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 139
Buckinghamshire 390
Berkshire 311
Cambridgeshire 17
Channel Islands 66
Cheshire 82
Cornwall 340
Cumberland 33
Derbyshire 888
Devon 1,181
Dorset 1,037
Durham 109
Essex 401
Gloucestershire 816
Hampshire 590
Herefordshire 67
Hertfordshire 204
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 16
Isle of Man 11
Kent 953
Lancashire 796
Leicestershire 126
Lincolnshire 11
London 3,244
Middlesex 304
Northumberland 38
Norfolk 476
Northamptonshire 42
Nottinghamshire 117
Oxfordshire 268
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 16
Shropshire 40
Suffolk 297
Somerset 1,502
Surrey 493
Sussex 592
Staffordshire 498
Warwickshire 315
Westmorland 4
Wiltshire 593
Worcestershire 202
Yorkshire 453

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 6
Cardiganshire 7
Carnarvonshire 7
Carmarthenshire 41
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 124
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 7
Monmouthshire 149
Pembrokeshire 15
Radnorshire 1

Stone Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Stone family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3,085
Agricultural Labourer 566
Labourer 446
Domestic Servant 200
General Servant 172
Dress Maker 170
Laundress 153
Servant 115
Carpenter 114
Coal Miner 112
Farm Labourer 85
Annuitant 79
Ag Labourer 74
House Keeper 73
Gardener 72
Quarryman 71
Cook 62
Nurse 60
Blacksmith 56
Dressmaker 54
Shoe Maker 54
Tailor 53
Wife Of Above 52
Baker 52
Butcher 52

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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