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Extract Surname from text

Can you help me write a formula to extract the surname for a text.

For example,

Text

1. Peter V Crazy
2. James Van-Cleef
3. N N M B Chan

Results

1. Crazy
2. Van-Cleef
3. Chan

Thanks.

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