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Wie schreibt man polnische Namen? (Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz)

Wie schreibt man im Deutschen polnische Namen wie z.B. Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz? Gschegosch Bschenschytschykewitsch? Ich bin unsicher besonders bei der Wiedergabe von rz -> sch. Kontext: ...
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Indicate vowel hiatus in non-German family name

I have a non-German family name structurally similar to Meyer. People often mispronounce the ey as ay1. Can I use a vowel hiatus to indicate the desired pronunciation with e and y? Is Mёyer correct? I ...
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How to alphabetically sort a list of names?

How do you alphabetically sort German names when a list contains last names starting with "Von ...", "De ...", "Van ..." etc.? Also, how are words with umlauts (ä, ö, ü) and other diacritical ...