Search and "mark" sheet with 35k rows of data against 1k names for partial match?

xdriver

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I have a sheet with about 35k rows and 100 columns containing names of contacts along with different kinds of data. Each row has up to 4 cells which include a combined first and last name in a single cell (john doe) (mary jane) etc.

I have another list of about 1k names, such as (doe) or (jane) and I would like to mark the row of the list with 35k names if one of the names from the 1k list is a partial match. None of the 1k list is (john doe), but is simply (doe). The name can appear in any of the 4 cells. I don't mind adding a column, or even extracting all the matching rows into another sheet to create a new database of names and data.

What would the most efficient way of doing this be?

I came across this posting, but I am unsure if this would work with some kind of modification or even be efficient with such a large sheet of data. How to filter a table with two email columns against a list of emails

Thank you
 
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Note, the match from the 1k list must be exact but it may be partial, for instance, it must match the 35k list with either "john" or "doe" but not "joh".

I have figured out using xlookup to make this work in a single column out of the 4 columns in the larger list, but it is returning partials such as "joh" or "ohn" and I do not want that.
 
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This is what I was trying to use =XLOOKUP(TRUE,ISNUMBER(SEARCH('Name Lists'!$A$3:$A$1012,Data!H2)),'Name Lists'!$B$3:$B$1012)

I would prefer it returned the name instead of the number related to the name in the Name List, or simply "true"

2023_11_17 - testing.xlsx
HI
1Owner 1Owner 2
2Frederick H SmithLisa G Char-Smith
3Jeffrey A DanielsCarrie Martin
4Scott A JosephShelley M Joseph
5Rivka KandinovBoris Kandinov
6Frank&s Magullion RetFrank Magullion Tr
7Michael EscovitzPinky Patel
8Angelo L PetullaTakako Petulla
9Muhammad H UsmaniTuba S Abbasi
10Guichen Z WongSanford Wong
Data


2023_11_17 - testing.xlsx
AB
1NamesCell
2Smith2
3Nushi3
4Wei4
5Yan5
Name Lists
 
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