# Stoneham (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stoneham/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from locations.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 718 |
| US rank (2010) | 32,123 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 430,008 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.1% (677 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Stonham, Stanham |

## Etymology

From Middle English Stonham, from Old English stān + hām. By surface analysis, stone + home.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stoneham in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.8% |

## Similar surnames

Stoneman, Steinman, Seidman, Sweetman, Sweatman, Stamand, Steinmann, Stamant, Stemen, Steininger, Sidman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.