Browse Submitted Surnames

Agatsuma Japanese (Rare)
From 上 (aga) meaning "upper, top, above" and 妻 (tsuma) meaning "wife, spouse".... [more]

Casura Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and sura "above; upper".

Fuchinoue Japanese
Fuchi means "abyss, pool, deep end", no is a possessive particle, and ue means "upper, top, above".

Hanaue Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" or 華 (hana) meaning "flower, petal" combined with 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper, superior" or 植 (ue) meaning "planting".

Hokinoue Japanese (Rare)
Hoki means "cave, grotto, den", no means "of, therefore", and ue means "upper, top, above". ... [more]

Hornowski Polish
Habitational name from Hornowo, ultimately from Belarusian горны (horny) meaning "upper".

Hutauruk Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and uruk meaning "upper, above" or "bone leaves (a type of plant)".

Ikegami Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Ikenoue Japanese
Ike means "river", no is a possessive particle and ue means "upper, top".

Kamimura Japanese
Kami means "god" or "top, upper" and mura means "village, hamlet "

Kamio Japanese
The Japanese surname "Kamio" (上尾) typically means "upper tail" or "upper end." Surnames in Japanese often have different origins and meanings, but "Kamio" likely originated from a geographic feature or a historical occupation.

Kamisaka Japanese
Kami can mean "god" or "above, upper, top" and saka means "hill, slope."

Kamiyama Japanese
From Japanese 神 (kami) meaning "god" or 上 (kami) meaning "above, upper" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kanbayashi Japanese
From the Japanese 上 (kan, kami or ue) "upper," "above," 管 (kan) "tube," "canal," 官 (kan) "authorities," "government" or 神 (kan, kami or shin) "god" and 林 (bayashi or hayashi) "forest," "woods," "grove."

Katōno Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ka) meaning "above, top, upper", 遠 (tō) meaning "distant, far off" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Ladvik Estonian
Ladvik is an Estonian surname meaning "elite" and "upper class".

Mikami Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Minakami Japanese
From the 水 (mina) meaning "water" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper". 水上 is often pronounced suijou, and it means "seaplane" in Japanese.

Murakami Japanese
From the Japanese 村, 邑 or 邨 (mura) "village" and 上 (kami, kan or ue) "upper," "above," 神 (kami, kan or shin) "god" or 守 (kami or mori) "guard," "protect," "defend."

Nakagami Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Nogami Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Okanoue Japanese
Oka means "ridge, hill", no is a possessive article and ue means "above, top, upper".

Oppegård Norwegian
Habitational name meaning "upper farm". Derived from Old Norse uppi "upper" and garðr "farm, yard". This was the name of several farmsteads in Norway. ... [more]

Picó Catalan
Probably a nickname from Catalan picó "having a thick upper lip".

Takinoue Japanese
Taki means "waterfall", no is a possessive particle meaning "therefore, of", and ue means "top, above, upper".

Taue Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper".

Tokinoue Japanese (Rare)
Toki means "time", no means "therefore, of", and ue means "above, top, upper".

Uekawa Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Uemoto Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Uemura Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" or 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Uenosono Japanese
From 上 (ue) meaning "top, upper, above", ノ or の (no) being a possessive particle, and 園 (sono) meaning "garden, plantation, orchard".

Ueoka Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Uesaka Japanese
Ue means "upper, top, above" and saka means "hill, slope".... [more]

Ueshita Japanese
Ue means "upper, top, above" and shita means "below, under".

Uetsuka Japanese
Ue means "above, upper" and tsuka means "mound".

Ueyama Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Ülavere Estonian
Ülavere is an Estonian surname meaning "upper/superior blood".

Ulla Estonian
Ulla is an Estonian surname derived from "üla-", a prefix meaning "upper".

Upshaw English
Probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place named with Old English upp meaning "up(per)" and sc(e)aga meaning "copse", or a topographic name with the same meaning.

Upwood English
Derived from a place name meaning "upper forest" in Old English.

Van 't Boveneind Dutch
Means "from Boveneind", the name of various places in the Netherlands, itself meaning "from the top end" in Dutch. It is derived from boven meaning "upper, upstream" and eind meaning "edge, end".

Wiibaru Okinawan
The Okinawan language reading of its kanji, 上原 meaning "upper plain" or 植原 meaning "planted plain".

Yamanoue Japanese
Yama means "mountain", no is a possessive article, and ue means "above, top, upper".