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Re: Names from Africa.
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I can only speak for South Africa, but these names are not reflective of the population at all. If you want to know the prevalence of names by % of the population, Stats SA is the authoritative resource. https://www.statssa.gov.za/?p=16039I can't tell from the page how the names were ranked on Forebears, but I'm curious about the methodology. It's incredibly difficult to establish naming trends for minority groups.
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Can you please show the popular names where it's more than 10 names at a time? The Forebears name website shows data from 2014.
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Stats SA only logs the top 10 unfortunately. The Forebears list has a lot of European origin names and few ethnic names. It's not inaccurate per se, just not representative oh demographic.
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I appreciate your help in the name researching.
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