Excel Formulas to Find the Most Frequently Occurring Text!!

For instance, you have a list of values, and you need to find out the most frequently occurring text from them. How could you deal with this task in Excel? Here I will introduce you to some quick tricks to deal with this problem. Let’s get them below!! Get an official version of ** MS Excel** from the following link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/excel

Generic Formula:

You can use the below formula to find out the most frequently occurring text in Excel.

=INDEX(range,MODE(MATCH(range,range,0)))

Syntax Explanations:

INDEX – The INDEX function returns the value at a given position in a range or array
MODE – This function returns the most frequently occurring value from a range of data. Read more on the MODE function.
MATCH – This function helps to locate the position of a lookup value in a row, column, or table. Read more on the MATCH function.
Range – It represents the input value.
Comma symbol (,) – It is a separator that helps to separate a list of values.
Parenthesis () – The main purpose of this symbol is to group the elements.

Practical Example:

Let’s consider the below example image.

Here, we will enter the input values in Column B to Column E.
Now we need to find out the most frequently occurring text.

Select any cell and type the above-given formula.

Finally, press the ** ENTER** key, you can get the result as shown below.

Conclusion:

Here we have described the simple formulas to find out the most frequently occurring text in Excel. Hope you like it. If you have any doubt regarding this article or have any other questions related to Excel, let me know in the comments section below.

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