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 115
Buckinghamshire 412
Berkshire 361
Cambridgeshire 35
Channel Islands 59
Cheshire 112
Cornwall 323
Cumberland 23
Derbyshire 999
Devon 1,261
Dorset 1,052
Durham 124
Essex 565
Gloucestershire 932
Hampshire 675
Herefordshire 69
Hertfordshire 226
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 32
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1,024
Lancashire 859
Leicestershire 170
Lincolnshire 68
London 3,986
Middlesex 453
Northumberland 48
Norfolk 533
Northamptonshire 47
Nottinghamshire 174
Oxfordshire 321
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 32
Shropshire 47
Suffolk 309
Somerset 1,641
Surrey 618
Sussex 722
Staffordshire 644
Warwickshire 419
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 586
Worcestershire 224
Yorkshire 608

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 13
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 9
Carmarthenshire 42
Denbighshire 9
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 233
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 163
Pembrokeshire 17
Radnorshire 1

Stone Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Stone family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4,361
Agricultural Labourer 558
Dress Maker 237
Domestic Servant 221
General Labourer 218
Labourer 218
General Servant 199
Coal Miner 182
Laundress 163
Farm Labourer 146
Annuitant 113
Carpenter 108
General Servant Domestic 94
Quarryman 86
Gardener 70
Baker 64
Servant 60
Charwoman 59
Shoe Maker 59
House Keeper 57
No Occupation 57
None 53
Cook 46
Tailoress 46
Tailor 45

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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