There are many times where even I, at certain points in the evening, after a few drinks, can't pronounce my own surname.
I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.
In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from.
There is no English surname, however ancient and dignified, that cannot instantly be improved by the prefix ‘Spanker’.
