SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT [name]) from several tables

Question

I can perform the following SQL Server selection of distinct (or non-repeating names) from a column in one table like so:

SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT [Name]) FROM [MyT         


        

Answer 1

EDIT: Had to change after seeing recent comment.

Does this give you what you want? This gives a count for each person after combining the rows from all tables.

SELECT [NAME], COUNT(*) as TheCount
FROM
    (
     SELECT [Name] FROM [MyTable1]
     UNION ALL
     SELECT [Name] FROM [MyTable2]
     UNION ALL
     SELECT [Name] FROM [MyTable3]
     ) AS [TheNames]
GROUP BY [NAME]