Poundstone

English

Etymology

pound +‎ stone. Calque of German Pfundstein. From German Pfund (“pound”) + Stein (“stone”). Literally, “pound stone”

Proper noun

Poundstone (plural Poundstones)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Poundstone is the 60636^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 332 individuals. Poundstone is most common among White (95.78%) individuals.

See also

• pound
• Pound
• stone
• Stone

 

Further reading

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