Surnames Starting with K: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 3 of 3)

From Komorowo

A horse-related occupation or a place called Konary

"at the end"

King

Someone who looked after ponies, or from Konikowo

A descendant of Konrad

From Kopczyn

"soot, smoke"

Someone with an unusual head

"head"

A basket maker, or someone from Korb

"grain"

Of Kosina / blackbird

Rapids / -koski short form

Someone from Kosów or Kosowo

A descendant of Koss, a pet form of Godizo (God)

Personal-name forms and independent vocabulary surnames

From Kostki

Fescue grass

Cat

From Kotowo / cat

"smith"

Son of the blacksmith

"smith's place"

Little smith

Blacksmith's (from kowal)

"Cossack"

Little goat / folding knife

Billy goat

From Kozłów, linked to kozioł, "goat"

Shopkeeper, peddler

Strength, a nickname for a strong man

"border land"

Shopkeeper, trader

Someone from a house with a wreath sign, or a garland maker

Curly-haired

Curly-haired

Tailor's son

Tailor

"crab, crayfish"

"shopkeeper, pedlar"

A descendant of Erasmus, or a nickname from cress

Innkeeper

Of the cross

Warrior

A nickname from the crane

King

Rabbit

"curly-haired"

A dweller at the sign of the crown

A short personal name or someone from Kropp

Someone who came from Cross (a cross)

Innkeeper (Low German)

Raven

A nickname for someone with curly hair

"groats"

Curly-haired

"flint"

From the name Kuba

Son of Kuba (Jacob)

From Kuba (Jakub)

From Kubice / son of Kuba

Son of the cook

Cook; from Kuchary

Someone living by a hollow or pool

Dweller by a hollow or pit

Short form of Konrad ("bold counsel")

From Kujawy

A ball-related nickname

Someone from a place called Kulików or Kulikowo

A nickname, rubble landscape, or old personal name

A distaff, or a short form of Konrad

Skill or a personal name

Son of Kunz (Konrad, "bold counsel")

Bold counsel (Konrad)

Copper

"cockerel"

Someone who came from Kurland or Courland (country of the Cours)

"from Kurów"

Furrier

A pet form of Konrad

Short

Several Polish and German nickname possibilities

A nickname connected with shortness

Someone who made fur coats, a furrier

A descendant of Kus

A nickname or a name from a corner of land

A descendant of Gutz, from Godizo

Little flower

From Kwiatków, linked to kwiat, "flower"

April

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