Practical International Data Management - Non-uniqueness of personal names as personal names

Personal names cannot be uniquely identified as such. Strings used as given names or surnames are often also found in street addresses, place names, topographical features and so on.

Examples

• Kent may be a given name, surname, place name, region name, part of a street name etc.
• Egyptian names his baby girl "Facebook". Cached version

Processing

• Be aware that personal names may be found in other contexts when processing polluted or badly fields data.

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