How common is the surname Kain?

5,132 people in the United States had the surname Kain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,161 Americans. It ranked 6,603rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kain?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Kain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kain?

John Joseph Kain, American Catholic archbishop (1841-1903), followed by Khalil Kain.

Where is the surname Kain most common?

Wikidata records people named Kain in the United States.

Is the surname Kain getting more or less common?

More common. 4,686 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,132 in 2010, up 9.5%.

The surname Kain

An Irish surname, carried by 5,132 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kain is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

A surname from Irish, variant of Kane.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,132 people named Kain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,161 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,686.

#6,603

rank among US surnames

5,132

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+9.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,651)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,595	Capone	5,135	60,126
#6,598	Delp	5,134	60,137
#6,602	Wales	5,133	60,149
#6,603	Kain	5,132	60,161
#6,604	Persinger	5,131	60,173
#6,605	Rubalcava	5,130	60,184

Who is named Kain

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

90% of people named Kain identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kains

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Joseph Kain
American Catholic archbishop (1841-1903)
Khalil Kain
American actor, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kain

Kain has the Soundex code K500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K500.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kain come from?: Kain is Irish in origin.
How common is the surname Kain?: 5,132 people in the United States had the surname Kain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,161 Americans. It ranked 6,603rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kain?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Kain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kain?: John Joseph Kain, American Catholic archbishop (1841-1903), followed by Khalil Kain.
Where is the surname Kain most common?: Wikidata records people named Kain in the United States.
Is the surname Kain getting more or less common?: More common. 4,686 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,132 in 2010, up 9.5%.