The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname.
For example, there were 1,927 people called DAISLEY in Gamlingay 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 1884.0580 in Gamlingay means that
1884.0580% of the people in Gamlingay on census day were called DAISLEY.
The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DAISLEY
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 DAISLEY 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 DAISLEY 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 DAISLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely.
The value of 1.93 in Gamlingay means that you are 1.93 times as likely to find
someone with the surname of DAISLEY in Gamlingay than you would be in the whole of the UK.