One way ..

Put in C1: =COUNTIF(A:A,B1)
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"John" wrote in message
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I need assistance with:
A1 B1 C1
bob BOB ?
tim TIM ?
sam SAM ?
tim
bob
tim
bob

My question is, I want to calculate in column C how many times Bob, Time
and
Sam are used in Column A.

Thanks, Excel hopeless.