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    The surname Caines

    A surname, carried by 2,320 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C520

    Caines: #13,177 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Caines #13,177, 2,320 people Caines: #13,177 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Caines #13,177, 2,320 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caines is more common than 91.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,320 people named Caines in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,080 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,893.

    #13,177
    rank among US surnames
    2,320
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +22.6%
    change since 2000 (was #14,457)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,171Tedeschi2,321133,023
    #13,177Kennison2,320133,080
    #13,184Landman2,319133,137
    #13,186Moraga2,318133,195

    Who is named Caines

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

    54% of people named Caines identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 54%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Caines

    Caines has the Soundex code C520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Caines?
    2,320 people in the United States had the surname Caines in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,080 Americans. It ranked 13,177th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Caines?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Caines identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Caines getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,893 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,320 in 2010, up 23%.