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Surnames Starting with C: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 4 of 5)

560 family names beginning with C. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.

  • Cogswell
    England

    A dweller at a spring frequented by game birds

  • Cohen
    Israel & the Jewish diaspora

    Priest

  • Coimbra
    Portugal

    From Coimbra

  • Coker
    England

    From Coker, crooked stream

  • Colasurdo
    Italy

    A nickname combining Nicholas and deaf

  • Colbert
    England

    Bright helmet

  • Colburn
    England

    A place or personal name

  • Colby
    England

    Koli's farm

  • Cole
    England

    Coal-black; pet form of Nicholas

  • Colegate
    England

    A dweller at a cool gap in a chain of hills

  • Colella
    Italy

    From Colella, a pet form of Nicola

  • Coleman
    England & Ireland

    Charcoal burner; descendant of Colmán ("dove")

  • Coles
    England

    Son of Col / charcoal burner

  • Coley
    England

    Dark-haired

  • Colin
    France

    Pet form of Nicolas

  • Collado
    Spain

    Dweller by a hill pass

  • Collazo
    Spain

    Farm tenant / foster brother

  • Colletti
    Italy

    Someone living on a hill, or a descendant of little Cola

  • Colley
    England

    A pet form of Nicholas, or a nickname for dark colouring

  • Collie
    England

    A descendant of little Coll

  • Collier
    England

    Charcoal burner

  • Collings
    Ireland

    The son of little Cole

  • Collingwood
    England

    Disputed wood

  • Collins
    Ireland

    Descendant of Coileán, "young hound"

  • Colombo
    Italy

    Dove

  • Colon
    Spain

    Dove

  • Colonna
    Italy

    Column; from Colonna

  • Colquhoun
    Scotland

    From Colquhoun in Dunbartonshire

  • Colson
    England

    Son of Cole

  • Colton
    England

    Someone from Colton, a homestead

  • Colucci
    Italy

    Little Nicola

  • Combes
    France

    Small valleys

  • Combs
    England

    Dweller in a valley

  • Como
    Italy

    A descendant of Como, from Giacomo, or someone from Como

  • Compton
    England

    Valley farmstead

  • Comstock
    England

    A dweller in a deep valley, from a place-name

  • Conant
    Ireland

    A grandson of Conan (little hound)

  • Conceição
    Portugal

    Conception

  • Conde
    Spain

    "count"

  • Condon
    Ireland

    Anglo-Norman family

  • Conforti
    Italy

    A descendant of Conforto, a name of good wishes

  • Conlon
    Ireland

    Descendant of Conallán

  • Conn
    Ireland

    Wisdom

  • Connell
    Ireland

    Descendant of Conall

  • Connolly
    Ireland

    Descendant of Conghalach, "valorous"

  • Conroy
    Ireland

    Anglicized form of several Gaelic names

  • Consolini
    Italy

    Little Consolo

  • Constable
    England

    Officer

  • Constantine
    England

    A descendant of Constantine (constant)

  • Conte
    Italy

    Count

  • Conti
    Italy

    Count (noble title)

  • Contini
    Italy

    Little count

  • Contreras
    Spain

    "from Contreras"

  • Converse
    England

    Someone who has been converted (to the Christian religion)

  • Conway
    Ireland

    Anglicized form of several Gaelic names

  • Coogan
    Ireland

    The son of Cogain (contention or strife)

  • Cook
    England

    Cook

  • Cooksey
    England

    Someone from Cooksey in Worcestershire

  • Cooley
    Ireland

    Son of the devotee of St Mochuille

  • Coolidge
    England

    A dweller near a pool of cold water

  • Coombs
    England

    A form of Coombe

  • Cooney
    Ireland

    Gaelic family name

  • Cooper
    England

    Barrel maker

  • Cooperman
    England

    The servant or helper of one who made casks

  • Cope
    England

    Cloak

  • Copeland
    England

    From Copeland in Cumbria, "bought land"

  • Copley
    England

    Hill clearing

  • Copp
    England

    A dweller at the top or summit of a hill

  • Coppola
    Italy

    Cap, capmaker

  • Corbett
    England

    Little raven

  • Corbin
    England

    Little raven

  • Corcoran
    Ireland

    Descendant of Corcrán ("purple" or "ruddy")

  • Corda
    Italy

    Rope

  • Cordeiro
    Portugal

    "lamb"

  • Cordero
    Spain

    "lamb"

  • Cordier
    France

    Rope maker

  • Cordova
    Spain

    From Córdoba

  • Corey
    Ireland

    Ó Comhraidhe / Kori

  • Cornejo
    Spain

    Dogwood

  • Cornell
    England

    From Cornwall or Cornhill

  • Corner
    England

    A dweller at a nook or angle of land

  • Cornett
    England

    Horn player / little corner

  • Cornish
    England

    Someone from Cornwall

  • Cornwell
    England

    Place name

  • Corona
    Spain

    Crown

  • Coronado
    Spain

    Crowned, tonsured

  • Coronel
    Spain

    Commander, colonel

  • Corradini
    Italy

    Son of Corrado

  • Corrado
    Italy

    A descendant of Corrado, the Italian form of Conrad

  • Corral
    Spain

    "yard, enclosure"

  • Correa
    Spain

    Leather strap

  • Correia
    Portugal

    "leather strap"

  • Corrigan
    Ireland

    Descendant of Corragán ("spear")

  • Corry
    Ireland

    A dweller in, or by, a hollow

  • Corsi
    Italy

    From Corsica, or Corso

  • Corso
    Italy

    A shortened personal name

  • Corson
    England

    Someone who came from Coursan or Courson

  • Cortés
    Spain

    Courteous

  • Cortese
    Italy

    A nickname for a courteous person

  • Corti
    Italy

    At the court / farmyard

  • Cory
    Ireland

    A dweller in, or by, a hollow

  • Cosentino
    Italy

    Someone from Cosenza in Calabria

  • Costa
    Italy

    Coast or hillside

  • Costantini
    Italy

    Son of Costantino (Constantine)

  • Costanzo
    Italy

    Steadfast

  • Costello
    Ireland

    Son of Oisdealb

  • Cota
    Spain

    A place-name form; also an Italian name

  • Cotrim
    Portugal

    From Cotrim

  • Cotter
    Ireland

    Son of Oitir (Norse Óttarr)

  • Cotton
    England

    At the cottages

  • Cottrell
    England

    Cottager

  • Couch
    England

    Red-haired

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