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Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 1990 � Names Files
NOTE: No specific individual information is given.
Each of the three files, (dist.all.last), (dist. male.first), and (dist female.first) contain four items of data. The four items are:
- A "Name"
- Frequency in percent
- Cumulative Frequency in percent
- Rank
In the file (dist.all.last) one entry appears as:
MOORE 0.312 5.312 9
In our search area sample, MOORE ranks 9th in terms of frequency. 5.312 percent of the sample population is covered by MOORE and the 8 names occurring more frequently than MOORE. The surname, MOORE, is possessed by 0.312 percent of our population sample.
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