The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname.
For example, there were 89 people called OWENS in Cerrig Y Druidion Cwm 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 248.8688 in Cerrig Y Druidion Cwm means that
248.8688% of the people in Cerrig Y Druidion Cwm on census day were called OWENS.
The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OWENS
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 OWENS 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 OWENS 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 OWENS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely.
The value of 0.09 in Cerrig Y Druidion Cwm means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find
someone with the surname of OWENS in Cerrig Y Druidion Cwm than you would be in the whole of the UK.