# Crain (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/crain/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,650 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,038 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,493 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (17,110 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Crain in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Crain in the United States.

## People named Crain

- Jeanne Crain, American actress (1925–2003)
- William H. Crain, American politician (1848-1896)

## Similar surnames

Crane, Curran, Carrion, Carino, Currin, Craine, Cron, Carini, Crean, Craney, Carn, Corrin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.