The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname.
For example, there were 1,378 people called FORKIN in Sunderland Bridge 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 1428.5714 in Sunderland Bridge means that
1428.5714% of the people in Sunderland Bridge on census day were called FORKIN.
The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FORKIN
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 FORKIN 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 FORKIN 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 FORKIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely.
The value of 1.38 in Sunderland Bridge means that you are 1.38 times as likely to find
someone with the surname of FORKIN in Sunderland Bridge than you would be in the whole of the UK.