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Default how to seperate cell contents into two cloumns ?

I have a list of about 4000 names...however...the names, both first and
last, are all in one column as follows: column A = lastname1, firstname1.
What I need to do is copy all the last names in column A and insert them in
the adjacent cells in column B. I then would have a worksheet of names as
follows:

A B
row 1 - firstname1 - lastname1
row 2 - firstname2 - lastname2
etc

In essence...I need to edit each cell, copy the text before the "," copy or
move that to the adjacent cell and delete the , and the text (name) that
came before it in column 1

How can this be done...thanks, Tim