Thursday, January 31, 2008

What is in a Name?

Here is a list of the frequency of words in the name of PC(USA) 10,655 churches, 3,633 different words (longer than 3 characters):
#NameCount
1first2,745
2community355
3memorial271
4westminster209
5korean184
6trinity152
7covenant128
8church127
9hill103
10valley102
11grace98
12park97
13creek94
14faith90
15central83
15bspring(s)82
16christ77
17grove75
18hope73
19bethel73
20second65
21bethany65
22hills64
23calvary63
24west63
25lake62
26avenue59
27united51
28chapel49
29north49
30pleasant49
31john44
32northminster42
35shepherd39
36knox39
37andrew39
38ridge38
39good38
40south37
41heights36
42city36
43street34
44east33
45calvin33
46andrews31
47salem30
48zion29
49providence29
50river28
51highland28
52mountain26
53view26
54forest26
55rock26
56emmanuel25
57eastminster25
58island24
59southminster24
60third24
61federated24
62immanuel23
63fort23
64pine23
65center23
66washington22
67peace22
68bethlehem22
69ebenezer22
70hopewell21
71mount21
72unity21
73bethesda21
74buffalo21
75white20
76concord20
77james19
78university18
79college18
80liberty18
#NameCount
1first pc2,533
2westminster pc191
3community pc163
4upc130
5trinity pc124
6covenant pc79
7first upc72
8grace pc64
9central pc62
10second pc60
11faith pc59
12bethany pc58
13calvary pc56
14bethel pc55
15korean pc46
16christ pc42
17northminster pc41
18st andrew pc37
19memorial pc29
20st andrews pc28
21new hope pc26
22eastminster pc25
23southminster pc23
24hope pc23
25immanuel pc20
26hopewell pc20
27ebenezer pc20
28third pc19
29knox pc19
30good shepherd pc19
31providence pc18
32john knox pc17
33bethesda pc17
34emmanuel pc16
35st james pc16
36calvin pc16
37concord pc16
38bethlehem pc16
39highland pc16
40salem pc15
41st paul pc15
42university pc14
43unity pc14
44heritage pc13
45mt pleasant pc13
46peace pc13
47john calvin pc13
48north pc12
49st pauls pc12
50faith upc12
51fairview pc12
52church of the covenant pc11
53st johns pc11
54pleasant grove pc11
55zion pc11
56harmony pc11
57korean upc10
58new covenant pc10
59trinity upc10
60grace covenant pc10

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Evangelical Presbyterian Church EPC UPCUSA(N) & PCUS(S) Livonia, MI67/19,000 (1982)1980/1981
Presbyterian Church of America PCA PCUS(S) Lawrenceville, GA260/41,232May 18, 1973
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