surname

Example Sentences

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"None of them will be able to grab power," said a local marketing professional named Elkin, who declined to give his surname.

From BBC

While researching Charleston’s parks before the trip, I’d come across a familiar surname: my own.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I wasn't there myself, but I had many friends and relatives who were," said one young mourner, who gave his surname as Orosstevic.

From Barron's

"The windows rattled, you could tell it was an explosion," said Grigory, 70, who also declined to give his surname.

From Barron's

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate includes a tart warning on the copyright page that the surname “is used by a number of publishers and may serve mainly to mislead an unwary buyer.”

From The Wall Street Journal