last name

noun

1. surname.

last name

noun

1. another term for surname

Word History and Origins

Origin of last name¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Many Colored people took the last name Freeman to reflect their newly freed status in the world.

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She requested The Times not share his name or her last name for fear of retribution.

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Sarah, a Utah Interior Department employee who asked her last name not be used, was among them.

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He went by his maternal grandmother’s last name professionally, as did two of his three brothers who all worked in broadcast journalism.

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Anomaly, who changed his last name as a college student, is a former professor of political science at Duke University.

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Related Words

• surname