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Cell A1 has "John Doe", what formula can use to get the last name only in
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Try this...

=MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,50)

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Default Seperate last name from a cell with full name

Assuming the cell only has a first and last name, you can use:

=MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,999)
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Cell A1 has "John Doe", what formula can use to get the last name only in
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"Luke M" wrote:

Assuming the cell only has a first and last name, you can use:

=MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,999)
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Cell A1 has "John Doe", what formula can use to get the last name only in
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