last name

Example Sentences

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You’ll need to input your last name, birth date, the house number of your residential address and your ZIP Code.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

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

From Salon • May 2, 2026

People "hear my last name and know that I am of French descent and they make a false connection to the European tropes of a Parisian lifestyle".

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Two other children, aged 6 and 5, share her same last name.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Dicey couldn’t make up a new last name, except Smith and nobody would believe that even if it was true.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt