charlie smith jones
alex smith
bob smith-jones

alex smith
charlie smith jones*
bob smith-jones

*assuming "smith" is not a middle name

Charlie Smith Jones
Alex Smith
Bob Smith-Jones

Charlie Smith Jones
Alex Smith
Bob smith-jones

Alex Smith
Bob Smith-Jones
Charlie Smith Jones

for the record, the reason for this poll is that different areas of the system I use at work uses different sorting priorities and it drives me crazy

Alex Smith, Charlie Smith Jones (Assuming non - hyphenated double barrel attendance! surname), Bob Smith-Jones

if 'Charlie Smith Jones ' is full legal name and Smith is the middle name, then put Charlie in the front

Smith Jones is two last names, Spanish style

then my first thought stands. it makes sense to have nothing before you have something

i had definitely interpreted charlie smith jones as first middle last. my answer does change knowing this but the answer i gave does accurately portray what i would think if given exactly as much context as the op

sanduophon: I took the pattern and assumed two last names bc it is not that uncommon of a practice-- like in Hispanic cultures. I knew there was at least another way to look at it, though, which is why I gave an alternate

i also did the thing duo did yeah

sob, I didn't intend for it to be a trick question

(I went to an oddly multicultural high school-- the town was largely Greek, but the main metro area was founded mostly by Italians and Cubans)

yeah, I see so many Hispanic names at work that the two last names thing is completely second nature to me