How common is the surname Drain?

3,859 people in the United States had the surname Drain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,007 Americans. It ranked 8,527th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Drain getting more or less common?

More common. 3,643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,859 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Drain

An occupational surname, carried by 3,859 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Drain is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Dreáin (“descendant of Dreán”), probably from dreán (“wren, songbird”) (see Welsh dryw (“wren”)). * Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Druacháin; see Drohan. * As an English surname, occupational surname related to the noun drain. * Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Drane. * As a French surname, reduced from Derain, from Old French dererain (“the last”), nickname for the youngest son of a family; see derrière (“behind”).

Drain is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,859 people named Drain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,007 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,643.

#8,527

rank among US surnames

3,859

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,351)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,523	Coursey	3,862	79,944
#8,525	Sines	3,861	79,965
#8,526	Mathers	3,860	79,986
#8,527	Drain	3,859	80,007
#8,529	Moretti	3,858	80,027
#8,532	Mannino	3,857	80,048

Who is named Drain

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

63% of people named Drain identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 63%
Black (not Hispanic) 31%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Drain

Drain has the Soundex code D650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D650.

Questions

Where does the surname Drain come from?: * As an Irish surname, from Ó Dreáin (“descendant of Dreán”), probably from dreán (“wren, songbird”) (see Welsh dryw (“wren”)). * Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Druacháin; see Drohan. * As an English surname, occupational surname related to the noun drain. * Also as an English surname, spelling…
How common is the surname Drain?: 3,859 people in the United States had the surname Drain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,007 Americans. It ranked 8,527th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Drain?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Drain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Drain?: Drain is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Drain getting more or less common?: More common. 3,643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,859 in 2010, up 5.9%.