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

Innkeeper's son, little innkeeper

Emperor

From Kalinowo (guelder rose)

From a stony place (Kamień)

Descendant of Cathán ("battle")

Priest of righteousness

Merchant, trader

Follower of Caomhán

Son of Kaźmierz (Casimir)

Descendant of Cathán ("battle")

Descendant of Catharnach ("warlike")

Norman, perhaps "kite"

From the lands of Keith

Descendant of Céileachair ("companion dear")

Cellarer, steward of stores

Descendant of Ceallach

Champion, warrior

Descendant of Cinnéide

Descendant of Cionaodh (Kenneth)

From Kent

Son of Eochaidh ("horseman")

Core, kernel; a nickname

Dweller by the marshy scrubland

Coppersmith, kettle maker

Key maker, or quay

Young goat

Son of Tighearnán ("little lord")

King (nickname or royal servant)

From Cinnsealach, byname of Éanna MacMurrough

Church settlement

Dweller by the church

Descendant of Ciardubhán ("dark black")

Small or young

Hilltop, or young servant

Servant; mounted soldier

From the knock (round hill)

Cook

Charcoal burner

Club, a nickname

King

Son of the blacksmith

Blacksmith's (from kowal)

From Kozłów, linked to kozioł, "goat"

Strength, a nickname for a strong man

Shopkeeper, trader

Curly-haired

Curly-haired

Tailor's son

King

Innkeeper (Low German)

Son of Kuba (Jacob)

Cook; from Kuchary

Dweller by a hollow or pit

Short form of Konrad ("bold counsel")

Son of Kunz (Konrad, "bold counsel")

Short

From Kwiatków, linked to kwiat, "flower"