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Origin Of The Surname Stainton
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Meaning Of The Surname Stainton
From the Town of Stone
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Interesting
Facts About
Stainton
Stainton is a locational surname, originating from one of any places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. In this case the town’s name comes from the Viking word ‘Stien’ meaning stone, combined with the Old English ‘tun’, settlement, to mean ‘Town of Stone’. |
Stainton Statistics
Stainton is the number 1601 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 6,421 share the surname Stainton in the UK.
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