With list of names starting in A1, try this in B1:

=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND("^^^",SUBSTITUTE(A1,"
","^^^",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","")))))

Copy down as needed.
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HTH,

RD

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"NWO" wrote in message
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Hi.

Seems simple, but not for me...

I have a list of names in the format John N Jones (no commas). I want to
only capture the last name (i.e. Jones) in another cell. How do I
accomplish
this. I already tried the Pearson site, but no help. No code please.

Thank you.

Mark