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Data Attributes

Email Format Attribute

The Email Format Attribute provides insights into the most commonly used email address patterns within a company or domain. This helps predict how email addresses are typically structured across the organization.


Summary

FieldTypeDescription
formatstringThe detected email pattern used by the company
percentageintThe estimated percentage of people using this email format

Example Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "format": "{l}.{first}",
      "percentage": 66
    },
    {
      "format": "{f}{l}",
      "percentage": 34
    }
  ]
}
json

Format Legend

SymbolMeaning
{first}First name (e.g. john)
{f}First letter of the first name (e.g. j)
{last}Last name (e.g. doe)
{l}First letter of the last name (e.g. d)
{first}{last}Concatenation of first and last name (e.g. johndoe)

For a full list of supported patterns, refer to: List of Patterns in Tomba Domain Search


Use Case

Use this attribute to:

  • Predict professional email addresses for outreach
  • Power bulk email guessers based on common patterns
  • Increase success rate when using unknown email formats