Making assumptions about names is always a risky situation, even having a separate first and last name field should be avoided wherever possible. In this specific case, applying auto-capitalisation to the first character of the last name field makes it impossible to correctly enter my (and many other) Dutch surname. Common initial parts of Dutch surnames are 'de', 'van', 'van der' and other combinations. These are always lowercase.
Fun additional trivia: when it comes to sorting these names alphabetically you are supposed to ignore the prefix. In the case of my name you'd index it under 'M', not 'v'.
Making assumptions about names is always a risky situation, even having a separate first and last name field should be avoided wherever possible. In this specific case, applying auto-capitalisation to the first character of the last name field makes it impossible to correctly enter my (and many other) Dutch surname. Common initial parts of Dutch surnames are 'de', 'van', 'van der' and other combinations. These are always lowercase.
Fun additional trivia: when it comes to sorting these names alphabetically you are supposed to ignore the prefix. In the case of my name you'd index it under 'M', not 'v'.
Arnout van Meer