| 100% | UTE | 3 | Indigenous people after whom a U.S. state is named |
| 89% | UTE | 3 | People after whom a U.S. state is named |
| 79% | UTE | 3 | People after whom a US state is named |
| 76% | UTE | 3 | People for whom a U.S. state is named |
| 74% | DAKOTA | 6 | Indigenous people for whom two U.S. states are named |
| 68% | UTE | 3 | Tribe after whom a western U.S. state is named |
| 67% | UTE | 3 | Tribe after whom a US state is named |
| 66% | UTES | 4 | Indigenous people for whom a Southwestern state is named |
| 64% | DAKOTA | 6 | Native American people after whom two US states are named |
| 63% | DAKOTA | 6 | People for whom two U.S. states are named |
| 60% | EPONYM | 6 | Person after whom a discovery is named |
| 60% | DALLAS | 6 | Vice president after whom a U.S. city is thought to have been named |
| 59% | TRIBE | 5 | What many a U.S. state is named after |
| 59% | ERIE | 4 | People after whom a Great Lake is named |
| 58% | ERIE | 4 | Native people after whom a Great Lake is named |
| 57% | ERIES | 5 | Indigenous people for whom a Great Lake is named |
| 56% | UTE | 3 | People for whom a state is named |
| 56% | IOWAS | 5 | People for whom a state is named |
| 55% | UTE | 3 | People for whom a Western state is named |
| 55% | HEIMLICH | 8 | Henry J —, American surgeon after whom a manoeuvre for dislodging a foreign body in a person's windpipe is named |
| 54% | HOOVER | 6 | US president after whom a dam is named |
| 53% | UTE | 3 | Native people for whom a state is named |
| 52% | FULTON | 6 | Robert after whom seven U.S. counties are named |
| 52% | BOONE | 5 | Hero after whom eight U.S. counties are named |
| 51% | UTE | 3 | Tribe for which a U.S. state was named |
| 49% | EPONYMS | 7 | People after whom things are named |
| 49% | EPONYM | 6 | Person after whom something is named |
| 49% | HEIR | 4 | Person who's named in a will |
| 48% | EUROPA | 6 | Figure in Greek myth after whom a continent is named |
| 48% | ELLIS | 5 | Colonial merchant Samuel after whom a famous island is named |