Statistics for Biggest World Cities Named After People

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Population	Person	City	% Correct
25.6 mil	Goddess Mumba Devi	Mumbai	93%
10.6 mil	(Vietnamese communist leader)	Ho Chi Minh City	90%
8.55 mil	(U.S. President)	Washington	89%
5.95 mil	Alexander the Great	Alexandria	88%
14.2 mil	One of several officials named "Johannes"	Johannesburg	87%
5.65 mil	Saint Peter	Saint Petersburg	83%
22.6 mil	Saint Paul	São Paulo	80%
6.80 mil	(First President of Texas)	Houston	72%
7.75 mil	Saint Francis	San Francisco	70%
11.6 mil	Damarla Chennappa Nayakudu	Chennai	56%
18.2 mil	Mai Kolachi	Karachi	56%
8.75 mil	Sultan Ahmad Shah I	Ahmedabad	41%
7.30 mil	(11th Vice-President of the U.S.)	Dallas	41%
4.85 mil	(Nigerian blacksmith and city founder)	Kano	37%
7.80 mil	Saint James	Santiago	36%
10.4 mil	Caliph "Haydar" Ali Ibn Abi Talib	Hyderabad	33%
13.5 mil	Prince Lava	Lahore	20%
5.05 mil	William Lamb, 2nd Viscount _________	Melbourne	20%
5.40 mil	Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount ______	Sydney	20%
5.15 mil	Eve (probably)	Jeddah	8%