Thesaurus results for LAST NAMES

last names

noun

plural of last name

as in surnames

a name shared by members of a family please write your first name, middle initial, and last name at the top of the form

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Recent Examples of last names Many of the winemakers in Alsace have a combination of French and German first and last names because the vines on the other side of the Rhine River are planted in German soil. —

Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2026 Before the couple, who are both 28 and prefer to keep their last names private, walked down the aisle, Alexa had a wedding dress reveal with her eight bridesmaids. —

Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026 Rounding out the top 10 most common last names in 2020 were Garcia, Miller, Rodriguez, Davis and Martinez. —

Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026 The two artists announced a joint tour on Friday, dubbed the R&B Tour, a reference to their last names, Raymond -- Usher's full name is Usher Raymond IV -- and Brown. —

ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026 The singers announced their co-headlining R&B Tour — a nod to their last names, Raymond and Brown — on Friday. —

Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026 Consider these gender-neutral last names that can work for both boys and girls. —

Lisa Milbrand, Parents, 1 Apr. 2026 Critics say millions of people, including married women who have changed their last names, could be excluded from voting and that voter fraud is exceedingly rare in the United States. —

Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026 The president has called for doing away with voting by mail and wants to require every American voter to reregister with proof-of-citizenship documents that, according to election law experts, could disenfranchise married women who changed their last names, students and people of color. —

Sophia Bollag, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026

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The top five American surnames — Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown and Jones — remained unchanged from 2010 to 2020, but Asian surnames surged to become the fastest-growing in the decade.

— Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
The best iterations of this event over the past half-century have culminated in victories by global superstars whose surnames are unnecessary.

— Jason Sobel, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026