Sum Values by Group

- Written by Puneet

Let’s say you have a list of groups with the number of people who have the group; now, you need to write a formula to perform the sum by the group.

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For this, you can use SUMIF or SWUMIFS.

Formula to Sum Values by Group

  1. Enter SUMIF in a cell.
  2. Refer to the range (B2:B13) where you have the names of groups.
  3. Specify the Group name or refer to the cell where you have the group to name.
  4. Refer to the range (C2:C13) to sum values.
  5. Close the function and hit enter to get the result.
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The moment you hit enter, it returns the sum of the North group in the cell.

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And you can drag the formula down to all the groups to get the sum.

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=SUMIF(B2:B13,E3,C2:C13)

Sum by Multiple Groups

In the following example, we have two groups with two different columns.

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To sum values based on two groups, you need to use SUMIFS instead of SUMIF. In the first criteria, we used Group 1 (Region); in the second, we used Group 2 (Gender).

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B2:B13 is the column for Group 1, and C2:C13 is for Group 2.

=SUMIFS(D2:D13,B2:B13,F3,C2:C13,G2)

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