Race and ethnicity data for first, middle, and last names. (arXiv:2208.12443v1 [stat.OT])

We provide the largest compiled publicly available dictionaries of first,
middle, and last names for the purpose of imputing race and ethnicity using,
for example, Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding (BISG). The dictionaries are
based on the voter files of six Southern states that collect self-reported
racial data upon voter registration. Our data cover a much larger scope of
names than any comparable dataset, containing roughly one million first names,
1.1 million middle names, and 1.4 million surnames. Individuals are categorized …

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