Definition of last name
: surname 2
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His first name is John and his last name is Smith.
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Recent Examples of last name from the Web
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So why has Kit resurfaced in New Hampshire at 44, with a new last name, a stash of money, no visible husband and memories of a clinically significant number of therapy sessions?
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In some editions Wednesday, special counsel Robert Mueller’s last name was misspelled as Muller in one reference in a Page One article about congressional lawmakers’ warnings against firing the special counsel.
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Dmitriev flew into the Seychelles Jan. 11, 2017 with his wife Natalia Popova and another woman with the last name Boldovskaia.
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An organization working with the family has given different spellings for Marcelina's last name, but Delano police and ICE have given it as Profecto.
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But with the Packers’ future Hall-of-Fame quarterback limited to a half-dozen games last season, the tight end of the same last name too often came up empty-handed.
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Lake Forest’s next city council is now officially in place with the re-election of three sitting aldermen — and one new member with a familiar last name coming on board.
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Only believerscould find homes or work, and still the population grew to more than 10,000, all with the same handful of last names.
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With Hawking Renowned atheist author Richard Dawkins claims that a combination of similar last names and naive news producers has confused him for the late Stephen Hawking.
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First Known Use of last name
1897
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Definition of last name for English Language Learners
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: the name that comes at the end of someone's full name
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