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    The surname Crain

    A surname, carried by 17,650 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C650

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crain is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 17,650 people named Crain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,493 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,110.

    #2,038
    rank among US surnames
    17,650
    people in 2010
    6.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #1,934)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,029Alcala17,75817,386
    #2,030Munson17,74517,399
    #2,031Eason17,71417,429
    #2,032Keene17,71117,432
    #2,033Shearer17,70717,436
    #2,035Cerda17,70317,440
    #2,036Lo17,68717,456

    Who is named Crain

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

    86% of people named Crain identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Crains

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Crain

    Crain has the Soundex code C650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Crain?
    17,650 people in the United States had the surname Crain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,493 Americans. It ranked 2,038th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Crain?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Crain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Crain?
    Jeanne Crain, American actress (1925–2003), followed by William H. Crain.
    Where is the surname Crain most common?
    Wikidata records people named Crain in the United States.
    Is the surname Crain getting more or less common?
    More common. 17,110 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,650 in 2010, up 3.2%.