count repeated value in table field

Question

how i can count the repeated value in any field of mysql db's table.

Example:

    id name
    1  aaa
    2  aaa
    3  ttt
    4  ccc
    5  ttt
    6  ccc
    7  aaa
    8  zzz

How i can get how many times value is repeated in table like.

    aaa =3 times in table
    ttt =2 times in table
    ccc =2 times in table
    zzz =1 times in table

I think it possible with count of the mysql but how to use it i dont know any one can help ?please answer ma question thanks in adv.

Answer 1

You need to group by your name column and then you can use an aggregate function like count() on that group

select name, count(id)
from your_table
group by name

Answer 2

Write below query to get count of each name

select name, count(name)
from your_table
group by name

OR to get count of specific name

select name, count(name)
from your_table
where name = "aaa"
group by name