split comma seprate value from table in sql server

Question

i have one SQL table in which many records, i want to know how many names are in it and how much time one name in it.

Table NameMst

Name

jo         


        

Answer 1

SELECT y.Name, count(*) Count
FROM
(VALUES
('john,smith,alax,rock'),
('smith,alax,sira'),
('john,rock'),
('rock,sira')) x(names)
CROSS APPLY
(
SELECT t.c.value('.', 'VARCHAR(2000)') Name
     FROM (
         SELECT x = CAST('' + 
               REPLACE(x.names, ',', '') + '' AS XML)
     ) a
     CROSS APPLY x.nodes('/t') t(c)
     ) y
GROUP BY y.Name

Result:

Name   Count
alax   2
john   2
rock   3
sira   2
smith  2