as in surname
a name shared by members of a family
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Recent Examples of last name
Where are the loading areas with the fluorescent signs of the first letter of my last name?
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Joseph Trinidad,
Longreads,
16 June 2026
Three of the fans — who identified themselves as Mohsen, Mehrdad and Amir, but declined to give their last names — later told The Athletic that stadium officials did not give them a reason for taking the banners.
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Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Tree used his first and middle name as his stage name, while his legal last name was Nickell.
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Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
Paris Hilton Paris Hilton posed for photos ahead of the FIFA World Cup match played between USA and Paraguay in Los Angeles in a custom red, white and blue jersey with her last name written on the back.
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Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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Joseph Trinidad,
Longreads,
16 June 2026
Three of the fans — who identified themselves as Mohsen, Mehrdad and Amir, but declined to give their last names — later told The Athletic that stadium officials did not give them a reason for taking the banners.
—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Tree used his first and middle name as his stage name, while his legal last name was Nickell.
—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
Paris Hilton Paris Hilton posed for photos ahead of the FIFA World Cup match played between USA and Paraguay in Los Angeles in a custom red, white and blue jersey with her last name written on the back.
—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for last name
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While that name was chosen in 1946 by Ned Irish, the team’s founder and president, Knickerbocker is a Dutch surname that dates back to the early settlers of New Netherland.
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With a month to go until his 18th birthday, the teen reportedly decided to ditch his father’s surname on his official high school diploma.
Noun
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The estate has a long, storied history under many family names, but in 1575, the Essenault family rechristened it by contracting their family name to Issan.
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In sharp contrast to the first-generation members of the Frankfurt School, Habermas came from a petit-bourgeois, culturally conservative Protestant milieu, his family name going back to sixteenth-century Thuringian cobblers.
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“Last name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/last%20name. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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