I am using pandas dataframes and I have data where I have customers per company. However, the company titles vary slightly but ultimately affect the data.
Example:

```
Company    Customers
AAAB       1,000
AAAB Inc.  900
The AAAB Inc.  20
AAAB the INC   10

```

I want to get the total customers out of a data base of several different companies with the companies having non-standard names. Any idea where I should start?