$100$ surnames were randomly picked up from a local telephone directory and a frequency distribution of the number of letters in the English alphabet in the surnames was found as follows:
Number of letters Number of surnames
$1-4$ $6$
$4-6$ $30$
$6-8$ $44$
$8-12$ $16$
$12-20$ $4$

$(i)$ Draw a histogram to depict the given information.
$(ii)$ Write the class interval in which the maximum number of surnames lie.

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(N/A) $(i)$ Here,it can be observed that the data has class intervals of varying width. The proportion of the number of surnames per $2$ letters interval can be calculated as follows:
Number of letters Frequency (Number of surnames) Width of class Length of rectangle
$1-4$ $6$ $3$ $\frac{6 \times 2}{3} = 4$
$4-6$ $30$ $2$ $\frac{30 \times 2}{2} = 30$
$6-8$ $44$ $2$ $\frac{44 \times 2}{2} = 44$
$8-12$ $16$ $4$ $\frac{16 \times 2}{4} = 8$
$12-20$ $4$ $8$ $\frac{4 \times 2}{8} = 1$

By taking the number of letters on the $x$-axis and the proportion of the number of surnames per $2$ letters interval on the $y$-axis,the histogram is constructed as shown in the provided image.
$(ii)$ The class interval in which the maximum number of surnames lies is $6-8$,as it contains $44$ surnames,which is the maximum frequency for this data.

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