Stoney Surname
Approximately 3,613 people bear this surname
Stoney Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stoney.' Several places, Stoney Middleton (Derbyshire) and Stony Stratford (Buckinghamshire), for instance, bear this name as a prefix. But I can supply no further information.
Agnes Stany, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Read More About This SurnameStoney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,704 | 1:212,711 | 20,775 |
| Australia | 630 | 1:42,850 | 5,449 |
| England | 629 | 1:88,582 | 9,600 |
| Canada | 197 | 1:187,033 | 18,476 |
| Jamaica | 152 | 1:18,881 | 1,691 |
| Ireland | 72 | 1:65,402 | 4,223 |
| New Zealand | 58 | 1:78,075 | 11,384 |
| Scotland | 36 | 1:148,717 | 8,826 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Wales | 18 | 1:171,918 | 11,581 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 118 | 1:37,541 | 3,496 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 421 | 1:57,899 | 6,817 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 361 | 1:139,110 | 13,141 |
Stoney (3,438) may also be a first name.
Stoney Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stoney.' Several places, Stoney Middleton (Derbyshire) and Stony Stratford (Buckinghamshire), for instance, bear this name as a prefix. But I can supply no further information.
Agnes Stany, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Peter Stoney, Close Rolls, 6 Edward II.
1803. Married — Elijah Stoney and Sarah Weaver: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) belonging to Stoney; or Dweller at 1 the Stony or Rocky Island or Waterside [Old English stán, a stone, rock + íg] 2 the Stony Land [for Old English stániht]
Possibly from Loch Stoney in Forfarshire.
A location name in Warwickshire.
Stoney Demographics
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Stoney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stoney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Stoney occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Stoney? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 125,880th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,017,035 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Stoney live; 53 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 121,304th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 3,438 people.
The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 1,704 people, or 1 in 212,711. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: South Carolina, where 9 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and New York, where 8 percent reside. Apart from The United States it exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 17 percent reside and England, where 17 percent reside.
Stoney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Stoney has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 472 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 149 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 39 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Stoney Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Stoney surname is principally Anglican (59%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Stoney surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50.68% registered with the political party.
The amount Stoney earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.63% less than the national average, earning $42,444 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.78% less than the national average, earning $42,342 CAD per year.
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