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Re:Foreign Minister Taro Kono to ask media to switch order o... by maxander on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @01:38PM (#19972516)
As someone whose (bog-standard American-style) last name is also a common first name, this convention would save me a lot of trouble as well. It’s a consistent source of confusion for secretaries, receptionists, and so on.
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Re:Foreign Minister Taro Kono to ask media to switch order o... by astrobe_ on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @03:37PM (#19974013)
Our current prime minister is Edouard PHILIPPE: two first names. Out of the 20 most common family names, half are also used as first names.
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Re:Foreign Minister Taro Kono to ask media to switch order o... by NotPaidToPost on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @05:47PM (#19975433)
It is not that commonly used, though. Mostly on official documents.
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Re:Foreign Minister Taro Kono to ask media to switch order o... by marshray on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @03:45PM (#19974100) 

    /me waves
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