Sounds like the inverse of what some Asians, who have 2-letter surnames like “Ng”, have to put up with when systems expect last names to be 3+ characters. Though I don’t think that minimum restriction comes up in major govt systems.
People named Null also have a hard time: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160325-the-names-that-brea...
Strong type systems do help.