Rail is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Rail
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Rail

How popular is Rail?

Rail is ranked 139997 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Rails plummeted by 27.68595 per cent to 350 since 2000 and slipped by 15825 spots and ranked at 58042. 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 92 93.39
Hispanic or Latino 6.29 4.34
Rail is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Canada which may be its originating country too. Around 2749 people have been found who wears Rail as their family name. Rail is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
5,340 Iceland6
1,107 Niger5
184,212 France3
20,595 China2
124,220 Italy2
3,014 Taiwan2
50,640 Switzerland2
10,284 Kuwait2
14,644 Tunisia1
16,283 Lithuania1
56,169 Mexico1
66,560 Philippines1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
7,191 Afghanistan1
13,606 Senegal1
42,479 Greece1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
10,958 Bangladesh1
24,176 Qatar1
18,969 Wales1
58,885 Poland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
47,377 Czech Republic23
21,268 New Zealand21
78,557 Netherlands13
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
27,919 Australia84
47,891 England81
56,973 South Africa73
Countries with hundreds of Rail:
5,408 Canada806
45,381 United States598
64,616 India418
49,962 Brazil207
6,471 Chile153
73,378 Indonesia115
15,665 Malaysia101
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Rail was 21 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 18, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Perseverence from Dublin. Mary Rail, Maid Mary Rail, Workman Pat Rail, Simon Rail, aged 48, 30 years old Patt Rail, Charlotte Rail (30) Spinster, Catherine Rail, aged 18, 3 years old Thomas Rail, and 3 other Rail around 36.36% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and dressmaker migrated to US from Dublin, Liverpool and Limerick.

Rail Namesakes

  • Cornel Raileanu, Actor
  • Dorian Railean, Soccer player
  • Dorian Railean, Soccer player
  • Hyacinthe Railla, Film actress
  • Xavier Railey, Football running back
  • Reid Railton, Automotive Designer
  • Lilburn Railey, Blake Fromang's father
  • Lucette Raillat, Film actress
  • Steve Railsback, Theatre actor
  • Paige Railey, Olympic athlete

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