Hi Hilary, Mind sharing your solution with the group?
What came to mind for me was an array solution that uses small/row to identify the second smallest row number for the matching name, and index to retrieve the reference to the cell. Here's a formula using that approach: { =INDEX(NamesRange,SMALL(IF(NamesRange=NameToFind,ROW(NamesRange)),OccurenceN umber)-ROW(INDEX(NamesRange,1))+1) } If you were going to use many of these formulas, NamesRange was large, and often there was not going to be a match (for example there was only one occurrence and you were looking for the second), you could speed up the formulas by use the following version that checks the count (using countif) of matching names, and if the count is < OccurenceNumber (2 in your stated question) it will skip the array formula and just return an error. If there will usually be a match, this would actually be slower since it has the added countif. { =IF(COUNTIF(NamesRange,NameToFind)<OccurenceNumber,#NUM!,INDEX(NamesRange,SM ALL(IF(NamesRange=NameToFind,ROW(NamesRange)),OccurenceNumber)-ROW(INDEX(Nam esRange,1))+1)) } Upon a little more thought, here is a non-array solution for finding exactly the 2nd occurrence (the array version would work for finding any specific occurrence). It uses match to find the first occurrence, then another match to find the next occurrence. It should be faster---it has less work to do. If there is no match it either returns an NA error or if the only match was on the very last row of the range, a REF error. =INDEX(NamesRange,MATCH(NameToFind,NamesRange,0)+MATCH(NameToFind,INDEX(Name sRange,MATCH(NameToFind,NamesRange,0)+1):INDEX(NamesRange,ROWS(NamesRange)), 0)) Asa -----Original Message----- From: excel-macros@googlegroups.com [mailto:excel-macros@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of resp...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 2:01 PM To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Lookup and return 2nd occurrance Thanks guys I have figured it out with index and match and countif. Thanks Sent from my BlackBerryR smartphone from Airtel Ghana -----Original Message----- From: <mailto:resp...@gmail.com> resp...@gmail.com Sender: <mailto:excel-macros@googlegroups.com> excel-macros@googlegroups.com Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 19:42:32 To: < <mailto:excel-macros@googlegroups.com> excel-macros@googlegroups.com> Reply-To: <mailto:excel-macros@googlegroups.com> excel-macros@googlegroups.com Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ Lookup and return 2nd occurrance Hello Excel Masters if I have a list if names like below in column A and say I have corresponding different figures in column B. Hilary Rajan Maries Noorain Hilary Rajan Don Kris Asa And so on and I want to return for instance the second occurance of hilary with its corresponding figure. Kindly help with formula. Thanks. Sent from my BlackBerryR smartphone from Airtel Ghana -- FORUM RULES (986+ members already BANNED for violation) 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. 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