=SUM(IF(LEN(A1:A10)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1:A10,"
",""))0,IF(MID(A1:A10,FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE(A1:A10, "
","~",LEN(A1:A10)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1:A10," ",""))))+1,99)="Phillips",1,0)))

which is an array formula, it should be committed with Ctrl-Shift-Enter, not
just Enter.
Excel will automatically enclose the formula in braces (curly brackets), do
not try to do this manually.
When editing the formula, it must again be array-entered.

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HTH

Bob


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"ba374" wrote in message
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I have a row for which I need to count last names to have a total for each
last name.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks for your help!