Vlookup

[Scottie4]

Hello everybody! I was curious if there was a way to count how many times a name popped up on an excel sheet, without needing to specify a specific name. As I have over 120 different names that are on the sheet multiple times I need a formula to show this.

 

[etaf]

you could do a pivot table of the names and count, then sort by name, and that would give you the most frequent
OR
If text
=INDEX(A2:A25,MODE(MATCH(A2:A25,A2:A25,0)))
easier if a number
=Mode(Range)

Book5
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
1
2	name 1		name 2		1		3
3	name 2				2
4	name 3				3
5	name 4				1
6	name 5				3
7	name 1				3
8	name 2
9	name 3
10	name 4
11	name 5
12	name 6
13	name 7
14	name 8
15	name 9
16	name 2
17	name 3
18	name 2
19	name 3
20	name 2
21	name 2
22	name 2
23	name 4
24	name 5
25	name 1
26
Sheet3

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
C2	C2	=INDEX(A2:A25,MODE(MATCH(A2:A25,A2:A25,0)))
G2	G2	=MODE(E2:E12)

 

[Scottie4]

you could do a pivot table of the names and count, then sort by name, and that would give you the most frequent
OR
If text
=INDEX(A2:A25,MODE(MATCH(A2:A25,A2:A25,0)))
easier if a number
=Mode(Range)

Book5
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
1
2	name 1		name 2		1		3
3	name 2				2
4	name 3				3
5	name 4				1
6	name 5				3
7	name 1				3
8	name 2
9	name 3
10	name 4
11	name 5
12	name 6
13	name 7
14	name 8
15	name 9
16	name 2
17	name 3
18	name 2
19	name 3
20	name 2
21	name 2
22	name 2
23	name 4
24	name 5
25	name 1
26
Sheet3

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
C2	C2	=INDEX(A2:A25,MODE(MATCH(A2:A25,A2:A25,0)))
G2	G2	=MODE(E2:E12)

Thank you! But the index function just shows the most frequent name on my list!

 

[etaf]

sorry , i thought thats what you wanted

way to count how many times a name popped up on an excel sheet,

As I have over 120 different names that are on the sheet multiple times I need a formula to show this.

can you explain further , what you mean, as i clearly have not understood - sorry

you could do a pivot table of the names and count, then sort by name, and that would give you the most frequent

This would show ALL the names and count how many times they appear

Note: Images are difficult to see , and also requires that I input all the data myself, which means I may make an error, which is very time consuming, and from my point of view less likely to get a response, if a complicated spreadsheet. Plus we cannot see any of the formulas used.

Therefore -

A SMALL sample spreadsheet, around 10-20 rows, would help a lot here, with all sensitive data removed, and expected results mocked up and manually entered, with a few notes of explanation.

MrExcel has a tool called “XL2BB” that lets you post samples of your data and will allow us to copy/paste your sample data into our Excel spreadsheets, saving a lot of time.

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You can also test to see if it works ok, in the "Test Here" forum.

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OR if you cannot get XL2BB to work, or have restrictions on your PC , then put the sample spreadsheet onto a share
I only tend to goto OneDrive, Dropbox or google docs , as I'm never certain of other random share sites and possible virus.
Please make sure you have a representative data sample and also that the data has been desensitised, remember this site is open to anyone with internet access to see - so any sensitive / personal data should be removed

 

[Scottie4]

You’re fine! I just need a function that will be able too give me how many times each name is on the excel sheet

 

[etaf]

OK,
2 functions
UNIQUE()
and COUNTIF()
or as mentioned originally a pivot table

Book5
	A	B	C	D
1
2	name 1		name 1	3
3	name 2		name 2	7
4	name 3		name 3	4
5	name 4		name 4	3
6	name 5		name 5	3
7	name 1		name 6	1
8	name 2		name 7	1
9	name 3		name 8	1
10	name 4		name 9	1
11	name 5
12	name 6
13	name 7
14	name 8
15	name 9
16	name 2
17	name 3
18	name 2
19	name 3
20	name 2
21	name 2
22	name 2
23	name 4
24	name 5
25	name 1
Sheet3

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
C2:C10	C2	=UNIQUE(FILTER(A:A,A:A<>""))
D2:D10	D2	=COUNTIF(A:A,C2)
Dynamic array formulas.