You can also create a dynamic sort function that sorts objects by their value that you pass:

function dynamicSort(property) {
    var sortOrder = 1;
    if(property[0] === "-") {
        sortOrder = -1;
        property = property.substr(1);
    }
    return function (a,b) {
        var result = (a[property] < b[property]) ? -1 : (a[property] > b[property]) ? 1 : 0;
        return result * sortOrder;
    }
}

So you can have an array of objects like this:

var People = [
    {Name: "Name", Surname: "Surname"},
    {Name:"AAA", Surname:"ZZZ"},
    {Name: "Name", Surname: "AAA"}
];

...and it will work when you do:

People.sort(dynamicSort("Name"));
People.sort(dynamicSort("Surname"));
People.sort(dynamicSort("-Surname"));

Multiple Parameters

You can use the function below to generate sort functions with multiple sort parameters.

function dynamicSortMultiple() {
    /*
     * save the arguments object as it will be overwritten
     * note that arguments object is an array-like object
     * consisting of the names of the properties to sort by
     */
    var props = arguments;
    return function (obj1, obj2) {
        var i = 0, result = 0, numberOfProperties = props.length;
        /* try getting a different result from 0 (equal)
         * as long as we have extra properties to compare
         */
        while(result === 0 && i < numberOfProperties) {
            result = dynamicSort(props[i])(obj1, obj2);
            i++;
        }
        return result;
    }
}

Which would enable you to do something like this:

People.sort(dynamicSortMultiple("Name", "-Surname"));

Adding It To The Prototype

(Implementation which is just below is inspired from Mike R's answer)

I wouldn't recommend changing a native object prototype but just to give an example so you can implement it on your own objects (For the environments that support it, you can also use Object.defineProperty as shown in the next section, which at least doesn't have the negative side-effect of being enumerable, as described at the last part)

Prototype implementation would be something like the following (Here's a working example):

//Don't just copy-paste this code. You will break the "for-in" loops
!function() {
    function _dynamicSortMultiple(attr) {
       /* dynamicSortMultiple function body comes here */
    }
    function _dynamicSort(property) {
        /* dynamicSort function body comes here */
    }
    Array.prototype.sortBy = function() {
        return this.sort(_dynamicSortMultiple.apply(null, arguments));
    }
}();

The "OK" Way Of Adding It To The Prototype

If you're targeting IE v9.0 and up then, as I previously mentioned, use Object.defineProperty like this (working example):

//Won't work below IE9, but totally safe otherwise
!function() {
    function _dynamicSortMultiple(attr) {
       /* dynamicSortMultiple function body comes here */
    }
    function _dynamicSort(property) {
        /* dynamicSort function body comes here */
    }
    Object.defineProperty(Array.prototype, "sortBy", {
        enumerable: false,
        writable: true,
        value: function() {
            return this.sort(_dynamicSortMultiple.apply(null, arguments));
        }
    });
}();

This can be an acceptable compromise until the bind operator arrives.

All those prototype fun enables this:

People.sortBy("Name", "-Surname");

You Should Read This

If you use the direct prototype access method (Object.defineProperty is fine) and other code does not check hasOwnProperty, kittens die! Ok, to be honest, no harm comes to any kitten really but probably things will break and every other developer in your team will hate you:

See that last "SortBy"? Yeah. Not cool. Use Object.defineProperty where you can, and leave the Array.prototype alone otherwise.

underscore.js

use underscore, its small and awesome...

sortBy_.sortBy(list, iterator, [context]) Returns a sorted copy of list, ranked in ascending order by the results of running each value through iterator. Iterator may also be the string name of the property to sort by (eg. length).

var objs = [ 
  { first_nom: 'Lazslo',last_nom: 'Jamf' },
  { first_nom: 'Pig', last_nom: 'Bodine'  },
  { first_nom: 'Pirate', last_nom: 'Prentice' }
];

var sortedObjs = _.sortBy( objs, 'first_nom' );

Don't get why people make it so complicated:

objs.sort(function(a, b){
  return a.last_nom > b.last_nom;
});

For stricter engines:

objs.sort(function(a, b){
  return a.last_nom == b.last_nom ? 0 : +(a.last_nom > b.last_nom) || -1;
});

Swap the operator to have it sorted by reverse alphabetical order.

In ES6/ES2015 or later you can do this way:

objs.sort((a, b) => a.last_nom.localeCompare(b.last_nom));

If you have duplicate last names you might sort those by first name-

obj.sort(function(a,b){
  if(a.last_nom< b.last_nom) return -1;
  if(a.last_nom >b.last_nom) return 1;
  if(a.first_nom< b.first_nom) return -1;
  if(a.first_nom >b.first_nom) return 1;
  return 0;
});

Simple and quick solution to this problem using prototype inheritance:

Array.prototype.sortBy = function(p) {
  return this.slice(0).sort(function(a,b) {
    return (a[p] > b[p]) ? 1 : (a[p] < b[p]) ? -1 : 0;
  });
}

Example / Usage

objs = [{age:44,name:'vinay'},{age:24,name:'deepak'},{age:74,name:'suresh'}];

objs.sortBy('age');
// Returns
// [{"age":24,"name":"deepak"},{"age":44,"name":"vinay"},{"age":74,"name":"suresh"}]

objs.sortBy('name');
// Returns
// [{"age":24,"name":"deepak"},{"age":74,"name":"suresh"},{"age":44,"name":"vinay"}]

Update: No longer modifies original array.

Instead of using a custom comparison function, you could also create an object type with custom toString() method (which is invoked by the default comparison function):

function Person(firstName, lastName) {
    this.firtName = firstName;
    this.lastName = lastName;
}

Person.prototype.toString = function() {
    return this.lastName + ', ' + this.firstName;
}

var persons = [ new Person('Lazslo', 'Jamf'), ...]
persons.sort();

Example Usage:

objs.sort(sortBy('last_nom'));

Script:

/**
 * @description 
 * Returns a function which will sort an
 * array of objects by the given key.
 * 
 * @param  {String}  key
 * @param  {Boolean} reverse
 * @return {Function}     
 */
function sortBy(key, reverse) {

  // Move smaller items towards the front
  // or back of the array depending on if
  // we want to sort the array in reverse
  // order or not.
  var moveSmaller = reverse ? 1 : -1;

  // Move larger items towards the front
  // or back of the array depending on if
  // we want to sort the array in reverse
  // order or not.
  var moveLarger = reverse ? -1 : 1;

  /**
   * @param  {*} a
   * @param  {*} b
   * @return {Number}
   */
  return function(a, b) {
    if (a[key] < b[key]) {
      return moveSmaller;
    }
    if (a[key] > b[key]) {
      return moveLarger;
    }
    return 0;
  };

}

Sorting (more) Complex Arrays of Objects

Since you probably encounter more complex data structures like this array, I would expand the solution.

TL;DR

Are more pluggable version based on @ege-Özcan's very lovely answer.

Problem

I encountered the below and couldn't change it. I also did not want to flatten the object temporarily. Nor did I want to use underscore / lodash, mainly for performance reasons and the fun to implement it myself.

var People = [
   {Name: {name: "Name", surname: "Surname"}, Middlename: "JJ"},
   {Name: {name: "AAA", surname: "ZZZ"}, Middlename:"Abrams"},
   {Name: {name: "Name", surname: "AAA"}, Middlename: "Wars"}
];

Goal

The goal is to sort it primarily by People.Name.name and secondarily by People.Name.surname

Obstacles

Now, in the base solution uses bracket notation to compute the properties to sort for dynamically. Here, though, we would have to construct the bracket notation dynamically also, since you would expect some like People['Name.name'] would work - which doesn't.

Simply doing People['Name']['name'], on the other hand, is static and only allows you to go down the n-th level.

Solution

The main addition here will be to walk down the object tree and determine the value of the last leaf, you have to specify, as well as any intermediary leaf.

var People = [
   {Name: {name: "Name", surname: "Surname"}, Middlename: "JJ"},
   {Name: {name: "AAA", surname: "ZZZ"}, Middlename:"Abrams"},
   {Name: {name: "Name", surname: "AAA"}, Middlename: "Wars"}
];

People.sort(dynamicMultiSort(['Name','name'], ['Name', '-surname']));
// Results in...
// [ { Name: { name: 'AAA', surname: 'ZZZ' }, Middlename: 'Abrams' },
//   { Name: { name: 'Name', surname: 'Surname' }, Middlename: 'JJ' },
//   { Name: { name: 'Name', surname: 'AAA' }, Middlename: 'Wars' } ]

// same logic as above, but strong deviation for dynamic properties 
function dynamicSort(properties) {
  var sortOrder = 1;
  // determine sort order by checking sign of last element of array
  if(properties[properties.length - 1][0] === "-") {
    sortOrder = -1;
    // Chop off sign
    properties[properties.length - 1] = properties[properties.length - 1].substr(1);
  }
  return function (a,b) {
    propertyOfA = recurseObjProp(a, properties)
    propertyOfB = recurseObjProp(b, properties)
    var result = (propertyOfA < propertyOfB) ? -1 : (propertyOfA > propertyOfB) ? 1 : 0;
    return result * sortOrder;
  };
}

/**
 * Takes an object and recurses down the tree to a target leaf and returns it value
 * @param  {Object} root - Object to be traversed.
 * @param  {Array} leafs - Array of downwards traversal. To access the value: {parent:{ child: 'value'}} -> ['parent','child']
 * @param  {Number} index - Must not be set, since it is implicit.
 * @return {String|Number}       The property, which is to be compared by sort.
 */
function recurseObjProp(root, leafs, index) {
  index ? index : index = 0
  var upper = root
  // walk down one level
  lower = upper[leafs[index]]
  // Check if last leaf has been hit by having gone one step too far.
  // If so, return result from last step.
  if (!lower) {
    return upper
  }
  // Else: recurse!
  index++
  // HINT: Bug was here, for not explicitly returning function
  // http://stackoverflow.com/a/17528613/3580261
  return recurseObjProp(lower, leafs, index)
}

/**
 * Multi-sort your array by a set of properties
 * @param {...Array} Arrays to access values in the form of: {parent:{ child: 'value'}} -> ['parent','child']
 * @return {Number} Number - number for sort algorithm
 */
function dynamicMultiSort() {
  var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments); // slight deviation to base

  return function (a, b) {
    var i = 0, result = 0, numberOfProperties = args.length;
    // REVIEW: slightly verbose; maybe no way around because of `.sort`-'s nature
    // Consider: `.forEach()`
    while(result === 0 && i < numberOfProperties) {
      result = dynamicSort(args[i])(a, b);
      i++;
    }
    return result;
  }
}

Example

Working example on JSBin

additional desc params for Ege Özcan code

function dynamicSort(property, desc) {
    if (desc) {
        return function (a, b) {
            return (a[property] > b[property]) ? -1 : (a[property] < b[property]) ? 1 : 0;
        }   
    }
    return function (a, b) {
        return (a[property] < b[property]) ? -1 : (a[property] > b[property]) ? 1 : 0;
    }
}

Acording your example, you need to sort by two fields (last name, first name), rather then one. You can use Alasql library to make this sort in one line:

var res = alasql('SELECT * FROM ? ORDER BY last_nom, first_nom',[objs]);

Try this example at jsFiddle.

Combining Ege's dynamic solution with Vinay's idea, you get a nice robust solution:

Array.prototype.sortBy = function() {
    function _sortByAttr(attr) {
        var sortOrder = 1;
        if (attr[0] == "-") {
            sortOrder = -1;
            attr = attr.substr(1);
        }
        return function(a, b) {
            var result = (a[attr] < b[attr]) ? -1 : (a[attr] > b[attr]) ? 1 : 0;
            return result * sortOrder;
        }
    }
    function _getSortFunc() {
        if (arguments.length == 0) {
            throw "Zero length arguments not allowed for Array.sortBy()";
        }
        var args = arguments;
        return function(a, b) {
            for (var result = 0, i = 0; result == 0 && i < args.length; i++) {
                result = _sortByAttr(args[i])(a, b);
            }
            return result;
        }
    }
    return this.sort(_getSortFunc.apply(null, arguments));
}

Usage:

// Utility for printing objects
Array.prototype.print = function(title) {
    console.log("************************************************************************");
    console.log("**** "+title);
    console.log("************************************************************************");
    for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
        console.log("Name: "+this[i].FirstName, this[i].LastName, "Age: "+this[i].Age);
    }
}

// Setup sample data
var arrObj = [
    {FirstName: "Zach", LastName: "Emergency", Age: 35},
    {FirstName: "Nancy", LastName: "Nurse", Age: 27},
    {FirstName: "Ethel", LastName: "Emergency", Age: 42},
    {FirstName: "Nina", LastName: "Nurse", Age: 48},
    {FirstName: "Anthony", LastName: "Emergency", Age: 44},
    {FirstName: "Nina", LastName: "Nurse", Age: 32},
    {FirstName: "Ed", LastName: "Emergency", Age: 28},
    {FirstName: "Peter", LastName: "Physician", Age: 58},
    {FirstName: "Al", LastName: "Emergency", Age: 51},
    {FirstName: "Ruth", LastName: "Registration", Age: 62},
    {FirstName: "Ed", LastName: "Emergency", Age: 38},
    {FirstName: "Tammy", LastName: "Triage", Age: 29},
    {FirstName: "Alan", LastName: "Emergency", Age: 60},
    {FirstName: "Nina", LastName: "Nurse", Age: 54}
];

//Unit Tests
arrObj.sortBy("LastName").print("LastName Ascending");
arrObj.sortBy("-LastName").print("LastName Descending");
arrObj.sortBy("LastName", "FirstName", "-Age").print("LastName Ascending, FirstName Ascending, Age Descending");
arrObj.sortBy("-FirstName", "Age").print("FirstName Descending, Age Ascending");
arrObj.sortBy("-Age").print("Age Descending");

A simple way:

objs.sort(function(a,b) {
  return b.last_nom.toLowerCase() < a.last_nom.toLowerCase();
});

See that '.toLowerCase()' is necessary to prevent erros in comparing strings.

There are many good answers here, but I would like to point out that they can be extended very simply to achieve a lot more complex sorting. The only thing you have to do is to use the OR operator to chain comparision functions like this:

objs.sort((a,b)=> fn1(a,b) || fn2(a,b) || fn3(a,b) )

Where fn1, fn2, ... are the sort functions which return [-1,0,1]. This results in "sorting by fn1", "sorting by fn2" which is pretty much equal to ORDER BY in SQL.

This solution is based on the behaviour of || operator which evaluates to the first evaluated expression which can be converted to true.

The simplest form has only one inlined function like this:

// ORDER BY last_nom
objs.sort((a,b)=> a.last_nom.localeCompare(b.last_nom) )

Having two steps with last_nom,first_nom sort order would look like this:

// ORDER_BY last_nom, first_nom
objs.sort((a,b)=> a.last_nom.localeCompare(b.last_nom) || 
                  a.first_nom.localeCompare(b.first_nom)  )

A generic comparision function could be something like this:

// ORDER BY <n>
let cmp = (a,b,n)=>a[n].localeCompare(b[n])

This function could be extended to support numeric fields, case sensitity, arbitary datatypes etc.

You can them use it with chaining them by sort priority:

// ORDER_BY last_nom, first_nom
objs.sort((a,b)=> cmp(a,b, "last_nom") || cmp(a,b, "first_nom") )
// ORDER_BY last_nom, first_nom DESC
objs.sort((a,b)=> cmp(a,b, "last_nom") || -cmp(a,b, "first_nom") )
// ORDER_BY last_nom DESC, first_nom DESC
objs.sort((a,b)=> -cmp(a,b, "last_nom") || -cmp(a,b, "first_nom") )

The point here is that pure JavaScript with functional approach can take you a long way without external libraries or complex code. It is also very effective, since no string parsing have to be done

I know this question is too old, but I didn't see any implementation similar to mine.
This version is based on the Schwartzian transform idiom.

function sortByAttribute(array, ...attrs) {
  // generate an array of predicate-objects contains
  // property getter, and descending indicator
  let predicates = attrs.map(pred => {
    let descending = pred.charAt(0) === '-' ? -1 : 1;
    pred = pred.replace(/^-/, '');
    return {
      getter: o => o[pred],
      descend: descending
    };
  });
  // schwartzian transform idiom implementation. aka: "decorate-sort-undecorate"
  return array.map(item => {
    return {
      src: item,
      compareValues: predicates.map(predicate => predicate.getter(item))
    };
  })
  .sort((o1, o2) => {
    let i = -1, result = 0;
    while (++i < predicates.length) {
      if (o1.compareValues[i] < o2.compareValues[i]) result = -1;
      if (o1.compareValues[i] > o2.compareValues[i]) result = 1;
      if (result *= predicates[i].descend) break;
    }
    return result;
  })
  .map(item => item.src);
}

Here's an example how to use it:

let games = [
  { name: 'Pako',              rating: 4.21 },
  { name: 'Hill Climb Racing', rating: 3.88 },
  { name: 'Angry Birds Space', rating: 3.88 },
  { name: 'Badland',           rating: 4.33 }
];

// sort by one attribute
console.log(sortByAttribute(games, 'name'));
// sort by mupltiple attributes
console.log(sortByAttribute(games, '-rating', 'name'));

You may need to convert them to the lower case in order to prevent from confusion.

objs.sort(function (a,b) {

var nameA=a.last_nom.toLowerCase(), nameB=b.last_nom.toLowerCase()

if (nameA < nameB)
  return -1;
if (nameA > nameB)
  return 1;
return 0;  //no sorting

})

function compare(propName) {
    return function(a,b) {
        if (a[propName] < b[propName])
            return -1;
        if (a[propName] > b[propName])
            return 1;
        return 0;
    };
}

objs.sort(compare("last_nom"));

objs.sort(function(a,b){return b.last_nom>a.last_nom})

One more option:

var someArray = [...];

function generateSortFn(prop, reverse) {
    return function (a, b) {
        if (a[prop] < b[prop]) return reverse ? 1 : -1;
        if (a[prop] > b[prop]) return reverse ? -1 : 1;
        return 0;
    };
}

someArray.sort(generateSortFn('name', true));

sorts ascending by default.

I Just enhanced Ege Özcan's dynamic sort to dive deep inside objects. If Data looks like this:

obj = [
    {
        a: { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 },
        b: { a: 4, b: 5, c: 6 }
    },
    { 
        a: { a: 3, b: 2, c: 1 },
        b: { a: 6, b: 5, c: 4 }
}];

and if you want to sort it over a.a property I think my enhancement helps very well. I add new functionality to objects like this:

Object.defineProperty(Object.prototype, 'deepVal', {
    enumerable: false,
    writable: true,
    value: function (propertyChain) {
        var levels = propertyChain.split('.');
        parent = this;
        for (var i = 0; i < levels.length; i++) {
            if (!parent[levels[i]])
                return undefined;
            parent = parent[levels[i]];
        }
        return parent;
    }
});

and changed _dynamicSort's return function:

return function (a,b) {
        var result = ((a.deepVal(property) > b.deepVal(property)) - (a.deepVal(property) < b.deepVal(property)));
        return result * sortOrder;
    }

And now you can sort by a.a. this way:

obj.sortBy('a.a');

See Commplete script in JSFiddle

This is a simple problem, don't know why people have such complex solution.
A simple sort function (based on quick-sort algorithm):

function sortObjectsArray(objectsArray, sortKey)
        {
            // Quick Sort:
            var retVal;

            if (1 < objectsArray.length)
            {
                var pivotIndex = Math.floor((objectsArray.length - 1) / 2);  // middle index
                var pivotItem = objectsArray[pivotIndex];                    // value in the middle index
                var less = [], more = [];

                objectsArray.splice(pivotIndex, 1);                          // remove the item in the pivot position
                objectsArray.forEach(function(value, index, array)
                {
                    value[sortKey] <= pivotItem[sortKey] ?                   // compare the 'sortKey' proiperty
                        less.push(value) :
                        more.push(value) ;
                });

                retVal = sortObjectsArray(less, sortKey).concat([pivotItem], sortObjectsArray(more, sortKey));
            }
            else
            {
                retVal = objectsArray;
            }

            return retVal;
        }

Use example:

var myArr = 
        [
            { val: 'x', idx: 3 },
            { val: 'y', idx: 2 },
            { val: 'z', idx: 5 },
        ];
myArr = sortObjectsArray(myArr, 'idx');

Using xPrototype: https://github.com/reduardo7/xPrototype/blob/master/README.md#sortbycol1-col2-coln

var o = [ 
  { Name: 'Lazslo', LastName: 'Jamf'     },
  { Name: 'Pig',    LastName: 'Bodine'   },
  { Name: 'Pirate', LastName: 'Prentice' },
  { Name: 'Pag',    LastName: 'Bodine'   }
];


// Original
o.each(function (a, b) { console.log(a, b); });
/*
 0 Object {Name: "Lazslo", LastName: "Jamf"}
 1 Object {Name: "Pig", LastName: "Bodine"}
 2 Object {Name: "Pirate", LastName: "Prentice"}
 3 Object {Name: "Pag", LastName: "Bodine"}
*/


// Sort By LastName ASC, Name ASC
o.sortBy('LastName', 'Name').each(function(a, b) { console.log(a, b); });
/*
 0 Object {Name: "Pag", LastName: "Bodine"}
 1 Object {Name: "Pig", LastName: "Bodine"}
 2 Object {Name: "Lazslo", LastName: "Jamf"}
 3 Object {Name: "Pirate", LastName: "Prentice"}
*/


// Sort by LastName ASC and Name ASC
o.sortBy('LastName'.asc, 'Name'.asc).each(function(a, b) { console.log(a, b); });
/*
 0 Object {Name: "Pag", LastName: "Bodine"}
 1 Object {Name: "Pig", LastName: "Bodine"}
 2 Object {Name: "Lazslo", LastName: "Jamf"}
 3 Object {Name: "Pirate", LastName: "Prentice"}
*/


// Sort by LastName DESC and Name DESC
o.sortBy('LastName'.desc, 'Name'.desc).each(function(a, b) { console.log(a, b); });
/*
 0 Object {Name: "Pirate", LastName: "Prentice"}
 1 Object {Name: "Lazslo", LastName: "Jamf"}
 2 Object {Name: "Pig", LastName: "Bodine"}
 3 Object {Name: "Pag", LastName: "Bodine"}
*/


// Sort by LastName DESC and Name ASC
o.sortBy('LastName'.desc, 'Name'.asc).each(function(a, b) { console.log(a, b); });
/*
 0 Object {Name: "Pirate", LastName: "Prentice"}
 1 Object {Name: "Lazslo", LastName: "Jamf"}
 2 Object {Name: "Pag", LastName: "Bodine"}
 3 Object {Name: "Pig", LastName: "Bodine"}
*/

I came into problem of sorting array of objects, with changing priority of values, basically I want to sort array of peoples by their Age, and then by surname - or just by surname, name. I think that this is most simple solution compared to another answers.

it' is used by calling sortPeoples(['array', 'of', 'properties'], reverse=false)

///////////////////////example array of peoples ///////////////////////

var peoples = [
    {name: "Zach", surname: "Emergency", age: 1},
    {name: "Nancy", surname: "Nurse", age: 1},
    {name: "Ethel", surname: "Emergency", age: 1},
    {name: "Nina", surname: "Nurse", age: 42},
    {name: "Anthony", surname: "Emergency", age: 42},
    {name: "Nina", surname: "Nurse", age: 32},
    {name: "Ed", surname: "Emergency", age: 28},
    {name: "Peter", surname: "Physician", age: 58},
    {name: "Al", surname: "Emergency", age: 58},
    {name: "Ruth", surname: "Registration", age: 62},
    {name: "Ed", surname: "Emergency", age: 38},
    {name: "Tammy", surname: "Triage", age: 29},
    {name: "Alan", surname: "Emergency", age: 60},
    {name: "Nina", surname: "Nurse", age: 58}
];



//////////////////////// Sorting function /////////////////////
function sortPeoples(propertyArr, reverse) {
        function compare(a,b) {
            var i=0;
            while (propertyArr[i]) {
                if (a[propertyArr[i]] < b[propertyArr[i]])  return -1;
                if (a[propertyArr[i]] > b[propertyArr[i]])  return 1;
                i++;
            }
            return 0;
            }
        peoples.sort(compare);
        if (reverse){
            peoples.reverse();
        }
    };

////////////////end of sorting method///////////////
function printPeoples(){
  $('#output').html('');
peoples.forEach( function(person){
 $('#output').append(person.surname+" "+person.name+" "+person.age+"<br>");
} )
}

<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
  <html>
  <body>
<button onclick="sortPeoples(['surname']); printPeoples()">sort by ONLY by surname ASC results in mess with same name cases</button><br>
<button onclick="sortPeoples(['surname', 'name'], true); printPeoples()">sort by surname then name DESC</button><br>
<button onclick="sortPeoples(['age']); printPeoples()">sort by AGE ASC. Same issue as in first case</button><br>
<button onclick="sortPeoples(['age', 'surname']); printPeoples()">sort by AGE and Surname ASC. Adding second field fixed it.</button><br>
        
    <div id="output"></div>
    </body>
  </html>

// Sort Array of Objects

// Data
var booksArray = [
    { first_nom: 'Lazslo', last_nom: 'Jamf'     },
    { first_nom: 'Pig',    last_nom: 'Bodine'   },
    { first_nom: 'Pirate', last_nom: 'Prentice' }
];

// Property to Sort By
var args = "last_nom";

// Function to Sort the Data by given Property
function sortByProperty(property) {
    return function (a, b) {
        var sortStatus = 0,
            aProp = a[property].toLowerCase(),
            bProp = b[property].toLowerCase();
        if (aProp < bProp) {
            sortStatus = -1;
        } else if (aProp > bProp) {
            sortStatus = 1;
        }
        return sortStatus;
    };
}

// Implementation
var sortedArray = booksArray.sort(sortByProperty(args));

console.log("sortedArray: " + JSON.stringify(sortedArray) );

Console log output:

"sortedArray: 
[{"first_nom":"Pig","last_nom":"Bodine"},
{"first_nom":"Lazslo","last_nom":"Jamf"},
{"first_nom":"Pirate","last_nom":"Prentice"}]"

Adapted based on this source: http://www.levihackwith.com/code-snippet-how-to-sort-an-array-of-json-objects-by-property/

This will sort a two level nested array by the property passed to it in alpha numeric order.

function sortArrayObjectsByPropAlphaNum(property) {
    return function (a,b) {
        var reA = /[^a-zA-Z]/g;
        var reN = /[^0-9]/g;
        var aA = a[property].replace(reA, '');
        var bA = b[property].replace(reA, '');

        if(aA === bA) {
            var aN = parseInt(a[property].replace(reN, ''), 10);
            var bN = parseInt(b[property].replace(reN, ''), 10);
            return aN === bN ? 0 : aN > bN ? 1 : -1;
        } else {
            return a[property] > b[property] ? 1 : -1;
        }
    };
}

Usage:

objs.sort(utils.sortArrayObjectsByPropAlphaNum('last_nom'));

So here is one sorting algorithm which can sort in any order , throughout array of any kind of objects , without the restriction of datatype comparison ( i.e. Number , String )

function smoothSort(items,prop,reverse) {  
    var length = items.length;
    for (var i = (length - 1); i >= 0; i--) {
        //Number of passes
        for (var j = (length - i); j > 0; j--) {
            //Compare the adjacent positions
            if(reverse){
              if (items[j][prop] > items[j - 1][prop]) {
                //Swap the numbers
                var tmp = items[j];
                items[j] = items[j - 1];
                items[j - 1] = tmp;
            }
            }

            if(!reverse){
              if (items[j][prop] < items[j - 1][prop]) {
                  //Swap the numbers
                  var tmp = items[j];
                  items[j] = items[j - 1];
                  items[j - 1] = tmp;
              }
            }
        }
    }

    return items;
}

• the first argument items is the array of objects ,

• prop is the key of the object on which you want to sort ,

• reverse is a boolean parameter which on being true results in Ascending order and in false it returns descending order.