Examples of Last-Name Basis in Webcomics.
- Most of the pilots in Angels 2200 are referred to by their callsign or last name, as is common in real-life enlisted troops.
- Bittersweet Candy Bowl has Alec McCain, who is only referred to by his first name by Sue.
- All of the government-employed characters in Doomsday, My Dear refer to each other by last name: Zahra, Bowden, Young, et cetera. A few characters refer to Khepry and Chet by their first names, but no one uses Cyril's.
- This is the norm in Majestani culture in City of Somnus - first names are only used among close friends, except for prince Paollo, Goji (who is a child) and Odette (who only has one name, or at least only remembers having one name).
- In Girl Genius, Gil and Tarvek are almost permanently on last-name terms with each other - justified in that there was a mutual betrayal when they were children that led to Tarvek getting sent back to his Big, Screwed-Up Family, then when they met as teenagers in Paris that didn't go so well either. At the moment, they're both rivals for Agatha's affections. They do sometimes refer to each other by first name when speaking to Agatha though, usually when expressing the fact that they don't hate each other as much as they pretend.
- Parley from Gunnerkrigg Court is called by her last name, because everyone's too nice to call her George.
- The title character of It's Walky! goes by Walkerton. He doesn't actually like his nickname Walky, though even his parents call him by it; there are only a few characters he actually doesn't mind using it. Almost no one calls him "David".
- New School Kids: Frank is called by a shortening of his last name. His full name is Jonah Frankenstein.
- In The Order of the Stick, Vaarsuvius refers to people they respect by title and last name. They normally refer to people they don't respect (such as Belkar, Elan, and Miko) by race or class ("the halfling," "the bard" and "the paladin," respectively). Nale is an exception, being referred to as "Nale" because he doesn't have a last name or a single class to pigeonhole him into.
- Muneca Powell of Pacificators is such a Proper Lady, she even calls her best friend Kathy Lee by her last name. The only time Muneca doesn't refer to somebody by their last name is when speaking with children. It is implied that Muneca warms up so quickly to Daryl Smithson in part because he happily complies with this.
- Johnathan Gabriel from Penny Arcade usually goes by "Gabe."
- Jardren Stiggs from Prophecy of the Circle prefers being called by his last name, even by friends.
- Rain (2010): Blair Carver hates his first name and prefers to simply be referred to as Carver.
- Nolan from Regular Guy.
- Gage, one of the Circle Band's trumpeters in Rhapsodies. Only his girlfriend calls him by his embarrassing first name, Clarence.
- Despite Dr. Jekyll frequently being called by his first name, Henry, in The Search For Henry Jekyll, his alter-ego Hyde is almost never referred to by his given name, Edward.
- In Supernatural Law by Batton Lash, Alanna Wolff, and Jeff Byrd refer to each other by their surnames, though they are clearly both friends and business partners, if not each others' Love Interest.
- Twenty-Fifth Bam from Tower of God calls his best friend, Khun Aguero Agnes, simply Mr. Khun.
- Tripping Over You: Milo refers to his stepfather as "Mr. Sinclair", not least because he was Milo's talent agent as a child actor and Milo has some lingering reservations about the change in their relationship.
- Unsounded: Elka is only known as Elka, which turns out to be her family name rather than her given name when she gives the full name of an uncle.
