Practical International Data Management - Name elements

Globally, names can be created using one or more elements. For example, an Anglos Saxon name may have one or more given names, and one or more surnames. In other cultures the nature of these elements differ.

For example, in some cultures people may only have given names.

Examples

• Apa, a Nepalese sherpa who has scaled Everset a record number of times, has no other names.
• Sukarno, the first president of Indonesia, had only one name, as did his successor Suharto

Processing

• As not everybody has a surname/family name, this should not be a required field on customer-facing input forms.

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