Stony Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Stony Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Stony family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 3
Cotton Weaver 1
Farmer 1
Pensioner 1
Plasterer 1
Weaver 1
Farm Servant 1
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Stony

Name Census Frequency
John Stony 25
Elizabeth Stony 22
Mary Stony 21
William Stony 16
George Stony 15
Thomas Stony 14
Margaret Stony 11
Emma Stony 9
Isabella Stony 9
Jane Stony 9
Sarah Stony 9
Ann Stony 8
Joseph Stony 8
Henry Stony 7
James Stony 7
Charles Stony 6
Robert Stony 6
Alice Stony 5
Frederick Stony 5
Agnes Stony 4
Annie Stony 4
Ellen Stony 4
Hannah Stony 4
Richard Stony 4
Walter Stony 4

Stony Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Stoney 83% 5,088
2 Staney 67% 1,038
3 Stony 100% 333
4 Stany 80% 157

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The surname Stony is the 3rd most popular variant of Stoney.

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