The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname.
For example, there were 10,690 people called HADDICK in Dawdon 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 824.1758 in Dawdon means that
824.1758% of the people in Dawdon on census day were called HADDICK.
The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HADDICK
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 HADDICK 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 HADDICK 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 HADDICK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely.
The value of 10.69 in Dawdon means that you are 10.69 times as likely to find
someone with the surname of HADDICK in Dawdon than you would be in the whole of the UK.