Surnames Starting with R: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 3 of 3)
325 family names beginning with R. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.
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RomaSpain
Rome in Italian tradition, with separate Spanish places
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RomagnoliItaly
From Romagna
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RománSpain
Of Rome
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RomanoItaly
From Rome
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RomanowskiPoland
From Romanów / son of Roman
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RomeiroPortugal
Pilgrim
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RomeoItaly
Pilgrim to Rome
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RomeroSpain
Pilgrim
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RomoSpain
Snub-nosed
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RonchiItaly
Cleared land
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RookEngland
A dweller at the sign of the rook
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RookeEngland
A dweller at the sign of the rook
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RooksEngland
A dweller at the sign of the rook
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RooneyIreland
Descendant of Ruanadh ("champion")
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RoperEngland
Rope maker
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RoqueSpain
From Saint Roch
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RosaItaly
Rose
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RosadoSpain
Rosy
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RosalesSpain
"rose bushes"
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RosarioSpain
Rosary
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RoseEngland & Scotland
Rose; from the woman's name Rose
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RosenbaumGermany
Rose tree
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RosenbergGermany
Rose mountain
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RosenfeldGermany
Rose field
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RosenkranzGermany
Someone from a house with a rose garland sign
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RosenthalGermany
Rose valley
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RosinskiPoland
Someone from a place with a name meaning dew
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RöslerGermany
Of the rose
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RosnerGermany
A rider or horse dealer, or someone from Rosna
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RossScotland
Promontory; heath; red
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RosserWales
A Welsh form of the personal name Roger
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RossettiItaly
Little red-haired one
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RossiItaly
Red-haired (plural of Rosso)
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RossiniItaly
Little red-haired one
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RossmanEngland
A dweller at a promontory or peninsula
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RossoItaly
A red-haired nickname or personal name
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RostGermany
Rust-red hair, or grill maker
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RotaItaly
Wheel; from Rota
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RothGermany
Red-haired; from a clearing
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RothenbergGermany
Someone who came from Rothenberg (red fortress)
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RothenbergerGermany
Someone who came from Rothenberg (red fortress)
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RothmanGermany
Someone who had red hair
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RothmannGermany
Someone who had red hair
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RothsteinGermany
A dweller at, or near, a red stone
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RothwellEngland
Someone who came from Rothwell (spring or stream by a clearing)
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RotondoItaly
Round
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RousseauFrance
Little red-haired one
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RousselFrance
Little red-haired one
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RouxFrance
Red-haired
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RowanIreland
Red-haired (Irish), or from Roland (Scots)
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RowbothamEngland
Rough valley
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RoweEngland
Dweller by a hedgerow, or from Rolf
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RowellEngland
From Rowell / Rothwell
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RowleyEngland
Rough clearing
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RowntreeEngland
Rowan tree
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RoyFrance
King
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RoyalEngland
Royal / kingly
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RoyerFrance
Wheelwright
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RubeyEngland
Someone who came from Roubaix, in France
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RubioSpain
Blond, fair-haired
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RubyEngland
Someone who came from Roubaix, in France
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RucinskiPoland
Someone living where rue grew, or from a place named Rucin
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RuckGermany
A descendant of Rocco
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RuckerEngland
Back / stretch
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RuddEngland
Red
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RudnickiPoland
From Rudnik
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RudolphGermany
Famous wolf
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RudyEngland
A descendant of little Rud
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RudzkiPoland
From Ruda
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RuedaSpain
Wheel / from Rueda
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RuelasPortugal
A street or place-name surname
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RuffEngland
Ruff / Rudolf
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RuffinEngland
Red-haired
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RuffoloItaly
A diminutive of Ruffo, red-haired
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RuggieroItaly
Famous spear (Roger)
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RugglesEngland
Someone who came from Rugley (woodcock glade), in Northumberland
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RuizSpain
Son of Ruy (Rodrigo)
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RumbleEngland
A descendant of Rumbeald (fame, bold)
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RumseyEngland
Someone who came from Romsey (Rum's island), in Hampshire
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RungeGermany
A Low German name for a sturdy or rough man
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RunyonEngland
A name of uncertain origin, possibly Huguenot
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RupertEngland
A descendant of Rupert (fame, bright)
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RuppGermany
A short form of Rupprecht
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RuppertEngland
A descendant of Rupert (fame, bright)
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RusakPoland
An ethnic designation or a light-brown coloring nickname
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RuschGermany
Someone living near rushes or coarse grass, or an excitable person
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RushEngland
Dweller among rushes
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RushfordEngland
A dweller at the river crossing where rushes grew
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RushforthEngland
Someone who came from Rushford (homestead overgrown with rushes)
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RushtonEngland
Someone who came from Rushton (homestead with rushes)
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RusinPoland
Someone from Rus or of Ruthenian background
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RuskinEngland
Uncertain
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RussEngland
Red-haired; also other origins
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RussellEngland
Little red one
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RussoItaly
Red-haired (southern form of Rosso)
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RustEngland
Red hair
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RuthGermany
Renown; also other origins
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RutherfordScotland
Cattle ford
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RutkowskiPoland
From Rutki / Rutkowo
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RutledgeScotland
From a lost Border place
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RyanIreland
Descendant of a follower of Rian
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RybakPoland
"fisherman"
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RybarczykPoland
The son of a fisherman
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RybickiPoland
From Rybica / fish
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RyderEngland
Rider, horseman
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RydzPoland
Saffron milk cap
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RzepkaPoland
Little turnip
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Every surname can be researched, even if it isn't listed here.
Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.