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KRON : Means "crown", perhaps a nickname for one who worked in a royal household.

KRUCKEL : Nickname for a crippled person or someone who walked with a cane, from German krücke meaning "cane".

KRUGER : Variant of KRÜGER (1) and KRÜGER (2).

KRUPIN : Derived from the West Slavic krupa "barley".

KRUSE (1) : Variant of KRAUS.

KRUSE (2) : Occupational surname meaning "potter", from Middle High German kruse "pot, jug".

KRUSEN : From the name of a place in Holland, derived from cruys, kruis "cross".

KRÄMER : From Middle High German kræmer, kramære, kromer and Middle Low German kramer, kremer, kromer meaning "shopkeeper, grocer".

KRÓL : Means "king" in Polish. The name referred to one connected in some way with a king's household.

KRÖGER : Variant of KRÜGER (1) and KRÜGER (2).

KRÜGER (1) : In northern Germany: From Middle Low German kroger, kruger meaning "host".

KRÜGER (2) : In southern Germany: Means "potter" from Middle High German kruoc meaning "jug, pot".

KUANG : From Chinese 邝 (kuàng) which refers to the clan of the same name.

KUCERA : Means "curl" in Czech, a nickname for a person with curly locks of hair.

KUDRNA : Cognate of KUCERA.

KUHN : Derived from a diminutive of the German given name KONRAD.

KUIJPERS : Variant of CUYPERS.

KUIPER : Variant of CUYPERS.

KUIPERS : Variant of CUYPERS.

KULKARNI : Means "taxman, revenue collector", from the Indian state of Maharashtra.

KULMALA : Means "corner", with suffix -la giving an idea of a place. The name was originally given to a house or a place.

KUMIEGA : Derived from a Polish word meaning "friend".

KUNDAKÇI : Means "kundak maker", kundak being the wooden part of a rifle.

KUNDERT : Derived from the given name KONRAD.

KUNKEL : Occupational name for a maker of spindles (Middle German kunkel "spindle", ultimately from Latin conus "cone").

KUNKLE : Variant of KUNKEL.

KUNTZ : Derived from a nickname of KONRAD.

KUNZE : Derived from a nickname of the given name KONRAD.

KUROSAWA : From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh". A notable bearer was Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), a Japanese film director.

KURUCZ : Derived from the Hungarian word kuruc. The kurucs were armed anti-Habsburg rebels in Hungary in the late 17th to early 18th century.



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