Last Name DAIN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: At the Dene, from residence therein.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 27,618 (2000 US census) 30,557 (1990 US census)
Count 821 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 92.33%, or 758 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.92%, or 24 total occurrences, as black,
  • 1.95%, or 16 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 1.46%, or 12 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Russian middle names

 As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

 Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

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