How common is the surname Gain?

1,367 people in the United States had the surname Gain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,856 Americans. It ranked 19,703rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gain getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,367 in 2010, down 27%.

The surname Gain

A Latin surname, carried by 1,367 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gain is more common than 87.9% of them.

Origin

Latin origin

* As an English and Scottish surname of Norman origin, from the name Engaine, based on Old French engaigne (“ingenuity”), from Latin ingenium. Sometimes confused with Ingham. * As a French surname, from the verb gagner (“to obtain, gain”).

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 1,367 people named Gain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 225,856 Americans. That is down 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,865.

#19,703

rank among US surnames

1,367

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-26.7%

change since 2000 (was #14,628)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,697	Abbe	1,368	225,691
#19,703	Antillon	1,367	225,856

Who is named Gain

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

84% of people named Gain identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.9%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gain

Gain has the Soundex code G500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G500.

Other Latin surnames

All 91 Latin surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gain come from?: * As an English and Scottish surname of Norman origin, from the name Engaine, based on Old French engaigne (“ingenuity”), from Latin ingenium. Sometimes confused with Ingham. * As a French surname, from the verb gagner (“to obtain, gain”).
How common is the surname Gain?: 1,367 people in the United States had the surname Gain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,856 Americans. It ranked 19,703rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gain?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Gain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gain getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,367 in 2010, down 27%.