2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein step (a) comprises: normalizing a first data entry to generate a first normalized data entry; generating variants of the first normalized data entry, to generate at least one first variant; scoring the at least one first variant to generate a first scored variant, wherein the first scored variant comprises the first variant and the first score; and anonymizing the first scored variant to generate the anonymized first entry.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein step (a) comprises: normalizing a first data entry to generate a first normalized data entry; generating variants of the first normalized data entry, to generate at least one first variant; scoring the at least one first variant to generate a first scored variant, wherein the first scored variant comprises the first variant and the first score; and anonymizing the first scored variant to generate the anonymized first entry. 3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the step of generating variants comprise at least one of the following steps: generating variants based on transliteration; generating variants based on translation; generating variants based on segmentation of words; generating variants based on combination of words; generating variants based on common typographical errors; generating variants based on spelling variations; and generating variants based on known variations in name parts.