The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname.
For example, there were 1,217 people called RHODEN in Stansty 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 1379.3103 in Stansty means that
1379.3103% of the people in Stansty on census day were called RHODEN.
The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RHODEN
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 RHODEN 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 RHODEN 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 RHODEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely.
The value of 1.22 in Stansty means that you are 1.22 times as likely to find
someone with the surname of RHODEN in Stansty than you would be in the whole of the UK.