Last Name PAIN

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Meaning The son of Pagan, popularly Pain or Payn. The name was very popular in 13th and 14th centuries. Pagan or Payn was a Norman introduction. Paynel. Pannett, and Penson are diminutives.
Origin English, Jewish, French, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Creole, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 35,387 (2000 US census) 46,004 (1990 US census)
Count 602 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 63.46%, or 382 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 14.95%, or 90 total occurrences, as black,
  • 3.65%, or 22 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 14.95%, or 90 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Ukrainian middle names

 Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

 How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

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