What do the statistics in the frequency and ethnicity tables mean?

The frequency and ethnicity tables present information regarding statistics about the surname and the ethnicity of the first name that accompanies the surname. This help page provides definitions for every statistic presented in the tables.


See the definition for:

    Statistics about the name
    Ethnicity of first names

Statistics about the name (GB)
Frequency 1881 Occurrences in GB, 1881 Census
Frequency 1996 Occurrences in GB, 1996 electoral register
Change (%) GB Rate per million in 1996 as % of GB Rate per million in 1881
Occurrences per million names (1881)
Occurrences per million names (1996)
Rank (1881) Rank position of name (where 1 is the most frequent) in 1881
Rank (1996) Rank position of name (where 1 is the most frequent) in 1996
Ethnicity of forenames
British % of GB occurrences having a British or Irish first (given) name, or forename of unknown origin
English % of GB occurrences having an English first (given) name, or forename of unknown origin
Irish % of GB occurrences having an Irish first (given) name
Scottish % of GB occurrences having a Scottish first (given) name
Welsh % of GB occurrences having a Welsh first (given) name
Jewish % of GB occurrences having a Jewish first (given) name
Balkan % of GB occurrences having a Balkan first (given) name
French % of GB occurrences having a French first (given) name
German or Dutch % of GB occurrences having a German or Dutch first (given) name
Greek or Greek Cypriot % of GB occurrences having a Greek or Cypriot first (given) name
Hispanic % of GB occurrences having an Hispanic first (given) name
Hungarian % of GB occurrences having a Hungarian first (given) name
Italian % of GB occurrences having an Italian first (given) name
Nordic % of GB occurrences having a Nordic first (given) name
Polish or Czech % of GB occurrences having a Polish or Czech first (given) name
Russian % of GB occurrences having a Russian first (given) name
Black African % of GB occurrences having a Black African first (given) name
North African % of GB occurrences having a North African first (given) name
Turkish or Turkish Cypriot % of GB occurrences having a Turkish or Turkish Cypriot first (given) name
Other Muslim % of GB occurrences having any other Muslim first (given) name
Indian % of GB occurrences having an Indian first (given) name
Hindi % of GB occurrences having a Hindi first (given) name
Sikh % of GB occurrences having a Sikh first (given) name
Other South Asian % of GB occurrences having any other South Asian first (given) name
East Asian % of GB occurrences having an East Asian first (given) name