This name matching algorithm is designed to work primarily with names consisting of two or three words. It is the default name matching setting for upgrades from version 3.9.0 and earlier.
Name Comparator 1.0 compares two names and then ranks their likeness according to 15 distinct levels of similarity.
Level | Description |
1 | Only First or Last Name Partial Match EXAMPLE: John Jacob Smith = Joe Smithson |
2 | Only First or Last Name Exact Match EXAMPLE: John Jacob Smith = Jonathan Henry Smith |
3 | Close Hash Match EXAMPLE: Joe Smith = Joe Snith |
4 | Only the Last Names are Different, but Out of Order EXAMPLE: Bob Jacob Smith = Jacob Bob Jones |
5 | Only the Last Name are Different EXAMPLE: Bob Jacob Smith = Bob Jacob Jones |
6 | Standardized Name Match with Some Differences EXAMPLE: John Jacob Smith = Jonathan Henry Smith |
7 | Standardized Names Match EXAMPLE: Joe W Anderson = Joseph Andersen |
8 | Standardized Match with Exact Last Names, Middle Initial
Match, but Out of Order EXAMPLE: J Bob Smith = Robert J Smith |
9 | Standardized Match with Exact Last Names, Middle Initial
Match EXAMPLE: Joe W Anderson = Joseph W Anderson |
10 | Standardized Match with Exact Last Names, but Out of
Order EXAMPLE: Bob Smith = Robert Smith |
11 | Standardized Match with Exact Last Names EXAMPLE: John Jacob Smith = Johnny Jake Smith |
12 | Raw Names Match with middle Initial Match, but Out of
Order EXAMPLE: Joe W. Brown = Will Joe Brown |
13 | Raw Names Match with Middle Initial Matchces EXAMPLE: Joe W Anderson = Joe W Anderson |
14 | Raw Names Match, but Out of Order EXAMPLE: John Bob Smith = Bob John Smith |
15 | Raw Names Match EXAMPLE: Joe William Anderson = Joe William Anderson |