Using https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexicographical_order
Exceptions:
- Things like
Élagbé
changed toElagbé
so it is in the “E” section. - Lowercase prefix names liked
van
are ignored. https://www.dutchgenealogy.nl/how-to-capitalize-dutch-names-with-prefixes/van Clief
will be in the “C” section. - If lastname word(s) is all uppercase it will be passed through
upperFirst
. - If lastname is single word is all lowercase then
upperFirst
.