public static void main(String[] args) {

//3 apple, 2 banana, others 1

List<String> items =

Arrays.asList("apple", "apple", "banana",

"apple", "orange", "banana", "papaya");

Map<String, Long> result =

items.stream().collect(

Collectors.groupingBy(

Function.identity(), Collectors.counting()

)

);

Map<String, Long> finalMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();

//Sort a map and add to finalMap

result.entrySet().stream()

.sorted(Map.Entry.<String, Long>comparingByValue()

.reversed()).forEachOrdered(e -> finalMap.put(e.getKey(), e.getValue()));

System.out.println(finalMap);

}