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Well, if the app is designed for the asia pacific region then last name first name should be default to fit the majority of user's expectation, no?
Even in countries where you might assume this is true, it's not always! For instance in China, most names are single character family name followed by a two character given name. Some rare family names are two characters and usually they will have a single character given name. Some people have single character family name and single character given name. Then you get people from different ethnic groups who put the f…
It doesn’t matter if the ethnic group writes it last first or first last.
If you’re filling in Chinese documentation and writing it in Chinese it will be a single field in Chinese.
If you’re writing it in English it will be written in 2 fields as first name and last name as the English version of the Chinese name.
The spoken English name of “alice” or “David” are not used on official documentation.
Name cards will sometimes have English names and sometimes they will put the English name with Chinese last name. But also write the Chinese name in Chinese.
I can’t believe how much people are over thinking this stuff.