last name
Americannoun
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last names
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of last name
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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"Everything is expensive, so it does not surprise me that Halloween candy is expensive too," said Mallory, who declined to give her last name.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
On busy nights, I’d estimate the wait, scribble down a last name, party size and pager number in black pen, then hand over a pleasantly hefty plastic puck.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
At a demonstration in Vienna, Zehra, 37, who did not want to give her last name, said her two daughters, aged nine and 13, were "sad and angry" about the ban.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
They had one job: Make Arch Manning live up to his last name and join football royalty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
“How about your last name? Carter, is it? How’d you get that?”
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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