IMessage Name Order

Hi,
I have a slight problem where my iMessage contacts on my MacBook are showing last name, then first name. Whilst some people love this, I personally hate it.
I don't appear to be able to change this anywhere in the settings either, when I go to 'View -> Sort Buddies' I am unable to select how I want them to be sorted - as show in the attachment below.
Any help would be much appreciated.

Please ignore - I have found out that I needed to change the sort order within Contacts to change this.
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