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    The surname Rains

    A surname, carried by 11,737 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R520

    Rains: #3,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rains #3,055, 11,737 people Rains: #3,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rains #3,055, 11,737 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rains is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,737 people named Rains in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,305 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,575.

    #3,055
    rank among US surnames
    11,737
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,842)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,046Applegate11,76226,249
    #3,047Larue11,75726,261
    #3,048Hudgins11,75526,265
    #3,049Paxton11,75426,267
    #3,050Martins11,75126,274
    #3,051Fortune11,74826,281
    #3,052Bair11,74026,299

    Who is named Rains

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

    91% of people named Rains identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rainss

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Claude Rains
      British actor (1889–1967)
    • Fred Rains
      British actor (1860–1945)
    • Darby Lloyd Rains
      American pornographic actress, born 1947

    Notable Rainss come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rains

    Rains has the Soundex code R520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rains?
    11,737 people in the United States had the surname Rains in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,305 Americans. It ranked 3,055th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rains?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Rains identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Rains?
    Claude Rains, British actor (1889–1967), followed by Fred Rains.
    Where is the surname Rains most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rains in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    Is the surname Rains getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,737 in 2010, up 1.4%.