xia Dynasty ruler was Si...

traditional Chinese: 湯; pinyin: tāng) is a Chinese surname. It is 72nd surname in the Hundred Family Surnames or Baijiaxing of the Song dynasty and 101st in...

traditional Chinese: 聶; pinyin: Niè) is a Chinese surname. It is the 126th surname in the Hundred Family Surnames. It is spelled Nip in Cantonese and Nieh in...

this family name as Koo or Ku. It is the 93rd name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. The family name Gù (simplified Chinese: 顾; traditional Chinese: 顧;...

is the pinyin transliteration of the Chinese surname 吳 (Simplified Chinese 吴), which is a common surname (family name) in Mainland China. Wú (吳) is the...

Chinese: 单; traditional Chinese: 單; pinyin: Shàn) is a Chinese surname. The origin of this surname is not clear. One explanation is that it came from Shan County...

Glady is a surname of North German origin. It is an anglicized variant of the original German language spelling Glöde (also spelled Gloede). Glady (originally...

surname Guan (官) with the same dialect During the Jin dynasty (金), Mulao (仫佬) people took the surname Guan (官) Manchu people, Mongolian use surname Guan...

Lì is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 利 in Chinese character. It is pronounced Lei in Cantonese, and often spelled Lei in Hong...

Ning is the romanisation of the Chinese surnames 寧 Níng and its variant 甯 Nìng. After the introduction of simplified characters, both names were written...

Surnames poem. The character (彭) is composed of 壴 (zhǔ meaning "drum") and a pictograph (shān representing "beats"). More commonly used as a surname,...

Scottish surnames are surnames currently found in Scotland, or surnames that have a historical connection with the country. The earliest surnames found in...

Chinese surname 陶 (Táo). It listed 31st in the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames poem. Tao (陶) is not to be confused with the Vietnamese surname Tào, derived...

The Chinese surname 魯 (simplified: 鲁; pinyin: lǔ; Jyutping: lou5) is listed 49th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. As of 2008...

This article contains lists of the most common surnames in some of the countries of Europe, in alphabetical order of the country. At the moment, listings...

González is a Spanish surname, the second most common (2.16% of the population) in Spain, as well as one of the five most common surnames in Argentina, Chile...

century almost all Ukrainians had family names. Most Ukrainian surnames (and surnames in Slavic languages in general) are formed by adding possessive...

Du (Chinese: 杜; pinyin: Dù; Wade–Giles: Tu4) is a Chinese surname. The name is spelled Tu in Taiwan, in Hong Kong it is translated as To, in Macao it...

variously romanized Go, Goh, or Koh, is a common Korean surname. Among Koreans with this surname, the largest clan is the Jeju Go clan [ko], named for its...

Ard is a surname of Scottish origin. It is an anglicized variant of the original Scottish surname Aird. Ard is a habitational name from any of several...

Hahm is a Western and Korean surname. In 2000 in South Korea, there were approximately 75,955 people with this surname. It is also used in North Korea...

Lì is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 栗 in Chinese character. It is also spelled Leut according to the Cantonese pronunciation...

of the Chinese surname 雷 (Léi). It is the 69th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. Additionally, the very common Chinese surname Li (李) is pronounced...

of the Chinese surname written 夏 in Chinese character. It is romanized Hsia in Wade–Giles, and Ha in Cantonese. Xia is the 154th surname in the Song dynasty...

Chinese surname. "Qin" is the hanyu pinyin romanization of the surname for Mandarin, the common dialect of China; other romanizations of the surname include...

romanization of several rare East Asian surnames and a common Vietnamese surname. It is a fairly common surname in the United States, ranked 975th during...

Chinese: 许; pinyin: Xǔ; Wade–Giles: Hsü3; Jyutping: Heoi2) is a Chinese surname. In the Wade-Giles system of romanization, it is romanized as Hsu, which...

a common Chinese surname 譚, and is considered the 56th most common. Two origins have been suggested for the Tan surname: The surname came from the ancient...

a surname used by Hill Brahmin people of Nepal. The origin of people with surname Nepal is Nepa village of Dullu. It is considered that the surname Naipal...

Chinese surname of imperial origin which is at least 4,000 years old. The great-great-great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor, Dayou, bestowed this surname to...

Japanese surnames (姓, sei), as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written...

or García is an Iberian surname common throughout Spain, Portugal, Andorra, the Americas, and the Philippines. It is a surname of patronymic origin; García...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lú is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 盧 in traditional character and 卢 in simplified character. It is...

Asian surname of Chinese origin that can be literally translated as "high" or "tall". There are approximately 17 million living people with this surname. Some...

McAuley are surnames of Irish origin originating in Westmeath, Leinster anglicized from Irish Mac Amhalghaidh in the English language. The surname is also...

relatively uncommon surname in modern China, largely because its bearers often adopted the names of their states and fiefs as new surnames. The character is...

is the pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of several distinct Chinese surnames that are written with different characters in Chinese. Depending on the...

(Lǚ with the tone diacritic) and Wade–Giles romanisation of a Chinese surname, most commonly 吕 (simplified Chinese) and 呂 (traditional Chinese). Lü is...

Ruan (Chinese: 阮; pinyin: Ruǎn; Wade–Giles: Juan, [ʐwàn] ) is a Chinese surname. The Taiwanese Hokkien version [uân] or [ŋ̩̂] is transcribed Oán and Ńg...

their surname, making it the 17th most common surname in Mainland China, a spot it retained in 2019. Hé was listed as the 21st most common surname in the...

Yan is a surname in several languages and the pinyin romanization for several Chinese surnames, including "严 (嚴)", "晏 (晏)", "偃 (偃)", "颜 (顏)", "言 (言)"...

with different origins. In 2000, there were 637,786 people bearing this surname in South Korea, making it the 20th most common family name in the country...

Lì is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 酈 in traditional character and 郦 in simplified character. It is also spelled Lik according...

Keung, Keong, Kiang) is one of the oldest Chinese surnames, being one of the original xing (姓) surnames. It was one of the "Eight Great Xings of High Antiquity"...

is a Chinese surname. In 2019, it was the 39th most common surname in mainland China. It is listed 13th in the Hundred Family Surnames poem. In the Jiang...

A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing...

of the Chinese surnames Huang (traditional Chinese: 黃; simplified Chinese: 黄) and Wang (Chinese: 王), two ubiquitous Chinese surnames; Wang (Chinese:...

Fixed surnames were adopted in Wales from the 15th century onwards. Until then, the Welsh had a patronymic naming system. In 1292, 48 per cent of Welsh...

most common surnames by continent: List of most common surnames in Asia List of most common surnames in Europe List of most common surnames in North America...

These are lists of the most common Chinese surnames in China (People's Republic of China), Taiwan (Republic of China), and the Chinese diaspora overseas...

Shim or Sim (Korean: 심) is a Korean surname. There are six Shim clans in Korea based in the regions of Cheongsong, Pungsan, Samcheok, Buyu, Uiryeong,...

common Chinese surname that is pronounced similarly in both Mandarin and Hakka dialects. The meaning of the character used in the Lai (賴) surname is "depend...

The surname An is a Chinese surname (Chinese: 安; pinyin: Ān) which literally means "peace" or "tranquility". It also serves as an abbreviation of Anxi...

Chinese-language surname. The name is first in the Hundred Family Surnames – the traditional list of all Chinese surnames – because it was the emperor's surname of...

As a surname, Dick is the 1,513th most common name in Great Britain with 6,545 bearers. Although found in every part of Britain, the form Dick is especially...

Fang (Chinese: 方) is the 67th most prevalent Chinese surname. In Chinese, Fāng (方) means "square" or "four-sided". Fāng (方) is pronounced Fong in Cantonese...

Bok is a surname. As a Chinese surname, Bok transcribes the Hokkien pronunciations of various surnames spelled in Mandarin Pinyin as Mu (e.g. 牧 'herder';...

Miào (simplified Chinese: 缪; traditional Chinese: 繆) is a Chinese surname. Cora Miao (繆騫人; born 1958), Chinese actress Miao Boying (Chinese: 缪伯英), Chinese...

Lee is a common surname in English-speaking countries. In Canada, "Lee" was the 4th-most-common surname outside of Quebec. In the United States during...

Tong is a Chinese surname. Tong as transcribed in English however represents of a number of different Chinese surnames. There were 8,589 Tongs in the United...

in the Song Dynasty text Hundred Family Surnames, in the line 趙錢孫李 (Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li). As the royal surname of the kingdom of Wuyue, Qian was regarded...

Dang (鄭, 黨, 唐, 滕) is a Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean surname. It can also be found in both Hindus and Sikhs of the Punjab region in the north-western...

surname as well as a Korean surname. The Scandinavian surname is derived from the Old Norse banga which means to pound or hammer. The Korean surname is...

[lɪj˨˩˦]) is a Vietnamese surname. It is the 14th most common Vietnamese surname and is the 1176th most common American surname, according to the 2010 United...

pinyin of the surname 白, meaning the colour white. a surname used by descendants of Bai Fu, a minister of the legendary Emperor Yan. a surname used by descendants...

Buxton is a surname of Anglo-Saxon, or Scottish-Gaelic origin, and may refer to Adam Buxton (born 1969), British comedian Angela Buxton (1934–2020), English...

family Cicurel family Moïse Lévy de Benzion Rossant (surname) This page lists people with the surname Pallache. If an internal link intending to refer to...

McKillop is an English language surname derived from the Gaelic MacFhilib, meaning "son of Filib" (a Gaelic form of Philip). There were families of MacKillops...

surname was commonly adopted throughout the Jewish diaspora. See also Hassan (surname). Khazan is a Russian, Ukrainian, and Ashkenazi Jewish surname,...

Chinese surnames: 朱, 祝, 竺, 猪 and 諸. The most prominent of the five, Zhu (朱), is the 17th name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem and was the surname of the...

romanization of the Chinese surname written 荀 in Chinese character. It is romanized Hsün in Wade–Giles. Xun is the 201st surname in the Song dynasty classic...

Wen is a Chinese surname. simplified Chinese: 温; traditional Chinese: 溫; pinyin: Wēn), meaning "warm", is sometimes romanised as Wen or Vun in Taiwan...

Sitaula, or Sitoula, (Nepali: सिटाैला) is a Brahmin surname of Nepal. This surname was given to Shankar Padhya Bhardwaj's sons because they came from sitouli...

native Bengali surname that is used by Kulin Brahmin group of the Bengali Brahmin caste. The traditional Bengali version of this surname is Gangopadhyay(a)...

Lu is the pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 陆 in simplified character and 陸 in traditional character. It is also spelled...

Si is the pinyin romanization of a number of distinct Chinese surnames that are written with different characters in Chinese. Depending on the character...

family name. The South Korean census of 2015 found 400,641 people by this surname, or less than 1% of the population. In a study by the National Institute...

Strain is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Christina Strain (born 1981), comic book colorist Isaac Strain (1821-1857), American/Canadian...

transcription of several Korean surnames written as 유 or 류 in hangul. As of 2000, roughly a million people are surnamed Yoo in South Korea, making up approximately...

Chinese surnames 羅 (Simplified Chinese: 罗, pinyin: Luó, Jyutping: Lo4) and 駱 (Simplified Chinese: 骆, pinyin: Luò, Jyutping: Lok3). Of the two surnames, wikt:罗...

Rǎn is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 冉 in Chinese character. It is romanized Jan in Wade–Giles. Ran is listed 301st...

Tang is a pinyin romanization of various Chinese surnames. Chinese surnames commonly romanized as "Tang" include Táng (唐) and Tāng (湯/汤). Tang is also...

Yang (Korean: 양) is a Korean surname. According to the 2000 South Korean Census, 486,645 people in South Korea had the surname Yang. The family name Yang...

Yi can be a Korean or a Chinese surname. In Cantonese it is transliterated as Yick or Yik, the Chinese commercial code (CCC) of which is 2496. It is also...

of the Chinese surname written 兰 in simplified Chinese and 蘭 in traditional Chinese. As of 2008, it is the 154th most common surname in China, shared...

Wood is a surname in the English language. It is common throughout the world, especially countries with historical links to Great Britain. For the most...

Belarusian: Мельнік) is a gender-neutral Slavic occupational surname literally meaning "miller". The surname may refer to: Association football Bohdan Melnyk (born...

Choi (Korean: 최; Hanja: 崔) is a Korean family surname. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were around 2.3 million people by this name in South...

Vučko is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Hana Vučko (born 1998), Slovenian handball player Jurica Vučko (born 1976), Croatian footballer...

León is a Spanish surname. A habitational name from León, a city in northwestern Spain, named with Latin legio, genitive legionis ‘legion’, a division...

Lok, is a common Western surname of Germanic origin. It is also a Scottish surname and a romanization of the Chinese surname Luo. Locke has multiple origins...

Sarkozi) is a Hungarian surname. It is a toponymic surname, and means "from Sárköz [hu]". Notable people with the surname include: Nicolas Sarkozy (born...

Gǔ (Chinese: 古) is a Chinese surname meaning 'old' or 'ancient'. Gu Long (古龍), pen name of Xiong Yaohua (1938–1985), Chinese novelist, screenwriter, film...

surname in China, with a population of 980,000. A relatively new surname, it is not listed in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames....

the acute accent on the "I") is a common surname in the Spanish language. Martínez is the most common surname in the Spanish regions of Navarre, La Rioja...

The surname Zacharias and various related forms are derived from the Hebrew given name Zechariah. Notable people with this surname or its variants include:...

The Hundred Family Surnames (Chinese: 百家姓), commonly known as Bai Jia Xing, also translated as Hundreds of Chinese Surnames, is a classic Chinese text...

Hu (胡) is a Chinese surname. In 2006, it was the 15th most common surname in China. In 2013, it was the 13th most common in China, with 13.7 million Chinese...

A matrilineal surname or matriname is a family name inherited from one's mother, and maternal grandmother, and so on whose line of descent is called a...

Miáo (苗) is a Chinese language surname. In 2013 it was counted as the 157th most common surname with 1 million people sharing the name or 0.075% of the...

English-language surname. It was the 19th most common surname in Ireland in 1901 with 15,417 members. It is the 34th most common surname in Australia, 32nd...

Geng is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 耿 in Chinese character. It is romanized as Keng in Wade–Giles. Geng is listed...

Surname Database. Retrieved 2021-04-29. "Surname Database: Vogeler Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 2021-04-29. "Surname Database:...

family surname and the father's family surname (rarely only one surname, sometimes more than two). For practicality, usually only the last surname (excluding...

in Korea. As with all the Korean family names, the holders of the Han surname are divided into different patrilineal clans, or lineages, known in Korean...

Chinese surnames that are homographs when Romanized using their Mandarin pronunciations: Xu (surname 徐) Xu (surname 許) The tones of these surnames are different...

Davis is a surname of English and Welsh origin. As an English surname it may be a corruption of Davy or a reference to King David in the Old Testament...

Griffin is a surname of Irish, English and Welsh origin. Griffin was the 75th most common surname on the island of Ireland in 1891. It was estimated in...

Lan is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 蓝 in simplified Chinese and 藍 in traditional Chinese. It is romanized...

Mayor is an English and Spanish-language surname with several etymological origins. The English-language name is sometimes a variant spelling of Mayer...

also romanized as Yiu in Cantonese, is one of the most ancient Chinese surnames, the "Eight Great Xings of High Antiquity". It is also unique that, along...

Basque surnames are surnames with Basque-language origins or a long, identifiable tradition in the Basque Country. They can be divided into two main types...

Garai is a surname of multiple origins. Garai is a Basque surname that appeared in Sopuerta (Vizcaya), that means "peak" or "height". Garai is also common...

Berkhof or Berkhoff is a surname from Dutch and German origin. The name falls under the so-called farm names. Such a name served as an address in a time...

McAuliffe or MacAuliffe is a surname of Norse Irish origin. The name is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Amhlaoibh, meaning "son of Amhlaoibh". The...

徐; pinyin: Xú; Wade–Giles: Hsü2; Jyutping: Ceoi4) is a Chinese-language surname. In the Wade-Giles system of romanization, it is spelled as "Hsu", which...

Bong is a surname in various cultures. Bong may be a spelling of a number of Chinese surnames based on their pronunciation in different varieties of Chinese...

a Chinese surname, accounting for 0.26% of the Han Chinese population. It is the 52nd most common Chinese surname and is the 141st surname listed in the...

(/fɪtsˈpætrɪk/ ) is an Irish surname that most commonly arose as an anglicised version of the Irish patronymic surname Mac Giolla Phádraig (Irish: [mˠək...

dynasty list of the Hundred Family Surnames. It means "ox". According to a 2013 study it was the 103rd most common surname at the time, shared by 2.20 million...

Mylläri literally meaning "miller" is an occupational surname of Finnish language origin. The surname may refer to: Mika Mylläri [fi], Finnish musician Iisak...

The Surname-i Hümayun (Ottoman Turkish and Persian: سورنامه همایون, romanized: Imperial Festival Books) were albums that commemorated celebrations in...

/ˈheɪli/ is an English surname. It is based on a place name derived from Old English heg "hay" and leah "clearing or meadow", The surname Haley was found in...

is a common Korean family name. It is a transliteration of the Chinese surname Sun. There are two clans of Son, one in Gwangju and the other in the Gyeongsang...

of a few Chinese surnames. It includes 龍 / 龙, which means "dragon" in Chinese, ranking number 80 on the list of common Chinese surnames in 2006, up from...

Kim is a surname with multiple origins. Kim, sometimes spelt Gim, is the most common family name in Korea. People with the surname Kim, but unrelated...

Romanian surname that means "Circassian". A community of Circassians existed in Northern Dobruja during the 19th century. Notable people with the surname include:...

Lehár is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anton Lehár (1867–1962), Hungarian-Austrian officer, brother of Franz Franz Lehár (1870–1948)...

Ohm or Om, is a relatively uncommon surname in Korea. It is written using the same character as the Chinese surname, Yan (嚴). It has only one clan, the...

spelled Nadhem, Nadhim, Nadhum or Nazem; Arabic: ناظم) is an Arabic-based surname. As the pronunciation of the Arabic letter Ẓāʾ is often closer to a strong...

name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem. During the Chu–Han Contention, many people surnamed Ji (籍) changed their surname to Xi (席) because of naming...

Fox is a surname originating in England and Ireland. The derivation is from the Middle English "fox", itself coming from the Old English pre 7th century...

Chinese surnames including Xīn 辛, Xīn 新 and Xìn 信. Xīn 辛 is the commonest among these; it is the 379th surname in the Hundred Family Surnames. The Chinese...

Belknap or Belnap is a surname of Norman origin from England that may come from the Anglo-Norman words "belle," meaning beautiful, and "knap," meaning...

A double-barrelled name is a type of compound surname, typically featuring two words (occasionally more), often joined by a hyphen. Notable people with...

Kaplan is a surname that is of ultimately Latin origins. There is also a historically unrelated surname in Turkey. Etymologically, the word originates...

(feminine: Belinskaya) is a Russian-language surname. Its Polish-language counterpart is Bieliński. The surname may refer to: Bo Belinsky (1936–2001), American...

states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu. Notable people with this surname include: Dhan Singh Negi, former MLA for Tehri Darwan Singh Negi, Victoria...

Du Pont, or du Pont is a French surname meaning "of the bridge", historically indicating that the holder of the surname resided near a bridge. As of 2008[update]...

Jiāo (焦) is a Chinese surname. Its Wade-Giles romanization and Cantonese pronunciation are Chiao. Jiao Yu, military officer of Ming Dynasty Jiao Li, President...

Surname maps are maps which display and indicate the highest concentration of residents with a particular surname, or set of surnames. This information...

Thomas is a common surname of English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, German, Dutch, and Danish origin. It derives from the medieval personal name, of...

Wicks is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arthur Wicks (1915–2006), English politician Ben Wicks (1926–2000), British-Canadian...

Look up 麥 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mài is a Chinese surname. It is commonly transliterated as Mak in Hong Kong, based on the Cantonese pronunciation...

Kwak (Korean: 곽; Hanja: 郭) is a Korean surname. The family name Kwak is written with a hanja meaning "city walls" (郭; 둘레 곽; dulle gwak; also called 외성...

Scottish surname, ultimately of Irish origin from O'Hannaidh, or descendants of the lowland Clan Hannay. Hanna (ܚܲܢܵܐ) is also an Assyrian surname, a shortened...

Lapointe or LaPoint or Lepoint or LePoint is a surname. Notable people with this surname include; Éric Lapointe (singer) (born 1969), musician Jean Lapointe...

Günzburg is a surname of Swabian origin. Ginsberg, Ginsburg, Gensburg, Ginsburgh, Ginzberg, Ginzborg, and Ginzburg are variants of the surname. The Günzburg...

Woo is an uncommon Korean surname. Woo may be written with either of two hanja (禹 and 于). Each has one bon-gwan: for the former, Danyang, North Chungcheong...

Chinese surname written 宣 as a Chinese character. It is romanized Hsüan in Wade–Giles. It is not among the top 300 most common Chinese surnames. Xuan Zeng...

Courtney is an English surname originating from England, France and Ireland, where it was of Norman origin. Brendan Courtney (born 1971), Irish television...

Pal, alternative form "Paul", is a common surname found in India and Bangladesh. It is traditionally believed that 'Pal' originated from the Sanskrit...

Dai is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written with the Chinese character 戴. It is romanized as Tai in Wade-Giles and in Hong Kong Government...

Chinese surnames: 王 (Wáng in Hanyu Pinyin), 汪 (also Wāng), 黃 (traditional) or 黄 (simplified; Huáng); and 翁 (Weng). Ong is also a Laotian surname. Ong or...

Abney is an English surname, which evolved in spelling from the surname D'Aubigny. The name originated from meaning "of" or "from" Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné...

language) of the Russian language surname Чайковский. The surname itself is a Russian-language variant of the Polish surname Czajkowski, see this page for...

Lì is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 厲 in traditional characters and 厉 in simplified characters. It is also spelled Lai according...

or Galician surname, originally de Ávila (who comes from a city named Ávila, most likely Ávila, Spain). Notable people with the surname include: (Alphabetical...

(Chinese: 于; pinyin: Yú; Jyutping: jyu4, jyu1) is the 82nd surname mentioned in the Hundred Family Surnames. According to the 2006 census of People's Republic...

Jiǎ (simplified Chinese: 贾; traditional Chinese: 賈) is a surname. Chia is the corresponding Wade-Giles romanization, which is commonly used in Taiwan...

Czech names are composed of a given name and a family name (surname). Czechs typically get one given name – additional names may be chosen by themselves...

Wéi (simplified Chinese: 韦; traditional Chinese: 韋) is a Chinese surname. It means ‘leather’ in Classical Chinese. It was the 62nd most common name in...

Persons with the surname More, Moré or Mores include: Antonis Mor (c. 1517–1577), Dutch painter Anthony More (musician) (born 1948), British musician...

Bhat (also spelled as Bhatt or Butt) is a surname in the Indian subcontinent. Bhat and Bhatt are shortened renditions of Brahmabhatta or Bhatta. The word...

Qū in pinyin. The surname Qu (屈) is listed 124th on the famous Song Dynasty book of common Chinese surnames, Hundred Family Surnames (Chinese: 百家姓), contained...

Gregg and Greg are surnames of English or Scottish origin. In England, they are variant forms of the surname Gregory. The surnames are first recorded...

The surnames McCabe (Irish: Mac Cába) and MacCabe (/məˈkeɪb/ muh-KAYB) are Irish and Scottish surnames. McCabes are considered to have moved from the Western...

Díaz is a common surname of Spanish origin with multiple meanings in multiple languages. First found in the Kingdom of Castile, where the name originated...

Polish names have two main elements: the given name, and the surname. The usage of personal names in Poland is generally governed by civil law, church...

Valdés is a Spanish toponymic surname of Asturian origin. Its appearance has been dated back to the times of the Reconquista in the municipality of Valdés...

diacritics) is a Hungarian-language occupational surname literally meaning "carpenter". Notable people with this surname include: Gabor Acs (born 1926), Hungarian-born...

surnames in Vietnam, where it is written as Pham (范 - Phạm), and occurs in Korea as Beom (范, 범). It is the 46th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem...

Pigott and Piggott are English surnames. The Pigott Baronetcy is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. The name Pigott / Piggott is derived from...

Murray (listen) (Irish: Ó Muirí) is both a Scottish and an Irish surname with two distinct respective etymologies. The Scottish version is a common variation...

the Indian states of Uttarakhand and Maharashtra. It is a traditional surname used by Brahmins, a priestly community. Foremostly involved in the activities...

This is a list of Korean surnames, in hangul alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (김), followed by Lee...

Cortês (Portuguese), Cortès (Catalan) is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin, respectively. The surname derived from the Old French corteis or curteis...

De Smet or Desmet is a Dutch occupational surname. It is a regional form of "the smith" very common in East and West Flanders. It was the tenth most common...

Chinese surname. An alternative transliteration of "田" from Cantonese is Tin, from Hokkien is Thinn. It appeared in the Hundred Family Surnames text from...

Obregon is a Spanish surname. It originates from the village of Obregón in modern-day Cantabria, Spain. Notable people with the surname include: Alejandro...

Dowling is an Irish surname. It is an anglicised form representing two unrelated clans: 1 – Ó Dúnlaing, noted as one of the seven septs of County Laois...

The name Weeks is an uncommon English surname, usually either a patronymic of the Middle English Wikke ("battle, war") or a topographic or occupational...

or composite) and two surnames (the first surname of each parent). Traditionally, the first surname is the father's first surname, and the second is the...

Smith is one of the most common surnames in the English-speaking world. Following is a list of notable people with the surname Smith. A. Hyatt Smith (1814–1892)...

The surname Clemons is an Anglo-Saxon name that was originally derived from the given name Clement which means "the son of clement". The name has ancient...

Pú (蒲) is a Chinese surname. Fu Jian (317–355) (Chinese: 苻健; 317–355), originally named Pu Jian (蒲健, name changed 350), courtesy name Jianye (建業), the...

Won is an uncommon Korean surname. Won Gyun, 1540–1597, Joseon Dynasty naval commander Won Sei-hoon, b. 1951, South Korean politician, former NIS chief...

The surname Al-Zaidi (Az-Zaidi) can denote one or both of the following: The elite class descendants of Zayd ibn Ali (the grandson of Husayn ibn Ali,...

Cliburn is a surname in the English language. The name originated as a habitational name (from Cliburn, Cumbria, England). This place name is derived...

Leclerc, Le Clerc and LeClerc are typical French or Francophone surnames which can refer to: Daniel Le Clerc (1652–1728), Swiss medical writer Arthur Leclerc...

Chinese surname written 吉 in Chinese character. It is romanized as Chi in Wade–Giles, and Gat in Cantonese. Ji is the 195th most common surname in China...

the free dictionary. Dufour or Du Four or Defour is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alma Dufour (born 1990), French politician Amanda...

In 2008, the surname "严 (嚴)", pinyin Yán, or Yim in Cantonese was estimated to be the 92nd most common surname in the People's Republic of China, shared...

is a surname meaning 'the leader' or 'son of Marmaduke'. It is the 856th most common surname in the United States. The first is that the surname Duke...

The surname Étienne, also spelled Etienne and Ettienne, may refer to: Andre Ettienne (born 1990), Trinidadian footballer Charles-Guillaume Étienne (1778–1845)...

dictionary. Ciz is a surname. The Czech and Slovak form Číž (feminine: Čížová) refers to the Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus). The surname is related to Čížek...

Varmā, Verma, Varman, or Burman are surnames found in India and Southeast Asia. These surnames are commonly used by people of different castes and ethnic...

Bošnjak (Serbian Cyrillic: Бошњак) is a common surname in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. Etymologically, it is an archaic local demonym denoting...

Dahlström, Dahlstrom or Dalström is a Swedish surname, Norwegian version is Dahlstrøm. It derives from the Swedish/Norwegian words dal which means valley...

Im or Lim is a common Korean family name. The surname is identical to the Chinese character of the same name. According to the initial law of the Korean...

romanization of the Chinese surname written 楼 in simplified character and 樓 in traditional character. It is the 269th most common surname in China, shared by...

an Indian surname. The name can be found among people from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, and Bangladesh. This surname is used by...

Butin is a surname of French or Slavic origin (masculine; Russian: Бутин) or Butina (feminine; Russian: Бутина) that may refer to Édouard Butin (born...

Jǐ (or Jì) is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 纪 in simplified Chinese and 紀 in traditional Chinese. It is romanized as...

Jones is a surname common in the English-speaking world. This list provides links to biographies of people who share this common surname. Alfred D. Jones...

romanization of a number of Korean surnames, written as 陳, 秦, 眞, or 晉 in hanja. While some earliest figures of the surname date back to the Korean Kingdom...

and Gœthe) is a German surname. It is best known for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832). It belongs to the group of surnames derived from given names...

Modi is a surname in India, most commonly found among people from states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand...

pronunciation: [pak̚]), also spelled as Pak or Bak is the third-most common surname in Korea, traditionally traced back to 1st century King Hyeokgeose Park...

a surname. As a Chinese surname, Wee is an English-language spelling of the pronunciations in different varieties of Chinese of multiple surnames. Those...

Cathcart is a Surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include: Anna Cathcart (born 2003), Canadian actress Brian Cathcart (born 1956)...

cooper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cooper is a surname. In England, it was occupational surname, that is, derived from an occupation; in this case...

pronunciation: [pɔˈlaɲski], feminine: Polańska; plural: Polańscy) is a Polish surname. It may refer to: Aleksandra Polańska (born 2000), Polish swimmer Eugen...

(born 1946), Canadian photojournalist McIver, variant or similar surname "Mac íomhair Surname in Alternative Language". sloinne.ie. Retrieved 10 September...

Cong, Cung or Tsung (丛/叢) is a Chinese surname. Cong (叢/丛) is a Chinese word (noun quantifier) meaning clump, thicket, bush, and/or shrubbery. The word...

Dover is a toponymic surname of Celtic origin used in English and German names. Relating to the port of Dover in Kent, England. Named from the river on...

Project Surname was a project enacted by the Northwest Territories Council and Government of Canada to assign surnames to Inuit. Project Surname was also...

O'Driscoll (and its derivative Driscoll) is an Irish surname. It is derived from the Gaelic Ó hEidirsceoil. The O'Driscolls were rulers of the Dáirine...

Ibrahimović is a Bosnian surname derived from the masculine given name Ibrahim (meaning "son of Ibrahim"), the Arabic name of the prophet and patriarch...

and Greek mostly toponymic surname. The surname spread throughout the world through colonization. It was also a surname chosen by former Jews due to...

Iñárritu or Iñarritu is a Basque surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alejandro González Iñárritu (born 1963), Mexican film director, producer...

is a surname of Galician origin. Its origin comes from the town of Padrón, in Galicia. There are currently 4,729 people in Spain with the surname Padrón...

Müller means "miller" (as a profession). It is the most common family surname in Germany, Switzerland, and the French départements of Bas-Rhin and Moselle...

Bear is a surname which may refer to: Elizabeth Bear, pen name of American author Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (born 1971) Ethan Bear (born 1997),...

given name (prenume) and a family name (surname) (nume or nume de familie). In official documents, surnames usually appear before given names. Romanians...

Sù (宿) is a Chinese surname. It was listed 266th among the Hundred Family Surnames. Su Maozhen (宿茂臻 1972, in Qingdao, Shandong) Chinese football coach...

Álvarez (sometimes Alvarez) is a Spanish surname, a patronymic meaning "son of Álvaro". Notable people with the surname include: Ana Álvarez (born 1969), Spanish...

Notable people with the surname Alavi include: Ali Alavi, Theoretical chemist Patrick Alavi, a German Musician Abass Alavi, is Professor of Radiology...

Zu is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 祖 in Chinese character. It is romanized Tsu in Wade–Giles. It is listed 249th in...

Faux or Faulx is a surname, ultimately from Latin fagus ("beech"). The English surname is of Flemish origin. The Belgian "Faux" and its variants could...

is less common of the two Seol names. This page lists people with the surname Seol. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you...

romanization of the Chinese surname written 娄 in simplified character and 婁 in traditional character. It is the 229th most common surname in China, shared by...

Cree is a surname which has several separate origins in England, Scotland and Ireland. It occurs in all those countries today and also in Australia, Canada...

Hanson is an Anglicized English surname of Scandinavian and German origin, created from the two words Hans and son (son of Hans). Spoken in English by...

dictionary. Marron or Marrón is a Spanish surname, which is most common today in Mexico. Notable people with the surname include: Donald B. Marron Sr. (1934–2019)...

Ramírez is a Spanish-language patronymic surname of Germanic origin, meaning "son of Ramiro". Its correct spelling in Spanish is with an acute accent...

Duffy is a surname of Irish origin that comes from the original Irish name Ó Dubhthaigh, meaning descendant of Dubthach. Dubthach was an Old Irish first...

of the Chinese family names. It is listed as the 90th surname in the "Hundred Family Surnames". It is also sometimes translated to Yee, the Taishanese...

Mackenzie, MacKenzie and McKenzie are alternative spellings of a Scottish surname relating to Clan Mackenzie. It was originally written MacKenȝie and pronounced...

Surnames. As of 2008, it is the 176th most common surname in China, shared by 680,000 people. It was originated as a branch of the Jiang (姜) surname....

Chinese surname written 己 in Chinese character. It is romanized as Chi in Wade–Giles. One of the ancient ancestral names, Ji is an uncommon surname today...

In Finland, a person must have a surname and at least one given name with up to three given names permitted. Surnames are inherited either patrilineally...

Kim (Korean: 김; Hanja: 金) is the most common surname in Korea. As of the 2015 South Korean census, there were 10,689,959 people by this name in South...

(more than 1 million) bear the surname 姜. The Chinese surname Jiāng also shares the same 姜 character. Clans whose surname uses the Hanja character 姜 include...

劉 / 刘 (/ljoʊ/ or /ljuː/) is an East Asian surname. pinyin: Liú in Mandarin Chinese, Lau4 in Cantonese. It is the family name of the Han dynasty emperors...

This article contains lists of the most common surnames in some of the countries of Asia, in alphabetical order of the country. Source: Armenia's Voter...

dictionary. Stromberg, Strömberg, Strømberg, Strombergs, Štrombergs, etc. is a surname from Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway and Sweden and now common in the...

Cárdenas is a locational surname originating in La Rioja, Spain. In Spain, Cárdenas is the 287th most frequently surname, accounting for 0.37% of the...

Macaulay, McAuley, MacAuley, and Macauley are Scottish and Irish surnames. There are several etymological origins for the names: all of which originated...

Trehan is a Punjabi Khatri surname. Before the partition of India, they were found near Mongowal town in Gujrat district of West Punjab. Trehan Khatris...

Blücher or Bluecher is a German surname. The Russified form is Blyukher. Notable people with the surname include: Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819)...

Bengali surname commonly used by the Bengali Hindu community of India and Bangladesh. De/Dey is derived from the last name Deb/Dev or Deva. The surname has...

Frost is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alex Frost (born 1987), American actor Andrew Frost (disambiguation), several people Anthony...

Connolly (Irish: Ó Conghaile, Ó Conghalaigh) is a surname of Irish origin. Notable people with the surname include: James Connolly (Irish: Séamas Ó Conghaile]]...

Basak or Bosak (Bengali: বসাক) is a Bengali Hindu surname that is found among the Bengalis of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam and Tripura as well...

literally "one who cuts", from the verb schneiden "to cut") is a very common surname in Germany. Alternative spellings include: Schneyder, Schnieder, Snyder...

Bruin, Bruijn, Bruyn and Bruins are Dutch surnames. They can be equivalent to the English surname Brown or, particularly for the form "Bruins", be patronymic...

Pace is a surname in both Italian and English. In addition to being found in Italy and England, it is also found in Germany, is common in Malta, and can...

Zhōu (Chinese: 周; pinyin: Zhōu; Wade–Giles: Chou¹) is a Chinese-language surname. In places which use the Wade–Giles romanization such as Taiwan, Zhou is...

Qi (祁, also commonly written as Chi, and Kei in Cantonese) is a Chinese surname. It originated from the descendants of Shaohao, descendant of Yao (ruler)...

patronymic (meaning Son of Rodrigo; Germanic: Roderickson) and a common surname in Spain, Latin America. Its Portuguese equivalent is Rodrigues. The "ez"...

Alcalá or Alcala is a Spanish surname. Alcalá (Spanish), Alcalà (Catalan), Alcala and the derivative Arcala are all ultimately derived (typically through...

Chinese surname written 姞 in Chinese character. It is romanized as Chi in Wade–Giles, and Gat in Cantonese. One of the Eight Great Surnames of Chinese...

Weill, and Weyl are related German and German-Jewish surnames. Notable bearers of the surnames include: Adolf Weil (physician) (or Adolph Weill) (1848–1916)...

Taylor is an English occupational surname of Norman origin. Listed here are notable people who share this surname. Josephine Taylor (born 1977), American...

Dicks is a surname of the English West Midlands, Scotland, and Wales. It ranks 6,404 in frequency in the United States, out of 88,799.[citation needed]...

Spain a surname English, Norman, French, Irish in origin, but linked to expatriates, or colonialists, who either had origins in Spain or had spent a significant...

rare Chinese compound surname of Xianbei origin. There is also a small Korean population (Namwon Dokgo clan) with this surname (stylized as Dokgo or Tokko...

Jágr is a Czech-language surname. It is related to the German surname Jäger which means "hunter" in German. Look up Jágr in Wiktionary, the free dictionary...

March is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Aaron March (born 1986), Italian alpine snowboarder Alden March (1795–1869), American physician...

Lamba is an Indian surname found among the Jats and Khatris of the Haryana, Punjab and Delhi. Notable people bearing the surname include: Ankit Lamba...

mainly associated with locations and businesses, and less so as an actual surname.[citation needed] Given the large number of places with the name, it is...

Bose is either a Bengali Kayastha surname (see Basu) or a name of European origin, sometimes as von Bose or Bosé. Abala Bose (1865–1951), Indian social...

Chi (池, pinyin: chí) is a Chinese surname. It is also romanized "Chi" (지) in Korean. Chi is also the Wade–Giles romanization of Pinyin Ji, the pronunciation...

Ohshima (written: 大島, 大嶋 lit. "big island") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Hiroko Oshima (大島 裕子, born 1943), Japanese sprint...

Adamski or Adamsky (feminine: Adamska, plural: Adamscy) is a Polish surname, it may refer to: Antoni Adamski (1932–2001), Polish field hockey player David...

Smeaton also Smeton or Smieton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alan Smeaton, Irish author and academic Bruce Smeaton, Australian...

title was usually hereditary and so, in modern times, the term is a common surname for both males and females. The word "mandal" has various meanings depending...

Lowe is a surname. Notable persons with that name include: Aaron Lowe (born 1974), Canadian ice dancer Adolph Lowe (1893–1995), German sociologist and...

Kimberley is a surname in the English language. A variant form of the surname is Kimberly. Kimberley is derived from any of several places in England named...

Espinosa or Espinoza is a Spanish and Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Abe Espinosa (1889–1980), American golfer Al Espinosa...

5% of people with that surname spelled it in Latin letters as Tai in their passports, vs. 57.1% as Tae. People with this surname trace their origins to...

Xiao (/ʃaʊ/; Chinese: 蕭) is a Chinese-language surname. In the Wade-Giles system of romanization, it is rendered as Hsiao, which is commonly used in Taiwan...

Jiménez is a patronymic surname of Iberian origin, first appearing in the Basque lands. Jiménez is a patronymic construction from the modern-styled given...

Irish name consists of a given name and a surname. In the Irish language, most surnames are patronymic surnames, distinct from patronyms, which are seen...

or Nygard are surnames of Scandinavian origin. The name means "new homestead", "new farm" or "new garden". Notable people with the surname include: Agnes...

Romanians. In 2020, it was the 16th most common surname in Hungary, borne by 38,407 people. People with this surname include: Adrian Olah (born 1981), Romanian...

Look up Löwe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The German-language surname Löwe, also Lowe or Loewe (German for "lion") may refer to: Andreas Loewe...

Lemar, LeMar, or Le Mar is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Brynton Lemar (born 1995), American-born Jamaican basketball player for...

Thau is a surname. As an Ashkenazi Jewish surname, Thau originated either from the German word Tau meaning "dew", from the name of the letter tav in the...

Hwangbo surname has two clans, the Yeongcheon Hwangbo clan and the Hwangju Hwangbo clan. The name Hwangbo originated from the Chinese surname Huangfu...

Boll or Böll is a German, Danish & English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Buzz Boll (1911–1990), Canadian ice hockey player Don Boll...

The surname Eddy is used by descendants of a number of English, Irish and Scottish families. Frank R. Holmes, in his Directory of the Ancestral Heads...

Trump is a surname of English and German origin: a German surname, possibly from a word for "drum". It is notable as the surname of Donald Trump who was...

are variants of a surname from Assam, India. It is mainly used by the Chutia people.[citation needed] Notable persons with the surname include: Joyanti...

Giusti is an Italian surname. Iustis in Latin Zufto/Zusto in Venetian Giusto/Giusti in Italian de' Giusti / de Giusti / De Giusti -- The "de" particle...

Mejía is a Spanish surname dating back to the early 1500s. Its origin comes from Spanish Jews forced to convert to Catholicism also known as Marranos...

Dǒng (Chinese: 董; pinyin: Dǒng; Cantonese: Tung/Tong) is a surname of Chinese origin. DONG is from a Chinese character that also means "to supervise"...

Schumann is a German occupational surname. Notable people with the name, in English often Schuman, include: Desirée Schumann (born 1990), German goalkeeper...

pronounced [pʲɪˈtrovə]; feminine), is one of the most common surnames in Russia and Bulgaria. The surname is derived from the first name Pyotr (Пётр, Russian)...

artisans and merchants in cities took heritable names. Family names (surnames) were still used together with primary patronyms (father's name plus an...

Rosas is a Spanish surname, derived from the Latin word rosa (rose.) The earliest records of the name trace its appearance back to Northern Spain, in...

The surname Beilin derives from the Ashkenazi Jewish ethnic group. It is related to the large amount of Ashkenazi Jewish surnames derived from the name...

Pinzón is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include: Pinzón brothers, Spanish navigators who accompanied Christopher Columbus. Martín Alonso...

Dao is a surname in Canada, India, the Philippines, Hong Kong, mainland China, Singapore, the UK, Portugal, the US and Vietnam. Đào Duy Từ, a 17th-century...

Gołąb (Polish pronunciation: [ˈgɔwɔmp]) or Golab is a Polish-language surname, meaning "dove". It may refer to: Maciej Gołąb (born 1952), Polish musicologist...

Köse is a Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bahattin Köse, German-Turkish footballer Ibrahim Köse, Finnish footballer of Turkish...

South Slavic languages, is a common surname in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and Serbia. Kovač is a common surname in Croatia, with 9,614 carriers...

language surname. Its origin is ambiguous, either derived from the Scandinavian language given name Magnus (meaning "great"), or a locational surname from...

adopted the surname in 1938, where the first syllable of the surname, "shin", is derived from the Chinese surname 丘, while the surname of former Prime...

(simplified Chinese: 禄; traditional Chinese: 祿; pinyin: Lù) is a Chinese surname. It is also spelled Luk according to the Cantonese pronunciation. Lu 禄...

खुराना) is a Hindu and Sikh surname from the Arora and Khatri communities found in India. Notable people with the surname include: Akash Khurana, Indian...

Friedrich or Friedrichs is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ariane Friedrich, German high jumper Arne Friedrich, German football...

Daniel is a common surname derived from the given name Daniel. Notable people with the surname Daniel include: Allen Daniel Jr., American military officer...

Chinese: 妫; pinyin: Guī; Wade–Giles: Kuei1) is an ancient Chinese surname. It was the xing surname of the rulers of the State of Chen and of Tian Qi. The Gui...

Hundred Family Surnames. It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China. A 2013 study found that it was the 329th most common surname, shared by 146...

Flores is a Spanish, Italian and Portuguese surname. In Spain, the surname Flores is first found in the Kingdom of Asturias, where the Visigothic royal...

the most common Vietnamese surname, held by an estimated 40 percent of Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without...

Lǐ (理) is a Chinese surname. In Mandarin it is pronounced with the dipped third tone of the four tones. Li (理) family name originated from Gaoyao (皐陶)...

Володарская (feminine) is a Russian and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Imogene Wolodarsky, American actress and daughter...

a Turkish given name for males and a surname. The Albanian variant is Bylykbashi. Notable people with the surname include: Bülent Bölükbaşı, Turkish footballer...

occupational surname in medieval England. It applied to a person involved in making or selling candles and similar articles. The earliest records as a surname are...

Korean surname (Korean: 간; Hanja: 簡; written using the same character as the Chinese surname Jiǎn), and a surname in other cultures. As a Chinese surname, Gan...

Punjabi surname and Jat clan that is not to be confused with Kheirra, also a Jat clan, in Punjab, India and Punjab, Pakistan. People with surname, who may...

Österreicher or Oestreicher or is a German language surname with the literal meaning "One from Austria", "the Austrian" (German Österreich means "Austria")...

Colton is a surname of English and Irish origin. In Ireland, it is an anglicized form of Ó Cómhaltáin 'descendant of Cómhaltáin', a branch of the Ó Cleirigh...

Andre or André is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alix André (1909-2000), French romance novelist André André (born 1989), Portuguese...

(Serbian Cyrillic: Милошевић, pronounced [milɔ̌ːʃɛʋit͡ɕ]) is a patronymic surname derived from the given name Miloš. It is predominantly worn by ethnic Serbs...

a Chinese-language surname, usually spelled as "Ku" or "Koo" in Taiwan. In 2013 it was found to be the 340th most common surname, shared by 138,000 people...

(sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as...

Saks is a German surname, meaning a person from the region of Saxony (originally Sachsen). The region is named after the Germanic tribe which settled...

Fuchs (German and Yiddish for "fox") is a surname; it has as variants Fux, Fuhs and Fuchß. Notable persons bearing it include the following: Argel Fuchs...

number of Chinese surnames. The most common one, Jīn 金, literally means "gold" and is 29th in the list of "Hundred Family Surnames". As of 2006, it is...

Arend and Arent are primarily Low German patronymic surnames from the given name Arend. The Dutch surnames "Van den Arend" and "Den Arend" means "(from) the...

Дани́лова, feminine) is a common Russian last name. Notable people with the surname include: Alexandra Danilova (1903–1997), Russian-born prima ballerina,...

McCauley and MacCauley are surnames in the English language. There are several etymologically unrelated origins for the names: all of which originated...

[naˈdal]) is a surname of Catalan, Occitan, and Venetian origin. It stems from the Latin word for birthday, natalis. Notable people with the surname include:...

[ˈbeɣa]) is a Spanish surname that means "dweller in the meadow", or "one who lives on the plain". Other versions of the surname Vega are Vegas or Vegaz...

K.C (or K.C.) is a surname of medieval Indian origin anglicized as an abbreviation of Khatri Chhetri in Nepal. The surname Khatri Chhetri was historically...

MacDonnell, Macdonnell, or McDonnell is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin. It is an anglicized form of the Gaelic patronymic Mac Dhòmhnaill, meaning...

Krajišnik is Serbian surname. The name is derived from the Serbian language term krajina or krajište (Serbian: krajište, крајиште) that had originally...

Aragón" in the Spanish and Aragonese languages) is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Carlos Aragonés (born 1956), Bolivian footballer...

Oeser is a surname. People with the surname include: Adam Friedrich Oeser (1717–1799), German etcher, painter and sculptor. Fritz Oeser (1911–1982), German...

გვარ-სახელი, romanized: kartuli gvar-sakheli) consists of a given name and a surname used by ethnic Georgians. According to the Public Service Hall the most...

romanization of several Chinese surnames. Mù (穆) was listed 98th on the Song Dynasty list of the Hundred Family Surnames.[better source needed] Mù (牧) was...

Földes is a surname of Hungarian origin. People with this surname include: Andor Földes (1913 – 1992), Jewish Hungarian pianist Dezső Földes (1880 – 1950)...

is a Jewish East European surname, common among Ashkenazi Jews. Its meaning is 'gold field'. Notable people with the surname include: Dorian M. Goldfeld...

This is a list of people with the surname Carrey. Jacques Carrey (1649–1726), French artist who sketched the Parthenon frieze Jim Carrey (born 1962),...

Hoy is a Scottish and Irish surname. The Irish origin of the name is derived from "Ó hEochaidh". Other surnames developed from "Ó hEochaidh" include:...

The surname Kendall, Kendl, or Kendal (also spelt Kendell, Kendoll, Kendel, Kendle, Kindell, Kindel, or Kindle) has two widely accepted origins. The first...

Nona (Syriac: ܢܥܢܐ) is an Aramaic surname referring to the Prophet Jonah. The name derives from the Akkadian word "Nunu" or "Nuna", meaning large fish...

Sénac is a commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, France. Notable people with the surname Sénac or Senac include: Didier Sénac (born 1958), French footballer Felix...

Feilian Feng (surname) Si (surname) Zi (surname) Ji (surname) Gui (surname) Xiong (surname) Jiang (surname) Liu (surname) Li (surname) Jin (surname) "嬴姓的来源...

Turk is a surname. Ahmet Türk (born 1942), Kurdish politician Alex Türk (born 1950), French politician Alexander Turk (1906–1988), Canadian politician...

Anderson is a surname deriving from a patronymic meaning "son of Ander/Andrew" (itself derived from the Greek name "Andreas", meaning "man" or "manly")...

is a common surname in Catalan, ranked 35th in Catalonia and was listed as 1,648th most common surname in the world. Ferrer is a surname popular in the...

George is a surname of Irish, English, Welsh, South Indian Christian, Middle Eastern Christian (usually Lebanese), French, or Native American origin....

Reddy/Reddi is a surname that has independent origins in both India and Ireland. This article refers solely to the Indian surname. In India it is predominantly...

Hamal is a surname. Notable people with that surname include: Henri-Guillaume Hamal (1685–1752), musician and composer who lived and worked in Liège Rajesh...

widely distributed surnames in the English-speaking world. Following is a list of notable people and fictional characters with the surname Johnson: Aaron...

early variant of the common surname Smith commonly found in Ireland. Shown below are notable people who share the surname "Smyth". Listed here are people...

Piech or Pieech (German: Piëch; Polish: Piech) is a Central European surname. This Slavic name originates from Poland, and spread to Czechoslovakia...

Doherty is an Irish surname. It is anglicized of the Gaelic Ó Dochartaigh. Alejandro Doherty (born 1965), Argentinian field hockey player Alice Elizabeth...

Colón is a Spanish surname, comparable to the Italian and Portuguese Colombo, or English surname Columbus. Notable people with the surname include: Bartolo...

Żywiecki is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Aleksander Żywiecki (born 1962), Polish painter Alexis Zywiecki (born 1984), French...

Scantling is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Garrett Scantling (born 1993), American decathlete Marquez Valdes-Scantling (born 1994)...

Dubé is a French surname, commonly found in Quebec. Dube is also a common surname among the Zulu and Ndebele peoples of Southern Africa. Notable people...

Miller is a surname of English, Scottish and Irish origins. The name is of German origins when Miller is an anglicization of Müller (surname). Aaron Miller...

Zhuo ([ʈʂwǒ]) is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 卓 in Chinese character. It is romanized Cho or Jo in Wade–Giles, Cheuk...

Çağlayan is a Turkish surname. In Turkish, çağlayan means a "cataract" in terms of the types of waterfalls. Notable people with the surname include: Armağan...

feminine form Pavlova are common Russian (Па́влов, Па́влова) and Bulgarian surnames. Their Ukrainian variant is Pavliv. All stem from Christian name Paul (Russian:...

Joseph is an English and French surname. Aaron Joseph (born 1989), Australian footballer Agnes Joseph (born 1970), Dutch politician Alison Joseph, English...

Grover is a surname found with people in India as well as with people of English ancestry. The two names, however, are distinct in formation and share...

Canner is an English surname found mainly in the Midlands of England and also distributed in New England and elsewhere. It was first recorded as early...

for South Korean passports, it was found that 48.6% of people with this surname chose to have it spelled in Latin letters as Jung in their passports. The...

Gowda (also known as Gauda, Goud, Gouda or Gonda) is a surname native to Karnataka state of India. It is mainly found among the Vokkaligas in South Karnataka...

Hanyu pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 沈. Shen is the 14th surname in the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames. 沈 is romanised as Sum, Sem, Sam, or...

List or Liste is a European surname. Notable people with the surname include: Benjamin List (born 1968), German chemist who won the 2021 Nobel Prize in...

Flam is a surname. Notable people with the surname (or its variant Flahm) include: Abraham Bär Flahm, 19th-century Jewish editor and publisher Faye Flam...

Chinese surnames. Quan (traditional Chinese: 權; simplified Chinese: 权; pinyin: Quán) is a Chinese surname. A notable with the surname Quan surname was Quan...

Sikka is an Indian surname seen in northern part of India. Notable people with the name include: Prem Sikka (born 1951), British professor of accounting...

Korber or Koerber is a German occupational surname for a basket maker. Notable people with the surname include: Adolf-Victor von Koerber (1891–1969)...

The surname Troy is anglicised from the following surnames: The Gaelic-Irish surnames Ó Tréamháin (Meaning unknown - possibly descendant of journals)...

Cyrillic: Дејановић) is a Serbian surname derived from the male given name Dejan. Notable people with the surname include: Dejanović noble family, a...

Matos or de Mattos, is a Sephardic and Portuguese language surname. The origin of the surname Matos or Mattos is toponymic. It was taken from a place with...

pinyin: Tú) is a Chinese surname, and the 279th family name in Hundred Family Surnames (百家姓). Tu (涂 or 凃) is another Chinese surname. From one of the characters...

is an Italian surname. It is the Classical Latin and Italian cognate for Latins. As of 2014, 76.5% of all known bearers of the surname Latini were residents...

Jay is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Allan Jay (1931–2023), British world champion épée & foil fencer Antoine Jay (1770–1854), French...

Münchberg is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Hans-Helmut Münchberg [de] (born 1948), German politician (CDU) Hansfried Münchberg [de]...

Tozer is a surname commonly believed to have originated in Devon, South West England.[citation needed] It is a reference to the occupation of carding...

Koźmiński is a Polish language surname of toponymic surname, derived from one of the Polish localities named Koźmin. The surname may refer to: Andrzej Koźmiński...

Baade is a surname of German origin. Notable people with the surname include: Brunolf Baade (1904–1969), German aeronautical engineer Carrie Ann Baade...

Münchhausen is the surname associated with a German noble family of Münchhausen [de] The surname may refer to: Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von...

Routledge is an Anglo-Scottish surname. Common variant spellings include Rutledge, Ratledge, Ruttledge and Rutlidge. Dozens of other spellings are attested...

Coker is a surname shared by several notable people, including: Ade Coker (born 1954), Nigerian-American footballer Adnan Coker (1927–2022), Turkish abstract...

Marmion is a surname found in France, Great Britain and Ireland, of Norman-French origin. The origin of the surname itself is disputed. The noble Marmion...

This is a list of real and fictional people with the surname Carpenter. See Carpenter (surname) for the etymology and related names. See Carpenter (disambiguation)...

pronunciation: [ɥɛ̌n] ) is a Chinese surname ranked 37th in China by population in 2019. In Standard Chinese, the surname is transliterated Yuán (hanyu pinyin)...

Kılıç is a Turkish surname meaning "sword". Notable people with the surname include: Ahmet Kilic (born 1984), Dutch footballer of Turkish descent Akif...

(feminine: Janáčková) is a Czech surname, derived from the given name Jan, the Czech form of John. Notable people with the surname include: Jaromír Janáček (born...

the most common surnames in Croatia, Slovenia, as well as Hungary and Serbia. Etymologically it is a patronymic derivative of the surname Kovač, which is...

isimler) and a soyadı or soyisim (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one soyadı (surname) in the full name there may...

Austria (literally "eastern kingdom") and may also be a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Rolf Österreich (born 1952), former East German...

Macmillan, McMillan, and M'Millan are variants of a Scottish surname; see also the similar surname McMillen. The origin of the name derives from the origin...

Yu (Chinese surname) (Chinese: 余) Yee, a surname (simp. 叶, trad. 葉) -- variants Yee, Yeh, Yip/Ip, Yap, Yapp Persons with surname "Yee"(余) include: James...

Ericsson or Ericson is a Swedish patronymic surname meaning "son of Eric". Notable people with the surname include: Anders Ericsson (1947–2020), Swedish...

Castile or Castille is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Castile: Brooke Castile (born 1986), American pairs figure skater Christopher...

traditional Chinese: 龐; pinyin: Páng) is a Chinese surname. It is romanized Pong in Cantonese. In Vietnam, this surname is written in Quốc Ngữ as Bàng. "Pang" is...

Middle name – Surname or First name – Surname pattern. Odia surnames come from caste based on human occupation. For example, the common surnames Kar, Mohapatra...