The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname.
For example, there were 18 people called BREWINGTON in Thorndon 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 2.8169 in Thorndon All Sts means that
2.8169% of the people in Thorndon All Sts on census day were called BREWINGTON.
The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BREWINGTON
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 BREWINGTON 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 BREWINGTON 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 BREWINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely.
The value of 18,000.00 in Thorndon All Sts means that you are 18,000.00 times as likely to find
someone with the surname of BREWINGTON in Thorndon All Sts than you would be in the whole of the UK.