last name

Example Sentences

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For Russ, who was visiting from Arizona and likewise did not want to give his last name, that seems like a deal.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

ProPublica is withholding her last name because she fears being deported.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

James's last name didn't feature in Michelle's paternal line - he wasn't her father.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

A blood test ordered in a 2016 paternity suit confirmed one of the children, an 11-year-old girl, was Elkins’s child, although she didn’t use his last name, court records show.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

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

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson