I do not understand why people jump to the conclusion that it was that particular person. It might have been a common name at the time and place.
For the people who follow this stuff, it’s not likely to be the same guy as in the Bible. It’s just that we see the same or a similar name from what seems to be the same time period. This contradicts historical minimalists, who hold that without hard evidence, the details in the Bible can be assumed to come from a much later period.