Fain Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 9
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 8
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Fain Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Fain family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Fisherman 1
Labourer 1
Pensioner 1
Tailor 1
Female Servant 1
Pupil 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Fain

Name Census Frequency
William Fain 32
James Fain 25
Mary Fain 22
John Fain 20
Elizabeth Fain 16
George Fain 16
Sarah Fain 11
Ann Fain 10
Thomas Fain 10
Jane Fain 9
Eliza Fain 8
Charlotte Fain 7
Alfred Fain 6
Annie Fain 6
Charles Fain 6
Edward Fain 6
Alice Fain 5
Edith Fain 5
Emma Fain 5
Henry Fain 5
Joseph Fain 5
Robert Fain 5
Frank Fain 4
Frederick Fain 4
Kate Fain 4

Fain Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Fane 50% 2,817
2 Fone 25% 2,605
3 Fine 50% 969
4 Foan 50% 579
5 Fan 75% 539
6 Fen 50% 460
7 Fain 100% 390
8 Fean 50% 314
9 Fin 75% 228
10 Fun 50% 195
11 Fon 50% 191
12 Feen 50% 127
13 Fayne 60% 121

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The surname Fain is the 7th most popular variant of Fane.

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