The point of name-based analysis wasn't for publication or even "science", but to instead show that the analysis done by the researcher was very likely wrong in

The point of name-based analysis wasn't for publication or even "science", but to instead show that the analysis done by the researcher was very likely wrong in order to prevent its publication. There is no way in hell I would ever publish anything that relied on name-based analysis as an accurate measure, that would be deeply unethical as far as I'm concerned. I did ask around with these exact concerns in-mind, which led to this paper by the census in their evaluation of this exact problem (the Passel-Word Spanish Surname List was what I compared against): https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/1993/demo/POP-twps0004.html https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/1993/demo/POP-... So, I get it, and I had the same concerns as you, but I like to believe I followed proper due diligence in making sure my approach was reasonable. Especially against the risk of the paper being published (consider how the paper could be used in racist narratives).