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Assigning the same frequency to more than one words in a file

I have a file of names with the following structure
Code:
NAME [tab] FREQUENCY
NAME NAME [tab] FREQUENCY
NAME NAME NAME [tab] FREQUENCY

i.e. more than one name is assigned the same frequency. An example will make this clear
Code:
SANDHYA DAS	6901
ARATI DAS	6201
KALPANA DAS	4714
GITA DAS	4550
BISWANATH DAS	3949
SWAPAN DAS	3941
SUKUMAR DAS	3876
GOPAL DAS	3835
SARASWATI DAS	3769
DILIP DAS	3653
TAPAN DAS	3607
ASHOKE DAS	3604
PRATIMA DAS	3558
PURNIMA DAS	3546
BASANTI DAS	3372
SHANKAR DAS	3279
SANDHYA GHOSH	3254
SANJAY DAS	3252
PRATIMA DAS	3212
KALPANA DAS	3203
ARATI GHOSH	3155
MALATI DAS	3151
SWAPAN DAS	3138
SANDHYA RANI DAS	3120
LAKSHMI DAS	3104
ANJALI DAS	3085

I want to assign the same frequency to both names or to all three names to ensure that statistically both or all three names within a field retain their frequency.
The expected output would be
Code:
ANJALI	3085
ARATI	6201
ARATI	3155
ASHOKE	3604
BASANTI	3372
BISWANATH	3949
DILIP	3653
GITA	4550
GOPAL	3835
KALPANA	4714
KALPANA	3203
LAKSHMI	3104
MALATI	3151
PRATIMA	3558
PRATIMA	3212
PURNIMA	3546
SANDHYA	6901
SANDHYA	3254
SANDHYA	3120
SANJAY	3252
SARASWATI	3769
SHANKAR	3279
SUKUMAR	3876
SWAPAN	3941
SWAPAN	3138
TAPAN	3607
DAS	3085
DAS	6201
DAS	3155
DAS	3604
DAS	3372
DAS	3949
DAS	3653
DAS	4550
DAS	3835
DAS	4714
DAS	3203
DAS	3104
DAS	3151
DAS	3558
DAS	3212
DAS	3546
DAS	3254
DAS	3120
DAS	3252
DAS	3279
DAS	3876
DAS	3138
DAS	3607
GHOSH	6901
GHOSH	3769
RANI	3941
DAS	3120

I am doing this field separation by means of a Macro in Excel but since the database is huge, the process is long and tedious.
Would it be possible to do the same with the help of a PERL/AWK script ? I already have written an awk tool to merge all frequencies, which I could use to merge the frequencies. Aa an example all occurencies of
Code:
DAS

would thus have a merged frequency.
I work under the Windows OS and UNIX (sigh) is not my OS. No shell scripts please.
Many thanks.
 
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