How common is the surname Bains?

3,377 people in the United States had the surname Bains in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,426 Americans. It ranked 9,621st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bains?

Naiktha Bains, Australian-British tennis player.

Where is the surname Bains most common?

Wikidata records people named Bains in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Bains getting more or less common?

More common. 2,534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,377 in 2010, up 33%.

The surname Bains

A surname, carried by 3,377 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bains is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,377 people named Bains in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,426 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,534.

#9,621

rank among US surnames

3,377

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+33.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,405)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,615	Backer	3,380	91,345
#9,618	Courville	3,379	91,372
#9,620	Mardis	3,378	91,399
#9,621	Nassar	3,377	91,426
#9,624	Benedetto	3,375	91,480
#9,627	Palazzolo	3,374	91,507
#9,628	Leath	3,372	91,562

Who is named Bains

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

73% of people named Bains identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 17% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 73%
White (not Hispanic) 17%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Bainss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Naiktha Bains
Australian-British tennis player, born 1997

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bains

Bains has the Soundex code B520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B520.

Questions

How common is the surname Bains?: 3,377 people in the United States had the surname Bains in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,426 Americans. It ranked 9,621st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bains?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Bains identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 17% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bains?: Naiktha Bains, Australian-British tennis player.
Where is the surname Bains most common?: Wikidata records people named Bains in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Bains getting more or less common?: More common. 2,534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,377 in 2010, up 33%.