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 91
Buckinghamshire 367
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 42
Channel Islands 63
Cheshire 64
Cornwall 267
Cumberland 22
Derbyshire 736
Devon 1,229
Dorset 1,000
Durham 41
Essex 255
Gloucestershire 704
Hampshire 479
Herefordshire 67
Hertfordshire 139
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 23
Isle of Man 21
Kent 777
Lancashire 308
Leicestershire 123
Lincolnshire 68
London 2,171
Middlesex 125
Northumberland 37
Norfolk 484
Northamptonshire 59
Nottinghamshire 101
Oxfordshire 301
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 23
Shropshire 33
Suffolk 191
Somerset 1,349
Surrey 302
Sussex 547
Staffordshire 377
Warwickshire 250
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 463
Worcestershire 167
Yorkshire 180

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 3
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 10
Carmarthenshire 16
Denbighshire 15
Flintshire 12
Glamorgan 38
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 2
Monmouthshire 98
Pembrokeshire 13
Radnorshire 6

Stone Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Stone family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 1,787
Agricultural Labourer 731
House Servant 336
Labourer 234
Dress Maker 190
Servant 172
At Home 167
Farm Labourer 142
Laundress 114
Annuitant 104
Carpenter 89
General Servant 82
Pauper 76
Scholar At Home 71
Coal Miner 64
Errand Boy 60
Shoe Maker 58
House Keeper 53
Tailor 51
Gardener 45
Nurse 43
Butcher 42
Cook 41
Baker 40
Farm Servant 40

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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