Last name adds automatically in contacts

One of my contact's last names automatically keep showing up....not sure if it is cause they are on icloud or what? Any help? It is quite annoying at i hate it.
Thank you

Hello Dlawn,
normally you should fill in the top two fields with the first and last name when creating a new contact item.
Did you always write there the names in the correct order?
Regards
DonTimo

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