Villager spawn rates?

[Rasha]

Has anyone noticed that some villagers appear in the game way more frequently than others, if that makes sense? I see a lot of Kyles, Hamlets, Bams, Kabukis who randomly appear on peoples islands etc or is it just me and I could be completely wrong?
I am aware that only the Jock and Sisterly personalities can be starters.

 

[Mello]

Some people on here did some tests about that a while ago, but I'm too lazy to look for it rn. Basically, yeah, some spawn more than others.

 

[Lavulin98]

I don't know, besides Kabuki that I found out on an island last night, I have not encountered any of the villagers you mentioned! Perhaps you seem to think they are a lot bc maybe they are popular and people hunt and trade for them? They are not on my radar and have yet to encounter them.

 

[sicklewillow]

Are you referring to the mystery island spawn rate? The game roll species first and then roll again within that pool.

Edit This was confirmed on datamined info.

 

[KnightOfTigers]

As far as I know, every villager has technically the same spawn rate. Maybe that's also the case for the mystery islands.

 

[ctar17]

For mystery islands, the game rolls species first and then a villager in that species. The villagers in species with less in them are more common than those with more in them. I did some tests on this to confirm it. I didn't datamine anything, I just collected data from people and did some statistical analysis.

 

[JKDOS]

The game forces everyone to have at least 1 Jock, Uchi, Smug, Peppy, Lazy, and Normal at the start of the game, so it could be why you're seeing a lot of duplicates.

Just for example, with the amount of people playing, odds are a good percentage of them ended up with the same Jock