The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname.
For example, there were 46 people called GADSBY in Ravensdale Park at the time of the 1881 census.
The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town
with this surname. For example, a frequency of 3157.8947 in Ravensdale Park means that
3157.8947% of the people in Ravensdale Park on census day were called GADSBY.
The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GADSBY
in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole.
An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same
probability of picking someone called GADSBY as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK.
Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called GADSBY here
than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure
shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find
someone called GADSBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely.
The value of 0.05 in Ravensdale Park means that you are 0.05 times as likely to find
someone with the surname of GADSBY in Ravensdale Park than you would be in the whole of the UK.