How do I resolve the issue of Outlook not properly organizing or sorting my contacts by last name?

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To resolve this issue, try the following:

Configure Outlook to control how contacts are sorted by setting the Sort by option.
Set the alternate option of Sort by display name to ensure contacts are correctly sorted by last name.
If the issue persists, rebuild the Outlook contacts list by running a ‘Detect and Repair’ function.
To do this, open Outlook and navigate to the Help tab and look for Detect and Repair.
Finally, try restarting Outlook to resolve the issue.