These statistics were performed by Susan Ward Easton in 1978. This article is found in the July 1978 Ensign:
Here is the link:
https://www.lds.org/ensign/1978/07/discovery/names-of-christ-in-the-book-of-mormon?lang=eng
Here is the link:
https://www.lds.org/ensign/1978/07/discovery/names-of-christ-in-the-book-of-mormon?lang=eng
Table 1 Average Number of References to Christ’s Name Per Verse of the Book of Mormon
Books
|
References to Christ
|
Number of verses per book
|
Average number of verses per mention of Christ’s name
|
First Nephi
|
474
|
618
|
1.303
|
Second Nephi
|
591
|
779
|
1.318
|
Jacob
|
156
|
203
|
1.301
|
Enos
|
22
|
27
|
1.227
|
Jarom
|
8
|
15
|
1.875
|
Omni
|
20
|
30
|
1.500
|
Words of Mormon
|
15
|
18
|
1.200
|
Mosiah
|
492
|
785
|
1.596
|
Alma
|
1,012
|
1,975
|
1.950
|
Helaman
|
225
|
497
|
2.209
|
Third Nephi
|
293
|
788
|
2.689
|
Fourth Nephi
|
42
|
49
|
1.167
|
Mormon
|
188
|
227
|
1.207
|
Ether
|
220
|
433
|
1.968
|
Moroni
|
166
|
163
|
1.018
|
TOTAL
|
3,925
|
6,607
|
