Length Distribution of SL Last Names

July 25, 2008 last names, research 1 Comment

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Distribution of Length of Second Life Last Names known to SLNameWatch, excluding last names not in use.

mysql> SELECT LENGTH(last_name) AS len, COUNT(*)
FROM last_names WHERE usage_count > 0 GROUP BY len;
+-----+----------+
| len | COUNT(*) |
+-----+----------+
|   2 |       28 |
|   3 |      165 |
|   4 |      644 |
|   5 |     1230 |
|   6 |     1741 |
|   7 |     1703 |
|   8 |     1172 |
|   9 |      749 |
|  10 |      364 |
|  11 |      162 |
|  12 |       68 |
|  13 |       23 |
|  14 |        7 |
|  15 |        1 |
|  16 |        2 |
|  17 |        3 |
|  18 |        1 |
+-----+----------+
17 rows in set (0.01 sec)

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