Name change on passport after lottery selection

USA H1B Visa
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I want to go to renew my current passport after selecting in lottery. Main reason to go for renewal is my empty surname on passport and I heard from people that surname empty could create many problems once you reach to US. So I am very confused if I split my name in new passport it would create any problem or not because when I applied for lottery my surname was blank and full name (XXXX YYYY) was coming in given name but if I go for renewal surname would be (YYYY) and given name would be (XXXX).

Please suggest for same,name splitting on passport after lottery selection would cause any problem or it’s fine?

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Once you have updated the passport with new name, you need to file H-1 amendment to get the name in the petition updated (I assume petition was applied w/ old name, same as passport). Once that is done, go for H-1 stamping using the amended petition.