Surname Directory: Last Name Origins & Coats of Arms
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ASee all 43 surnames starting with A →
- Abbott
- Ackroyd
- Adamczyk pl
- Adams
- Adamski pl
- Adkins
- Adler de
- Aguilar es
- Ahern
- Aiello it
- Ainsworth
- Albert
- Albrecht de
- Alexander
- Allen
- Allison
- Allsop
- Alonso es
- Álvarez es
- Amato it
- Anderson
- André
- Andrews
- Andrzejewski pl
- Anthony
- Appleton
- Archer
- Arias es
- Armitage
- Armstrong
- Arnaud
- Arndt de
- Arnold de
- Ashley
- Ashworth
- Aspinall
- Atherton
- Atkinson
- Attwood
- Aubert
- Aubry
- Austin
- Ayers
BSee all 159 surnames starting with B →
- Baier de
- Bailey
- Bainbridge
- Baird
- Bairstow
- Bąk pl
- Baker
- Baldwin
- Ball
- Ballard
- Bamford
- Banks
- Baran pl
- Barbaro it
- Barber
- Barbier
- Barbieri it
- Barker
- Barlow
- Barnes
- Barnett
- Barone it
- Barr
- Barraclough
- Barrett
- Barry
- Barth de
- Barton
- Basile it
- Bass
- Bassani it
- Bassi it
- Bates
- Battaglia it
- Bauer de
- Baumann de
- Bean
- Beard
- Beasley
- Beck de
- Becker de
- Beckmann de
- Behrens de
- Beil de
- Bell
- Bellamy
- Bellini it
- Bellucci it
- Bender de
- Benedetti it
- Benítez es
- Bennett
- Benoît
- Benson
- Bentham
- Bentley
- Benton
- Beretta it
- Berg de
- Berger de
- Bergmann de
- Bernard
- Bernardi it
- Bernardini it
- Berry
- Bertolini it
- Bertrand
- Best
- Beyer de
- Bianchi it
- Bianchini it
- Bianco it
- Birch
- Birkett
- Bishop
- Black
- Blackburn
- Blackwell
- Blair
- Blake
- Blakeley
- Blanc
- Blanchard
- Blanco es
- Blankenship
- Blevins
- Bock de
- Böhm de
- Boland
- Bolton
- Bond
- Bonelli it
- Bonetti it
- Bonner
- Bonnet
- Bonomi it
- Boone
- Booth
- Borkowski pl
- Böttcher de
- Bourgeois
- Bowen
- Bowers
- Bowman
- Boyd
- Boyer
- Boyle
- Bracewell
- Bradford
- Bradley
- Bradshaw
- Brady
- Brambilla it
- Brandt de
- Braun de
- Bravo es
- Bray
- Breen
- Brennan
- Breslin
- Brewer
- Bridges
- Brierley
- Briggs
- Bright
- Brindley
- Brinkmann de
- Britt
- Broadbent
- Broadhurst
- Brock
- Bromley
- Brooks
- Brown
- Bruce
- Brun
- Brunet
- Bruni it
- Brunner de
- Bruno it
- Bruns de
- Bryant
- Buchanan
- Buck
- Buckley
- Bullock
- Burch
- Burgess
- Burke
- Burnett
- Burns
- Burton
- Busch de
- Bush
- Busse de
- Butler
- Byers
- Byrd
- Byrne
CSee all 120 surnames starting with C →
- Caballero es
- Cabrera es
- Cahill
- Calabrese it
- Caldwell
- Calhoun
- Callaghan
- Calvo es
- Cameron
- Campbell
- Campos es
- Cannon
- Cano es
- Cantrell
- Capstick
- Caputo it
- Carbone it
- Carey
- Carmona es
- Caron
- Carpenter
- Carr
- Carrasco es
- Carroll
- Carta it
- Carter
- Caruso it
- Carver
- Case
- Casey
- Cassidy
- Castelli it
- Castillo es
- Castro es
- Catalano it
- Catchpole
- Cattaneo it
- Cavallo it
- Chambers
- Chandler
- Chaney
- Chapman
- Charles
- Charnock
- Chase
- Chatterton
- Cheetham
- Cherry
- Chevalier
- Chmielewski pl
- Christensen
- Christian
- Church
- Cieślak pl
- Cirillo it
- Clancy
- Clark
- Clarke
- Clay
- Clayton
- Cleary
- Clegg
- Clément
- Clough
- Cobb
- Cochran
- Coffey
- Cohen
- Cole
- Coleman
- Colin
- Collier
- Collins
- Colombo it
- Colonna it
- Combs
- Compton
- Connell
- Connolly
- Conroy
- Conte it
- Conti it
- Conway
- Cook
- Cooley
- Cooper
- Copeland
- Coppola it
- Corcoran
- Corrigan
- Cortés es
- Costa it
- Costantini it
- Costello
- Cotter
- Cotton
- Coughlan
- Cowan
- Cox
- Coyle
- Craig
- Crane
- Crawford
- Crespo es
- Cronin
- Crosby
- Cross
- Crossley
- Crowley
- Crowther
- Cruz es
- Cullen
- Cummings
- Cummins
- Cunningham
- Curran
- Curry
- Curtis
- Czarnecki pl
- Czerwiński pl
DSee all 75 surnames starting with D →
- D'Agostino it
- D'Ambrosio it
- D'Amico it
- D'Angelo it
- D'Onofrio it
- Dąbrowski pl
- Dalby
- Dalton
- Daly
- Daniels
- Davenport
- David
- Davies
- Davis
- Dawson
- Day
- De Angelis it
- De Luca it
- De Marco it
- De Rosa it
- De Santis it
- De Simone it
- Dean
- Dearden
- Decker de
- Delaney
- Delgado es
- Dempsey
- Denis
- Devlin
- Di Giacomo it
- Di Pietro it
- Di Stefano it
- Díaz es
- Dietrich de
- Díez es
- Dillon
- Dixon
- Dodson
- Doherty
- Dolan
- Domínguez es
- Donahue
- Donati it
- Donnelly
- Donovan
- Dooley
- Dorn de
- Douglas
- Dowling
- Downs
- Doyle
- Drake
- Dubois
- Duckworth
- Dudek pl
- Dudley
- Duffy
- Dufour
- Duggan
- Duke
- Dumas
- Dumont
- Duncan
- Dunlap
- Dunn
- Dunne
- Dupont
- Dupuis
- Durán es
- Durand
- Durham
- Duval
- Dwyer
- Dyer
ESee all 19 surnames starting with E →
FSee all 80 surnames starting with F →
- Fabbri it
- Fabre
- Fahy
- Fairbanks
- Fairclough
- Fairhurst
- Falcone it
- Fallon
- Farina it
- Farley
- Farmer
- Farnworth
- Farrell
- Farrow
- Faulkner
- Faure
- Fenwick
- Ferguson
- Fernández es
- Ferrante it
- Ferrara it
- Ferrari it
- Ferraro it
- Ferrer es
- Ferretti it
- Ferri it
- Fiedler de
- Fielding
- Fields
- Fink de
- Finley
- Finnegan
- Fiore it
- Fiorentino it
- Fischer de
- Fisher
- Fitzgerald
- Fitzpatrick
- Flanagan
- Fleischer de
- Fleming
- Fletcher
- Fleury
- Flores es
- Flowers
- Flynn
- Foley
- Fontaine
- Fontana it
- Forbes
- Ford
- Forster de
- Foster
- Fothergill
- Fournier
- Fowler
- Fox
- Francis
- Franco it
- François
- Frank de
- Franke de
- Franklin
- Franz de
- Fraser
- Freeman
- French
- Frey de
- Friedman de
- Friedrich de
- Fritz de
- Fröhlich de
- Frost
- Fry
- Fuchs de
- Fuentes es
- Fuller
- Fulton
- Fumagalli it
- Fusco it
GSee all 97 surnames starting with G →
- Gaillard
- Galante it
- Gallagher
- Gallego es
- Galli it
- Gallo it
- Galloway
- Galvin
- Gamble
- Garcia es
- Gardiner
- Gardner
- Garner
- Garnier
- Garofalo it
- Garrett
- Garrido es
- Garside
- Garvey
- Gates
- Gatti it
- Gatto it
- Gauthier
- Gautier
- Gavin
- Gay
- Geiger de
- Gentile it
- Gentry
- George
- Geraghty
- Gérard
- Gibbs
- Gibson
- Gil es
- Gilbert
- Giles
- Gill
- Gillespie
- Gilmore
- Giménez es
- Giordano it
- Giorgi it
- Girard
- Giraud
- Giuliani it
- Giusti it
- Glass
- Gleeson
- Glenn
- Glover
- Goddard
- Goff
- Goldberg de
- Golden
- Goldstein de
- Gómez es
- González es
- Good
- Goodall
- Goodman
- Goodwin
- Gordon
- Gorman
- Górski pl
- Götz de
- Gould
- Głowacki pl
- Grabowski pl
- Graf de
- Graham
- Grant
- Grassi it
- Grasso it
- Graves
- Gray
- Greco it
- Green
- Greenhalgh
- Gregory
- Griffin
- Griffith
- Grimaldi it
- Grimes
- Grimm de
- Grimshaw
- Gross de
- Gruber de
- Guérin
- Guerra it
- Guerrero es
- Guidi it
- Guillaume
- Guillot
- Günther de
- Guthrie
- Gutiérrez es
HSee all 107 surnames starting with H →
- Haas de
- Hahn de
- Hale
- Hall
- Halliwell
- Hamilton
- Hammond
- Hampton
- Hancock
- Haney
- Hanley
- Hanlon
- Hanna
- Hardin
- Hardy
- Hargrave
- Hargreaves
- Harmon
- Harper
- Harrell
- Harrington
- Harris
- Harrison
- Hart
- Hartley
- Hartmann de
- Hartwig de
- Harvey
- Hatfield
- Hawkins
- Haworth
- Hayden
- Hayes
- Haynes
- Hayward
- Healy
- Heath
- Hebden
- Hébert
- Hegarty
- Hein de
- Heinrich de
- Heinz de
- Henderson
- Hennessy
- Henry
- Hensley
- Hepworth
- Hernández es
- Herrera es
- Herrero es
- Herring
- Herrmann de
- Herzog de
- Hesse de
- Hester
- Heywood
- Hickey
- Hicks
- Hidalgo es
- Higginbottom
- Higgins
- Hill
- Hindle
- Hines
- Hinton
- Hitchcock
- Hobbs
- Hodges
- Hoffmann de
- Hofmann de
- Hogan
- Holden
- Holder
- Holland
- Holloway
- Holman
- Holmes
- Holroyd
- Holt
- Hood
- Hooper
- Hopkins
- Hoppe de
- Horgan
- Horn de
- Horrocks
- Horton
- House
- Houston
- Howard
- Howarth
- Howe
- Howell
- Hubbard
- Huber de
- Hubert
- Hübner de
- Hudson
- Hughes
- Hull
- Humphrey
- Hunt
- Hunter
- Hurley
- Hurst
- Hutchinson
ISee all 6 surnames starting with I →
JSee all 24 surnames starting with J →
KSee all 59 surnames starting with K →
- Kaczmarek pl
- Kaiser de
- Kalinowski pl
- Kamiński pl
- Kane
- Katz de
- Kaufmann de
- Kavanagh
- Kaźmierczak pl
- Keane
- Kearney
- Keating
- Keith
- Kelleher
- Keller de
- Kelly
- Kemp
- Kennedy
- Kenny
- Kent
- Keogh
- Kern de
- Kerr
- Kershaw
- Kessler de
- Key
- Kidd
- Kiernan
- King
- Kinsella
- Kirby
- Kirk
- Kirkby
- Kirwan
- Klein de
- Knapp
- Knight
- Knox
- Koch de
- Köhler de
- Kolb de
- König de
- Kowalczyk pl
- Kowalski pl
- Kozłowski pl
- Kraft de
- Krämer de
- Kraus de
- Krause de
- Krawczyk pl
- Król pl
- Krüger de
- Kubiak pl
- Kucharski pl
- Kuhlmann de
- Kuhn de
- Kunz de
- Kurz de
- Kwiatkowski pl
LSee all 68 surnames starting with L →
- Lacroix
- Lake
- Lamb
- Lambert
- Lancaster
- Landry
- Lane
- Lang de
- Lange de
- Larsen
- Laurent
- Lawlor
- Lawrence
- Lawson
- Leach
- Leahy
- Leclerc
- Leclercq
- Lecomte
- Lee
- Lefebvre
- Lefèvre
- Legrand
- Lehmann de
- Lemaire
- Lemoine
- Lennon
- Lenz de
- León es
- Leonard
- Leonardi it
- Leone it
- Leroux
- Leroy
- Lester
- Levy
- Lewandowski pl
- Lewis
- Lindemann de
- Lindner de
- Lindsey
- Lis pl
- Little
- Livingston
- Llewellyn
- Lloyd
- Locatelli it
- Logan
- Lombardi it
- Lombardo it
- Long
- Longhi it
- Longo it
- López es
- Lorenz de
- Lorenzo es
- Louis
- Love
- Lowe
- Lozano es
- Lucas
- Lucchesi it
- Ludwig de
- Lumb
- Lupo it
- Lutz de
- Lynch
- Lyons
MSee all 167 surnames starting with M →
- Maciejewski pl
- Mackay
- Mackenzie
- MacLeod
- Madden
- Maddox
- Magnani it
- Magri it
- Maguire
- Maher
- Mahony
- Maier de
- Maillard
- Majewski pl
- Malinowski pl
- Malone
- Manca it
- Mancini it
- Mann
- Manning
- Mantovani it
- Marchand
- Marchese it
- Marchetti it
- Marchi it
- Mariani it
- Marie
- Marín es
- Marinelli it
- Marini it
- Marino it
- Mariotti it
- Márquez es
- Marras it
- Marsden
- Marsh
- Marshall
- Marsland
- Martens de
- Martin
- Martinelli it
- Martínez es
- Martini it
- Martino it
- Marx de
- Mason
- Massa it
- Massey
- Masson
- Mathieu
- Matthews
- Maurer de
- Maxwell
- May
- Mayer de
- Mazur pl
- Mazurek pl
- Mazza it
- McBride
- McCabe
- McCann
- McCarron
- McCarthy
- McClure
- McCormack
- McCoy
- McDermott
- McDonagh
- McDonald
- McDonnell
- McElroy
- McEvoy
- McFadden
- McFarland
- McGee
- McGovern
- McGowan
- McGrath
- McGregor
- McGuinness
- McHugh
- McIntosh
- McIntyre
- McKenna
- McKeown
- McKinney
- McKnight
- McLaughlin
- McLean
- McMahon
- McManus
- McMillan
- McNally
- McNamara
- McNulty
- McPherson
- Meadows
- Medina es
- Meier de
- Melis it
- Mellor
- Meloni it
- Melton
- Ménard
- Méndez es
- Mercier
- Merrill
- Merritt
- Messina it
- Metzger de
- Meunier
- Meyer de
- Michalak pl
- Michalski pl
- Michel
- Middleton
- Milani it
- Miles
- Miller
- Mills
- Mitchell
- Mohr de
- Molina es
- Molinari it
- Möller de
- Molloy
- Moloney
- Monaco it
- Montanari it
- Montero es
- Montgomery
- Monti it
- Moody
- Mooney
- Moore
- Mora es
- Morales es
- Moran
- Moreau
- Morel
- Morelli it
- Moreno es
- Moretti it
- Morgan
- Morin
- Moro it
- Morris
- Morrison
- Morrissey
- Morton
- Moser de
- Moss
- Motta it
- Moulin
- Moya es
- Mulcahy
- Müller de
- Mulligan
- Mullins
- Mulvey
- Muñoz es
- Munro
- Murdoch
- Murphy
- Murray
- Murtagh
- Myers
NSee all 31 surnames starting with N →
OSee all 32 surnames starting with O →
PSee all 77 surnames starting with P →
- Pace it
- Pagano it
- Page
- Palma it
- Palmer
- Palmieri it
- Palumbo it
- Parisi it
- Parker
- Parks
- Parra es
- Parsons
- Pascual es
- Pastor es
- Pastore it
- Patrick
- Patterson
- Patton
- Paul de
- Pawlak pl
- Pawłowski pl
- Payne
- Pearson
- Peck
- Pellegrini it
- Pellegrino it
- Peña es
- Pennington
- Pérez es
- Perkins
- Perrin
- Perrone it
- Perry
- Pesce it
- Peter de
- Peters de
- Peterson
- Petit
- Petty
- Pfeiffer de
- Philippe
- Phillips
- Piazza it
- Picard
- Pickering
- Pickett
- Pickles
- Pierce
- Pierre
- Pietrzak pl
- Pilling
- Pinna it
- Piotrowski pl
- Piras it
- Pittman
- Pitts
- Pohl de
- Poli it
- Pollard
- Poole
- Pope
- Popp de
- Porcu it
- Porter
- Potter
- Powell
- Power
- Pozzi it
- Pratt
- Preston
- Price
- Prieto es
- Prince
- Pritchard
- Proctor
- Proietti it
- Pruitt
QSee all 2 surnames starting with Q →
RSee all 87 surnames starting with R →
- Radcliffe
- Rafferty
- Ramírez es
- Ramos es
- Ramsden
- Ramsey
- Randall
- Rasmussen
- Rawlinson
- Ray
- Redmond
- Reed
- Reeves
- Regan
- Reichert de
- Reid
- Reilly
- Reinhardt de
- Remy
- Renard
- Renaud
- Reuter de
- Rey
- Reyes es
- Reynolds
- Rhodes
- Riccardi it
- Ricci it
- Rice
- Richard
- Richards
- Richardson
- Richmond
- Richter de
- Riddle
- Riedel de
- Rieger de
- Riggs
- Riley
- Rinaldi it
- Ritchie
- Ritter de
- Riva it
- Rivière
- Rizzi it
- Rizzo it
- Robbins
- Robert
- Roberts
- Robertson
- Robin
- Robinson
- Rocca it
- Roche
- Röder de
- Rodríguez es
- Roger
- Rogers
- Rolland
- Román es
- Romano it
- Romeo it
- Romero es
- Rooney
- Rosa it
- Rose
- Ross
- Rossetti it
- Rossi it
- Rossini it
- Rota it
- Roth de
- Rousseau
- Roussel
- Roux
- Rowan
- Rowe
- Roy
- Rubio es
- Rudolph de
- Ruggiero it
- Ruiz es
- Rush
- Russell
- Russo it
- Rutkowski pl
- Ryan
SSee all 125 surnames starting with S →
- Sadowski pl
- Sáez es
- Sala it
- Sampson
- Sánchez es
- Sander de
- Sanders
- Sanford
- Sanna it
- Santana es
- Santiago es
- Santini it
- Santoro it
- Santos es
- Sanz es
- Sartori it
- Sauer de
- Savage
- Sawicki pl
- Sawyer
- Scanlon
- Schäfer de
- Schenk de
- Schilling de
- Schindler de
- Schmid de
- Schmidt de
- Schmitt de
- Schmitz de
- Schneider de
- Scholz de
- Schott de
- Schramm de
- Schreiber de
- Schröder de
- Schubert de
- Schulte de
- Schulz de
- Schulze de
- Schumacher de
- Schumann de
- Schuster de
- Schütz de
- Schwarz de
- Schweizer de
- Scott
- Seidel de
- Seifert de
- Sellers
- Serafini it
- Serra it
- Serrano es
- Sexton
- Shackleton
- Shannon
- Sharp
- Shaw
- Shea
- Sheehan
- Sheehy
- Shelton
- Shepherd
- Sheridan
- Sherman
- Short
- Siciliano it
- Sikora pl
- Silvestri it
- Simmons
- Simon
- Simpson
- Sims
- Sinclair
- Singleton
- Skinner
- Slater
- Sloan
- Small
- Smethurst
- Smith
- Snow
- Snyder
- Sobczak pl
- Sokołowski pl
- Soler es
- Solomon
- Sommer de
- Sorrentino it
- Soto es
- Sowerby
- Sparks
- Spears
- Spencer
- Spinelli it
- Spooner
- Springer de
- Stafford
- Stahl de
- Stanley
- Stansfield
- Stanton
- Stark de
- Steele
- Stein de
- Steiner de
- Stephens
- Stępień pl
- Stevens
- Stevenson
- Stewart
- Stokes
- Stone
- Stout
- Strauss de
- Strickland
- Strong
- Suárez es
- Sullivan
- Summers
- Sutcliffe
- Sutton
- Sweeney
- Szczepański pl
- Szewczyk pl
- Szymański pl
TSee all 27 surnames starting with T →
USee all 3 surnames starting with U →
VSee all 20 surnames starting with V →
WSee all 79 surnames starting with W →
- Wade
- Wagner de
- Wainwright
- Walczak pl
- Walker
- Wall
- Wallace
- Waller
- Walsh
- Walter de
- Walters
- Walton
- Ward
- Warner
- Warren
- Washington
- Wasilewski pl
- Waters
- Watkins
- Watson
- Watts
- Weaver
- Webb
- Weber de
- Webster
- Weeks
- Weiß de
- Weise de
- Welch
- Wells
- Wendt de
- Wenzel de
- Werner de
- West
- Wheeler
- Whelan
- Whitaker
- White
- Whitehead
- Whitney
- Wieczorek pl
- Wiggins
- Wilcox
- Wild de
- Wilde
- Wiley
- Wilhelm de
- Wilk pl
- Wilkins
- Williams
- Williamson
- Willis
- Wilson
- Winfield
- Winkler de
- Winter de
- Wise
- Wiśniewski pl
- Witkowski pl
- Witt de
- Włodarczyk pl
- Wojciechowski pl
- Wójcik pl
- Wolf de
- Wolfe
- Wolff de
- Wood
- Woodcock
- Woods
- Woodward
- Wooten
- Workman
- Woźniak pl
- Wright
- Wrigley
- Wróbel pl
- Wróblewski pl
- Wyatt
- Wysocki pl
YSee all 4 surnames starting with Y →
ZSee all 8 surnames starting with Z →
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