Nhfulmer , I was going to post a reply, but you said pretty much what I was going to say.
edited to add-
At the university my daughter is attending, there is a Clark club, that is only for people who are named Clark. They will accept alternate spellings. (This may give away my daughter's destination to at least one GC'er. If it does, please help me keep that confidential!)
Now THAT's funny!