The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname.
For example, there were 468 people called BESCH in Cronton 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 5000.0000 in Cronton means that
5000.0000% of the people in Cronton on census day were called BESCH.
The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BESCH
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 BESCH 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 BESCH 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 BESCH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely.
The value of 0.47 in Cronton means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find
someone with the surname of BESCH in Cronton than you would be in the whole of the UK.