Last Names by Country, Language and Kind

Each page here is one list of last names: the family names of one country or language, or the names of one kind. A press deals five; the whole list is printed under the tool.

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Every name comes from a public record or a dictionary (a national register, a census file, a surname entry), but for the made-up names of the futuristic list, which its cards mark. A card prints a meaning or an origin only where a dictionary entry gives one, and says nothing where it gives none. Names from languages with their own script are shown in that script beside a Latin spelling. A last name on these pages is a name, not a person: no page pairs it with a first name, a birthday or a place.

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Armenian Last Names

265 real Armenian surnames in Armenian script with their Latin spellings and the kind of root each grew from.

For example Tiraturyan Տիրատուրյան · Mitichyan Միտիչյան · Jahukyan Ջահուկյան

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Chinese Last Names

503 Chinese family names in characters and pinyin: the 100 most common with rank and Cantonese spelling, the rest from the old list.

For example Gāo 高 · Máo 毛 · Jiǎ 贾
Cute Last Names

167 real US last names spelled like fond, sweet, small or merry words, with the origin where a dictionary gives one.

For example Blythe · Rabbitt · Plumley
Common Russian Last Names

379 Russian surnames in Cyrillic and Latin letters, each in the man's and the woman's form; 250 are from a study of names found across Russia.

For example Korenev Коренев · Golubev Голубев · Sharapov Шарапов
Common German Last Names

The 100 most common surnames in Germany and 412 more from the dictionary, each with its band or its meaning in English.

For example Gotthelf · Weiler · Belger
Common French Last Names

The 850 most common family names of France by births from 1891 to 2000, each with its rank, and a kind and meaning where a dictionary gives one.

For example Pierron · Dupin · Picot
Creepy Last Names

155 real surnames that sound sinister, in five kinds from graveyard to old houses, with the tamer origin where a dictionary gives one.

For example Thorndike · Wailes · Grimshaw
Czech Last Names

220 real Czech surnames: the 100 commonest and 120 more, most with the women's form and where the dictionary says the name comes from.

For example Anděl · Hašek · Myšák

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Dutch Last Names

267 Dutch surnames with their recorded origins, sorted by prefix (van, de) and by kind.

For example Pijl · Berends · Ploegman
Danish Last Names

459 Danish surnames, each with the number of people who carry it in Denmark in 2026, from the top 20 to rare names.

For example Dam · Frøkjær · Brasch

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English Last Names

568 real surnames of English origin, sorted by trade, father's name, nickname or place, each with the origin a dictionary gives.

For example Fuller · Souter · Blacksmith

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Filipino Last Names

511 real surnames of the Philippines from Tagalog, Hokkien Chinese and Spanish, each with the origin a dictionary gives.

For example Matanguihan · Matalino · Lukban
Fancy Last Names

160 real surnames of Norman French, landed or particle form, each with the origin its dictionary entry gives.

For example Cromwell · Rutherford · Stanley
Funny Last Names

99 real US surnames that are also funny words: foods, animals, the -bottom names and phrases, many with their true origin.

For example Allgood · Longstaff · Fairweather
Finnish Last Names

The 400 most common surnames of Finnish citizens, each with its rank and count, its ending and a meaning where a dictionary gives one.

For example Haapala · Helin · Pääkkönen
Futuristic Last Names

197 last names for a character of the future: surnames on units of science, short real surnames and made-up joins.

For example Vaz · Sax · Vorstad

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Greek Last Names

324 real Greek surnames in Greek and Latin letters, with what each ending tells and a meaning where one is on record.

For example Papapostolou Παπαποστόλου · Papadiamantopoulos Παπαδιαμαντόπουλος · Giannakopoulos…

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Hungarian Last Names

190 real Hungarian family names: the 100 commonest in the national register and 90 more, most with what the word means.

For example Sipos · Szécsi · Faragó

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Italian Last Names

328 real Italian surnames, Italy's 100 most common among them, most with the meaning a dictionary gives and a US census rank.

For example De Stefano · Giuliani · Giordano
Irish Last Names

1,111 real Irish surnames, most with the Irish-language form and meaning a dictionary gives, each with its US census rank.

For example Dougherty · Barry · Conley
Icelandic Last Names

199 Icelandic last names built from the country's most common first names, with the genitive behind each, and 46 inherited family names.

For example Þórðardóttir · Helgudóttir · Þórunnardóttir

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Japanese Last Names

867 real Japanese family names in romaji and kanji, each with one kana reading, and what the kanji mean.

For example Fujita 藤田 · Furuya 古谷 · Mitsuda 光田

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Last Names for Girls

1,022 real US last names that girls are also given as first names, each with its census rank and the girls named it in 2025.

For example Monroe · Hanna · Reese
Last Names for Boys

366 real US last names that boys are also given as first names, each with its census rank and the boys named it in 2025.

For example Bentley · Solomon · Barrett
Long Last Names

600 real US surnames of 12 to 15 letters, each with its letter count, its 2020 Census rank and how many people carry it.

For example Schoenfelder · Blickenstaff · Debardelaben
Last Names for Characters

208 real US surnames from outside the commonest 2,000, each with its origin, its meaning and its number of syllables.

For example Welton · Clinton · Howarth

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Norwegian Last Names

The 300 most common surnames in Norway in 2025, each with its rank and count, and a meaning where a dictionary gives one.

For example Meyer · Syversen · Kristiansen

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Polish Last Names

The 300 most common surnames in Poland's national register, each with its count and the form a woman carries.

For example Wolski · Witek · Kowalski

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Roman Last Names

174 clan names and added names of ancient Rome, each double-checked in two lists, most with the Latin word behind the name.

For example Cordus · Dolabella · Juventius
Romanian Last Names

241 real Romanian surnames sorted by ending and kind, each with the word or name it is built on.

For example Mitriță · Turcu · Apostol

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Scottish Last Names

558 real Scottish surnames, most with the origin a dictionary gives; the 100 most common carry their place in Scotland's registers.

For example MacNeal · McCluney · McIver

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Welsh Last Names

92 surnames of Wales: the 20 most common there and 72 more from Welsh, most with how the name was made.

For example Prichard · Moss · Price
Witch Last Names

96 real surnames with a witchy ring: herbs and hedgerow trees, hearth and craft words, seasons and weather, with a plain origin where a dictionary gives one.

For example Waxman · Quill · Furze

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