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Easily count cells with multiple OR criteria in Excel

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If you are fed up with the COUNTIFS function to count cells based on multiple OR criteria, the Count cells equal to A, B or C feature of Kutools for Excel can do you a favor. With this feature, you can easily count cells with multiple OR criteria in Excel with only several clicks.


Easily count cells which equal to A B or

As the below screenshot shown, the table contains three columns (Name, Age and Gender), if you want to count the number of people whose age =34, 37, please do as follows to achieve it.

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1. Select a blank cell to output the result (Here I select G3).

2. Go to the Kutools tab, and then enable the feature by clicking Formula Helper > Statistical > Count cells equal to A B or C. See screenshot:

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Note: You can also click Formula Helper > Formula Helper to get into the Formulas Helper dialog box. Then find and select Count cells equal to A B or C option to enable this feature.

3. In the Formulas Helper dialog, you need to configure as follows.

  • In the Range box, select the cells in which you want to count based on multiple OR criteria;
  • In the Criteria 1 box, select the cell containing the first criteria you will count cells based on;
  • In the Criteria 2 box, select the cell containing the second criteria;
  • In the Criteria 3 box, select the cell containing the third criteria;
  • Click OK to start counting. See screenshot:

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Tips: You can enter the criteria directly into the Criteria 1, Criteria 2 and Criteria 3 boxes as the below screenshot shown.

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Then the result is populated into the selected cell.

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Note: If you like this Formula Helper, you can click the Share icon shot-share-icon in the Formulas Helper dialog to share it with your friend via email or share to social medias such as Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and Weibo.

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Demo: Count cells with multiple or criteria in Excel

 
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