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    Sorting by number of occurrences

    Please see the attached spreadsheet. I have a list of 1268 names, some of them appearing more than once. I want to know how many times each name appears on the list, and then rank the names by the number of times they're listed. How do I do this?

    Thank you in advance for your help!
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    Re: Sorting by number of occurrences

    In cell B4 use the formula:

    =COUNTIF($A$4:$A$1272,A4) and copy down.

    Then sort on column 'B' values largest to smallest

    EllBol
    Last edited by EllBol; 03-06-2012 at 03:04 PM.

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    Re: Sorting by number of occurrences

    Outstanding. Thanks EllBol, that's exactly what I needed!

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