The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname.
For example, there were 552 people called CHANCELLOR in Charterhouse Hinton 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 1951.2195 in Charterhouse Hinton means that
1951.2195% of the people in Charterhouse Hinton on census day were called CHANCELLOR.
The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHANCELLOR
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 CHANCELLOR 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 CHANCELLOR 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 CHANCELLOR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely.
The value of 0.55 in Charterhouse Hinton means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find
someone with the surname of CHANCELLOR in Charterhouse Hinton than you would be in the whole of the UK.