The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname.
For example, there were 283 people called RECK in Whatton 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 45000.0000 in Whatton means that
45000.0000% of the people in Whatton on census day were called RECK.
The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RECK
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 RECK 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 RECK 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 RECK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely.
The value of 0.28 in Whatton means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find
someone with the surname of RECK in Whatton than you would be in the whole of the UK.