The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname.
For example, there were 185 people called PINCH in Bodmin St Mabyn 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 2903.2258 in Bodmin St Mabyn means that
2903.2258% of the people in Bodmin St Mabyn on census day were called PINCH.
The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PINCH
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 PINCH 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 PINCH 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 PINCH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely.
The value of 0.19 in Bodmin St Mabyn means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find
someone with the surname of PINCH in Bodmin St Mabyn than you would be in the whole of the UK.