Stone Surname
Approximately 291,185 people bear this surname
Stone Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the stone' or stones (compare Styles, Stubbs, Stocks, &o), from residence beside some remarkable roadside stone or rock.
Warin de la Stane, Devon, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Reginald ad Ston', Bedfordshire, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameStone Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 198,819 | 1:1,823 | 157 |
| England | 39,318 | 1:1,417 | 149 |
| Australia | 18,088 | 1:1,492 | 172 |
| Canada | 10,982 | 1:3,355 | 427 |
| South Africa | 5,039 | 1:10,752 | 1,339 |
| New Zealand | 2,508 | 1:1,806 | 236 |
| Wales | 1,893 | 1:1,635 | 156 |
| Jamaica | 1,699 | 1:1,689 | 286 |
| Ireland | 956 | 1:4,926 | 811 |
| Saudi Arabia | 954 | 1:32,344 | 4,580 |
| Scotland | 914 | 1:5,858 | 949 |
| China | 716 | 1:1,909,667 | 352 |
| Thailand | 702 | 1:100,624 | 14,454 |
| Russia | 661 | 1:218,038 | 23,685 |
| Iran | 590 | 1:130,140 | 11,894 |
| Brazil | 536 | 1:399,392 | 15,226 |
| Israel | 527 | 1:16,238 | 2,435 |
| Nigeria | 487 | 1:363,743 | 19,486 |
| India | 368 | 1:2,084,417 | 70,614 |
| Tanzania | 360 | 1:147,060 | 13,405 |
| Germany | 324 | 1:248,474 | 27,007 |
| Spain | 248 | 1:188,516 | 13,133 |
| Mexico | 241 | 1:515,046 | 9,128 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| France | 210 | 1:316,299 | 48,089 |
| Northern Ireland | 194 | 1:9,510 | 1,530 |
| Japan | 186 | 1:687,335 | 16,881 |
| Chile | 179 | 1:98,416 | 3,719 |
| Netherlands | 146 | 1:115,666 | 18,330 |
| Bahrain | 132 | 1:10,217 | 1,962 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Liberia | 121 | 1:36,434 | 3,379 |
| Portugal | 113 | 1:92,197 | 4,545 |
| Zimbabwe | 109 | 1:141,635 | 18,305 |
| Italy | 106 | 1:576,950 | 54,562 |
| Philippines | 105 | 1:964,174 | 84,481 |
| Afghanistan | 103 | 1:312,167 | 4,880 |
| Sweden | 102 | 1:96,537 | 7,015 |
| Dominican Republic | 92 | 1:113,401 | 4,751 |
| Botswana | 88 | 1:24,851 | 5,011 |
| Latvia | 88 | 1:23,296 | 3,526 |
| Switzerland | 85 | 1:96,623 | 10,422 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 80 | 1:17,050 | 2,088 |
| Panama | 76 | 1:51,477 | 2,491 |
| Indonesia | 74 | 1:1,787,151 | 115,268 |
| Belgium | 69 | 1:166,618 | 22,787 |
| Jersey | 66 | 1:1,503 | 210 |
| Malaysia | 61 | 1:483,512 | 24,345 |
| Guernsey | 51 | 1:1,264 | 261 |
| Ghana | 48 | 1:562,931 | 11,440 |
| Egypt | 46 | 1:1,998,603 | 48,041 |
| Hong Kong | 46 | 1:159,467 | 2,947 |
| Uzbekistan | 44 | 1:702,935 | 14,831 |
| Kazakhstan | 43 | 1:411,221 | 31,868 |
| Guam | 41 | 1:3,905 | 492 |
| Denmark | 40 | 1:141,118 | 12,512 |
| Argentina | 39 | 1:1,095,985 | 66,746 |
| Malta | 36 | 1:11,952 | 723 |
| Cyprus | 34 | 1:26,026 | 2,877 |
| Belarus | 33 | 1:287,911 | 32,667 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Norway | 29 | 1:177,320 | 21,035 |
| Turkey | 26 | 1:2,993,132 | 85,930 |
| Vietnam | 26 | 1:3,563,310 | 2,321 |
| Malawi | 25 | 1:684,764 | 19,487 |
| Czechia | 24 | 1:443,061 | 48,767 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Austria | 22 | 1:387,065 | 40,442 |
| Ecuador | 22 | 1:722,993 | 12,618 |
| Pakistan | 22 | 1:8,120,177 | 43,015 |
| Aruba | 18 | 1:5,749 | 789 |
| South Korea | 18 | 1:2,846,681 | 560 |
| United Arab Emirates | 18 | 1:509,015 | 23,390 |
| Taiwan | 17 | 1:1,379,103 | 9,281 |
| Bermuda | 15 | 1:4,352 | 690 |
| Bangladesh | 14 | 1:11,382,627 | 13,510 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Poland | 14 | 1:2,714,911 | 112,031 |
| Venezuela | 14 | 1:2,157,434 | 25,468 |
| Lebanon | 13 | 1:433,622 | 11,952 |
| Peru | 13 | 1:2,444,933 | 27,186 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 13 | 1:2,641 | 268 |
| Isle of Man | 12 | 1:7,152 | 1,559 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Jordan | 10 | 1:884,244 | 15,916 |
| Oman | 10 | 1:368,797 | 5,193 |
| Costa Rica | 9 | 1:531,119 | 4,381 |
| Greece | 9 | 1:1,231,088 | 85,267 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Romania | 9 | 1:2,230,874 | 54,437 |
| Tonga | 9 | 1:11,924 | 307 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 9 | 1:12,264 | 1,665 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Azerbaijan | 8 | 1:1,206,140 | 16,795 |
| Cayman Islands | 8 | 1:7,987 | 922 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| Georgia | 8 | 1:468,193 | 17,304 |
| Iceland | 8 | 1:47,511 | 3,734 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| DR Congo | 7 | 1:10,554,224 | 182,882 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 1:1,163,151 | 37,744 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Angola | 5 | 1:5,397,843 | 6,980 |
| Myanmar | 5 | 1:10,387,597 | 1,301 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| North Macedonia | 4 | 1:525,368 | 20,918 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 1:13,800 | 846 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Bahamas | 3 | 1:130,584 | 1,472 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Rwanda | 3 | 1:3,788,326 | 5,895 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Mali | 2 | 1:8,484,518 | 4,035 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Mongolia | 2 | 1:1,412,644 | 16,950 |
| Mozambique | 2 | 1:13,630,784 | 7,358 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Sudan | 2 | 1:18,755,098 | 14,167 |
| Tajikistan | 2 | 1:4,193,346 | 12,835 |
| Togo | 2 | 1:3,623,884 | 11,997 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 549 | 1:8,069 | 1,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20,989 | 1:1,161 | 126 |
| Wales | 484 | 1:3,241 | 220 |
| Scotland | 146 | 1:25,638 | 2,332 |
| Jersey | 35 | 1:1,482 | 235 |
| Guernsey | 16 | 1:2,041 | 347 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 40,094 | 1:1,253 | 116 |
Stone (9,953) may also be a first name.
Stone Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the stone' or stones (compare Styles, Stubbs, Stocks, &o), from residence beside some remarkable roadside stone or rock.
Warin de la Stane, Devon, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Reginald ad Ston', Bedfordshire, ibid.
John de la Stone, Sussex, ibid.
Johannes del Stone, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Robertus del Stones, 1379: ibid.
Elena de Stons, 1379: ibid.
Robert atte Stone, Close Rolls, 31 Edward I.
John atte Stone, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
1609. Baptised — John, s. Francis Stone: St. James, Clerkenwell.
Local, from some place of the name. Probably of English origin. Thomas de Stone of Roxburghshire rendered homage, 1296 (Bain, II, p. 209). Thomas de Stone was common councillor of Aberdeen, 1435 (Guildry, p. 185), and Jerome Stone (1727-1756), schoolmaster in Dunkeld, "was the real discoverer to modern knowledge of the ancient Ossianic ballads."
(English) belonging to Stone; or Dweller at a Stone (Obelisk, etc.), Rock, or Stone Castle [Middle English ston(e, stan(e, Old English stán] John de la Stone.—Hundred Rolls Stone, Staffs, occurs in the 13th cent, freq. as both Stane and Stanes; Stone, Worc., was Stanes in Domesday-Book and in the 13th cent.; so that ‘Stone’ must sometimes be interpreted with plural significance.
This English name has been used as a synonym of Clogherty and Mulclohy, q.v
(English) Dweller near some remarkable stone or rock, often a boundary mark; one who came from Stone (the stone or stones), the name of various places in England.
A very common local surname. There are towns, parishes, &c., so called in cos. Stafford, Buckingham, Gloucester, Kent, Worcester, &c.
Local. A town in England. The name was probably given to an individual who resided near or by some remarkable stone, or at a place called Stone. "Will at the Stone."
A location name in Kent, Staffordshire, etc.
Stone. —Excepting its establishment in Derbyshire, this name is mostly restricted to the south of England and is especially at home in Berks and Bucks, and in the south - western counties of Somerset, Dorset, and Devon. It has probably in most cases a local origin, as in Somerset, Bucks, Kent, etc., where there are parishes and villages thus called.
Stone Demographics
Average Stone Salary in
United States
$42,764 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Stone Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stone Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Stone (Arabic: ستون, Bengali: স্টোন, Marathi: टोन, Oriya: ୋନ, Russian: Стоне) is most common in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Stone? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,883rd most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,027 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Stone live; 72 percent live in North America and 72 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 61,425th most widespread forename internationally, borne by 9,953 people.
This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 198,819 people, or 1 in 1,823. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 10 percent are found, Texas, where 9 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States it occurs in 184 countries. It also occurs in England, where 14 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.
Stone Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Stone has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Stone surname grew 496 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 187 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 391 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 174 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 626 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Stone Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (44%) in Ireland, Orthodox (79%) in Russia, Jewish (90%) in Lebanon, Christian (97%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (57%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Stone are 12.2% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.97% being registered with the party.
The amount Stone earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 32.72% more than the national average, earning 459,316 kr per year; in Peru they earn 60.34% more than the national average, earning S/. 31,082 per year; in South Africa they earn 62.14% more than the national average, earning R 385,296 per year; in United States they earn 0.89% less than the national average, earning $42,764 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.29% more than the national average, earning $50,823 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Stone Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Stone in the Bengali language | ||
| স্টোন | stona | - |
| Stone in the Oriya language | ||
| ୋନ | ona | - |
| Stone in the Marathi language | ||
| टोन | tona | - |
| Stone in the Russian language | ||
| Стоне | stone | - |
| Stone in the Arabic language | ||
| ستون | stwn | - |
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