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