Our Data
An open evaluation of name-to-nationality inference
We evaluate Nationalize against public datasets in which each person's nationality is already recorded, reporting how often the true country lands in our top 1, 3 and 5 for every set. Each individual prediction is listed below, so the aggregate figures can be checked and reproduced.
Results
Per-dataset accuracy, and every prediction behind it
Every prediction sits next to the person's real country, so you can check the numbers yourself.
Public datasets with a recorded nationality for every person.
Where the true country landed in our ranked shortlist — MRR@5 0.6991
- Rank 1 · 60.34%
- Rank 2–3 · 18.25%
- Rank 4–5 · 6.65%
- Not in top 5 · 14.75%
More datasets added over time.
Showing 51–75 of 88,153
| Name | True country | Predicted top 5 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
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Aas Mmmdov
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Türkiye
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AZ · 75.5%
SA · 8.0%
QA · 1.3%
OM · 1.1%
KW · 1.1%
|
Not in top 5
|
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Aauri Lorena Bokesa Abia
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Spain
|
ES · 42.2%
MX · 30.3%
NG · 9.9%
CM · 3.3%
NE · 1.7%
|
Rank 1
|
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Aavo Pikkuus
|
Russia
|
EE · 82.0%
FI · 6.7%
US · 3.7%
SE · 2.3%
IN · 2.1%
|
Not in top 5
|
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Ababel Yeshaneh Birhane
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Ethiopia
|
ET · 29.3%
SA · 11.3%
US · 11.2%
LB · 8.7%
AF · 5.4%
|
Rank 1
|
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Abadi Hadis Embaye
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Ethiopia
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IR · 34.7%
SA · 7.4%
ET · 6.3%
US · 4.7%
SD · 4.0%
|
Rank 2–3
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Abas Ismaili
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Iran
|
MA · 20.3%
AL · 9.0%
IR · 8.2%
MK · 5.8%
CH · 3.4%
|
Rank 2–3
|
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Abbas Al-Harbi
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Kuwait
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SA · 70.7%
KW · 4.8%
IR · 2.6%
OM · 2.1%
US · 2.0%
|
Rank 2–3
|
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Abbas Al-Qaisoum
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Saudi Arabia
|
SA · 88.0%
IR · 2.7%
LB · 0.8%
PK · 0.7%
IQ · 0.6%
|
Rank 1
|
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Abbas Dabbaghi Souraki
|
Iran
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IR · 50.7%
NO · 10.4%
SE · 9.7%
DZ · 5.6%
ES · 4.4%
|
Rank 1
|
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Abbas Fallah
|
Iran
|
IR · 47.7%
MA · 4.1%
LB · 4.0%
SA · 3.3%
US · 3.0%
|
Rank 1
|
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Abbas Haj Kenari
|
Iran
|
IR · 35.8%
MY · 17.8%
ID · 7.0%
TR · 4.5%
SA · 3.8%
|
Rank 1
|
|
Abbas Jadidi
|
Iran
|
IR · 49.9%
MA · 12.6%
OM · 5.4%
SA · 3.8%
US · 2.4%
|
Rank 1
|
|
Abbas Mohamed
|
Nigeria
|
EG · 23.8%
SA · 10.3%
DZ · 6.9%
MA · 6.4%
PK · 4.2%
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Not in top 5
|
|
Abbas Qali
|
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SA · 24.5%
DJ · 11.2%
IR · 6.1%
KW · 4.7%
ZA · 4.3%
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Not in top 5
|
|
Abbas Saeidi Tanha
|
Iran
|
IR · 20.6%
SA · 16.9%
AF · 13.7%
TR · 5.5%
BD · 4.3%
|
Rank 1
|
|
Abbas Samimi
|
Iran
|
IR · 44.4%
AF · 10.2%
US · 4.5%
CA · 3.8%
TR · 3.5%
|
Rank 1
|
|
Abbas Talebi
|
Iran
|
IR · 65.3%
US · 3.1%
CA · 2.3%
MA · 2.2%
DZ · 1.8%
|
Rank 1
|
|
Abbey Weitzeil
|
United States
|
US · 89.2%
NG · 2.9%
GB · 2.3%
AU · 1.1%
CA · 0.5%
|
Rank 1
|
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Abbo Dias Bartolomeu
|
Angola
|
BR · 43.3%
PT · 17.2%
AO · 15.2%
MZ · 4.8%
MU · 2.5%
|
Rank 2–3
|
|
Abbos Atayev
|
Uzbekistan
|
UZ · 25.1%
TM · 24.8%
RU · 19.1%
AZ · 10.2%
TR · 6.0%
|
Rank 1
|
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Abbos Rakhmonov
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Uzbekistan
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UZ · 54.5%
RU · 20.0%
TJ · 11.6%
KZ · 2.8%
TR · 1.7%
|
Rank 1
|
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Abbubaker Mobara
|
South Africa
|
ZA · 34.6%
OM · 11.8%
IR · 9.9%
AE · 9.0%
SA · 8.1%
|
Rank 1
|
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Abby Bishop
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Australia
|
US · 42.3%
GB · 16.8%
CA · 6.0%
AU · 5.3%
NZ · 2.5%
|
Rank 4–5
|
|
Abby May Erceg
|
New Zealand
|
HR · 26.1%
US · 21.0%
AU · 7.0%
NZ · 6.5%
RS · 4.4%
|
Rank 4–5
|
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Abclvio Rodrigues
|
Brazil
|
PT · 17.6%
BR · 15.8%
AO · 12.5%
MZ · 9.9%
FR · 9.7%
|
Rank 2–3
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Method
How we measured this
Population. We score the "alive-today" set: people with a known birth year, at most 80 years old.
Top 1 / 3 / 5 is how often the true country lands at rank 1, within the first 3, or within the first 5 of our ranked shortlist. MRR@5 rewards ranking the right country higher, not just somewhere in the list.
Why politicians score higher. Distinctive, less-Anglicised names are often tied to a single country, so a globally diverse set can be easier to place than a Western-skewed one.
Rounding. Figures are the exact measured value to two decimals — we never round accuracy up.