I change most NPC names that don't follow any kind of workable naming convention that I can explain in a given save. I mean, if I've created a neighborhood of mixed races, the names might be fine, unless they are all of a single type and ignore other naming conventions.
Example: If I have Nordic or Slavic appearing sims, African or Jamaican appearing sims, any of the Asian appeaing sims, or East Indian in appearance and every single family has East Indian names, I change them up and make them make sense. For instance, I have no problem with a name like Heidi Nakamura if say....one of the Munch family married one of the Nakamura family, but having 80 sims running 'round all with the name Johnson would really irk me. Or Yuki Johanson from parents of workable lineage, but just having 80 sims running round with the name Kimura would also irk me.
I realize we live in a world where names don't necessarily match nationality because we live in a lovely melting pot these days, but whole neighborhoods full of people with all one nationality's naming conventions or names that don't make any since in ANY culture... they get changed.
