The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname.
For example, there were 1,658 people called WOGAN in Monckton 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 3478.2609 in Monckton means that
3478.2609% of the people in Monckton on census day were called WOGAN.
The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WOGAN
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 WOGAN 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 WOGAN 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 WOGAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely.
The value of 1.66 in Monckton means that you are 1.66 times as likely to find
someone with the surname of WOGAN in Monckton than you would be in the whole of the UK.