Pull down spotlight search (only) has duplicate contacts

I have a iphone 5s with the current software update.  When I go to find a contact and use the pull down swipe from the center of the screen, some contacts on the spotlight search results are duplicate contacts.  When I go in to the contact app on my phone and my contacts on my MacBook there are no duplicates they are only showing from the spotlight search pull down only.  How do I get rid of the duplicates from the pull down search when there is no duplicates in the contacts app?

Spotlight searches multiple areas of the phone besides Contacts. A contact name may also appear in email, calendar and Notes entries and multiple hits may display. Each displayed hit shows the source in small font below.
In Settings > General > Home > Search Results, you can limit and order which categories you want to search with Spotlight.
See pages 37 and 147 of the User Guide:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPhone_UserGuide.pdf

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