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Family name affixes are a clue for surname etymology and can sometimes determine the ethnic origin of a person. This is a partial list of affixes.

Prefixes

* A – ( Romanian) "son of"
* Ab – (Welsh, Cornish, Breton) "son of"
* Af – ( Danish, Swedish), Av ( Norwegian) "of"
* Ap – (Welsh) "son of"
* Abu – ( Arabic) "father of";
* Aït – (Berber) "of"
* Al – ( Arabic) "the"
* Ālam – ( Persian) "world"
* At/Ath – (Berber) "(son of"
* Aust, Austre – ( Norwegian) "east", "estern"
* Bar – ( Aramaic) "son of"
* Bath, bat – ( Hebrew) "daughter of"
* Ben, bin, ibn – ( Arabic and Hebrew) "son of"
* Bet – ( Arabic from "Beyt") "house of"
* Bint – ( Arabic) "daughter of"; Binti, Binte (Malaysian version)
* Da – ( Italian) "from", "of"; ( Portuguese) "from the" (before a feminine singular noun)
* Das – ( Portuguese) "from the", "of the", preceding a feminine plural noun
* De – ( Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino) "of"; indicates region of origin, often a sign of nobility; in Spanish-speaking countries a married woman will sometimes append her name with "de XXXX" where "XXXX" is her husband's last name; ( Dutch) "the"
* Degli – ( Italian) "of the", preceding a masculine plural noun starting with either ''sp, sc, ps, z, gn,'' or ''st''.
* Del – ( Italian, Spanish) "of the", preceding a masculine singular noun
*Dele – Southern French, Spanish, Filipino, and Occitan, equivalent of Du
* Della – ( Italian) "of the", preceding a feminine singular noun
* Der – (Western Armenian) "son/daughter of a priest"; ( German) "the" (masculine nominative), "of the" (feminine genitive)
* Di – ( Italian) "son of"
* Dos – ( Portuguese) "from the, of the", preceding a masculine plural noun
* Du – (French) "of the", preceding a masculine singular noun
* E – ( Portuguese) "and", between surnames (Maria Eduarda de Canto e Mello)
* El – ( Arabic and Spanish) "the"
* Fetch, Vetch – (Welsh) "daughter of"
* Fitz – ( Irish, from Norman French) "son of", from Latin "filius" meaning "son" (mistakenly thought to mean illegitimate son, because of its use for certain illegitimate sons of English kings)
* i – ( Catalan) "and", always in lowercase, used to identify both surnames (e.g. Antoni Gaudí i Cornet)
* ka – ( Zulu) "(son/daughter) of", always in lower case and preceding the name of the father.
* Kil, Gil – ( English, Irish, Scottish) "son of", "servant of", "devotee of", originating from the Irish "Mac Giolla", typically followed by a Saint's name (e.g. Mac Giolla Bhríde).
* La – ( Italian, French, Spanish) "the", feminine singular
* Le – ( Northern French) "the", masculine singular
* Lille – ( Norwegian) "small", "little"
* Lu – ( Latin and Roman) "Master"
* M'/Mac/Mc/Mck/Mhic/Mic – ( Irish, Scottish, and Manx Gaelic) "son". Both ''Mac'' and ''Mc'' are sometimes written M^ac and M^c (with superscript ''ac'' or ''c''). In some names, ''Mc'' is pronounced ''Mac''.
* Mala – ( Kurdish) "House of"
* Mellom, Myljom – ( Norwegian) "between"
* Na – ณ ( Thai) "at"
* Ned, Nedre – ( Norwegian) "low", "lower"
* Neder – (Swedish) "lower", "under"
* Ngā – ( Te Reo Māori) "the (plural)"
* Nic, Ní – ( Irish, Scottish) "daughter of", from Irish "iníon" meaning "daughter"
* Nin – (Serbian)
* Nord, Norr – ( German, Swedish, Danish), Nord, Nordre ( Norwegian) "north", "northern"
* Ny – (Swedish, Danish, Norwegian) "new"
* O/Ó/Ua/Uí – ( Irish, Scottish, and Manx Gaelic) "son of", "grandson of", "descendant of"
* Opp, Upp – ( Norwegian) "up"
* Öfver – (Swedish) "upper", "over" (archaic spelling)
* Ost ( German), Öst, Öster (Swedish), Øst ( Danish), Øst, Østre ( Norwegian) – "east", "eastern"
* Över – (Swedish) "upper", "over"
* Øvste, Øvre, Øver – ( Norwegian) "upper"
* Öz – (Turkish) "pure"
* Pour – ( Persian) "son of"
* Putra/Putera – (Indonesian) "son of"
* Putri/Puteri – (Indonesian) "daughter of"
* Setia/Setya – (Indonesian) "loyal to"
*Stor – ( Norwegian, Swedish) "large"
* Söder – (Swedish), Sør, Sønder ( Danish), Sør, Syd, Søndre, Syndre, Søre (Norwegian), "south", "southern"
* Te – ( Te Reo Māori) "the (singular)"
* Ter – ( Dutch) "at the"
* Ter – (Eastern Armenian) "son/daughter of a Priest"
* Tre – ( Cornish) "farm of"
* Van – ( Dutch) "of", "from"
* Van De, Van Den, Van Der, Van Het, Van 't – ( Dutch) "of the", "from the"
* Väst, Väster – (Swedish) "west"
* Verch, Erch – (Welsh) "daughter of"
* Vest – ( Danish) Vest, Vestre ( Norwegian) "west", "western"
* Vesle, Vetle – ( Norwegian) "small", "little"
* von – ( German) "of", "from"; a sign of nobility.
* war - Marathi Last Name. People from Arya Vyshya community residing mostly in central India.
* zu - ( German) "at"; a sign of nobility, sometimes in the combination von und zu

Suffixes

* -a, -ya Kurdish means "of" (female) (by two surnames)
* -à (Catalan)feminine -ana "of or from locality or place (Català -Catalan); and also the name of a job (Manyà -irosmith), from Latin -ānus, -āna
* -ac (Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Southern French)
* -ach ( Ukrainian, Belarusian / Belarusian Latin: -ač/)
** -acz ( Polish)
* -aei ( Persian) (See -i) for words that end in the long vowel ''A''
* -aitis (Lithuanian) "son of"
** -aitė (Lithuanian) signifies an unmarried female
*** -aty Americanized form
* -aj (Albanian) (pronounced AY; meaning “of the" ) It denotes the name of the family, which mostly comes from the male founder of the family, but also from a place, as in, Lash-aj (from the village Lashaj of Kastrat, MM, Shkodër). It is likely that its ancient form, still found in MM, was an in front of the last name, as in ‘Déda i Lékajve’ (Déd of Lekës). For ease of use, the in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in then removing the would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending jyields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë). Since the names are found most commonly in Malsi e Madhe (North) and Labëri (South), it is likely that this linguistic feature is very old. It must have been lost as a result of foreign influences brought into Albania by the invaders.
* -ak ( Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Croatian, Slovenian, Slovak, Montenegrin, Sorbian) See ''-ák'' for its Slovak meaning.
** -ák ( Czech, Slovak) In Slovak, ''-ák'' means "pertaining to" or merely creates a noun, and its two other versions are ''-iak'' and ''-ak''.
*-al (Nepali) denotes for village of origin (for e.g.; Khanal, Dhakal, Dahal, Rijal, etc.)
* -an ( Ukrainian, Belarusian) (e.g. Ruban)
* -an ( Romanian)
* -án (Spanish)
* -and (French)
* -ange (French) from Germanic ''-ing''
* -ano ( Italian) feminine -ana "of or from locality; from Latin ''-ānus, -āna''
* -ant (English; Norman)
* -ant (French; Old French)
* -ant (Hindi; Sanskrit)
* -anu (Romanian)
* -appa ( Kodava) patronymic, meaning "father"
* -ár ( Slovak)
* -ář ( Czech)
* -arz ( Polish)
*-as (French) Duras, Porras, Dumas
* -au (-aw) (Belarusian) / -aŭ ( Belarusian Latin) equivalent to Russian -ov
** -ava (Belarusian) feminine equivalent of -au
* -au ( German) in a toponymic surname, "of or from a lower place near water"
* -auskas/-iauskas (Lithuanian) equivalent to Polish -owski, -ewski, Belarusian -ouski, -euski / Belarusian Latin -oŭski, -eŭski
* -awan ( Urdu)
* -ba (Abkhazian) "male"
* -chi, -çı, -çi, cı, -ci (Azeri, Persian, چی-, Turkish) attributed to a geographic location or performing a certain job
* -chian (Persian, چیان-) attributed to or performing a certain job
* -chek, -chik, -chyk, -chuk ( Ukrainian, Belarusian / Belarusian Latin: -ček, -čyk, -čuk/) diminutive
** -czek, -czyk, -czuk, -czak ( Polish)
** -ček, -čík ( Czech, Slovak, Slovenian)
** -ćek, -cek (Croatian)
* -ckas (Lithuanian) Lithuanianized version of the Polish and Belarusian -cki
* -cki ( Polish, Belarusian, Croatian, Serbian, Sorbian) variant of -ski
** -cka (Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Sorbian) Feminine equivalent of -cki
* -ckis ( Latvian) Latvianized version of the Polish and Belarusian -cki
* -cký ( Czech, Slovak)
** -cká (Czech, Slovak) Feminine equivalent of -cký
* -čki (Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian)
* -cock, -cox (English) "little"
* -datter (Danish, Norwegian) "daughter (of)"
* -din (Swedish)
* -dotter (Norwegian, Swedish) "daughter (of)"
* -dóttir ( Icelandic) "daughter (of)" ( patronymic suffix (sometimes matronymic) (by law) of not a family name but part of the Icelandic last name where (usually) the father's name is always slightly modified and then ''dóttir'' added)
* -dze ( Georgian) "son of"
* -dzki ( Polish) variant of -ski, -cki
* -é (Catalan)
* -ê, -yê (Kurdish) means "of" (male) (by two surnames)
* -eanu ( Romanian)
* -eau, -eault (French) diminutive suffix (Latin ''-ellu-'')
* -ec (Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovenian, Polish, Sorbian, Ukrainian, Belarusian), (French spelling for Breton -e.g.)
** -avec (Belarusian)
* -ee (See -i)
* -eff ( Russian, Bulgarian) obsolete, copied from German transliteration of -ev
* -eiro ( Portuguese, Galician)
* -ek ( Czech, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian) diminutive
* -ell (English spelling for French ''-el'', diminutive)
* -el (Northern French and Occitan, French ''-eau'')
* -ema (Suffix of Frisian origin, given by Napoleon Bonaparte who used suffixes like these to keep a record of people's origins within the Netherlands)
* -ems ( Dutch)
* -ėnas (Lithuanian) "son of"
* -enko ( Ukrainian), -enka/-anka (Belarusian) "son of"
** -chenko (Ukrainian), -chenka/-chanka (Belarusian / Belarusian Latin: -čenka, -čanka/)
* -ens ( Dutch)
* -ent (French)
* -enya (Belarusian / Belarusian Latin: -enia/) (e.g. Gerasimenya)
* -er (Dutch, English, French, German, Turkish "male")
* -ero (Spanish)
* -ers ( Dutch)
* -es (Greek, Portuguese) "son of" in Portuguese
* -ese ( Italian) plural -esi "of or from locality; from Latin ''-ēnsis''
* -escu ( Romanian) "son of"
* -ești ( Romanian) possessive plural, also used in place names
* -et (French) (diminutive suffix Latin ''-ettu-'' or former -el)
* -ets ( Ukrainian, Belarusian)
* -eu (-ew) (Belarusian / Belarusian Latin: -eŭ/) equivalent to Russian -ev
* -ev ( Russian (all Eastern Slavic languages), Bulgarian, Macedonian) possessive
** -eva (Russian (all Eastern Slavic languages), Bulgarian, Macedonian) Feminine equivalent of -ev
* -evski (Macedonian, Bulgarian) possessive
** -evska (Macedonian, Bulgarian) Feminine equivalent of -evski
* -ez ( Spanish, North Picard) including Spanish-speaking countries "son of"; in Picard, old spelling for -et
* -ëz (Albanian) for feminine; a word refer to something smaller, either literally or figuratively as in a form of endearment
* -fia, -fi, -fy, -ffy ( Hungarian) "descendant of" (literally "son of")
*-fleth, -felth, -fleet ( Northern German) current, body of water
* -gil, (Turkish, "family") (e.g. Korkmazgil)
* -i (Hungarian) "of", "from" indicates region of origin, sign of nobility (e.g. "Szentiványi", "Rákóczi"). Like German Von.
* -i ( Arabic, Persian) "descendant of", "attributed to" (e.g. "Baghdadi", "Abbasi") or, ( Iranian) "from" (e.g. "Barzani" from Barzan, or Tabrizi from Tabriz.)
* -ia (Abkhaz, Mingrelian)
* -ian(ts), -yan(ts), -jian, -gian, -ents, -ants, -unts, -uni ( Armenian, Persian) "son/daughter of"
* -iak ( Ukrainian, Belarusian, Polish) "descendant of". In Slovak, ''-iak'' is a version of ''-ák''/''-ak'' and means "pertaining to" or merely creates a noun.
* -ic(k) (French), misspelling for Breton -ig, diminutive
* -ich (-ovich/-evich) (Belarusian / Belarusian Latin: -ič, –ovič, -evič/), -ych (-ovych/-evych) ( Ukrainian) "son of"
** -icz (-owicz/-ewicz) ( Polish) "son of"
** -ic ( Polish, Slovak, Czech, Sorbian, Belarusian) "son of"
*** -owic/-ewic (Polish)
*** -ovic (Slovak, Czech arely
*** -ojc/-ejc, -ojic/-ejic (Sorbian)
*** -yc (Belarusian, Sorbian, Polish)
* -ić (-ović/-ević) (Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin) diminutive possessive, ''little son of''
** -begović (Bosniak) diminutive possessive of a beg, i.e. ''chieftain's or chief's little son''
** -ici (-ovici/-evici) Romanian of Slavic origin (Romanian adaptation of -ić or -ich/-ych)
* -ič (-ovič) ( Slovenian, Slovak, Czech arely diminutive, "son of"
* -ičius (Lithuanian) Lithuanianized version of the Belarusian -ich ( Belarusian Latin: -ič) and Polish -icz
** -avičius/-evičius (Lithuanian) Lithuanianized version of the Belarusian -ovich/-evich (Belarusian Latin: -ovič/-evič) and Polish -owicz/-ewicz
* -ičs ( Latvian) Latvianized version of the Belarusian -ich ( Belarusian Latin: -ič) and Polish -icz
** -ovičs/-evičs (Latvian) Latvianized version of the Belarusian -ovich/-evich (Belarusian Latin: -ovič/-evič) and Polish -owicz/-ewicz
* -ides, -idis, -idas (Greek), "son of"
* -ier (French)
* -ik (Belarusian, Polish, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian) It merely creates a noun in Slovak where ''-ik'' is a version of ''-ík'', can be endearment, diminutive, have other meanings.
** -ík ( Slovak) It merely creates a noun and can also be endearment, diminutive, have other meanings; its other Slovak version is ''-ik''.
* -ik (Estonian) if it follows a tree name, has a meaning "grove"
* -ikh, -ykh ( Russian)
* -in ( Russian (all Eastern Slavic languages), Bulgarian) possessive
** - ina (female equivalent of -in; especially rare for male names, but the suffix alone is an actual female name)
** -yn (Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian) possessive
* -in (French) diminutive
* -in (Dutch, German) suffix attached to old Germanic female surnames (e.g. female surname "Mayerin", the wife of "Mayer")
* -ing, ink (Anglo-Saxon, Dutch, German) "descendant"
* -ino (a common suffix for male Latino and Italian names)
* -ipa (Abkhazian) "son of"
* -ipha (Abkhazian) "girl of"
* -is (Greek, /male/ Lithuanian)
** -ienė (Lithuanian) female version
** -ytė (Lithuanian) unmarried female version
* -ishin, -yshyn ( Ukrainian) possessive (e.g. Romanishin = son of wife of Roman)
** -ishina, -yshyna (female equivalent of -ishin, -yshyn)
* -iu ( Romanian)
* -ius (Lithuanian) "son of"
* -iv ( Ukrainian) possessive Galician form, introduced in late 19th century by Austrian authorities. Like -ov or -ev.
* -j (Adygean)"old"
* -ka (Belarusian, Polish, Czech, Slovak) diminutive
* -kan, -ken (Turkish) (e.g. Vuruşkan)
* -kar (Marathi) (e.g. Tendulkar)"originating from",
* -ke, (Italian,Russian) In surnames of Slavic origin. Like Ukrainian -ko
* -kin, -kins, -ken (English) "little"
* -kin (Dutch) "little"
* -ko ( Ukrainian, Polish, Slovak, Czech)diminutive
*-ko (Polish, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian)- diminutive, “child,” “descendant of.” It is used in affectionate forms of first names, and is also a common suffix in many surnames.
* -ko (Adygean) "son" ''ĸъо''
* -kus (Lithuanian)
* -kvist, -qvist (Swedish) "twig"
* -kyzy ( Great Kazakh) "daughter of"
* -kyzy (Kyrgyz) "daughter of"
* -le, -lein (German) "small"
* -li, -lı, -lu, -lü (Turkish, Azeri) "from" (e.g. İzmirli, Ankaralı, İstanbullu, Bakülü)
* -li (Italian)
* -lin (French, Irish, Swedish) in Germanic names "small"
* -litz (German)
* -man(n) (Dutch, German, English)
* -mand (Persian, مند-) owning or showing
* -maz (Turkish) "does not" (e.g. " Yılmaz = Yields not", "Korkmaz = Fears not")
* -men, -man (Turkish) flipping suffix (e.g. ak=white, akman=purely white), "person", "male person", have other meanings
* -ment (French) from Germanic “man”
* -mere (Old English) meaning “lake”
* -moar
* -mohr (German)
* -moor
* -moore
* -more
* -mor
* -nė, -te /female/ (Lithuanian)
* -nen ( Finnish) ''diminutive'', "from"
* -nik (Estonian) attributed to occupation (''talu'' being "farm" – ''talunik'' being "farmer")
* -nova, -novas (Italian, Galician, Catalan) "new"
* -novo ( Galician) "new"
* -ný (Czech, Slovak) adjective
* -ny (Polish) adjective
* -nezhad, -nejad, -nejhad (Persian, نژاد) "descendant of"
* -nyi ( Hungarian)
* -off (Russian, Bulgarian) obsolete, copied from French transliteration of -ov, based on Muscovite pronunciation
* -oğlu (Azeri, Turkish) "son of" (e.g. Türkoğlu)
* -ok (Belarusian, Ukrainian, Czech)
* -ois, -oy, -ais, -ay (French) from Germanic ''-isk'' and Vulgar Latin ''-ese''
* -on (French), former subject case in masculine names
* -onak (-onok) (Belarusian)
* -onis (Lithuanian) "son of"
* -os (Greek) like Latin ''-us'' (Gasconic, Spanish, Portuguese) from Latin ''-us''
** -opoulos, -opulos (Greek)
* -osz, -oš (Polish, Czech, Slovak)
* -ot (French) "little"
* -ou(t) (French), various origins
* -ou ( Greek) "daughter of"
* -ou (-ow) (Belarusian) / -oŭ ( Belarusian Latin) equivalent to Russian -ov
** -ova (Belarusian) feminine equivalent of -ou
* -ouf (French), French spelling of Arabic names ending with ''-ūf''
* -ouf, Norman-French spelling of surnames of Anglo-scandinavian origin or West Germanic origin ending with ''-ulf'' or ''-wulf''
* -oui (French), French spelling of Arabic names, English spelling ''-wi''
* -ous
* -ov (all Eastern Slavic languages, Bulgarian, Macedonian) possessive
** -ova (all Eastern Slavic languages, Bulgarian, Macedonian) feminine equivalent of -ov, -ou, -ow
* -ová (Czech, Slovak) feminine derivative of a noun male surname
* -ovo (Russian) (e.g. Durnovo)
* -ovski (Macedonian, Bulgarian) possessive
** -ovska (Macedonian, Bulgarian) Feminine equivalent of -ovski
* -ow ( Russian, though found in predominantly German names, it is pronounced like English "ow" not like the German "ov")
* -pour, -poor (Persian) "son of"
* -putra (Indonesian) "son"
* -putri (Indonesian) "daughter"
* -quin, (French) from Dutch ''-kin'' "little"
* -s (English, Dutch, Irish, Welsh) "(son/daughter) of". Sometimes less recognizable, like in "Hendrickx" (son/daughter of Hendrik)
* -sen or -zen ( Danish, Norwegian, Dutch or Low German) "son (of)"
** -ssen (Dutch or Low German) "son (of)"
** -ssens or -sens (Dutch) "grandson/granddaughter of". Literally "(son/daughter) of the son of"
* -shvili ( Georgian) "child"
* -skas (Lithuanian) Lithuanianized version of the Polish and Belarusian -ski
* -ski ( Polish, Belarusian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Sorbian, Croatian. Also Russian but more often transliterated as -sky), "originating from", "estate of"
** -ska (Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Sorbian, Croatian) Feminine equivalent of -ski
* -skiy/-tskiy, -skyi/-tskyi ( Ukrainian)
** -ivskiy, -ivskyi (Ukrainian)
* -skoy/-tskoy ( Russian) (e.g. Shakhovskoy)
* -sky/-tsky (Russian, Ukrainian)
** -skaya/-tskaya (Russian) Feminine equivalent of -sky/-tsky
** -ivsky (Ukrainian)
* -ský ( Czech, Slovak) "originating from", "lord of"
** -ská (Czech, Slovak) Feminine equivalent of -ský
* -skis ( Latvian) Latvianized version of the Polish and Belarusian -ski
* -sma (Frisian) "son of"
* -son (English, Swedish, German, Norwegian, Scottish, Icelandic) "son (of)" (sometimes less recognizable, e.g. "Dixon"; in Iceland not part of a family name but the patronymic (sometimes matronymic) last name (by law), where (usually) the fathers's name is always slightly modified and then ''son'' added)
** -sson ( Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Scottish) "son (of)" (in Iceland technically the first ''s'' is a separate "suffix" of the father's name according to Icelandic language rules, one of the most common modifications)
* -(s)son (French), diminutive
* -stad (Norwegian) "town"
* -stein ( German) "stone"
*-strom, -strøm, -ström (Danish, Swedish) from 'current', probably an arbitrarily adopted ornamental name but possibly a topographic name for someone who lived by a river.
* -tæ (Ossetian) "belong to"
* -tabar (Persian) "descendant of"
* -tzki, -tzky (Polish) – phonetic Germanized spelling of original Polish -cki
* -uk ( Ukrainian, Belarusian) diminutive
* -ulea (Romanian) "son of"
* -ulis (Lithuanian)
* -uly ( Great Kazakh) "son of"
* -ūnas (Lithuanian) "son of"
* -uulu (Kyrgyz form of -oğlu) "son of"
* -vich (Belarusian / Belarusian Latin: -vič/, occasionally a respelling of original Serbian, Croatian -vić) "son of"
** -vych ( Ukrainian)
** -wicz ( Polish), -wic (Polish)
** -vić (Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin)
** -vič ( Slovenian, Slovak, Czech arely, -vic (Slovak, Czech arely
** -vici (Romanianized respellings)
** -vics (Hungarianized respellings)
** -vitz, -witz, -witch, -witsch (Germanized or Anglicized respellings)
* -vičius (Lithuanian) Lithuanianized version of the Belarusian -vich ( Belarusian Latin: -vič) and Polish -wicz
** -vičiutė (Lithuanian) signifies an unmarried female
* -vičs ( Latvian) Latvianized version of the Belarusian -vich (Belarusian Latin: -vič) and Polish –wicz
* -wala, -wallah, wali, vala, vali (Hindustani, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi) denotes the occupation or place of origin (Occupation example: Batliwala – one who deals with bottles. Place example: Suratwala – one from Surat)
* -wan (Indonesian) denotes a male name
* -wati (Indonesian) denotes a female name
* -wi ( Arabic) "from"
* -y (Arabic/Persian) Means descendant of.
* -y (See ''-i'')
* -yal
* -ycz ( Polish)
* -yk (Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian)
* -ynas (Lithuanian) "son of"
* -ys (English) representing i. the archaic plural form, or ii. a diminutive form. Variant forms not limited to -yss, -is, -es. Pronunciation is as modern plural suffix -s; i.e. ''Sandys'' = sands; ''Foulis'' = fowls.
* -ysz (Polish)
* -za (Kurdish) "born of"
* - zadeh, -zada (Turkish, Azeri, Persian زاده), -zai (Pashto) "son of", "descendant of"
* -zadegan (Persian, زادگان-) plural form of zadeh

See also

* Celtic onomastics
* Language identification
* Lists of most common surnames, for the various continents
* Matriname
* Nobiliary particle
* Patronymic surname
* Scandinavian family name etymology
* Slavic name suffix
* Tussenvoegsel (Dutch prefixes)

References

External links

Surname Prefixes

Surname Suffixes

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