Cains is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cains
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Cains

How popular is Cains?

Cains is ranked 231424 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Cainses plummeted by 10.26253 per cent to 376 since 2000 and slipped by 7177 spots and ranked at 54752. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 64.89 71.36
Black 23.67 21.96
Hispanic or Latino 9.57 5.49
Others 1.33 1.19
Cains is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Puerto Rico. Around 1419 people have been found who wears Cains as their family name. Cains is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,065 Trinidad and Tobago10
116,327 Spain6
8,040 Guyana6
9,097 Wales3
82,478 South Africa2
89,020 Tanzania2
18,625 Japan2
19,046 Ireland2
624 Solomon Islands1
24,176 Qatar1
118,015 Netherlands1
1,704,541 India1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,692 Scotland33
93,878 Canada28
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,457 New Zealand97
Countries with hundreds of Cains:
58,029 United States443
15,051 England382
9,680 Australia290
2,121 Puerto Rico109

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 24 years old tailoress John Cains who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on May 15, 1846 by Henrietta Mary put out from Liverpool. 18 years old Mary Cains, Mary Cains (8), James Cains, aged 28, Daniel Cains (19) Workman, Rose Cains, aged 18, Edward Cains, Michael Cains (29), Farmer Peter Cains, are others that migrated to US from Liverpool, Glasgow and Belfast.

Cains Namesakes

  • Bev Cains, Politician

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