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dsingh2255
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Oct 19, 2022
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how to sort data with most occurance first with excel 2016 formula only

Hi All  My data is like this:- User Sale Qty Amount Betty Beth 10 2000 Akshay Verma 20 1500 Ashley Adams 50 3500 Barney Beckham 25 6000 Beth Firch 35 7000 Akshay Ve...
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    dscheikey
    Oct 20, 2022

    dsingh2255Here is the formula for 20,000 rows.

    =IFNA(INDEX(A2:C20001,MATCH(ROW(1:20000),RANK(COUNTIF(A2:A20001,A2:A20001)+(1-(MATCH(A2:A20001,A2:A20001,0)/10^5))+(1-(ROW(A2:A20001)/10^10)),COUNTIF(A2:A20001,A2:A20001)+(1-(MATCH(A2:A20001,A2:A20001,0)/10^5))+(1-(ROW(A2:A20001)/10^10)),0),0),{1,2,3}),"")

    I have added IFNA() so that you can prepare the formula whether the data is available or not. I think it is easy to understand. If you have more than 20k rows then you have to change the 20001 in the formula. If you have more than 99,999 rows you have to change the part 10^5 to 10^6 and the part 10^10 to 10^12. Good luck.

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dscheikey
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Oct 19, 2022

dsingh2255And besides, "Barney Beckham" comes before "Beth Firch" and not at the bottom of your list. Doesn't it?

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dsingh2255
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Oct 19, 2022
yes it does
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    dscheikey
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    Oct 19, 2022

    dsingh2255 

    would the following order also be OK?

     

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      dsingh2255
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      Oct 19, 2022
      no brother,....i need same name should be together like both "Beth Finch" should be up down
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        dscheikey
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        Oct 19, 2022

        dsingh2255 

        So it took a bit, but now I have a formula that reproduces your order.

         

         

        =INDEX(A2:C10,MATCH(ROW(1:9),RANK(COUNTIF(A2:A10,A2:A10)+(1-(MATCH(A2:A10,A2:A10,0)/100))+(1-(ROW(A2:A10)/10000)),COUNTIF(A2:A10,A2:A10)+(1-(MATCH(A2:A10,A2:A10,0)/100))+(1-(ROW(A2:A10)/10000)),0),0),{1,2,3})

         

         

         

        If you have more than 100 rows that need to be sorted, the formula must be adjusted.

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    dscheikey
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    Oct 19, 2022

    dsingh2255 

    So sorting according to the order of occurrence? I had not understood that. Sorry.

    I thought it was about simple sorting. Let's see if I can do that too.

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