Stone Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Stone Name Meaning: This name was given to someone who worked with stone, or to someone who lived on stony ground.

From the Old English \"stan\", the surname \"Stone\" comes from a topographical name for someone who live on or by stony ground or near a monument of stone, or who lived in a place called Stone. It is also an occupational name for someone who worked with stone (e.g. a mason).

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 319
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 58
Channel Islands 31
Cheshire 80
Cornwall 224
Cumberland 28
Derbyshire 770
Devon 1,147
Dorset 903
Durham 32
Essex 264
Gloucestershire 869
Hampshire 437
Herefordshire 71
Hertfordshire 112
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 10
Isle of Man 0
Kent 761
Lancashire 263
Leicestershire 123
Lincolnshire 100
London 2,052
Middlesex 102
Northumberland 22
Norfolk 459
Northamptonshire 48
Nottinghamshire 94
Oxfordshire 356
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 10
Shropshire 46
Suffolk 151
Somerset 1,151
Surrey 249
Sussex 419
Staffordshire 303
Warwickshire 210
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 429
Worcestershire 152
Yorkshire 137

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 15
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 6
Glamorgan 12
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 2
Monmouthshire 45
Pembrokeshire 23
Radnorshire 1

Stone Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Stone family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 770
Female Servant 531
Independent 375
Labourer 239
Male Servant 197
Farmer 163
Shoe Maker 107
Ag Labourer 94
Carpenter 84
Dress Maker 65
Quarry Man 60
Laundress 49
Tailor 46
Butcher 46
Mason 46
Blacksmith 44
Gardener 43
Servant 43
Pupil 40
Pauper 38
Baker 35
Coal Miner 35
Apprentice 34
Grocer 30
Cotton Spinner 29

Most Frequent Forenames for Stone

Name Census Frequency
William Stone 11,425
Mary Stone 9,909
John Stone 8,681
Elizabeth Stone 6,910
George Stone 5,925
Sarah Stone 5,315
James Stone 4,853
Thomas Stone 4,653
Henry Stone 3,777
Charles Stone 3,459
Ann Stone 3,293
Jane Stone 2,759
Eliza Stone 2,561
Emma Stone 2,237
Joseph Stone 2,193
Ellen Stone 2,190
Robert Stone 2,178
Edward Stone 2,121
Alice Stone 2,106
Emily Stone 2,105
Annie Stone 2,102
Frederick Stone 2,088
Alfred Stone 1,849
Samuel Stone 1,839
Albert Stone 1,596

Stone Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Stone 100% 165,061
2 Austin 33% 100,559
3 Aston 60% 38,435
4 Easton 50% 21,426
5 Austen 33% 16,326
6 Seaton 50% 15,345
7 Auston 50% 6,723
8 Astin 40% 5,364
9 Steen 40% 2,907
10 Steane 67% 2,342
11 Stein 40% 1,956
12 Stain 40% 1,768
13 Stean 40% 1,384
14 Seton 60% 1,086
15 Euston 50% 1,019
16 Aiston 50% 892
17 Eston 60% 886
18 Easten 33% 879
19 Asten 40% 715
20 Oston 60% 541
21 Suton 60% 529
22 Stane 80% 476
23 Ston 80% 448
24 Ouston 50% 371
25 Souton 50% 365
26 Staine 67% 359
27 Stan 60% 351
28 Austine 57% 272
29 Saton 60% 268
30 Steene 67% 261
31 Souten 33% 138
32 Stoan 60% 129
33 Iseton 50% 126
34 Sten 60% 125
35 Eustone 71% 119
36 Osten 40% 113
37 Stine 80% 110

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