Extract the first, middle and last name in Microsoft Excel

» Extract the first, middle and last name in Microsoft Excel

CATEGORY: Excel Text , Excel Formula

VERSIONS: All Microsoft Excel Versions

Enter the following name in cell A1: George W. Bush

Use the following function to extract the first name:
=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

The Result: George

Use the following function to extract the middle name:
=IF(ISERR(MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,IF(ISERR(FIND(" ",A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1)), FIND(" ",A1),FIND(" ",A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1))-FIND(" ",A1)-1)),"",MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+ 1,IF(ISERR(FIND(" ",A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1)),FIND(" ",A1),FIND(" ",A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1))-FIND(" ",A1)-1))

The result: W.

Use the following function to extract the last name:
=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND("*",SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","*",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","")))))

The result: Bush

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Don Cherry wrote on December 31, 1969 19:00 EST

The only thing missing is for the rare case when there are two words in someone's last name, e.g. "Art X Van Delay" the last name is "Van Delay" but you only wind up with "Delay."

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John wrote on December 31, 1969 19:00 EST

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How to combine?

KY wrote on December 31, 1969 19:00 EST

After the words are separated, how do you combine Column A "George" with Column B "Bush" and come up with Column C "Bush, George"?

Thanks, much!
K, from Manila

saved me

Mike wrote on December 31, 1969 19:00 EST

I had a time sensitive document that I had to use this function and this saved me.

Thanks a ton

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