From 61a57b8fdfaf06085502d776799ea0a377ff061b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SNoiraud <serge.noiraud@laposte.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:06:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Strange index and surnames count in narrative web

Fixes #010172
---
 gramps/plugins/webreport/common.py | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gramps/plugins/webreport/common.py b/gramps/plugins/webreport/common.py
index 81e54282f..52f3775c7 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/webreport/common.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/webreport/common.py
@@ -290,12 +290,10 @@ def sort_people(dbase, handle_list, rlocale=glocale):
         primary_name = person.get_primary_name()
 
         if primary_name.group_as:
-            surname = primary_name.group_as.encode('utf-8')
+            surname = primary_name.group_as
         else:
             group_map = _nd.primary_surname(primary_name)
             surname = dbase.get_name_group_mapping(group_map)
-            if isinstance(surname, bytes):
-                surname = surname.decode('utf-8')
 
         # Treat people who have no name with those whose name is just
         # 'whitespace'