Sorting Contacts from Backup Assistant

I exported my Outlook contacts to a cvs file in Excel.  I deleted all of the unnecessary fields so that I basically had the following fields:  First Name / Last Name / Phone / Mobile / etc.
I imported the file to Backup Assistant and then synced it with my phone.  The contacts are now on my phone, but they are listed (sorted) by First Name.  How can I get my contacts listed on my phone by Last Name?

Some phones do sort by first name, and some give you the option of sorting by first or last. If you have a phone that sorts by first name, then you would have to switch and put the last name in the first name field to "trick" your phone into sorting the way you want.
I wish I had a better answer, but if the phone sorts by first name only, then you have to "force" a sort by playing by the phone's rules...

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