Try this:

=SUMPRODUCT((A1:A30<"")/COUNTIF(A1:A30,A1:A30&""))

Just don't use an entire column as a range (A:A).
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HTH,

RD
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"Steembeem" wrote in message
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I have a large worksheet with a column containing a list of names. Some
names
appear several times. I need to get a count of names.