Surnames Starting with Z: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins
60 family names beginning with Z. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.
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ZabelPoland
A dweller at the sign of the sable
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ZachariasEngland
A descendant of Zacharias or Zachary (whom Jehovah remembers)
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ZackGermany
A descendant of Zacco or Zach
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ZagoItaly
Altar server
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ZagorskiPoland
Someone living beyond the hill
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ZahnGermany
A nickname for someone with a notable tooth
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ZającPoland
Hare
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ŻakPoland
"student, scholar"
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ZakrzewskiPoland
"beyond the bushes"
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ZaleskiPoland
Beyond the wood
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ZalewskiPoland
From Zalew, flooded land
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ZałogaPoland
Crew / garrison
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ZamboniItaly
Big John
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ZambranoSpain
From Zambrana
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ZamoraSpain
From the city of Zamora
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ZamudioSpain
From Zamudio
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ZanItaly
A Veneto personal name equivalent to John
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ZanderGermany
A descendant of Zander
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ZanellaItaly
Little Gianni (John)
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ZanettiItaly
Little John
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ZaniniItaly
Little John
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ZapataSpain
Shoe, boot
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ZapfGermany
Tapster
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ZappaItaly
Hoe
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ZaraItaly
An Italian place name with independent surname routes
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ZaragozaSpain
From Zaragoza
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ZarateSpain
Thicket
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ZarembaPoland
A nickname connected with cutting or hewing
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ZavalaSpain
Broad place
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ZawackiPoland
Someone from a place called Zawada
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ZawadaPoland
Obstacle
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ZawadzkiPoland
From Zawada (barrier)
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ZawiszaPoland
From the name Zawisza
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ZelayaSpain
Meadow
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ZellerGermany
"one from Zell"
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ZepedaSpain
Place of stumps
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ZiębaPoland
"chaffinch"
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ZieglerGermany
Brick or tile maker
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ZielińskiPoland
Green; from a green place
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ZielkeGermany
A name of Slavic origin from eastern Germany
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ZielonkaPoland
Green place
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ZiembaPoland
A finch-related nickname
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ZiemerGermany
A descendant of Sigimar
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ZimmermannGermany
Carpenter
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ZinkGermany
"cornet" or "pointed"
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ZiółkowskiPoland
"herbs"
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ZitoItaly
Young man, bridegroom
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ZorrillaSpain
A diminutive fox-related nickname
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ZottiItaly
A plural personal-name form or a regional nickname
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ŻukPoland
Beetle
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ŻukowskiPoland
Of Żukowo / beetle
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ZulloItaly
A descendant of Zullo, a short personal name
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ZúñigaSpain
From Zúñiga in Navarre
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ZurawPoland
Crane
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ZurawskiPoland
Someone from a place where cranes were common
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ZürcherSwitzerland
From Zürich
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ŻurekPoland
"sour rye soup"
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ZwickGermany
A dweller on a wedge-shaped plot
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ZychPoland
A short form of Zygmunt or similar names
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ZygmuntPoland
Victory protection (Sigismund)
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Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.