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 132
Buckinghamshire 409
Berkshire 385
Cambridgeshire 38
Channel Islands 70
Cheshire 187
Cornwall 429
Cumberland 33
Derbyshire 1,193
Devon 1,369
Dorset 965
Durham 196
Essex 1,085
Gloucestershire 1,345
Hampshire 1,089
Herefordshire 70
Hertfordshire 272
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 16
Isle of Man 13
Kent 1,262
Lancashire 1,272
Leicestershire 245
Lincolnshire 100
London 4,725
Middlesex 795
Northumberland 133
Norfolk 602
Northamptonshire 71
Nottinghamshire 369
Oxfordshire 268
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 16
Shropshire 40
Suffolk 316
Somerset 1,600
Surrey 854
Sussex 770
Staffordshire 817
Warwickshire 531
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 523
Worcestershire 318
Yorkshire 1,102

Wales

Anglesey 5
Brecknockshire 17
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 23
Carmarthenshire 65
Denbighshire 7
Flintshire 10
Glamorgan 705
Merionethshire 3
Montgomeryshire 12
Monmouthshire 252
Pembrokeshire 23
Radnorshire 3

Stone Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Stone family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 363
Living On Own Means 307
General Servant Domestic 213
Dress Maker 198
Scholar 180
Cook Domestic 145
Farmer 129
Laundress Wash 113
Carpenter 106
Housemaid Domestic 106
Agricultural Labourer 97
House Maid Domestic 87
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 87
Domestic Servant 86
Coal Miner Hewer 86
Gardener Domestic 85
Dressmaker 77
Bricklayer 74
Servant Domestic 70
Charwoman 68
Stone Quarryman 68
Tailoress 65
Tailor 64
School 62
Dock Labourer 57

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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