surname
second name BrE
last name AmE *

His surname has even led some to think he is not American.

At the time he was still using his real surname of Green.

More recently, the name has also been used as a surname.

And often they do not use a surname at all.

Now everyone was talking to the man using his surname.

On the other hand, the surname makes clear whether the person is a man or a woman.

It is also a first name and surname for some.

It is also possible to be used as a surname.

Many of these surnames are still common in the area.

It can be used as a given name or surname.

It is common as a given name and a surname.

There are about 16 million living people with this surname.

Must have taken the surname for that, and kept the trade.

Later he took the name of this town as his surname.

Children under the age of 16 are only allowed to change their surname once.

The first English public record of the surname was in 1212.

At present there are only very few families with this surname.

The surname is passed on from the father to his children.

Like most surnames, it is sometimes used as a first name.

During this time period surnames were not in common use.

See the article for a list of people with the surname.

Bay is a surname used in many countries around the world.

I'll set it up with your own first name and surname.

For a first name, it can be used when followed by the surname.

Fine, so maybe a surname is required in this case.

Going back a few more years, a last name was enough.

Finally, he looked up his own last name in a phone book.

Why do you and your mother have a different last name?

I'm not sure I can get the whole last name.

I had no idea of what her last name was.

A husband cannot take the last name of his wife.

What should I do if my last name has changed?

She'd never called anyone by their last name in her life.

Other people have only two: a first and last name.

At least the computer did not give him a new last name.

It was a play on his first and last name.

When it is not known, the last name should be used.

Also, I believe my last name had something to do with it.

If she had a last name, I never knew it.

The last named was the only one known to her.

She looked at me as though asking for his last name.

"Would the situation be different if our last name was Smith?"

In all the days to come, she never let on whether that was her first or last name.

No one present knew his last name, though it seemed the police did.

His last name changes several times in the course of this long story.

What difference did it make whether I knew her last name or not?

About 30 people are on the list - all but one with the same last name.

Even though both men had the same last name, they were not related.

Not a power thing - they want to have the same last name as their kids, usually.

Sure, he gets to be called by last name and title.