1990 Census Name Files

by the United States Census Bureau

Name Files

*NOTE: No specific individual information is given.*

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Name	Last modified	Size
[TXT] dist.all.last	09-May-95 23:19	2M
[TXT] dist.female.first	29-Sep-94 12:23	146K
[TXT] dist.male.first	29-Sep-94 12:23	41K

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Each of the three files, (dist.all.last), (dist. male.first), and (dist female.first) contain four items of data. The four items are:

1. A "Name"
2. Frequency in percent
3. Cumulative Frequency in percent
4. 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.

Detailed Methodology

Variables in Names Files:

name

freq = Frequency in percent

cum.freq = Cumulative Frequency in percent

rank

First ten entries in dist.all.last

name	freq	cum.freq	rank
SMITH	1.006	1.006	1
JOHNSON	0.810	1.816	2
WILLIAMS	0.699	2.515	3
JONES	0.621	3.136	4
BROWN	0.621	3.757	5
DAVIS	0.480	4.237	6
MILLER	0.424	4.660	7
WILSON	0.339	5.000	8
MOORE	0.312	5.312	9
TAYLOR	0.311	5.623	10

First ten entries in dist.female.first

name	freq	cum.freq	rank
MARY	2.629	2.629	1
PATRICIA	1.073	3.702	2
LINDA	1.035	4.736	3
BARBARA	0.98	5.716	4
ELIZABETH	0.937	6.653	5
JENNIFER	0.932	7.586	6
MARIA	0.828	8.414	7
SUSAN	0.794	9.209	8
MARGARET	0.768	9.976	9
DOROTHY	0.727	10.703	10

First ten entries in dist.male.first

name	freq	cum.freq	rank
JAMES	3.318	3.318	1
JOHN	3.271	6.589	2
ROBERT	3.143	9.732	3
MICHAEL	2.629	12.361	4
WILLIAM	2.451	14.812	5
DAVID	2.363	17.176	6
RICHARD	1.703	18.878	7
CHARLES	1.523	20.401	8
JOSEPH	1.404	21.805	9
THOMAS	1.38	23.185	10

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division,
Population Analysis & Evaluation Staff
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Last Revised: March 17, 2005 at 11:12:14 AM

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