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 201
Buckinghamshire 443
Berkshire 383
Cambridgeshire 35
Channel Islands 71
Cheshire 200
Cornwall 441
Cumberland 39
Derbyshire 1,303
Devon 1,473
Dorset 935
Durham 254
Essex 1,294
Gloucestershire 1,511
Hampshire 1,257
Herefordshire 68
Hertfordshire 317
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 15
Isle of Man 14
Kent 1,383
Lancashire 1,367
Leicestershire 283
Lincolnshire 91
London 4,971
Middlesex 1,173
Northumberland 186
Norfolk 668
Northamptonshire 76
Nottinghamshire 546
Oxfordshire 309
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 15
Shropshire 53
Suffolk 334
Somerset 1,574
Surrey 1,019
Sussex 782
Staffordshire 908
Warwickshire 569
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 565
Worcestershire 391
Yorkshire 1,266

Wales

Anglesey 1
Brecknockshire 21
Cardiganshire 7
Carnarvonshire 11
Carmarthenshire 90
Denbighshire 10
Flintshire 13
Glamorgan 1,021
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 364
Pembrokeshire 12
Radnorshire 1

Stone Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Stone family

Profession Census Frequency
School 2,884
Farm Labourer 304
Private Means 241
General Labourer 200
General Servant (domestic) 200
Labourer 196
Coal Miner Hewer 147
Dressmaker 141
None 134
Farmer 114
Clerk 112
Domestic Servant 98
At School 97
Scholar 88
House Painter 85
Carpenter 84
Bricklayer 84
General Servant Domestic 82
Laundress 82
At Home 80
Dress Maker 73
Errand Boy 73
Assisting In The Business 71
Cook (domestic) 71
Assisting In Business 66

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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The surname Stone is the most popular version of all its varients

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