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Surnames that begin with the letter K:

Kavanagh  (origin: Celtic or Gaelic.) 

Kay  (origin: Local) 

Kaynard;Kinnard  (origin: Local Gaelic.) 

Kebby;Kibby  (origin: Local Danish.) 

Keel   

Keen   

Keese  (origin: Dutch.) 

Keigwin  (origin: Cor. Br.) 

Keith  (origin: Local) 

Kellogg   

Kelly  (origin: Gaelic and Welsh.) 

Kelsey  (origin: Local) 

Kelso  (origin: Local) 

Kemble;Kimble   

Kemp   

Kempster   

Kemyss  (origin: Gaelic.) 

Kendall  (origin: Local) 

Kendrick   

Kennan   

Kennard  (origin: Gaelic.) 

Kennedy   

Kennicot  (origin: Cor. Br.) 

Kent  (origin: Local) 

Kenyon  (origin: Welsh.) 

Kercher   

Kerr  (origin: Gaelic, Welsh, and Cor. Br.) 

Kettle  (origin: Local) 

Kevin  (origin: Celtic.) 

Keys   

Kid   

Kidder   

Kiel  (origin: Ger. Local) 

Kiernan;Kirnan   

Kiersted  (origin: Danish. Local) 

Kilburne  (origin: Local) 

Kilgour  (origin: Gaelic. Local) 

Kilham  (origin: Local) 

Killin  (origin: Gaelic. Local) 

Kimberley   

Kincade  (origin: Gaelic.) 

King   

Kinghorn  (origin: Local) 

Kingston  (origin: Local) 

Kinloch  (origin: Local) 

Kinnear  (origin: Gaelic.) 

Kinney  (origin: Gaelic) 

Kinsley  (origin: Gaelic.) 

Kipp   

Kirby  (origin: Local) 

Kirk  (origin: Teut.) 

Kirkaldy  (origin: Local) 

Kirkham  (origin: Local) 

Kirkpatrick  (origin: Local) 

Kirtland   

Kirwan   

Kitts   

Knapp  (origin: Ger.) 

Knickerbacker  (origin: Dutch and Ger.) 

Knight   

Knowles;Knoll   

Knox  (origin: Local) 

Kyle  (origin: Local) 


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