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    The surname Torain

    A surname, carried by 1,303 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T650

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Torain is more common than 87.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,303 people named Torain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,950 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,070.

    #20,394
    rank among US surnames
    1,303
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +21.8%
    change since 2000 (was #22,443)

    Who is named Torain

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

    85% of people named Torain identified as Black (not Hispanic), 9.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 85%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.9%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Torain

    Torain has the Soundex code T650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Torain?
    1,303 people in the United States had the surname Torain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,950 Americans. It ranked 20,394th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Torain?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Torain identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Torain getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,070 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,303 in 2010, up 22%.