---
title: "[USES 20 UNITS PER NAME] Infer the likely ethnicity/diaspora, country, gender of a personal name, given a country of residence ISO2 code (ex. US, CA, AU, NZ etc.) for community engagement (require special module/pricing)"
method: GET
path: "/api2/json/communityEngageFull/{countryIso2}/{personalNameFull}"
tags: ["personal"]
---

# \[USES 20 UNITS PER NAME\] Infer the likely ethnicity/diaspora, country, gender of a personal name, given a country of residence ISO2 code (ex. US, CA, AU, NZ etc.) for community engagement (require special module/pricing)

`GET /api2/json/communityEngageFull/{countryIso2}/{personalNameFull}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://v2.namsor.com/NamSorAPIv2`
- URL: `https://v2.namsor.com/NamSorAPIv2/api2/json/communityEngageFull/{countryIso2}/{personalNameFull}`
- Auth: API key in header `X-API-KEY`

## Path parameters

- `countryIso2` string, required
- `personalNameFull` string, required

## Response `200`

A community engagement candidate.

- CommunityEngageOut: Represent multiple classifications for community engagement (gender, country, origin, diaspora)
  - `id` string
  - `PersonalNameDiasporaedOut` PersonalNameDiasporaedOut: Represents the output of inferring the LIKELY ethnicity from a personal name, given an country of residence.
    - `script` string
    - `id` string
    - `explanation` string
    - `name` string: The input name.
    - `score` number, double: Compatibility to NamSor_v1 Diaspora score value. Higher score is better, but score is not normalized. Use calibratedProbability if available.
    - `ethnicityAlt` string: The second best alternative ethnicity
    - `ethnicity` string: The most likely ethnicity
    - `lifted` boolean: Indicates if the output ethnicity is based on machine learning only, or further lifted as a known fact by a country-specific rule. Let us know if you believe ethnicity is incorrect on a specific case where lifted is true.
    - `countryIso2` string: From input data, the countryIso2 of geographic context (US,CA etc.)
    - `ethnicitiesTop` string[]: List most likely ethnicities (top 10)
    - `probabilityCalibrated` number, double: The calibrated probability for ethnicity to have been guessed correctly. -1 = still calibrating.
    - `probabilityAltCalibrated` number, double: The calibrated probability for ethnicity OR ethnicityAlt to have been guessed correctly. -1 = still calibrating.
    - `religionStats` ReligionStatOut[]: Geographic religious statistics, assuming ethnicity is correctly predicted.
      - `religion` string
      - `pct` number, double
    - `religionStatsAlt` ReligionStatOut[]: Geographic religious statistics, for country best alternative.
      - `religion` string
      - `pct` number, double
  - `PersonalNameOriginedOut` PersonalNameOriginedOut: Represents the output of inferring the LIKELY country of Origin from a personal name.
    - `script` string
    - `id` string
    - `explanation` string
    - `name` string: The input name.
    - `countryOrigin` string: Most likely country of Origin
    - `countryOriginAlt` string: Second best alternative : country of Origin
    - `countriesOriginTop` string[]: List countries of Origin (top 10)
    - `score` number, double: Compatibility to NamSor_v1 Origin score value. Higher score is better, but score is not normalized. Use calibratedProbability if available.
    - `regionOrigin` string: Most likely region of Origin (based on countryOrigin ISO2 code)
    - `topRegionOrigin` string: Most likely top region of Origin (based on countryOrigin ISO2 code)
    - `subRegionOrigin` string: Most likely sub region of Origin (based on countryOrigin ISO2 code)
    - `probabilityCalibrated` number, double: The calibrated probability for countryOrigin to have been guessed correctly. -1 = still calibrating.
    - `probabilityAltCalibrated` number, double: The calibrated probability for countryOrigin OR countryOriginAlt to have been guessed correctly. -1 = still calibrating.
    - `religionStats` ReligionStatOut[]: Geographic religious statistics, assuming country of origin is correctly predicted.
      - `religion` string
      - `pct` number, double
    - `religionStatsAlt` ReligionStatOut[]: Geographic religious statistics, for country best alternative.
      - `religion` string
      - `pct` number, double
    - `religionStatsSynthetic` ReligionStatOut[]: Geographic religious statistics, assuming country of origin OR best alternative is correctly predicted.
      - `religion` string
      - `pct` number, double
  - `country` PersonalNameGeoOut
    - `script` string
    - `id` string
    - `explanation` string
    - `name` string: The input name.
    - `score` number, double: Higher score is better, but score is not normalized. Use calibratedProbability if available.
    - `country` string: Most likely country
    - `countryAlt` string: Second best alternative : country
    - `region` string: Most likely region (based on country ISO2 code)
    - `topRegion` string: Most likely top region (based on country ISO2 code)
    - `subRegion` string: Most likely sub region (based on country ISO2 code)
    - `countriesTop` string[]: List countries (top 10)
    - `probabilityCalibrated` number, double: The calibrated probability for country to have been guessed correctly. -1 = still calibrating.
    - `probabilityAltCalibrated` number, double: The calibrated probability for country OR countryAlt to have been guessed correctly. -1 = still calibrating.
    - `religionStats` ReligionStatOut[]: Geographic religious statistics, assuming country is correctly predicted.
      - `religion` string
      - `pct` number, double
    - `religionStatsAlt` ReligionStatOut[]: Geographic religious statistics, for country best alternative.
      - `religion` string
      - `pct` number, double
  - `gender` PersonalNameGenderedOut: Classified genderized names
    - `script` string
    - `id` string
    - `explanation` string
    - `name` string: The input name.
    - `likelyGender` 'male' | 'female' | 'unknown': Most likely gender
    - `genderScale` number, double: Compatibility to NamSor_v1 Gender Scale M[-1..U..+1]F value.
    - `score` number, double: Compatibility to NamSor_v1 Gender score value. Higher score is better, but score is not normalized. Use calibratedProbability if available.
    - `probabilityCalibrated` number, double: The calibrated probability for inferred gender to have been guessed correctly. -1 = still calibrating.
  - `PersonalNameUSRaceEthnicityOut` PersonalNameUSRaceEthnicityOut: Represents the output of inferring the LIKELY US 'race/ethnicity' from a personal name, given US country of residence and (optionally) a ZIP5 code.
    - `script` string
    - `id` string
    - `explanation` string
    - `name` string: The input name.
    - `raceEthnicityAlt` 'W_NL' | 'HL' | 'A' | 'B_NL' | 'AI_AN' | 'PI': Second most likely US 'race'/ethnicity
    - `raceEthnicity` 'W_NL' | 'HL' | 'A' | 'B_NL' | 'AI_AN' | 'PI': Most likely US 'race'/ethnicity
    - `score` number, double: Higher score is better, but score is not normalized. Use calibratedProbability if available.
    - `raceEthnicitiesTop` string[]: List 'race'/ethnicities
    - `probabilityCalibrated` number, double: The calibrated probability for raceEthnicity to have been guessed correctly. -1 = still calibrating.
    - `probabilityAltCalibrated` number, double: The calibrated probability for raceEthnicity OR raceEthnicityAlt to have been guessed correctly. -1 = still calibrating.
  - `prime` boolean
  - `scoped` boolean
  - `script` string

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or incorrect API Key
- `403`: Email not Verified, or API Limit Reached, or API Key Disabled
- `429`: Too Many Requests

## Changes

- **2025-05-16** `6297d39b756d`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/namsor/apis/namsor-api-v2/changes/api2/json/communityEngageFull/:countryIso2/:personalNameFull/get.md)

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