Unless acknowledged officially, such spelling variants cannot be used as legal names.
In Denmark, the three spelling variants are the 53rd, 83rd, and 205th (respectively) most popular surnames.
All three names have multiple spelling variants which are also well-used.
The similar name Mia is also sometimes used as a spelling variant of Maya.
There are many Romanized spelling variants of the name.
So if a library user comes across this spelling variant, he or she will be led to the same author regardless.
There are over one hundred spelling variants of the surname including:
The term (in many spelling variants) first appears in the first half of the 14th century.
The apparent mistakes are due to the engraver's error and common Medieval spelling variants.
There exist many spelling variants of both names.