How common is the surname Fain?

8,122 people in the United States had the surname Fain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,013 Americans. It ranked 4,379th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Fain getting more or less common?

More common. 7,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,122 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Fain

A Latin surname, carried by 8,122 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fain is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

Latin origin

* As a Jewish surname, variant of Fein. * As an English surname, variant of Fayne. * As a French surname, from placenames deriving from Latin fanum (“temple”) and Vulgar Latin *fangus (“mud, swamp”).

One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,122 people named Fain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,013 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,865.

#4,379

rank among US surnames

8,122

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,177)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,371	Velarde	8,135	37,953
#4,372	Dupre	8,131	37,971
#4,373	Ridenour	8,130	37,976
#4,374	Strunk	8,129	37,981
#4,375	Hardison	8,128	37,985
#4,376	Frasier	8,124	38,004
#4,378	Pendergrass	8,123	38,009

Who is named Fain

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

82% of people named Fain identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fain

Fain has the Soundex code F500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F500.

Other Latin surnames

All 91 Latin surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fain come from?: * As a Jewish surname, variant of Fein. * As an English surname, variant of Fayne. * As a French surname, from placenames deriving from Latin fanum (“temple”) and Vulgar Latin *fangus (“mud, swamp”).
How common is the surname Fain?: 8,122 people in the United States had the surname Fain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,013 Americans. It ranked 4,379th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fain?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Fain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Fain getting more or less common?: More common. 7,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,122 in 2010, up 3.3%.