Dain is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dain
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England
Meaning:

Dain is variant form of the Dyne. Anciently Dine. Might come from the French digne, worthy. There is a statement, however, I know not of what authority, that the family were identical with the Dyves, who came into England from Normandy with the Conqueror. De Dine. Hundred Rolls.

See Dane - Occurs singly in Domesday, in the counties of Notts and Lincoln, as a personal name, like Norman, Frank, etc.; and Danus as a distinctive epithet or surname is added to the personal names Osmund, Simond, Strang, and Turchil to indicate their Danish birth or extraction. But Dane is also a topographical expression, the meaning of which is not clear. In the Hundred Rolls we find both Atte Dane, and De la Dane.

One who came from Denmark, i.e., forest of the Danes; dweller near the Dane River, in Cheshire.

Dain is the variant of Dion. Descendant of Dion, i.e., Grecian god of wine; one who came from Dionne, in Burgundy.

The variation of Dine. See Dyne - Anciently Dine. Might come from the French digne, worthy. There is a statement, however, I know not of what authority, that the family were identical with the Dyves, who came into England from Normandy with the Conqueror. De Dine. Hundred Rolls.

Lastname is a variant form of Divers. Apparently a French local name, the D of De coalescing.

How popular is Dain?

Dain is common in United States, Pakistan, France, India, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Malaysia, England, Indonesia.

Dain is ranked 91654 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Dains plummeted by 7.06 per cent to 763 since 2000 and slipped by 2952 spots and ranked at 30570. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.65 92.33
Black 3.54 2.92
Hispanic or Latino 3.15 1.46
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.1 1.95
Dain is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Sri Lanka is ahead in terms of density. Around 5222 people have been found who wears Dain as their family name. Dain is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Dain:
27,573 United States1,215
Countries with hundreds of Dain:
5,120 Pakistan830
15,984 France617
61,807 India448
6,293 Sri Lanka365
42,287 Philippines341
6,509 Malaysia314
19,878 England229
47,561 Indonesia221
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,373 Iraq84
23,260 Romania82
49,778 Canada61
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
56,573 Argentina49
122,013 Brazil46
33,879 Papua New Guinea33
231,865 Russia27
19,801 New Zealand24
12,886 Liberia23
51,586 Belgium21
70,688 Australia20
119,068 Iran16
209,310 Ukraine14
407,040 Thailand11
17,932 Afghanistan11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
7,940 Trinidad and Tobago10
118,213 Italy7
25,488 Scotland7
51,993 United Arab Emirates6
101,176 Netherlands6
126,814 Cameroon6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Michael Dain from Ireland aboard the Georgia from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 28 years old when he arrived in USA on May 11, 1846. Maid Catherine Dain, George Dain, aged 20, William Dain (24) Immigrant, Mrs Dain (24) Immigrant, Immigrant Thomas Dain, Margt. Dain, aged 20, Thomas Dain (23) Workwoman, Patrick Dain (24) Workman, are other Dain that migrated to US.

From Germany

Farmer Christian Dain from France aboard the Samuel M Fox from Havre. He is registered to be 31 years old when he arrived in USA on May 2, 1853. 26 years old Jean Dain, Conrad Dain (26) Tailor, Laborer Eugene Dain, 16 years old J. Dain, 48 years old U Dain, Farmer V. Dain, Sarah Dain, aged 37, 34 years old Alexandre Dain, 8 months old Madeleine Dain, 23 years old Marie Dain, Raymond Dain (2), are other Dain that migrated to US from Havre, Bremen, Liverpool and Boulogne & Rotterdam.

Dain Namesakes

  • Gerald Le Dain, Canadian lawyer and judge
  • Claudia Dain, American author of romance novels

Dain Namesakes

  • Gerald Le Dain, Canadian lawyer and judge
  • Claudia Dain, American author of romance novels

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