surname
last name
last name
noun
The definition of last name is your surname or the name handed down from your parents.
For someone named Jim Smith, Smith is an example of a last name.
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last name
noun
See surname.
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Usage notes
- A last name is so called because it is in English written last, after the given names. However, in many other languages and cultures this name precedes the given name; in these cases, the terms surname or family name are more appropriate.
Adjective
last-name
- attributive form of last name, noun.
- I need last-name information from the database.
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