Stanion

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Stanyan, Stanyon

Etymology

Recorder as Stanere in the Domesday Book and as Stanerna in the Pipe rolls, the placename probably derives from Old English stān (“stone”) + earn (“house, cottage”).

Proper noun

Stanion (countable and uncountable, plural Stanions)

1. A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9186).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Stanion is the 186924^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 111 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stanion”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.