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See also: last, läst, låst, læst, and lást

English

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Etymology

Various origins:

  • English metonymic occupational surname for a cobbler, from last (“a tool for shaping shoes”). Compare Laster.
  • Also as an English surname, from the adjective last.
  • Borrowed from Dutch and German Last, an occupational surname for a porter (see the German entry below).

Proper noun

Last (plural Lasts)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Last is the 15922nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1825 individuals. Last is most common among White (92.66%) individuals.

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German

Etymology

    From Middle High German last, from Old High German last, hlast, from Proto-West Germanic *hlasti, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”), whence English laden. Compare English last and ballast.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    Last f (genitive Last, plural Lasten)

    1. load, burden
      • 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 18:
        Und sie ging gebückt, als trage sie eine schwere Last, […]
        And she walked bowed as if she carried a heavy load, […]

    Declension

    Declension of Last [feminine]
    More information singular, plural ...

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