surname

noun/ˈsɜrneɪm/

Frequency rank: #7,699 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a person's family name, shared by members of the same family

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Example sentence

Please write your surname in the first box and your given name in the second box.

Synonyms & related words

  • lastname

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