Difficulties having an unusual "last name"...

So I have a suffix at the end of my name. Like kings and stuff (think King Bob III).

It gave me a bit of trouble in the US but not much. I existed twice at the DMV. One was me without the suffix, one me with it. It's on my birth certificate. It's after my last name. However I do not consider it my last name. It's a suffix, kind of like a title that's built right into your name (but one you don't have to mention).

In the US despite the complications (like existing twice which I fixed with a trip to the DMV) suffixes are optional when it comes to legal documents. Obama for example has a suffix in his name but doesn't write it down every time.


Now I move to the UK and I'm told nobody has ever heard of this outside of kings and crap. Dunno how true it is but at the same time nobody seems to know how to work with a suffix. Despite me trying to keep things all the same it seems like people have handle it different ways.  Now across the board I'm known as "LastName Suffix" or "LastName" in whatever random government thing there is.

I've been told that I absolutely NEED to have the suffix in there since it's on my passport and work permit. However I freakin' hate that. My suffix isn't part of my last name...  But I tried it anyways. However people still randomly included it or not. I have no idea what kind of issues this could cause, if any, in the future. I've been told that it could cause issues but I've gotten no details. Maybe it won't.  Anyone have ANY experience with this?

My sympathy.  I get my first name spelled wrong (an extra e) all the time.  Mostly I let it slide but did get it corrected on the voting list.

What issues are you concerned about?

I don't think it'll cause any problems but imagine it's highly annoying. 

On the phone, everyone thinks I'm saying a different name to my actual name (they think I'm  saying an R when I'm saying an L).  Drives me up the wall.

My name is an unusual spelling, using an "i" instead of an "e" and apparently, even when I spell it out, it get's misspelled.

I can imagine how much of a pain that is for you. I hope you get it worked out!

I am just discovering the joys of having an 'unusual' last name.  I decided to hyphenate my name after I got married so now my name is FistName MiddleName MaidenName-MarriedName.  My maiden name is a common word in the English language and my married name is one of the most common surnames in both the USA and the UK.  However, put them together and people just do not understand. 

I've also found out through personal experience that not all airlines will accept a hyphen when entering your details during booking.  My passport has a hyphen while my UK visa does not, yay!

Hope everything gets worked out with your suffix.  They cannot be *that* uncommon that no one in England has ever seen one, or so you'd think.

They are very uncommon in the UK that I'm not surprised that people don't know what to do.
If you are referring to something like John Smith III. I'm British and have never, in 50 years, come across any Briton with a name like that. It's one of those things that I always wonder"why" when I see it in the US....what is the fascination with it?
People might name their first born son after the father here but they wouldn't put anything on the end like that.