The names in my desktop iMac are listed in alphabetical order by FIRST name. After transferring, they have appeared in alphabetical order by LAST name in my iPad. ????
See if this helps" http://www.wikihow.com/Sort-Your-iP...
They refer to iPhone; but as it and iPad use the asme OS... possibly the technique will apply?
And this is specific to iPad...
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/conte...
Quite why Apple change the order between iOS and OSX - ???
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