How to Find a Person by First and Last Name: Best Methods and Websites

4 Methods to Find Someone by First and Last Name Quickly

Have you ever needed to talk to a person and realized that over the years you have lost all way to get in touch with them? Maybe you lost their phone number and email, and you don't know their address or they moved. It is in this situation that many of us have ever wondered if it is possible find a person by first and last name.

And the answer to this question is that it is yes. And indeed, thanks to the invention of the Internet, it is now much easier than it was before. Therefore, in today's article, we will explain the 4 methods that will allow you to find a person by their first and last name easily and in a matter of minutes.

Method #1: Search on social networks

Facebook Social Media

According to a Kepios analysis, approximately 59.3% of the world population are users of at least one social network; that's more than half. Given this fact, it's social media where you're most likely to find a person by their first and last name, so this is the first place you should look.

There are a lot of social networks where you can search for a person by their name and other personal information such as their location, education and contacts. The most popular are:

  • Facebook: It is used by almost 40% of the world's population, so the probability that you will find your target in this network is great. It allows you to search by first and last name, city, education and mutual friends. People often add contact information like their phone number and email to their profile.
  • LinkedIn: Everyone puts their real name on LinkedIn, and that makes the search easier. If the person you are looking for seems professionally seasoned, then yes or if he has a profile on this social network. LinkedIn has the best search tool, allowing you to filter by locations, interests, industry, education, language, contacts, and much more.
  • Instagram: You can search for a person by their first and last name. Each user also has a unique username, which can match their real first and last name. Profile photos will allow you to check if you found the right person.
  • Twitter: On Twitter, the search for users works the same as on Instagram. You can search by first name, last name and username.
  • Skype or Whatsapp: Another professional social network is Skype. In this you can find a person by their first and last name, and quickly find other contact information such as their phone number or email.

Tip: It's not always necessary to contact the person you're trying to find directly. If the person in question isn't very active on the internet, it's wiser to contact someone on your FB friend list and ask them to provide you with a phone number or address for the person.

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Method #2: Find a person by first and last name with the Google search engine

How to search for someone by their first and last name on Google

Our next method of finding people by first and last name is Google. The search engine allows you to consult information from (literally) the entire Internet: in blogs, business pages, social networks, etc., thus magnifying your chance of finding the person you are looking for.

But be careful, to find the right result among the hundreds of thousands of pages, you must know how to search like a professional. There are a lot of Google tricks to make searches more precise, although in order not to bore you, we will show you only one: the quotation marks. You must put the name and surname of the person in quotation marks, followed by other important information (city, company, university...) also in quotation marks. For example:

  • "Sandra Ortega Mera" "La Coruña"
  • "Larry Page" "Stanford"
  • "Amancio Ortega" "Inditex"

This will show only the results that have those specific keywords. A Sandra Ortega Mera who lives in La Coruña, a Larry Page who studied at Stanford, or an Amancio Ortega who is the executive director of Inditex.

Google to search social networks

Google search can also be a replacement for the social media search we talked about above. Let me explain: you put the name of the person followed by the name of a social network. Example: "david lopez facebook.com».

With this trick you will be able to see a list of the most active Facebook profiles with that name and one of them could be the person you are looking for; remember that most Facebook profiles are inactive and practically abandoned by their owners.

Method #3: Phone books and white pages

White pages

Phone directories were originally books listing the phone numbers of every person (and business) in a city in alphabetical order. Currently these guides are hardly used anymore, but in some countries their electronic versions persist on the Internet: the White pages.

A white page is a web page that works as a directory or list of inhabitants of a city organized in alphabetical order. Each list entry is a person and may have other details such as phone numbers, addresses, and emails. Just like a conventional phone book.

This is an article from Wikipedia with a list of countries that have functional white pages. On the other hand, physical telephone directories are not common nowadays, but if it happens that there is one in the city where the person you are looking for lives, and you are in that same city, do not hesitate to check it out!

Method #4: Use web pages to find a person by first and last name

Pages to search for people by first and last name

Contrary to what you might think, people search pages are the least effective method of allThat is why we have put it last. Many times they do not have information about the person you are looking for or they are directly inoperable.

Another issue is that most of these websites are in English and base their searches on the United States (they won't help you if the person you're looking for doesn't live in that country).

Anyway, if you want to give it a try, the Internet recommends these websites to find people by first and last name: Pipl, WebMii, BeenVerified, Hunter, Search People Free, AnyWho.


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