Assuming your list of names are in A2:A60000

=COUNTIF($A42:$A$60000,"Bill")

returns the number of "Bill" in your above mentioned range.


On May 12, 3:00 am, nyberg75 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi
> How can i sum/count the number of times a name has occured
> Example:
> John
> Bill
> Gordon
> Bill
> Bill
> Sara
> Bill
> John
>
> Result:
> Bill = 4 times
> John = 2 times

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