Surnames Starting with K: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 1 of 3)

A coat, clothing trade, or military nickname

"innkeeper's son"

Innkeeper's son, little innkeeper

"drake"

From Kaczorowo / drake

'The rabbi or teacher

'The rabbi or teacher

Emperor

Purse

A flowering shrub, a personal name, or a settlement

From Kalinowo (guelder rose)

"guelder rose"

A place called Kałków or a lime-related regional formation

From a stony place (Kamień)

A chamberlain, superintendent or overseer

The warrior or soldier

The warrior or soldier

The warrior or soldier

Man of the field

The warrior or soldier

Descendant of Cathán ("battle")

"kite"

The soloist who sang liturgical music in the synagogue

Priest

A descendant of Kapp, a pet form of Kaspar (treasure)

A chapel landscape, place name, or familiar form

Someone from Karczew or a place of clearings

Several regional occupations or a Carinthian connection

A fish nickname or personal-name formation

From Karpin

From Karwowo

A personal name in German and Polish traditions

"son of Kasper"

A son of Kasper

A descendant of Kass, a pet form of Cazo

"granary keeper"

Priest of righteousness

Merchant, trader

Follower of Caomhán

Jackdaw

Son of Kaźmierz (Casimir)

A descendant of the slender man

Descendant of Cathán ("battle")

Descendant of Catharnach ("warlike")

An Irish name usually explained as a descendant of a dark-haired man

Norman, perhaps "kite"

Someone from Ketton or a similar place

Kite

Lively, bold or forward

From Kędzierzyn

A grandson of Caomh (beautiful, gentle)

A grandson of Caomh (beautiful, gentle)

Son of Aodhagán (little fire)

Boatman

A descendant of the slender man

A descendant of the slender man

Bold, brave

Descendant of Cianán, 'ancient'

Bold

Wedge

From Keir

From the lands of Keith

Descendant of Céileachair ("companion dear")

Cellarer, steward of stores

Cellar keeper

Kill hog

Descendant of Ceallach

Cenel's island

Place name

Champion, warrior

Champion, fighter

Valley of the River Kent

Hero, or royal ruler

Someone with curly hair

Descendant of Cinnéide

A grandson of Ceannfhaoladh (wolf head, or learned man)

Descendant of Cionaodh (Kenneth)

From Kent

Mound of Einion

Son of Eochaidh ("horseman")

River islet, clump of trees

A basket maker, or someone from Korb

Core, kernel; a nickname

A carter, a miller, or someone from Kern

Dweller by the marshy scrubland

Someone from Kersey in Suffolk

"church wood"

A descendant of Christianus, follower of Christ

A maker of kettles, or someone from Kessel

Coppersmith, kettle maker

Someone from a homestead associated with a man named Caecca

Key maker, or quay