# Plain (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,159 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,246 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 266,390 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.2% (1,061 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Plain 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) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Plain in the United States.

## People named Plain

- Belva Plain, American writer (1915-2010)

## Similar surnames

Paulino, Poulin, Paulin, Pullin, Paolini, Paolino, Polan, Phelan, Palma, Pulliam, Pullen, Palomo.

## 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.