group by using linq c# on entity framework

Question

I need to group by Names and to sum all the instance of the name this is my code in the controller:

public class FansController : Controller
{
    private dbFan          


        

Answer 1

see this

Selecting count in LINQ

And try something like:

var group = (from f in db.fans
            group f by a.Name into g
            select new { Name = g.Name, Count = g.Count() });