Surnames Starting with P: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins

Peace

From an old personal name

"frying pan" or "from Padilla"

From pagano, "villager" or "pagan"

Villager; unbaptised child

Page, young servant

"from the Paiva river"

"spider"

"palaces, manor houses"

From paladino, "paladin", a knight of Charlemagne

Palm, from Palm Sunday, or from Palma

Pilgrim to the Holy Land

Pilgrim to the Holy Land

Wood pigeon, dove

From Paoletto, a pet form of Paolo

"priest", or a nickname

"priest"

"walls"

From Paris, Parisian

Park keeper, gamekeeper

Park keeper, or dweller by a park

A Ligurian surname of uncertain origin

Grapevine, trellis

Son or servant of the parson

Of Easter

Shepherd

Shepherd

Little Patrick, or head

Nobleman (from Patricius)

Son of Patrick

Little Pate (Patrick)

From Paulus, "small"

Son of Paweł (Paul)

"son of Paweł"

From Pawłów, Paul's place

From the personal name Pain ("villager")

"peace"

Son of Piers (Peter)

Hill-dweller, or peck measure

"little fish"

Pilgrims

Pilgrim

Rock, crag

Penny farmstead

"pepper", or Giuseppe

"pear tree"

Son of Pedro (Peter)

Son of Perkin (little Peter)

Little Pierre (Peter)

Big Pietro (Peter)

Pear tree; son of Harry

Fish, fishmonger

From Petrus, "rock"

Son of Peter

Son of Peter

Small or young

Small

"priest"

Piper

Lover of horses

Son of Philip, "lover of horses"

Town square

From Picardy

"little"

"one who lived on a hill"

From Pickering, in North Yorkshire

Little pike, or from Picot

"small field"

From Piers (Peter)

Rock, stone (Peter)

Son of Piotr (Peter)

"son of Piotr"

From the name Peter

From Pilling, in Lancashire

"pepper grower"

"pine grove"

"pine tree"

Feather or quill, a Sardinian name

"chick" or "painted"

From Piotrowo, Peter's place

Pears; pear tree

"son of Pedro"

Dweller by a pit or hollow

Dweller by a pit or hollow

"town square"

Pole; Paul; pool

Family of Polo (Paul)

Cropped head

From the name Hipólito or Pablo

From the name Ponce

Dweller by a pool

Pope, a nickname

From the old personal name Poppo

Pig, a nickname or name for a swineherd

Gatekeeper; carrier

Potter, maker of pots

Son of Hywel ("eminent")

Poor (nickname); Anglo-Norman family

"well"

Dweller by a well

Cunning, astute

Priest's farm

"a Prussian"

Son of Rhys ("ardour")

Dark-complexioned

Lordly, or a pageant prince

Son of Richard

Steward, agent

Foundling

Little valiant one

"newcomer"