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    The surname Paine

    A surname, carried by 8,501 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P500

    Paine: #4,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Paine #4,171, 8,501 people Paine: #4,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Paine #4,171, 8,501 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Paine is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,501 people named Paine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,319 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,495.

    #4,171
    rank among US surnames
    8,501
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #3,841)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,162Fullerton8,51736,251
    #4,163Sharkey8,51436,263
    #4,164Schulze8,50936,285
    #4,165Shumaker8,50836,289
    #4,167Bontrager8,50736,293
    #4,168Hargis8,50336,310
    #4,169Siddiqui8,50236,314

    Who is named Paine

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

    90% of people named Paine identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Paines

    13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 1984
    • 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)

    Notable Paines come mostly from the United States (10), France (1) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Paine

    Paine has the Soundex code P500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Paine?
    8,501 people in the United States had the surname Paine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,319 Americans. It ranked 4,171st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Paine?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Paine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Paine?
    Thomas Paine, American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist (1737–1809), followed by Sumner Paine.
    Where is the surname Paine most common?
    Wikidata records people named Paine in the United States, France and Australia and 1 other country.
    Is the surname Paine getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,495 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,501 in 2010, up 0.1%.
    What are other spellings of Paine?
    Pain and Payne.