1990 Census Name Files

Name 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:


 * 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.male.first
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