100 surnames were randomly picked up from a local telephone directory and the frequency distribution of the number of letters from the English alphabets in the surnames was obtained as follows:
| Number of letters | 1 - 4 | 4 - 7 | 7 - 10 | 10 - 13 | 13 - 16 | 16 - 19 |
| Number of surnames | 6 | 30 | 40 | 16 | 4 | 4 |
The median number of letters in the surnames is: