last name
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of last name
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Father John, who didn't provide his last name, wrote in to BBC Your Voice to say he'd like to be able to perform ceremonies like this too.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
He later took the last name of his then-stepfather, William Manson.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
"I had a surge of patriotism and wanted to change my documents and get a Tajik first and last name, without the '-ov' ending," Alisher Rustamov, a Tajik who works in Russia, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
“It’s a little too secure,” said one of them, John, 60, who was visiting from Burbank and declined to give his last name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
During the immigration procedures, our last name changed to Leyson.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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