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Ratto
Ratto is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Fürst
family name
Abbado
family name
Pitts
Pitts is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Dushkin
Dushkin (masculine, ) or Dushkina (feminine, ) is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Thomasson
Thomasson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kaganovich
Kaganovich is a Jewish surname. Ultimately it comes from the Hebrew word "kohen" which means "priest". Notable people with the surname include:
Božić
Božić is a common surname in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. The spelling Božič is found in Slovenia.
Xun
Chinese surname (荀)
Fujita
Fujita (written: , or ) is a Japanese surname. It is occasionally Romanised as Huzita or Foujita. Notable people with the surname include:
Desmarest
Desmarest is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784–1838), French zoologist
Eugène Anselme Sébastien Léon Desmarest (1816–1889), French zoologist and entomologist
Henri Desmarest (or Desmarets) (1661–1741), French Baroque composer
Marie-Anne Desmarest (1904–1973), French writer
Nicolas Desmarest (1725–1815), French geologist
Thierry Desmarest (1945-2024), French businessman
Kornilov
Kornilov () and Kornilova (feminine; ) is a common Russian surname derived from the baptismal name Kornil (). Notable people with this surname include:
Onur
Onur is a common Turkish given name and a surname. In Turkish, "Onur" means "Honour" or Pride. Its origin comes from Latin "honor, honōrem", most resembling the word honneur in French or onore in Italian. Notable people with the name include:
Tamminen
Tamminen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Piekarski
Piekarski (feminine: Piekarska; plural: Piekarscy) is a Polish surname originated with several Polish noble . Its Russified form in Pekarsky. Notable people with the surname include:
Zlobin (surname)
Lūsis
Lūsis is a Latvian surname.
Randall
family name
Mo
Chinese family name (莫)
Logan
family name
Eren
Eren (Kazakh: Ерен) is a popular Turkish and Kazakh male name meaning "saint", "wise", "brave", and "well-educated". The name is Muslim and it's a reference to notable people in Islamic history.
Pochettino
Pochettino is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Wieczorek
Wieczorek (archaic feminine: Wieczorkowa, plural Wieczorkowie) is one of the most common surnames in Poland, and the second most common in Opole Silesia (2,654) and Świętokrzyskie (2,654). The name means “little evening” in Polish. Notable people include:
Bujold
Bujold is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Rupert
name
Schultz
Schultz is a German and Dutch surname derived from Schultheiß, meaning village headman or constable/sheriff in the medieval sense (akin to today's office of mayor). It has many variations, such as Schuldt, Schulte, Schulten, Schultes, Schultheis, Schultheiss, Schultheiß, Schultze, Schulz, Schulze and Schulzke. Adapted spellings in other languages include Shultz, Šulc and Szulc.
Caetano
Caetano is a Portuguese given name and surname derived from Latin Caietanus. It also appears in Lusophone place names named after Saint Cajetan (São Caetano in Portuguese).
Lefebvre
Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include Lefebvre, le Febvre, Le Febvre, Lefèbvre, le Fèbvre, Le Fèbvre, as well as the common variant Lefèvre (le Fèvre, Le Fèvre; anglicized Lefevre, le Fevre, Le Fevre, LeFevre, LeFever). Dialectal variants include Lefevere (Belgium), Lefebre, Lefeuvre (western France), and Lefébure (northern France and Normandy).
Insúa
Insúa is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Makarevich
Makarevich (; ) is a Belarusian and Russian surname, related to the Latin given name Macarius. It may refer to:
Fortuny
Fortuny () is a surname of Catalan origin. It may refer to:
Amparo Fortuny, Spanish filmmaker
Diego Fortuny (born 1991), Argentine rugby union player
José Manuel Fortuny (1916–2005), Guatemalan Communist leader
Juan Fortuny (1946–2024), Spanish swimmer
Mariano Fortuny (painter) (1835–1874), Spanish painter
Mariano Fortuny (designer) (1871–1949), Spanish fashion designer and lighting engineer, son of the painter
Pol Fortuny (born 2005), Spanish footballer
Lombard
family name
Penck
Penck is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
McClain
McClain (Gaelic: ) is a surname. It is an American variant of the Scottish name McLean. Notable people with the surname include:
Vidaković
Vidaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Видаковић) is a South Slavic surname derived from Vidak and Vida family names. It is associated with Serbs, Croats, Bunjevci and Montenegrins ethnic groups and is commonly found in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia.
Dolin
Dolin (feminine: Dolina) is a Slavic-language surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Sternberg
family name
Allen
family name
Perica
Perica (, ) is a Croat and Serb given name, used mostly for men but also for women. It is also prevalent as a surname. Perica is a diminutive of Petar or Petra, translating to Pete and Peter, or Petra in English, respectively.
Micallef
Micallef is a Maltese surname. It has been recorded in Malta since ancient times, and its origins probably lie in the name Micali, a variant of Michael (in Hebrew, Michael means "Who is like God?"). However, another possible derivation for the surname is the Maltese word "mħallef", which means 'judge', and thus its origin is not certain. This surname is found in various Medieval records, normally as Makluffi. Prior to the late 15th century, most people bearing this surname were of the Jewish faith.
Hubbard
family name
Friedrich
family name
Kirk
family name
James
family name
Longoria
Longoria is an Italian and Spanish surname. The surname “Longoria” originated in the province of Asturias in northwestern Spain, is found in the Basque region of Spain and also in Italy.
Kulkarni
Kulkarni is a surname. The name "Kulkarni" is a combination of two words (kula and karni). Kula means "family", and Karanika means "archivist". Historically, Kulkarni was the title given to the village record keeper.
Sebastiani
Sebastiani is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kirchner
Kirchner is an occupational surname of German origin, derived from the Middle High German word ('sexton', 'priest', 'church assistant' or 'church property administrator'). Notable people with the name include:
Goswami
Goswami is an Indian surname and honorific title used by Brahmins and Hindu ascetics. The Goswamis have strong historical ties with the Rajputs (Kshatriyas) as they were highly respected and given high positions by the Rajput Kings. The Goswamis were also Gurus (teachers) and royal advisors of the Rajputs. The term is sometimes also pronounced as, Gosains, Gosine, Gossain, Gosain, Gossai, and Gosavi.
Bradley
family name
Mordvinov
Mordvinov (, masculine), or Mordvinova (Мордвинова, female), is a surname in Russia. Derived from Mordvin people, it belongs to the Russian noble . Notable people with the surname include:
Salman
Name: given name and surname

Baliga
Baliga is a Konkani Brahmin surname from Goa, coastal Karnataka and parts of Maharashtra, India. It is found among Hindus of the Goud Saraswat Brahmin community.
Cook
family name
Gladkov
Gladkov (masculine, ) or Gladkova (feminine, ) is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Gardiner
family name
Bhattarai
Bhattarai () or Bhattrai is a Nepalese surname. Typically those with the surname belong to the Brahmins or Chettris of Nepal.
Lorenz
Lorenz is an originally German name derived from the Roman surname Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum".
Reiche
Reiche is a family name of German origin:
Albanese
Albanese is an Italian surname. It means "Albanian", in reference to the Arbëreshë people (Italo-Albanians) of southern Italy or someone of Albanian origin. The surname is common in southern Italy but more rare elsewhere in the country. Notable people with the surname include: