Cool Last Names

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Harvey

Surname from a Breton personal name meaning battle worthy.

English

Bates

Patronymic surname from Bartholomew or Bate.

English

Burgess

Status surname for a freeman of a borough.

English

Rodrigues

Patronymic surname meaning son of Rodrigo.

Portuguese

Moura

Locational surname linked to moor or place roots.

Portuguese

Teixeira

Topographic surname linked to yew trees.

Portuguese

Cardoso

Topographic surname linked to thistles.

Portuguese

Monteiro

Locational surname linked to hills or mountains.

Portuguese

Correia

Portuguese surname of medieval Iberian origin.

Portuguese

Melo

Locational surname from Iberian place roots.

Portuguese

Nunes

Patronymic surname meaning son of Nuno.

Portuguese

Ferreira

Topographic surname linked to iron mines or smithies.

Portuguese

Barbosa

Locational surname linked to places with scrub or brush.

Portuguese

Faria

Locational surname from Iberian place roots.

Portuguese

Peixoto

Occupational or nickname surname linked to fish.

Portuguese

Mota

Locational surname linked to a mound or hill.

Portuguese

Domingues

Patronymic surname meaning son of Domingo.

Portuguese

Vega

Topographic surname meaning meadow or fertile plain.

Spanish

Suarez

Patronymic surname meaning son of Suero.

Spanish

Ortega

Topographic surname linked to nettles or places of nettles.

Spanish

Mora

Surname linked to mulberry, Moorish roots, or dark complexion.

Spanish

Rojas

Descriptive surname meaning red or ruddy.

Spanish

Serrano

Topographic surname meaning from the mountains.

Spanish

Vargas

Topographic surname linked to steep pasture or slope.

Spanish

Carrasco

Topographic surname linked to oak scrub.

Spanish

Gallegos

Ethnic surname meaning Galician.

Spanish

Valdez

Patronymic surname meaning son of Baldo.

Spanish

Escobar

Locational surname linked to broom plants.

Spanish

Ponce

Surname from medieval personal-name and locational roots.

Spanish

Salazar

Topographic surname linked to old hall or house.

Spanish

Mori

Japanese surname meaning forest. Associated with the powerful Mori clan of fe...

Japanese

Duffy

Irish surname from O Dubhthaigh, meaning descendant of the dark one. Original...

Irish

Goldstein

Ashkenazi Jewish surname meaning gold stone. One of the most common Jewish su...

Jewish

Al-Hashimi

Arabic surname meaning descendant of Hashim, the great-grandfather of Prophet...

Arabic

Disney

Norman-French surname from Isigny, a town in Normandy. Means from Isigny. The...

American

Ricardo

Derived from the personal name Ricardo.

Portuguese

Abe

Japanese surname meaning peace or comfort in a section. One of the oldest sur...

Japanese

Maher

Irish surname from O Meachair, meaning the kindly or hospitable one. Primaril...

Irish

Khalil

Arabic surname meaning friend or companion. Derived from one of the titles of...

Arabic

Presley

English surname meaning priest's meadow, from Old English preost (priest) and...

American

Cox

Often a nickname from Cock or linked to a leader or bold person in medieval u...

English

Ward

Occupational surname for a guard or watchman.

English

Brooks

Topographic surname referring to someone who lived near a brook or stream.

English

James

Derived from the personal name James, often used as a patronymic family surname.

English

Moreno

Descriptive surname meaning dark-haired or dark-complexioned.

Spanish

Pereira

Topographic surname meaning pear tree.

Portuguese

Volkov

Surname related to wolf.

Russian

Haddad

Occupational surname meaning blacksmith.

Arabic

Atkinson

Patronymic surname meaning son of Atkin, a form of Adam.

English

Cardenas

Locational surname from places named Cárdenas.

Spanish

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