Package: predictrace 2.0.1

predictrace: Predict the Race and Gender of a Given Name Using Census and Social Security Administration Data

Predicts the most common race of a surname and based on U.S. Census data, and the most common first named based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.

Authors:Jacob Kaplan [aut, cre]

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NEWS

# Install 'predictrace' in R:
install.packages('predictrace', repos = c('https://jacobkap.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Bug tracker:https://github.com/jacobkap/predictrace/issues

Datasets:
  • first_names_gender - Surnames and number of people of each race with that first name
  • first_names_race - Surnames and number of people of each race with that first name
  • surnames_race - Surnames and number of people of each race with that surname.

On CRAN:

Conda:

5.11 score 13 stars 20 scripts 208 downloads 2 exports 15 dependencies

Last updated from:dc04ef8d43. Checks:9 OK. Indexed: yes.

TargetResultTimeFilesSyslog
linux-devel-x86_64OK139
source / vignettesOK208
linux-release-x86_64OK159
macos-release-arm64OK93
macos-oldrel-arm64OK86
windows-develOK108
windows-releaseOK78
windows-oldrelOK91
wasm-releaseOK153

Exports:predict_genderpredict_race

Dependencies:clidplyrgenericsgluelifecyclemagrittrpillarpkgconfigR6rlangtibbletidyselectutf8vctrswithr

Predict the race and gender of a name

Jacob Kaplan

Rendered fromPredict-race-of-surname.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdownon May 28 2026.

Last update: 2021-04-23
Started: 2019-05-10