I’m trying to find a database of surnames for use in writing\/testing code that converts an author name (e.g, “Stan Sieler”) into a sortable\/alphabetizable name (e.g, “Sieler, Stan”). <\/p>\n
Many surnames are compound (“de Camp”, “Cartwright-Chickering” (bonus for people who recognize that one!), some with and some without hypens, and some with more than two words.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Census database isn’t useful to me … they compress all last names, removing spaces.<\/p>\n
(I’m ignoring people like “Arthur Conan Doyle”, whose last name at birth was “Doyle”, but later adopted the practice of using “Conan Doyle” as his surname … confusing librarians around the world \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n
Any pointers appreciated, thanks!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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