How common is the surname Dain?

763 people in the United States had the surname Dain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 404,647 Americans. It ranked 30,570th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dain?

Peter Suber, American philosopher advocate of open access.

Where is the surname Dain most common?

Wikidata records people named Dain in the United States.

Is the surname Dain getting more or less common?

Less common. 821 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 763 in 2010, down 7.1%.

The surname Dain

A surname, carried by 763 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dain is more common than 81.2% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, variant of Dine. * Also as an English surname, variant of Dean. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Dayan. * As a French surname, from the adjective dain (“nimble, agile”), presumably related to the noun meaning "deer."

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 763 people named Dain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 404,647 Americans. That is down 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 821.

#30,570

rank among US surnames

763

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-7.1%

change since 2000 (was #27,618)

Who is named Dain

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

90% of people named Dain identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dains

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Peter Suber
American philosopher advocate of open access, born 1951

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dain

Dain has the Soundex code D500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D500.

Questions

Where does the surname Dain come from?: * As an English surname, variant of Dine. * Also as an English surname, variant of Dean. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Dayan. * As a French surname, from the adjective dain (“nimble, agile”), presumably related to the noun meaning "deer."
How common is the surname Dain?: 763 people in the United States had the surname Dain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 404,647 Americans. It ranked 30,570th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dain?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Dain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dain?: Peter Suber, American philosopher advocate of open access.
Where is the surname Dain most common?: Wikidata records people named Dain in the United States.
Is the surname Dain getting more or less common?: Less common. 821 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 763 in 2010, down 7.1%.