1. A method for performing a search request for a name among a database including a plurality of names, the method comprising: receiving the search request for the name; evaluating the name to assign a first cultural classification as a preliminary cultural classification to the name, wherein the first cultural classification is selected from a plurality of cultural classifications, each encompassing a respective plurality of cultural sub-classifications; determining a frequency distribution of the name for at least one country associated with at least one of the plurality of cultural sub-classifications encompassed by the preliminary cultural classification; by operation of one or more computer processors, evaluating the preliminary cultural classification associated with the name to assign a final cultural classification to the name, based on the determined frequency distribution of the name for the at least one country, wherein evaluating the preliminary cultural classification comprises: upon determining that only one cultural sub-classification of the plurality of cultural sub-classifications of the preliminary cultural classification is statistically significant, refining the preliminary cultural classification by assigning the one cultural sub-classification to the name as the final cultural classification to the name; upon determining that more than one cultural sub-classification of the plurality of cultural sub-classifications of the preliminary cultural classification is statistically significant, corroborating the preliminary cultural classification by assigning the preliminary cultural classification as the final cultural classification for the name; and upon determining that none of the plurality of cultural sub-classifications of the preliminary cultural classification are statistically significant and that more than one cultural sub-classification of a second cultural classification is statistically significant, overriding the preliminary cultural classification by assigning the second cultural classification to the name as the final cultural classification for the name; and completing the search request by searching for the name among the plurality of names within the database based on the final cultural classification assigned to the name.