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Select the column containing the names you want to sort.
Click on the Data tab in the ribbon at the top of the Excel window.
Click on the Text to Columns button in the "Data Tools" group.
In the "Convert Text to Columns Wizard" dialog box, select Delimited and click Next.
In the "Delimiters" section, select Space and click Next.
In the "Data preview" section, you should see that Excel has split the names into two columns - one for first name and one for surname. Click Finish.
You should now have two columns - one for first name and one for surname. If you want to, you can delete the original column containing the names.
Select the two columns (first name and surname) that you want to sort by.
Click on the Sort & Filter button in the "Editing" group on the "Home" tab.
In the "Sort & Filter" drop-down menu, select Sort A to Z or Sort Z to A, depending on whether you want to sort by ascending or descending order.