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Biopedia · Sep 21, 2025 · 7 min

112- How Common Are Suffix Chains?

Something a bit different today- we are going to be following up from our discussion of namesaking and looking at suffix chains! Examples of links in such chains would include people like Theodore Roosevelt VII or John Smith III. Let's look at some real-life data- including data from the 1790 US census- to ask one question: how common or rare is each new link in the chain? Sources for this episode: TBA

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Something a bit different today- we are going to be following up from our discussion of namesaking and looking at suffix chains! Examples of links in such chains would include people like Theodore Roosevelt VII or John Smith III. Let's look at some real-life data- including data from the 1790 US census- to ask one question: how common or rare is each new link in the chain?


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