The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname.
For example, there were 144 people called GODBOLT in Wheatacre All Sts 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 5000.0000 in Wheatacre All Sts means that
5000.0000% of the people in Wheatacre All Sts on census day were called GODBOLT.
The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GODBOLT
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 GODBOLT 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 GODBOLT 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 GODBOLT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely.
The value of 0.14 in Wheatacre All Sts means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find
someone with the surname of GODBOLT in Wheatacre All Sts than you would be in the whole of the UK.