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Excel Formula To Parse First And Last Name a column

Parse first and last name a column with a ready-to-use formula for Excel, Google Sheets, and WPS.

Quick answer

Parse first and last name a column.

Unified formula

ExcelWPS

=TEXTSPLIT(A2, " ")

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Google Sheets

=SPLIT(A2, " ")

How it works

Replace the sample range (like A2:A) with your real range.
Keep the same column order used in the example.
Fill down to apply the formula to every row.

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