Last Name First

[sup22]

I created a list of names in a column:

John Smith
Jane Doe
John Doe

Is there a way to flip flop them to change the cell so that the last name is first:

Smith, John
Doe, Jane
Doe, John

 

[VoG]

Hello and welcome to MrExcel.

Try this

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[sup22]

You are awesome! It worked. Thank you. That is a long formula. Just so I understand the formula, what does: LEN indicate

=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))&", "&LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

 

[VoG]

LEN() returns the length (number of characters).

 

[sup22]

You just saved me a lot of time. Thank you.

Have a good day!

 

[bosco_yip]

A bit shorter formula and not required the LEN function :

=MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,255)&", "&LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

Regards
Bosco

 

[Cindy Ellis]

One complication of name-related formulas is that they don't take into account that some first names have 2 parts and some last names have 2 or more parts, so you may still have to manually adjust some of the results.

 

[bosco_yip]

But, this formula, I think may be the shortest :

=MID(A1&", "&A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,LEN(A1)+1)

Regards
Bosco