The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname.
For example, there were 19,334 people called CRUMBY in Folkestone 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 758.1227 in Folkestone means that
758.1227% of the people in Folkestone on census day were called CRUMBY.
The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CRUMBY
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 CRUMBY 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 CRUMBY 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 CRUMBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely.
The value of 19.33 in Folkestone means that you are 19.33 times as likely to find
someone with the surname of CRUMBY in Folkestone than you would be in the whole of the UK.