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Originally Posted by Malleus Dei
I downloaded that file set but the last names in it appear to have no frequencies set.
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This was done because most of the names would be the o'*** type names. Kind of like the chinese file, IRL 70% of the population actually share 1 of the top 3 most common surnames.
This was done by design, I did not want a bunch of the same names being created. Again this was created to get a group of 80-100 players into my Euro League. With a very good listing of first names this will create a lot of names through the originator. Modify to your liking..... None of the names list out there really have an accurate frequency that mimics real life. If that were the case the US list would have way more Smiths, Jones, Johnsons etc....and very few other names.... I could not imagine a league where 17% of the names were one of the most common surnames in the US. Did a analysis of us names a while back if you used Smith as the base and had it listed 100, then Johnson 81, Williams 69, Jones 62 etc by the time you reach the frequency of 1 you would only have 1100 surnames and most being from the top 20.... This is out of 88,000 Plus US surnames. I put more names into my list to get a diverse list, with less frequency....
Again my lists were used for my own usage - use as you wish, alter them to your liking. The names are real names - The frequency can be set by your preferences.....