first_names_race

A dataset containing over 167 thousands surnames and the
number of people of each race with that surname. Citation
for this data: Tzioumis, Konstantinos (2018) Demographic aspects of first names, Scientific Data, 5:180025 [dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.25].

datasets

Predicts the most common race of a surname and based on U.S. Census
data, and the most common first named based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.

Jacob Kaplan

predictrace

Predict the Race and Gender of a Given Name Using Census and
Social Security Administration Data

first_names_race function

A data frame with 4,251 rows and 8 variables:<dl>
 <dt>name</dt>
<dd>Surname</dd> <dt>likely_race</dt>
<dd>The most likely race based on the probability of each race</dd> <dt>probability_american_indian</dt>
<dd>Probability that the surname is American Indian</dd> <dt>probability_asian</dt>
<dd>Probability that the surname is Asian</dd> <dt>probability_black</dt>
<dd>Probability that the surname is Black</dd> <dt>probability_hispanic</dt>
<dd>Probability that the surname is Hispanic</dd> <dt>probability_white</dt>
<dd>Probability that the surname is White</dd> <dt>probability_2races</dt>
<dd>Probability that the surname is two or more races</dd> ...</dl>

Format

Surnames and number of people of each race with that first name — first_names_race

A data frame with 4,251 rows and 8 variables:<dl>
 <dt>name</dt>
<dd>Surname</dd>

 <dt>likely_race</dt>
<dd>The most likely race based on the probability of each race</dd>

 <dt>probability_american_indian</dt>
<dd>Probability that the surname is American Indian</dd>

 <dt>probability_asian</dt>
<dd>Probability that the surname is Asian</dd>

 <dt>probability_black</dt>
<dd>Probability that the surname is Black</dd>

 <dt>probability_hispanic</dt>
<dd>Probability that the surname is Hispanic</dd>

 <dt>probability_white</dt>
<dd>Probability that the surname is White</dd>

 <dt>probability_2races</dt>
<dd>Probability that the surname is two or more races</dd>

 ...

</dl>

first_names_race: Surnames and number of people of each race with that first name

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