How to Use surname in a Sentence
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Kat, who did not give her surname, moved in afew months ago.
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Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Dec. 2025
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Indeed, her surname is first in the new firm.
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Carole Horst,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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This here is a nepo baby failing to live up to his surname.
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Blake Toppmeyer,
USA TODAY,
9 Oct. 2025
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Names can have a maximum of two first names and four surnames.
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Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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Bolan copped his stage surname from glam-rock legend Marc Bolan.
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Matt Wake | [email protected],
al,
3 May 2022
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Most of Pitt’s kids have stopped using the Pitt surname in the past few years.
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Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
22 May 2026
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Thus far, at least four of Pitt’s children have publicly dropped his surname.
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Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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At the mention of the close match’s surname, Vicki’s face turned bright red.
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Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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So, what is his original surname?
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Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
7 Apr. 2026
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Saint-Wulfstan is a very rare surname.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Feb. 2026
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Choosing a last name or surname as a first name (or given name) is not a new tradition.
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Lisa Milbrand,
Parents,
1 Apr. 2026
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Morgan and her two siblings and all three took the surname Harvey.
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Katie Mannion,
Peoplemag,
15 May 2023
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Pedro had no surname; his nickname came from his days at the orphanage.
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Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Following their day out on a yacht, Sean appeared to adopt her surname.
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Meg Walters,
InStyle,
3 Apr. 2026
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And many share the last name Patel, a common surname in the region.
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Catherine E. Shoichet,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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One question that remains is whether or not either star will update their surname.
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Emma Banks,
InStyle,
27 May 2026
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Reuters was asked by the mine’s management not to name it or give the surnames of those interviewed.
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Reuters,
Fortune Europe,
22 Nov. 2023
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On the left is the crest for Sophia’s mother’s surname, Fullerton.
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Lennie Omalza,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Nov. 2025
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Because that was his surname, and every spouse takes the husband's surname.
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Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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One inductee surname already occupies two places in the hall.
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Lola Sherman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Oct. 2023
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Her stage name is derived from a variation of the surname of Ron Slater.
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Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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From there, Harris took on his adoptive parents’ surname.
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Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Much ado has been made about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s surname.
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Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
7 Apr. 2026
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Many women have married and taken their husband’s surname.
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Esha Mitra,
CNN Money,
25 Dec. 2025
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In the video above, listen as his surname announced, and watch the stunned stepdad collapse into tears of joy.
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Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
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Fitzpatrick's company crunched the data and came up with the surname Miller.
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Morgan Canty,
CBS News,
21 Oct. 2023
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While his company doesn’t make use of his surname, his brother has a business that does, which has led customers to make jokes.
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Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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At least three members of the panel have Hispanic surnames.
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Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2026
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In sports, some siblings are so accomplished that they can be recognized by only their surnames.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
8 Feb. 2026
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In sports, some siblings are so accomplished that they can be recognized by only their surnames.
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Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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The zoo’s manager, surnamed Huang, said the dogs are one of its top attractions.
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Alex Stambaugh,
CNN,
20 Sep. 2024
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The manager, surnamed Wag, said Sun did not buckle a safety belt prior to the routine, per the report.
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Abigail Adams,
Peoplemag,
19 Apr. 2023
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The individual, surnamed Yang, declined to share his first name due to concerns about speaking with foreign media.
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Eunice Yoon,evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
20 Sep. 2024
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Gandhi had asked in an election campaign speech, referring to two fugitive businessmen, both surnamed Modi.
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Reuters,
NBC News,
4 Aug. 2023
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Gansu authorities said the suspect, surnamed Hong, was questioned in the city of Dongguan in southern Guangdong province on May 5.
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Chris Lau,
CNN,
9 May 2023
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The woman, surnamed Sun, fell to the stage while performing a mid-air routine on Saturday with her husband in a village near the city of Suzhou in central Anhui province.
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Nectar Gan,
CNN,
18 Apr. 2023
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The Chengdu police used social media on Wednesday to report that a 39-year-old man surnamed Chen was arrested on suspicion of opening a casino.
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Patrick Frater,
Variety,
22 Nov. 2023
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The 39-year-old Chinese national, surnamed Hao, was a cadre at a ministry and had gone to Japan for studies, which was where the spying recruitment occurred, the ministry said.
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Reuters,
NBC News,
21 Aug. 2023
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One user, surnamed Zhao, told CNN that the two apps enabled friends to meet especially in the less cosmopolitan parts of the country where places for gay people to gather are almost non-existent.
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Steven Jiang,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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The defense ministry said Wednesday that a lieutenant colonel surnamed Hsieh and other defendants were suspected of having been recruited by China to leak national defense secrets and other information.
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Time,
2 Aug. 2023
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The pilot killed when a plane crashed into Beijing’s tallest building Friday was a 66-year-old man surnamed Liu, Beijing’s Chaoyang district government said Thursday, as officials seek to end speculation about the incident.
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Reuters,
NBC news,
2 July 2026
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Local police in Jiangyou said the incident took place July 22, when a 15-year-old girl surnamed Liu and two others, ages 13 and 14, assaulted the 14-year-old victim, surnamed Lai, in a vacant building.
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Peter Guo,
NBC news,
7 Aug. 2025
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