as in surname
a name shared by members of a family
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Recent Examples of last name
According to Fox 35, deputies mistook Vasquez for their suspect due to a one-letter difference in the spelling of their last names.
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Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Paul’s last name is on the door.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
This was so touching, that the kids in the group homes would take each other’s last names to replicate being a family.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Note that hyphenated last name — once upon a time, that alone would be enough to establish your wokeness and thus invulnerability from any kind of disciplinary action, let alone having to work, at ZooMass.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
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Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Paul’s last name is on the door.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
This was so touching, that the kids in the group homes would take each other’s last names to replicate being a family.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Note that hyphenated last name — once upon a time, that alone would be enough to establish your wokeness and thus invulnerability from any kind of disciplinary action, let alone having to work, at ZooMass.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for last name
Noun
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And many share the last name Patel, a common surname in the region.—
Catherine E. Shoichet,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Finlay was her mother's maiden name, and the surname for her famous grandmother, Marjorie Finlay.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Also endangering the family name and business is a crooked deal made by Byron Hedges (Jack Gleeson), an illegitimate cousin helping Guinness expand into America, that promises 15% of all American profits to the Fenian Brotherhood.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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The family name is kind of a big deal in Arlington.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Last name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/last%20name. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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