I’m gonna say emphatically “Yes”, as I’ve been following my special vanity SERPs for “Keith Greene”. My main competition is a christian rock singer from the ’70s and a chef who once appeared on Hell’s Kitchen. Google still thinks I mean the non-Irish spelling of “Greene”, but what’s interesting is my online SEO resume ranks on page 1 for “keith greene” on Google.com (New Jersey proxy), but not on Google.ca (my home country):
Google.com results for "keith greene"
Google.ca results for "keith greene"
I host on Godaddy, which I gather the server is somewhere in the US, so this makes sense, but I’m a little disappointed in Google for not being able to recognize what country I’m from.. how rude!