last name

noun

Definition of last namenext
as in surname
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 name Be ready to enter your first name, last name, email address, and choose either one or two tickets, plus check off a box. — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2026 That is, until one night, he’s approached outside his apartment building by a somewhat affected but seemingly earnest young man who goes by his last name, Meyers (Edmund Donovan). — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Three years later, the outlet reported that Suri officially severed ties with her famous father by legally dropping his last name. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 14 Aug. 2026 There is pressure on all of them, of course, starting with the kid at quarterback, whose last name is Dart but who hasn’t been throwing a lot of those in training camp. — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for last name
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  1. surname
  2. family name
Noun
  • Shiloh, now 20, filed to change her surname on May 27 of that year, which was also the then-teen’s 18th birthday.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In 2019, his great-nephews Albert and Lawrence Lewitinn (their surnames are spelled differently than the artist’s) inherited about 1,000 of the artist’s works.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of surname
Noun
  • As is the Pickwick Theater, built by his grandfather, and the William Malone Fountain by Rita’s on the Northwest Highway keeps the family name in town.
    — Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Her father, Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, changed the family name to Hepburn-Ruston before marrying van Heemstra in Batavia in 1926.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of family name

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