Distribution of first name and last name frequencies by country

Distribution of first and last name frequencies of academic authors by country.

Spreadsheet 1 contains 50 countries, with names based on affiliations in Scopus journal articles 2001-2021.

Spreadsheet 2 contains 200 countries, with names based on affiliations in Scopus journal articles 2001-2021, using a marginally updated last name extraction algorithm that is almost the same except for Dutch/Flemish names.

From the paper:

Can national researcher mobility be tracked by first or last name uniqueness? 

For example the distribution for the UK shows a single peak for international names, with no national names, Belgium has a national peak and an international peak, and China has mainly a national peak.

The 50 countries are:

No Code Country

1 SB Serbia

2 IE Ireland

3 HU Hungary

4 CL Chile

5 CO Columbia

6 NG Nigeria

7 HK Hong Kong

8 AR Argentina

9 SG Singapore

10 NZ New Zealand

11 PK Pakistan

12 TH Thailand

13 UA Ukraine

14 SA Saudi Arabia

15 RO Israel

16 ID Indonesia

17 IL Israel

18 MY Malaysia

19 DK Denmark

20 CZ Czech Republic

21 ZA South Africa

22 AT Austria

23 FI Finland

24 PT Portugal

25 GR Greece

26 NO Norway

27 EG Egypt

28 MX Mexico

29 BE Belgium

30 CH Switzerland

31 SW Sweden

32 PL Poland

33 TW Taiwan

34 NL Netherlands

35 TK Turkey

36 IR Iran

37 RU Russia

38 AU Australia

39 BR Brazil

40 KR South Korea

41 ES Spain

42 CA Canada

43 IT France

44 FR France

45 IN India

46 DE Germany

47 US USA

48 UK UK

49 JP Japan

50 CN China