Hoveringham is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Nottinghamshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 328 people called SOANS in Hoveringham 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 4444.4444 in Hoveringham means that 4444.4444% of the people in Hoveringham on census day were called SOANS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SOANS 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 SOANS 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 SOANS 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 SOANS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Hoveringham means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SOANS in Hoveringham than you would be in the whole of the UK.