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Technical writing on how name-based demographic estimation works, where it falls short, and why we made the choices we did.

2026-01-14

How Nomacore Predicts Country of Origin

A plain-language explanation of how we turn a name into country probabilities.

2026-02-06

Country Prediction in Detail: Bayes, Confidence, and Calibration

The math behind country prediction: log-space Bayes, n-gram fallback, agreement-aware confidence, and isotonic calibration.

2026-03-19

What Names Can't Tell You

Honest limitations of name-based demographic estimation and where the model breaks down.

2026-04-11

Why Andrea Is Male in Italy

How country context changes gender prediction and why a global model isn't enough.