Top surnames in Bircholt from the 1881 British Census

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
AVERY	8	22.2222	1333.3333
THORPE	6	16.6667	422.5352
ELLIS	5	13.8889	95.6023
JORDON	2	5.5556	1250.0000
MORLEY	2	5.5556	138.8889
SMITH	2	5.5556	3.9347
HILLS	1	2.7778	100.0000
WINDER	1	2.7778	416.6667
PHILPOTT	1	2.7778	357.1429
GOODWIN	1	2.7778	52.6316

Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
KENNET	36	5000.0000	0.0360
AVERY	36	1333.3333	0.0360
JORDON	36	1250.0000	0.0360
THORPE	36	422.5352	0.0360
WINDER	36	416.6667	0.0360
PHILPOTT	36	357.1429	0.0360
MORLEY	36	138.8889	0.0360
HILLS	36	100.0000	0.0360
ELLIS	36	95.6023	0.0360
GOODWIN	36	52.6316	0.0360

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called THORPE in Bircholt 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 16.6667 in Bircholt means that 16.6667% of the people in Bircholt on census day were called THORPE.
The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called THORPE 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 THORPE 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 THORPE 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 THORPE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 422.5352 in Bircholt means that you are 422.5352 times as likely to find someone with the surname of THORPE in Bircholt than you would be in the whole of the UK.