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Surnames Starting with P: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 1 of 4)

368 family names beginning with P. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.

  • Pabst
    Germany

    A nickname or role connected with the pope

  • Pace
    Italy

    Peace

  • Pacheco
    Spain

    From an old personal name

  • Packard
    England

    Pack

  • Packer
    England

    Wool packer

  • Paczkowski
    Poland

    From Paczków

  • Paddock
    England

    Someone who came from Paddock (enclosure)

  • Padgett
    England

    Little page, young servant

  • Padilla
    Spain

    "frying pan" or "from Padilla"

  • Padovani
    Italy

    From Padua

  • Padovano
    Italy

    From Padua

  • Padrón
    Spain

    From Padrón (Galicia)

  • Padula
    Italy

    Someone living near a marsh, or from Padula

  • Paes
    Portugal

    Son of Paio

  • Pagán
    Spain

    Country dweller

  • Pagani
    Italy

    From pagano, "villager" or "pagan"

  • Pagano
    Italy

    Villager; unbaptised child

  • Page
    England

    Page, young servant

  • Paget
    England

    Little page (servant)

  • Pahl
    Germany

    A bold person, or a descendant of Paulus or Baldo

  • Paige
    England

    Page / attendant

  • Pain
    England

    The rustic or countryman, a pagan

  • Paine
    England

    The rustic or countryman, a pagan

  • Painter
    England

    Painter

  • Paisley
    Scotland

    Someone who came from Paisley (pasture slope) in Renfrewshire

  • Paiva
    Portugal

    "from the Paiva river"

  • Paixão
    Portugal

    Passion

  • Pająk
    Poland

    "spider"

  • Pala
    Italy

    An upland meadow or a shovel-related trade

  • Palacios
    Spain

    "palaces, manor houses"

  • Palermo
    Italy

    From Palermo

  • Palestina
    Portugal

    A geographical or personal-name reference to Palestine

  • Palladino
    Italy

    From paladino, "paladin", a knight of Charlemagne

  • Palma
    Italy

    Palm, from Palm Sunday, or from Palma

  • Palmer
    England

    Pilgrim to the Holy Land

  • Palmieri
    Italy

    Pilgrim to the Holy Land

  • Palomino
    Spain

    Young dove

  • Paluch
    Poland

    Big finger

  • Palumbo
    Italy

    Wood pigeon, dove

  • Panebianco
    Italy

    White bread

  • Panek
    Poland

    Little lord

  • Panico
    Italy

    Someone growing millet or living by a millet field

  • Pankhurst
    England

    Wooded hill

  • Panter
    England

    The official in charge of bread in a large household

  • Pantoja
    Spain

    From Pantoja

  • Panza
    Italy

    A nickname or place connection

  • Paoletti
    Italy

    From Paoletto, a pet form of Paolo

  • Paoli
    Italy

    Of Paolo

  • Paolini
    Italy

    Sons of little Paul

  • Papa
    Italy

    "priest", or a nickname

  • Pape
    Germany

    "priest"

  • Paquette
    France

    Easter child

  • Paradis
    France

    Paradise, enclosed garden

  • Pardo
    Spain

    Brownish grey

  • Paredes
    Spain

    "walls"

  • Parent
    France

    Kinsman

  • Parenti
    Italy

    A relative or parent, or someone from Parenti in Calabria

  • Pargeter
    England

    Plasterer

  • Parham
    England

    Pear homestead

  • Parish
    England

    Of the parish

  • Parisi
    Italy

    From Paris, Parisian

  • Parker
    England

    Park keeper, gamekeeper

  • Parks
    England

    Park keeper, or dweller by a park

  • Parlee
    England

    Someone who came from Parley (glade where pears grew)

  • Parmelee
    England

    A dweller at the meadow belonging to the palmer

  • Parmentier
    France

    Tailor of trimmings

  • Parnell
    England

    Little Peter

  • Parodi
    Italy

    A Ligurian surname of uncertain origin

  • Parr
    England

    Enclosure

  • Parra
    Spain

    Grapevine, trellis

  • Parreira
    Portugal

    Grapevine

  • Parry
    Wales

    Son of Harry

  • Parsons
    England

    Son or servant of the parson

  • Partida
    Spain

    Share / district

  • Partridge
    England

    Partridge

  • Paschke
    Germany

    A descendant of little Paulus

  • Pascual
    Spain

    Of Easter

  • Pasek
    Poland

    Belt, strap

  • Pasquale
    Italy

    Pascal / Easter

  • Pasquali
    Italy

    Born at Easter

  • Pasquier
    France

    Pasture / Easter-born

  • Pass
    England

    A descendant of Pash

  • Passalacqua
    Italy

    Cross the water

  • Passeri
    Italy

    Sparrow

  • Passmore
    England

    Someone living by a path across a moor

  • Passos
    Portugal

    Steps, passes

  • Pasternak
    Poland

    A parsnip-related name

  • Pastor
    Spain

    Shepherd

  • Pastore
    Italy

    Shepherd

  • Paszkowski
    Poland

    From Paszkowo

  • Patch
    England

    A descendant of Pache

  • Pate
    England

    Little Patrick, or head

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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.