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a name shared by members of a family
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But critics warn that its documentation requirements could impede the ability of people who have changed their name, including married women who took their husband's last name, to register to vote.
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Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images 2015 [Zoe] Saldaña reveals that her husband was insistent on taking her last name, which their kids also share.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 3 Mar. 2025
Later, the Gee family sold the land and the enslaved workers there to a relative named Mark Pettway, who then forced several of the enslaved people to adopt his last name.
—Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025
After hearing the homeowner's last name, the neighbor asked if he was related to a man named Vinny with the same last name.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
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Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images 2015 [Zoe] Saldaña reveals that her husband was insistent on taking her last name, which their kids also share.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 3 Mar. 2025
Later, the Gee family sold the land and the enslaved workers there to a relative named Mark Pettway, who then forced several of the enslaved people to adopt his last name.
—Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025
After hearing the homeowner's last name, the neighbor asked if he was related to a man named Vinny with the same last name.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Last name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/last%20name. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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