Personal name in Igbo Culture: A dataset on randomly selected personal names and their statistical analysis

This data article contains the statistical analysis of Igbo personal names and a sample of randomly selected of such names. This was presented as the following: 1). A simple random sampling of some Igbo personal names and their respective gender associated with each name. 2). The distribution of the...

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Main Authors: Hilary I. Okagbue, Abiodun A. Opanuga, Muminu O. Adamu, Paulinus O. Ugwoke, Emmanuela C.M. Obasi, Grace A. Eze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:Data in Brief
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340917304225
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Summary:This data article contains the statistical analysis of Igbo personal names and a sample of randomly selected of such names. This was presented as the following: 1). A simple random sampling of some Igbo personal names and their respective gender associated with each name. 2). The distribution of the vowels, consonants and letters of alphabets of the personal names. 3). The distribution of name length. 4). The distribution of initial and terminal letters of Igbo personal names. The significance of the data was discussed. Keywords: Igbo name, Personal name, Statistics, Distribution, Linguistics, Onomastics
ISSN:2352-3409