use strict;
use Data::Dumper;
$Data::Dumper::Indent = 1;

my @vals = qw( 1 2 3 1 3 3 3 43 bob 2 bob 6 2 );

my %freqs;
$freqs{$_}++ foreach @vals;

my @sorted = sort {
  $freqs{$b} <=> $freqs{$a} or $a cmp $b
} keys %freqs;
print Data::Dumper->Dump([\@sorted], ['*sorted']);