Last Name STONES

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: At the stone or stones, from residence beside some remarkable soadside stone or rock.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 28,648 (2000 US census) 28,278 (1990 US census)
Count 783 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 81.74%, or 640 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 14.3%, or 112 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.89%, or 7 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.3%, or 18 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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