Sentence examples for based on surnames from inspiring English sources

Almost half of Flushing residents are Asian, though among registered voters, they are a smaller share -- roughly 20percentt, according to estimates based on surnames.

Previous studies of American Muslims located respondents based on surnames, mosque attendance or geographic clusters, which polling experts say can skew the results.

And even if the family retains control, the amount of money outside investors have put into Indian firms means they may resist appointments based on surnames.

Applying this approach, I use corruption in the insiders' country of ancestry to capture corruption attitudes for insiders in the U.S., where the country of ancestry is identified based on surnames using U.S. Census data.

Since voting along party lines is not an option, voters are left to chose based on surnames only.

The trio of directories, written entirely in Spanish, will reach about 1.5 million people, according to Pacific Bell, including 535,000 Latino households (based on surnames), 6,000 businesses and 180,000 newcomers.

Caste was categorized based on surname, which, in Nepal generally refers to one of four caste groups.

(The system predicts likely ethnicity based on surname and is clearly imperfect).

Hispanic ethnicity was derived using a locally developed and validated software program that assigns ethnicity based on surname.

Before a patient is approached, his/her ethnic background is estimated by the researcher based on surname, phenotypical characteristics, and the presumptions of a senior nurse.

To create the White patient group, we included all remaining patients who were not categorized as South Asian or Chinese based on surname analysis.