# Paine (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/paine/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname, of Norman derivation, meaning someone who lived outside of a city (see Latin pagus).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,501 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,171 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 36,319 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.1% (8,495 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Pain, Payne |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Paine in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Paine in the United States, France, Australia and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Paine

- Thomas Paine, American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist (1737–1809)
- Sumner Paine, American sport shooter (1868–1904)
- John Paine, American sport shooter (1870-1951)
- Robert Treat Paine, American lawyer and judge, signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1731-1814)
- John Knowles Paine, American composer (1839–1906)
- Thomas O. Paine, American scientist (1921-1992)
- Tim Paine, Australian cricketer
- Robert T. Paine, American zoologist (1933–2016)
- Sarah C. Paine, American naval historian (1957-)
- Halbert E. Paine, American Civil War Union General and politician (1826-1905)
- Charles Paine, American politician (1799-1853)
- Albert Bigelow Paine, American writer and biographer (1861–1937)

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Payne, Pan, Pine, Pinney, Paone, Pane, Pena, Pham, Phan, Pina, Penn, Pino.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.