Last Name MAIN

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Meaning	The son of Main; or local, 'of Maine.' The son of Mayne. Also local, 'from Maine,' the French province. Local: From a French province of that name. 'Magne,' great, large, rich, powerful, the same as 'magnus' in Latin.

Origin	English, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african, Hungarian

Rank	2,629 (2000 US census)	2,342 (1990 US census)

Count	12,631 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.83%, or 11852 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.44%, or 56 total occurrences, as black,
1.15%, or 145 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.33%, or 168 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.25%, or 158 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2%, or 253 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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