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Default Faastest way to find last previous entry?

(In Excel 2003) When my user selects an item from a drop-down on a
UserForm, I need to search through the range of cells on the worksheet
to find the last previous entry of that item. The item will probably
be entered multiple times, so I need the one closest to the bottom of
the list.

Would it be faster to use a MATCH or LOOKUP function? Or do a Find?
Iteration is probably the slowest, especially when this thing hits a
few thousand entries, yes?

Ed