Power_law_surnames.jpg
Summary
Description Power law surnames.jpg |
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This chart used US Census Bureau data about rank and frequency of American surnames (last names), to give examples of where various surnames occur on a list of the most prevalent 1000 surnames. A power law curve is expressed.
X-axis: Rank of surname Y-axis: Frequency of surname |
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Source | Own work |
Author | Thekohser |
Chart originally appeared in this blog post: http://insidemr.blogspot.com/2010/01/power-law-curve-in-surnames.html
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