Top surnames in Dinedor from the 1881 British Census

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
PRITCHARD	16	6.2745	116.5331
JONES	16	6.2745	5.5402
PREECE	16	6.2745	385.5422
TYLER	13	5.0980	172.6428
JENKINS	13	5.0980	43.2612
WATKINS	9	3.5294	58.2524
MATTEY	8	3.1373	6666.6667
HERRING	8	3.1373	306.5134
GAINES	8	3.1373	1739.1304
FARMER	7	2.7451	87.8294

Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
MATTEY	255	6666.6667	0.2550
OATRIDGE	255	4000.0000	0.2550
MAGNESS	255	2352.9412	0.2550
GAINES	255	1739.1304	0.2550
TREWIN	255	1714.2857	0.2550
PEMBER	255	1250.0000	0.2550
HAVARD	255	1060.6061	0.2550
COBURN	255	1041.6667	0.2550
MUSTOE	255	555.5556	0.2550
HODNETT	255	454.5455	0.2550

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 16 people called JONES in Dinedor 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 6.2745 in Dinedor means that 6.2745% of the people in Dinedor on census day were called JONES.
The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JONES 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 JONES a if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. If the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someoen called JONES here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and if 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 JONES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5.5402 in Dinedor means that you are 5.5402 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JONES in Dinedor than you would be in the whole of the UK.