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English
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)
- 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-Germanic *hlastuz, 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)
- 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,
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