Extracting Last names only from a cell of contacts

linaeum66

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<style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--></style>Hello, I am looking for a formula to convert a full name in the various formats seen below and convert them all to a consistent "last name only" cell in an adjacent column. I've been trying myself for a while, but am not making much progress. Does anyone know how to do this?
Thanks so much@:)




[TABLE="width: 0"]
<colgroup><col style="width: 100px"><col width="100"><col width="100"></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]Full name[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Last Name[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]John Doe[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Doe[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Doe, John[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Doe[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]John D. Doe[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Doe[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]John Doe MD[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Doe[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 
I suspect there will be other formats for which all or most of the suggestions will fail, but for those formats provided so far, here is yet another.

Excel Workbook
AB
1FullLast
2John DoeDoe
3Doe, JohnDoe
4John D. DoeDoe
5John Doe MDDoe
6John Doe PhDDoe
7John Hill PHDHill
8Sam WithersWithers
9Jones, Michael JohnJones
Last Name
 
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