If you're searching in America, they cannot just look at your name and assume you're a foreigner. An American can have any name...

When I was doing first year of MBA, I've searched for a job in the US as a foreigner and had chats with many international friends.

A foreign name decreases your chances of finding a job in the US. Call it whatever, it's a brutal reality. The people who were hurt the most were my Asian friends. Yes, John Green has a much higher chance of landing a job that Vibhav Chuktarmapal or Xi-Chen Zu-Hauwen. But it also works for any name that is not familiar to the American ear. I'm a marketing guy, and I'm 100% sure same is even more true in SF world, where people need to trust you and people naturally trust sth familiar.

Many of my friends Americanized their names (for example, Stanislav to Stan, etc.) for this reason.

You might like it, you might hate it. It's real.

Zero issues across the US and Canada. In my experience most racist people tend to have room temp IQ, and room temp IQ folks aren't usually running a business. :)

Haven't had any issues either, not with my name, nor my accent.

This world consists of all kinds of people and business owners come from all different backgrounds and belief systems. You will encounter owners who will not wish to engage with you because of ethnicity or accent. Move on. Do not waste your time with them.

Own it. Searching isn’t like finding a job. If you suspect a business owner doesn’t want to deal with you because of your name, you probably dodged a bullet early by avoiding a person you don’t want to be in business with. Beauty of entrepreneurship is that you choose who you deal with.

My 2 cents, written while in rural Alabama on a deal.

I do not face this issue. I have an American name. That said, my advice is: Do what makes YOU feel confident.

If you will feel insecure that maybe some owners are turning you away based on your name, then use a nickname to eliminate that insecurity. It's an easy way to remove a doubt from your mind and free you up to play your A game.

If you feel that using a nickname will be inauthentic and lower your confidence, then avoid it. Getting an extra 2% response rate is not worth lower confidence when trying to prove yourself as a capable buyer.