Stones 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).
Discover how your Stones ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 0 |
Buckinghamshire | 25 |
Berkshire | 1 |
Cambridgeshire | 2 |
Channel Islands | 6 |
Cheshire | 85 |
Cornwall | 6 |
Cumberland | 5 |
Derbyshire | 49 |
Devon | 15 |
Dorset | 1 |
Durham | 171 |
Essex | 47 |
Gloucestershire | 6 |
Hampshire | 15 |
Herefordshire | 2 |
Hertfordshire | 12 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 3 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 22 |
Lancashire | 841 |
Leicestershire | 35 |
Lincolnshire | 288 |
London | 135 |
Middlesex | 11 |
Northumberland | 13 |
Norfolk | 5 |
Northamptonshire | 19 |
Nottinghamshire | 157 |
Oxfordshire | 10 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 3 |
Shropshire | 41 |
Suffolk | 0 |
Somerset | 9 |
Surrey | 4 |
Sussex | 43 |
Staffordshire | 101 |
Warwickshire | 32 |
Westmorland | 14 |
Wiltshire | 7 |
Worcestershire | 17 |
Yorkshire | 1,051 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 1 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 2 |
Flintshire | 7 |
Glamorgan | 9 |
Merionethshire | 1 |
Montgomeryshire | 1 |
Monmouthshire | 6 |
Pembrokeshire | 1 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 599 |
Agricultural Labourer | 84 |
Labourer | 62 |
Coal Miner | 60 |
Cotton Weaver | 56 |
Miner | 32 |
Domestic Servant | 27 |
General Servant | 26 |
Dress Maker | 24 |
House Keeper | 21 |
Ag Labourer | 17 |
Servant | 13 |
Cotton Piecer | 13 |
Farm Servant | 12 |
Annuitant | 11 |
Cotton Winder | 11 |
Farm Labourer | 11 |
Lace Maker | 10 |
Collier | 10 |
Carter | 10 |
Grocer | 10 |
Joiner | 10 |
Laundress | 9 |
Blacksmith | 9 |
Stone Mason | 9 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Stones | 2,051 |
William Stones | 1,968 |
John Stones | 1,912 |
Thomas Stones | 1,283 |
Elizabeth Stones | 1,241 |
George Stones | 1,093 |
Sarah Stones | 1,041 |
James Stones | 1,009 |
Ann Stones | 837 |
Jane Stones | 604 |
Joseph Stones | 553 |
Alice Stones | 515 |
Annie Stones | 473 |
Henry Stones | 459 |
Charles Stones | 436 |
Hannah Stones | 420 |
Robert Stones | 419 |
Edward Stones | 406 |
Ellen Stones | 405 |
Samuel Stones | 398 |
Emma Stones | 350 |
Eliza Stones | 344 |
Margaret Stones | 338 |
Arthur Stones | 261 |
Martha Stones | 250 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Stones | 100% | 29,281 |
2 | Staines | 71% | 11,399 |
3 | Stains | 50% | 2,570 |
4 | Stanes | 83% | 1,545 |
5 | Austins | 43% | 935 |
6 | Steans | 50% | 724 |
7 | Astins | 50% | 422 |
8 | Steains | 43% | 376 |
9 | Stons | 83% | 256 |
10 | Ostins | 50% | 154 |
11 | Steanes | 71% | 134 |
12 | Stans | 67% | 116 |
13 | Steens | 50% | 103 |
The surname Stones is the most popular version of all its varients