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Surnames Starting with C: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 2 of 5)

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

  • Caron
    France

    Cartwright

  • Carone
    Italy

    A personal name or nickname for a dear person

  • Carpenter
    England

    Carpenter, worker in timber

  • Carpentieri
    Italy

    Carpenter

  • Carr
    England

    Dweller by a marsh or fen

  • Carra
    Italy

    Stony ground, a place name, or a carriage road

  • Carranza
    Spain

    From the Carranza valley

  • Carrara
    Italy

    Someone from Carrara in Tuscany

  • Carrasco
    Spain

    Holm oak, scrubland

  • Carré
    France

    Square, stocky

  • Carreira
    Portugal

    Road, track

  • Carreón
    Spain

    From a place named Carrión

  • Carrera
    Spain

    Road

  • Carrier
    England

    Carrier

  • Carrillo
    Spain

    "cheek" or "little cart"

  • Carrington
    England

    Cora's farm

  • Carro
    Spain

    Cart-related trades with other Italian possibilities

  • Carroll
    Ireland

    Descendant of Cearbhall

  • Carson
    Scotland

    Uncertain, perhaps a place

  • Carta
    Italy

    Paper, document; or from Cartha

  • Carter
    England

    Cart driver, carrier

  • Cartier
    France

    Carter, carrier of goods

  • Cartwright
    England

    Cart maker

  • Caruso
    Italy

    Boy, young lad; close-cropped head

  • Carvalhal
    Portugal

    Oak grove

  • Carvalho
    Portugal

    "oak tree"

  • Carvalhoso
    Portugal

    Place of oaks

  • Carver
    England

    Woodcarver, or ploughman

  • Casa
    Italy

    A house, a shortened personal name, or a Sicilian trade

  • Casado
    Spain

    "married man"

  • Casale
    Italy

    "farmhouse" or hamlet

  • Casanova
    Italy

    New house

  • Casas
    Spain

    "houses"

  • Cascio
    Italy

    A cheese maker or seller, or a descendant of Cassius

  • Case
    England

    Box or chest maker

  • Casey
    Ireland

    Descendant of Cathasach ("vigilant")

  • Casillas
    Spain

    Little houses

  • Casimiro
    Portugal

    From Casimir

  • Casini
    Italy

    Little house

  • Cason
    England

    From Cawston in Norfolk

  • Casper
    Germany

    From the personal name Casper

  • Cassano
    Italy

    From a town called Cassano

  • Cassidy
    Ireland

    Descendant of Caiside ("curly-haired")

  • Castagna
    Italy

    From castagna, "chestnut"

  • Castaneda
    Spain

    Chestnut grove

  • Castanheda
    Portugal

    Chestnut grove

  • Castanheira
    Portugal

    Chestnut tree

  • Castellani
    Italy

    Castle keeper

  • Castellano
    Spain

    "a Castilian"

  • Castelli
    Italy

    Dweller by a castle

  • Castelo
    Portugal

    Castle

  • Castillo
    Spain

    Castle

  • Castle
    England

    One who lived or worked at a castle

  • Castro
    Spain

    Fort, fortified place

  • Caswell
    England

    A watercress spring or stream

  • Catalani
    Italy

    Someone who came from Catalan, in Spain

  • Catalano
    Italy

    Catalan

  • Cataldo
    Italy

    From Cataldo (Cathal)

  • Catania
    Italy

    From Catania

  • Catano
    Italy

    A personal name, a title, or a cotton-related occupation

  • Catchpole
    England

    A debt collector or bailiff's officer

  • Catesby
    England

    Kati's farm

  • Cattaneo
    Italy

    Captain, feudal vassal

  • Catterall
    England

    From Catterall

  • Cavaco
    Portugal

    Wood chip

  • Cavalcante
    Brazil

    From Cavalcanti of Florence

  • Cavalieri
    Italy

    Horsemen, knights

  • Cavalli
    Italy

    "horse", a horse keeper

  • Cavallo
    Italy

    Horse

  • Cavazos
    Spain

    From Cavazos / hollow

  • Cavendish
    England

    Cafna's enclosure

  • Cázares
    Spain

    From Cáceres / hunt

  • Cea
    Portugal

    A connection with Iberian localities

  • Ceballos
    Spain

    From Ceballos / onion grounds

  • Ceccarelli
    Italy

    From Cecco, a pet form of Francesco

  • Cecchi
    Italy

    Son of Cecco (Francesco)

  • Cecchini
    Italy

    From Cecchino, a pet form of Francesco

  • Cecil
    Wales

    From Seisyll

  • Ceja
    Spain

    Eyebrow, ridge

  • Celentano
    Italy

    Probably from Celenza

  • Cella
    Italy

    Someone living near a monastic cell or a storeroom

  • Cellini
    Italy

    From Marcellino

  • Cenci
    Italy

    Rags

  • Centeno
    Spain

    Rye

  • Cepeda
    Spain

    From Cepeda / vine stock

  • Cerda
    Spain

    Bristle / de la Cerda

  • Cerino
    Italy

    A personal name or landscape

  • Cerqueira
    Portugal

    Oak grove

  • Cervantes
    Spain

    From Cervantes in Galicia

  • Cervera
    Spain

    "from Cervera"

  • Cesari
    Italy

    From the personal name Cesare (Caesar)

  • Cesario
    Italy

    The personal name Caesarius or a possible woodland formation

  • Cesaro
    Italy

    A descendant of Cesario (the hairy one)

  • Chabot
    France

    Bullhead fish

  • Chace
    England

    A dweller at the hunting ground or woods

  • Chacón
    Spain

    "lizard" or uncertain

  • Chadwick
    England

    Ceadda's farm

  • Chagas
    Portugal

    Wounds of Christ

  • Chalmers
    Scotland

    Chamberlain's son

  • Chamberlain
    England

    Keeper of the chamber

  • Chambers
    England

    Chamberlain, servant of the private rooms

  • Champagne
    France

    Open country

  • Champion
    England

    Fighter

  • Chance
    England

    Luck

  • Chandler
    England

    Candle maker or seller

  • Chaney
    England

    Oak grove

  • Chapa
    Spain

    Metal plate

  • Chapman
    England

    Merchant, trader

  • Chappell
    England

    Dweller by a chapel

  • Chapuis
    France

    Carpenter

  • Charles
    France

    Free man

  • Charley
    England

    Someone who came from Charley (rock woods) in Leicestershire

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Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.