1. A search engine operating with a processor and configured with: a first relevancy determination stage that includes a textual matching ranking feature, a social distance ranking feature, and a levels to the top (LTT) ranking feature to identify a number of search results; and, a second relevancy determination stage based that includes a proximity ranking feature that operates on the number of search results, wherein the search engine is configured to identify relevant individuals based in part on a transformation operation associated with the LTT ranking feature and a transformation operation associated with the proximity ranking feature.