Your reasoning is your own. My cousin has recently done the same. I have no opinion about it either way. Now, after $40,000 USD spent in higher learning:

Mitochondria are passed directly from the mother, they stop on the male side. i.e. You won't pass yours on, and your father didn't pass his on. Scientifically it makes sense to carry on your maternal name. oh, I got this useless piece of information in the first $8,000.