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 408
Berkshire 330
Cambridgeshire 29
Channel Islands 61
Cheshire 197
Cornwall 353
Cumberland 36
Derbyshire 1,132
Devon 1,337
Dorset 910
Durham 174
Essex 689
Gloucestershire 1,004
Hampshire 880
Herefordshire 49
Hertfordshire 230
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 24
Isle of Man 8
Kent 1,137
Lancashire 1,212
Leicestershire 170
Lincolnshire 110
London 4,361
Middlesex 588
Northumberland 104
Norfolk 535
Northamptonshire 101
Nottinghamshire 285
Oxfordshire 249
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 24
Shropshire 64
Suffolk 320
Somerset 1,597
Surrey 639
Sussex 727
Staffordshire 757
Warwickshire 495
Westmorland 8
Wiltshire 490
Worcestershire 289
Yorkshire 1,009

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 13
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 12
Carmarthenshire 29
Denbighshire 8
Flintshire 7
Glamorgan 435
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 2
Monmouthshire 217
Pembrokeshire 32
Radnorshire 0

Stone Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Stone family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4,004
Agricultural Labourer 421
General Labourer 356
Dress Maker 221
Coal Miner 219
Domestic Servant 217
Living On Own Means 211
Labourer 195
Laundress 161
General Servant 152
General Servant Domestic 149
Farmer 141
Living On Her Own Means 135
Farm Labourer 125
Carpenter 103
Gardener 95
Baker 74
Shoe Maker 71
Dressmaker 69
House Keeper 69
Cook Domestic Servant 68
Blacksmith 66
Clerk 60
Errand Boy 60
Grocer 59

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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