The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname.
For example, there were 10 people called ORM in Huddleston Cum Lumby 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 4.1841 in Huddleston Cum Lumby means that
4.1841% of the people in Huddleston Cum Lumby on census day were called ORM.
The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ORM
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 ORM 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 ORM 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 ORM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely.
The value of 50,000.00 in Huddleston Cum Lumby means that you are 50,000.00 times as likely to find
someone with the surname of ORM in Huddleston Cum Lumby than you would be in the whole of the UK.