Find rows with duplicate/similar column values MySQL

Question

I want to select from the following table all the rows which have similar values in the fname column as the first in their order. IOW from this table I want to retrieve rows

Answer 1

I've re-read your initial question and I've came up with the following solution:

SELECT *
FROM   users
WHERE  id IN
       (SELECT id
       FROM    users t4
               INNER JOIN
                       (SELECT  soundex(fname) AS snd,
                                COUNT(*)       AS cnt
                       FROM     users          AS t5
                       GROUP BY snd
                       HAVING   cnt > 1
                       )
                       AS t6
               ON      soundex(t4.fname)=snd
       )
AND    id NOT IN
       (SELECT  MIN(t2.id) AS wanted
       FROM     users t2
                INNER JOIN
                         (SELECT  soundex(fname) AS snd,
                                  COUNT(*)       AS cnt
                         FROM     users          AS t1
                         GROUP BY snd
                         HAVING   cnt > 1
                         )
                         AS t3
                ON       soundex(t2.fname)=snd
       GROUP BY snd
       );

It's a bit over-complicated, but it works and delivers exactly what you asked for :)