Grouping runs of data

ID|Name
01|Harry Johns
02|Adam Taylor
03|John Smith
04|John Smith
05|Bill Manning
06|John Smith

Harry Johns
Adam Taylor
John Smith (2)
Bill Manning
John Smith

select n.name,
    (select count(*)
     from myTable n1
     where n1.name = n.name and n1.id >= n.id and (n1.id <=
        (
        select isnull(min(nn.id), (select max(id) + 1 from myTable))
        from myTable nn
        where nn.id > n.id and nn.name <> n.name
        )
     ))
from myTable n
where not exists (
   select 1
   from myTable n3
   where n3.name = n.name and n3.id < n.id and n3.id > (
            select isnull(max(n4.id), (select min(id) - 1 from myTable))
            from myTable n4
            where n4.id < n.id and n4.name <> n.name
            )
)

Declare @NewName Varchar(50)
Declare @OldName Varchar(50)
Declare @CountNum int
Set @CountNum = 0

DECLARE nameCursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT Name
FROM NameTest
OPEN nameCursor

FETCH NEXT FROM nameCursor INTO @NewName

  WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0

    BEGIN

      if @OldName <> @NewName
      BEGIN
         Print @OldName + ' (' + Cast(@CountNum  as Varchar(50)) + ')'
         Set @CountNum = 0
      END
      SELECT @OldName = @NewName
      FETCH NEXT FROM nameCursor INTO @NewName
      Set @CountNum = @CountNum + 1

    END
Print @OldName + ' (' + Cast(@CountNum  as Varchar(50)) + ')'

CLOSE nameCursor
DEALLOCATE nameCursor

-- Setup test table
DECLARE @names TABLE    (
                        id      INT                 IDENTITY(1,1),
                        name    NVARCHAR(25)        NOT NULL,
                        grp     UNIQUEIDENTIFIER    NULL
                        )

INSERT @names (name)
SELECT 'Harry Johns'    UNION ALL
SELECT 'Adam Taylor'    UNION ALL
SELECT 'John Smith'     UNION ALL
SELECT 'John Smith'     UNION ALL
SELECT 'Bill Manning'   UNION ALL
SELECT 'Bill Manning'   UNION ALL
SELECT 'Bill Manning'   UNION ALL
SELECT 'John Smith'     UNION ALL
SELECT 'Bill Manning'

-- Set the first id's group to a newid()
UPDATE      n
SET         grp = newid()
FROM        @names n
WHERE       n.id = (SELECT MIN(id) FROM @names)

-- Set the group to a newid() if the name does not equal the previous
UPDATE      n
SET         grp = newid()
FROM        @names n
INNER JOIN  @names b
        ON  (n.ID - 1) = b.ID
        AND ISNULL(b.Name, '') <> n.Name

-- Set groups that are null to the previous group
-- Keep on doing this until all groups have been set
WHILE (EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM @names WHERE grp IS NULL))
BEGIN
    UPDATE      n
    SET         grp = b.grp
    FROM        @names n
    INNER JOIN  @names b
            ON  (n.ID - 1) = b.ID
            AND n.grp IS NULL
END

-- Final output
SELECT      MIN(id)     AS id_start,
            MAX(id)     AS id_end,
            name,
            count(1)    AS consecutive
FROM        @names
GROUP BY    grp,
            name
ORDER BY    id_start

/*
Results:

id_start    id_end  name            consecutive
1           1	    Harry Johns     1
2           2	    Adam Taylor	    1
3           4	    John Smith	    2
5           7	    Bill Manning    3
8           8	    John Smith	    1
9           9	    Bill Manning    1
*/

select Name, count(Id)
from MyTable
group by Name

Harry Johns, 1
Adam Taylor, 1
John Smith, 2
Bill Manning, 1

select Name +
    case when ( count(Id) > 1 )
         then ' ('+cast(count(Id) as varchar)+')'
         else ''
    end
from MyTable
group by Name

Harry Johns
Adam Taylor
John Smith (2)
Bill Manning

declare @tmp table (Id int, Nm varchar(50));

insert @tmp select 1, 'Harry Johns';
insert @tmp select 2, 'Adam Taylor';
insert @tmp select 3, 'John Smith';
insert @tmp select 4, 'John Smith';
insert @tmp select 5, 'Bill Manning';
insert @tmp select 6, 'John Smith';

select * from @tmp order by Id;

select Nm, count(1) from
(
select Id, Nm,
    case when exists (
    	select 1 from @tmp t2
    	where t2.Nm=t1.Nm
    	and (t2.Id = t1.Id + 1 or t2.Id = t1.Id - 1))
    	then 1 else 0 end as Run
from @tmp t1
) truns group by Nm, Run

select Nm, count(1) from (select Id, Nm, case when exists (
    	select 1 from @tmp t2 where t2.Nm=t1.Nm
    	and abs(t2.Id-t1.Id)=1)	then 1 else 0 end as Run
from @tmp t1) t group by Nm, Run

select Name, count(*)
from MyTable
group by Name

select Name + ' (' + cast(count(*) as varchar) + ')'
from MyTable
group by Name