Culture codes

Culture codes associate a numeric value with an ethnicity. Culture values are used to determine which rules and data should be applied when performing name analysis and scoring functions. Individual culture codes and sets of culture codes are returned by various Global Name Management classification functions.

Global Name Management products use the following culture codes:
Note: A group culture code represents a set of potential cultures within a specific region. If a name returns multiple culture codes within a region the group code provides a single code that represents multiple possible cultures.
Table 1. Culture codes and associated culture values
Code Associated Culture
0 Ambiguous (No valid roll-up code could be determined)
1 Anglo
2 Arabic
3 Chinese
4 Hispanic
5 Korean
6 Russian
7 French
8 German
9 Thai
10 Indonesian
11 Yoruban
12 Farsi
13 Pakistani
14 Indian
15 Japanese
16 Afghan
17 Vietnamese
18 Southwest Asian (Group culture code representing a combination of Arabic, Farsi, Pakistani, and Afghan cultures)
19 European (Group culture code representing a combination of Anglo, French, German, and Hispanic cultures)
20 Han (Group culture code representing a combination of Chinese, Korean, and Vietnam cultures)

Additionally, codes for custom cultures appear as:

Table 2. Custom culture codes
Code Associated Culture
41 CUSTOM_01
42 CUSTOM_02
43 CUSTOM_03
44 CUSTOM_04
45 CUSTOM_05
46 CUSTOM_06
47 CUSTOM_07
48 CUSTOM_08
49 CUSTOM_09
50 CUSTOM_10
51 CUSTOM_11
52 CUSTOM_12
53 CUSTOM_13
54 CUSTOM_14
55 CUSTOM_15
56 CUSTOM_16
57 CUSTOM_17
58 CUSTOM_18
59 CUSTOM_19
60 CUSTOM_20