US Census data from their site: http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/ (1). A "Name" (2). Frequency in percent (3). Cumulative Frequency in percent (4). Rank ------------------------------------- Example: 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. --------------------------------------- name freq cum.freq rank DUTTON 0.007 51.173 1879 In our Search Area sample, DUTTON ranks 1879th in terms of frequency. 51.173 percent of the sample population is covered by DUTTON and the 1878 names occurring more frequently than DUTTON. The surname, DUTTON, is possessed by 0.007 percent of our population sample. 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.... STRANG 0.001 71.825 10699 when I lost my link. Carole