last name
See also: last-name
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
last name (plural last names)
- One's family name; surname.
Usage notesEdit
- 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.
- The term last name is more common in the United States, surname in the British Isles.
SynonymsEdit
- family name, surname
- See also Thesaurus:surname
TranslationsEdit
surname — see surname