Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bondleigh, Devon

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 189 people called BASTOW in Bondleigh 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 2096.7742 in Bondleigh means that 2096.7742% of the people in Bondleigh on census day were called BASTOW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BASTOW 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 BASTOW 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 BASTOW 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 BASTOW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Bondleigh means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BASTOW in Bondleigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.