One thing I am pretty sure happens: people who come from countries where they use a different alphabet get wildly different spellings of the same names. My last

One thing I am pretty sure happens: people who come from countries where they use a different alphabet get wildly different spellings of the same names. My last name (Maroon) has been spelled Maroun, Maron, etc. In many cases you probably had someone who doesn't speak much English, doesn't know our English/Latin alphabet, and a clerk who is just sounding it out as best they can.