Blain is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland, France. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Blain
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, Scotland, France
Meaning:

The son of the disciple of Blaan or Blane meaning "the lean," an early Scottish saint.

Surname is a variant form of Blaine. The son of the disciple of Blaan or Blane meaning "the lean," an early Scottish saint.

How popular is Blain?

Blain is common in United States, France, Canada, Haiti, England, Australia, Scotland, New Zealand, Argentina.

Blain is ranked 24362 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Blain bearers increased by 6.91 per cent in 2010 US census to 4764 since 2000, the surname slipped by 84 spots and ranked at 7025. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.27 83.6
Black 13.29 10.68
Hispanic or Latino 3.36 2.81
Others 1.68 1.75
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.82 0.74
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0.43
Blain is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Haiti is ahead in terms of density. Around 22203 people have been found who wears Blain as their family name. Blain is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Blain:
6,810 United States6,324
1,142 France5,690
1,330 Canada4,134
750 Haiti1,675
4,986 England1,454
2,601 Australia1,447
Countries with hundreds of Blain:
1,747 Scotland398
5,032 New Zealand157
26,182 Argentina129
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
43,124 South Africa99
2,532 Northern Ireland86
4,162 Ireland74
4,483 Wales65
25,672 Belgium59
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
148,803 Brazil35
11,471 Dominican Republic31
25,178 Israel30
21,823 Ivory Coast28
284,782 Thailand25
26,446 Switzerland24
63,384 Spain16
68,885 Netherlands15
322,587 Russia15
6,046 Cuba15
7,075 Cyprus13
207,772 Philippines11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
34,222 Denmark10
266,530 Germany9
30,726 Qatar9
20,027 Ecuador9
33,931 Venezuela9
1,436 Antigua and Barbuda6
11,702 China6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Oliver Blain worked as farmer and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 31 years old embarked for New-York from Liverpool on Sarah And Louisa and arrived on April 6, 1849. George Blain, aged 39, Weaver Helen Blain, Christian Blain (9), 7 years old James Blain, Margaret Blain, aged 4, 25 years old Ellen Blain, Margaret Blain, aged 4, Ellen Blain, aged 10 months old, and 11 other Blain around 58.33% of whom were farmer while others worked as merchant and workman migrated to US.

From Germany

Isedor. Blain worked as farmer and hailed from France. 30 years old embarked for New York from Havre on Hitchcock and arrived on July 3, 1850. Marie Blain (25) Farmer, Leo Blain, aged 20, 27 years old Jos. Blain, Zoban-E. Blain, aged 44, 25 years old Stephan Blain, Helen Blain (34) Spinster, Spinster Barbe Blain, George Blain, Laborer Viene Blain, are other Blain that migrated to US.

Blain Namesakes

  • Roland Blain, Haitian painter
  • Brian Blain, Australian actor, best known for his roles
  • Tony Blain, understudy to Ian Smith and Adam Parore
  • David Blain, Scottish-born Canadian lawyer
  • Willy Blain, French boxer
  • Richard Blain, Canadian politician

Blain Namesakes

  • Roland Blain, Haitian painter
  • Brian Blain, Australian actor, best known for his roles
  • Tony Blain, understudy to Ian Smith and Adam Parore
  • David Blain, Scottish-born Canadian lawyer
  • Willy Blain, French boxer
  • Richard Blain, Canadian politician

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