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HAS_COMPOUND_SURNAME

Returns TRUE when a name appears to contain a compound surname.

Syntax

=HAS_COMPOUND_SURNAME(full_name)

Parameters

Namefull_name
Typetext or range
DescriptionFull name text, or a range containing full names.

Returns

TRUE or FALSE. Blank input returns FALSE.

Example

=HAS_COMPOUND_SURNAME("Ludwig van Beethoven")

Result: TRUE

Notes

Range inputs are supported. SPLIT_NAME flattens the input range into one output row per name.

The parser handles titles, suffixes, comma-formatted names, and common surname particles such as van, von, de, del, and de la.

All parsing runs locally inside the spreadsheet with no external API calls.

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