No doubt this kind of thing happened, but people also just changed their names over time because it's easier. One of my grandfather's brother migrated to Canada in the 50s, and he now goes by "Vanderloo" or "Vanderlo" (not entirely sure how he spells it) instead of "Van der Loo".

Same people Dutch people named Martijn or Maarten, who will often use Martin abroad. Johan Cruijff is typically known as Cruyff abroad, etc.