Hi!

Try this:

=SUMPRODUCT((C84:C99={"John","Smith"})+(D84:D99={" John","Smith"}))

Biff

"JCH" wrote in message
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How can count the number of times part of person's name (either first or
last) in cell C84 appears in the range C84:D99? The following formula
doesn't do the trick. Any suggestions?

=COUNTIF(C84:D99,"C65")


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