Name change publication

Should I be that worried about making my name change public? Have any of you had issues with violence or threats from newspaper publication of your name change? It is required in my county unless I feel it would endanger me, which I do. But I do not have a specific personal documented event that shows eminent danger. I mean statistics shows it can be dangerous to publicly advertise your change with your address.

I feel if I don’t, I’m just wasting time asking the judge to waive the publication part; which they rule on the day of the name change hearing.