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List Count Count

AA AA #VALUE! ### … 3

DD AA #VALUE! ### … 3

BB BB #VALUE! ### … 2

EE BB #VALUE! ### … 1

DD BB #VALUE! ### … 1BB CC #VALUE! ### … 1

CC DD #VALUE! ### … 1

AA DD #VALUE! …

ZZ DD #VALUE! …

XX EE #VALUE! …

DD XX #VALUE! …

BB ZZ #VALUE! …

Oscar's formula (in Cell B2) - Simple sorted list

=INDEX(List, MATCH(SMALL(COUNTIF(List, "List, $O%(1&1, COUNTIF(List, "List, '

Haseeb's formula (in Cell C2) - List most frequent items rst, retain List's sort order

=INDEX(List,MODE(IF(Cit)i*+ISNA(MATCH(List, C1&C1,',MATCH(List,List,'+-1,1.

Combinin t!e ideas (in cell "2) - List most frequent items, and sort t!em

=INDEX(List, MATCH(MIN(MODE/MULT(IF(Cit)i*+NOT(COUNTIF(E1&E1, List,

(COUNTIF(List, "List01+-1,1., IF(Cit)i*,COUNTIF(List, "List0-1., '

Oscar'sformula

Haseeb'sformula

Combinint!e ideas

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