Drain is used as a family name or surname in Gaelic. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Drain
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Gaelic
Meaning: From Gaelic Droigheann meaning a thorn. Variant Derain carried in the Saône-et-Loire and Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Variant Form: Drains.

How popular is Drain?

Drain is common in United States.

Drain is ranked 67848 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Drain bearers increased by 5.929179 per cent in 2010 US census to 3859 since 2000, the surname slipped by 176 spots and ranked at 8527. The last name was found in around 13 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 62.87 65.22
Black 31.3 30.63
Others 2.57 1.78
Hispanic or Latino 1.71 1.18
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.01 0.69
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.54 0.49
Drain is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 6679 people have been found who wears Drain as their family name. Drain is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
96,935 Spain10
527,030 Indonesia7
9,759 Japan5
54,641 Sweden2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
40,064 Nigeria2
1,169 New Caledonia2
91,784 Netherlands2
82,478 South Africa2
54,135 Philippines2
147,165 Czech Republic2
118,441 Germany2
38,063 Mauritania1
123,175 Tanzania1
18,969 Wales1
49,101 Denmark1
165,773 Belarus1
49,529 Israel1
6,212 Jamaica1
3,071 Jersey1
8,268 Mauritius1
40,340 Malaysia1
24,176 Qatar1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
81,201 Switzerland1
28,746 Algeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,953 Finland48
246,777 Russia33
52,530 Belgium22
14,048 Ireland16
202,099 Ukraine14
536,142 India13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,536 Northern Ireland83
Countries with hundreds of Drain:
8,948 England731
15,535 France612
9,626 Australia292
20,655 Canada172
3,830 Scotland158
5,261 New Zealand144
Countries with thousands of Drain:
8,703 United States4,287
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 35 years old farmer Daniel Drain who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on July 28, 1849 by Jno. Kerr put out from Glasgow. Patrick Drain (30) Farmer, 32 years old Agness Drain, Maid Rose Drain, 20 years old William Drain, Mary Drain (25) Maid, 20 years old Joseph Drain, are other Drain that migrated to US.

Comments

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Gabriel Toothman
Drain is a family name for the original name of drain Original locality (Maine-et-Loire).

Drain Namesakes

  • Émile Drain, Actor
  • Boaz Abel Drain, Lauren Drain's brother
  • Claire Drainie Taylor, Writer
  • Para Draine, Boxer
  • Bronwyn Drainie, Journalist
  • John Drainie, Actor
  • Bruce T. Draine, Author
  • Charles Drain, Politician
  • Émile Drain, Actor
  • Job Henry Charles Drain, Armed force officer

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