last name

noun

: surname sense 2

Synonyms

• surname
• family name

Examples of last name in a Sentence

His first name is John and his last name is Smith.

please write your first name, middle initial, and last name at the top of the form

Recent Examples on the Web

For reasons of privacy, Jasper's family has asked that their last name not be used. —Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025

The three accused, who police only identified by first names and initials of their last names, were charged with membership in a foreign terrorist organization and preparing an act of violence endangering the state. —Max Saltman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025

There are few people in human history whose last names alone are sufficient to conjure up kindness, goodness, wisdom, grace—Mandela, Gandhi, King, Lincoln. —Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 1 Oct. 2025

Howard and Yan Wang are not married or related, and simply share a last name by coincidence, authorities said. —Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for last name

• acclaim
• aflame
• airframe
• ballgame
• became
• declaim
• defame
• disclaim
• doorframe
• exclaim
• inflame
• mainframe