Lain 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 5
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 7
Dorset 0
Durham 7
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 5
London 9
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 50
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 4
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 7
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Lain Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lain family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 5
Farmer 5
Blacksmith 3
Female Servant 3
Male Servant 3
Independent 2
Labourer 2
Dress Maker 2
Fam Servant 2
Ag Labourer 2
Paper Mill Labourer 1
Mariner 1
Boarder 1
Watch Maker 1
Smith 1
Agri Labour 1
Butcher Journeyman 1
Cotton Spinner 1
Mason 1
Brazier 1
Bricklayer 1
Singer 1
Tailor 1
Lime Burner 1
School Mistress 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lain

Name Census Frequency
John Lain 113
Mary Lain 93
William Lain 91
Edward Lain 49
Elizabeth Lain 45
Sarah Lain 45
James Lain 38
George Lain 34
Robert Lain 34
Ann Lain 33
Alice Lain 27
Henry Lain 23
Arthur Lain 21
Ellen Lain 21
Samuel Lain 19
Emma Lain 18
Thomas Lain 18
Benjamin Lain 17
Jane Lain 17
Albert Lain 16
Martha Lain 14
Edith Lain 13
Charlotte Lain 12
Hannah Lain 12
Harriet Lain 12

Lain Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lane 50% 150,628
2 Line 50% 10,706
3 Lean 50% 9,447
4 Lone 25% 3,303
5 Laine 80% 2,034
6 Leon 50% 1,929
7 Lion 50% 1,602
8 Alen 25% 1,362
9 Luin 75% 1,332
10 Lain 100% 1,310
11 Layne 60% 1,210
12 Elen 25% 1,072
13 Loan 50% 631
14 Lan 75% 472
15 Elan 50% 466
16 Luna 25% 376
17 Loon 50% 351
18 Lune 25% 342
19 Leane 40% 327
20 Loane 40% 276
21 Laan 75% 272
22 Loone 40% 265
23 Alan 50% 262
24 Leen 50% 256
25 Leno 25% 215
26 Lonie 40% 207
27 Len 50% 200
28 Luen 50% 163
29 Lun 50% 159
30 Layn 75% 146
31 Lon 50% 146
32 Leone 40% 144
33 Elin 50% 132
34 Laun 75% 131
35 Lene 25% 120

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The surname Lain is the 10th most popular variant of Lane.

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