If an author's lastname begins with a lowercase letter it will not be parsed correctly by _grabSurname in biblio.contributors.inc. The surname ends up in the prefix column of the biblio_contributor_data table in those cases. Examples deMarcaida, al-Din, d'Azzo. I am not sure whether those spellings are valid or can be considered typos.

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rjerome commented

Given the number of permutations and combinations of name formats, trying to parse names into component pieces (without human intervention) is one of the most difficult problems. I'll see if there is some way to handle these sorts of cases.

Ron.

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