ICloud adds a Last Name to my contact after I send an email - why?

I record all my Contacts in iCloud without last names, for example I will load 'John Smith' as a First Name, and leave the Last Name field blank.
When I send John Smith an email via Mail, the Contact Card will automatically change his name to John Smith Smith (ie adds a Last Name field).
I have one contact loaded as Tom , and after I send him an email, his Contact Card changes to Tom - iCloud adds a to the Last Name field.
Have been to the Genuis Bar at my local Apple Store and have had no luck.

It's Apple. Apple has taken to embracing the good old Microsoft paradigm - your OS knows what you need more than you do. Apple won't fix this 'bug' because it's not a bug to them.. it's intentional. If the last name field is left empty, then the field is filled in if possible using info from other fields. I put fist and last name in first name field because I think in terms of first names and I want contacts sorted by first names for my own quick reference. Apple doesn't like my way of thinking, so it has been incessantly trying to correct it for 4 years. Thanks Steve Jobs Jobs.

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