The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname.
For example, there were 1,115 people called MAURICE in Clydey 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 967.7419 in Clydey means that
967.7419% of the people in Clydey on census day were called MAURICE.
The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MAURICE
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 MAURICE 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 MAURICE 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 MAURICE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely.
The value of 1.12 in Clydey means that you are 1.12 times as likely to find
someone with the surname of MAURICE in Clydey than you would be in the whole of the UK.