why do we generally call people by their last names instead of first names?

Question by Rishabh Singla: why do we generally call people by their last names instead of first names?
for example we call bill gates as “gates”, steve ballmer as “ballmer”, bill clinton as “clinton” and condoleezza rice as “rice”. even among friends, we all generally call each other by our last names, and feel more comfortable with this. why so?

Best answer:

Answer by Ms. Wizard
yall just cut like that

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