How to Split Full Name into Last Name in Excel and Google Sheets

Опубликовано: 26 Апрель 2026
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***************************************************************************************************** Quickly learn how to extract the LAST NAME after a SPACE or extract TEXT AFTER a space, symbol or character in Excel and Google Sheets.

In this video I will show you how to extract the text AFTER a space with 2 functions

1 - The MID Function    • MID Functions with examples to extract cha...  
2 - The FIND Function    • FIND a character or string from another st...  

With the MID function we extract text from the middle of a string. And with the FIND function we can get a number that represents the position of the first character of the text which we want to extract.

And later in the video you will get a formula you can save,
So you can use this formula whenever you have to extract text before a space, symbol or character.

Time Stamps
00:00:00 Objective
00:00:39 Example of extracting the LAST NAME from a cell before a space. Use 2 functions MID function and FIND function to extract the first name
00:00:51 Example of extracting the LAST NAME with the MID function ONLY
00:03:26 Use the FIND Function to find the position of the space
00:04:32 Relationship between the result from the FIND function (to find the position of a space) and the number of characters in the text before a space
00:05:06 Use FIND function within the MID function as a parameter to calculate the number of characters in the FIRST NAME
00:05:59 FORMULA to extract FIRST NAME before a space. It can be used to extract text before a space, symbol or character.

INDEX function:    • EXTRACT values and arrays from a table usi...  
MATCH function:    • MATCH Function explained with examples in ...  
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FUNCTIONS:    • Playlist  

PROBLEMS:    • Playlist  

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MID Function Support Docs: https://support.google.com/docs/answe...

FIND Function Support Docs: https://support.google.com/docs/answe...

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