Caine Surname
Approximately 13,306 people bear this surname
Caine Surname Definition:
(i) This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Kane' or 'Cain,' a Manx surname; compare Irish O'Kane. In Manx records it is found as McKane (1408); MacCann (1430); Mac Cane (1511); Cain (1586); Cane (1601); Caine (1609); Cayne (1610): v.
Read More About This SurnameCaine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,811 | 1:62,375 | 7,309 |
| England | 3,552 | 1:15,686 | 2,292 |
| Canada | 632 | 1:58,300 | 6,875 |
| Australia | 595 | 1:45,371 | 5,698 |
| South Africa | 535 | 1:101,267 | 12,264 |
| Liberia | 387 | 1:11,392 | 1,240 |
| Jamaica | 267 | 1:10,749 | 1,135 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 231 | 1:488 | 105 |
| Brazil | 179 | 1:1,195,946 | 41,364 |
| France | 128 | 1:518,928 | 71,816 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Scotland | 123 | 1:43,527 | 3,964 |
| Isle of Man | 122 | 1:703 | 99 |
| Wales | 92 | 1:33,636 | 3,370 |
| Italy | 65 | 1:940,872 | 68,025 |
| Ireland | 60 | 1:78,482 | 4,686 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| New Zealand | 53 | 1:85,440 | 12,123 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 23 | 1:59,303 | 4,842 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Colombia | 15 | 1:3,184,938 | 14,936 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Mauritius | 8 | 1:161,677 | 8,227 |
| Grenada | 8 | 1:13,567 | 908 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Belize | 6 | 1:59,246 | 2,743 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Barbados | 3 | 1:95,816 | 1,797 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 132 | 1:33,560 | 3,261 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 835 | 1:29,192 | 3,939 |
| Isle of Man | 384 | 1:141 | 31 |
| Scotland | 38 | 1:98,506 | 4,956 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 736 | 1:68,232 | 7,403 |
The alternate forms: Cainé (12) are calculated separately.
Caine (1,383) may also be a first name.
Caine Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(i) This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Kane' or 'Cain,' a Manx surname; compare Irish O'Kane. In Manx records it is found as McKane (1408); MacCann (1430); Mac Cane (1511); Cain (1586); Cane (1601); Caine (1609); Cayne (1610): v. Manx Note Book, ii. 24. Mr. Caine, formerly M.P. for Barrow-in-Furness, and Mr. Hall Caine, the novelist, are both of Manx descent.
(a) Local; v. Cane. This surname still lives in Yorkshire, and occurs early.
Johannes Cayne, Kirkby Overblow, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes Cayne, Knaresborough, 1379: ibid.
1585. Richard Cayne and Anne Porye: Marriage Lic. (London).
1653. Married — John Cane and Marie Wilshire: St. Michael, Cornhill.
(1) Local 'of Caen,' in Normandy; v. Cain (a).
Hugh de Caen. Close Rolls
Richard de Cane. Rolls of Parliament.
Roger de Cane, Lincolnshire 1273. Hundred Rolls.
(a) Bapt. 'the son of Cane.' 'Cane, Cana, or Canus appears in the Domesday of Sussex as a baptismal name': Lower, Patronymica Britannica.
Adam Cane, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Alicia Cane, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Walter Cane, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
(3) Bapt. for Cain, which see.
1747. Married — Philip Watkins and Jane Cane: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.
(Celtic) 1 Fair; Bright [Gaelic & Welsh Cain = Irish caein, caoin] 2 contraction of MacCathain, Son of Cathan = Warrior [from Irish, Manx and Gaelic cath, a battle, war] Cain(e is a very common Manx surname: cp. the Irish O’Kane.
(French) belonging to Caen or La Caine; (Calvados). Roger de Cane.—Hundred Rolls Old forms of Caen are Cathum, Cathim, Cahem, Cahen, Caem. The origin is doubtful. La Caine was Cathena in the 14th cent., and La Quaine in 1612.
(? Teutonic) the Domesday Cana and Cano, prob. of Teutonic origin.
Adam Cane.—Hundred Rolls
(Irish, English) Descendant of Cathan (warrior); one who came from Caen, in France; descendant of Cana (of mature judgment).
Gael. Beloved.
Cane, Cana, or Canus, appears in the Domesd. of Sussex, as a baptismal name, and as a surname it is still found in that county. See English Surn., i. 29.
(Welsh and Gaelic.) Chaste, beloved, fair, beautiful.
Contracted from Mac Cathain, ‘Cathan's Son'. This name may be rendered 'warrior'(cath, 'a battle’).The O’Cathains, now O'Kanes, were of the race of Eoghan, who was son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, Monarch of Ireland, who died a.d. 406.
'Eoghan Ua Cathain, abbot . . . died a.d. 980.'
From Cahaignes; a location name in Normandy. in the Domesday Book, de Cahainges. Or Irish O’Cathain; a personal name W. de Kaynes in Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus, King John
Caine: Mr. Hall Caine, the novelist, derives his name remotely from Cahaignes, in the department of Eure.
Cane or Caine is one of the most ancient of Sussex names, having been represented in the parish of Ripe from the time of Edward the Confessor to the present day (L.). Cane appears in Domesday for Sussex as a baptismal name (L.), and as a family name Cane was also to be found in the 13th century in Oxfordshire, Hunts, and Lincolnshire (H. R.). The vicar of Findon in 1725 bore the name of Cane (D.). It is also to be found in the adjacent county of Hants; whilst in Dorset it takes the form of Caines.
Caine Demographics
Average Male Caine Height
178.36 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Caine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Caine Come From? nationality or country of origin
Caine (Hindi: चैने, Marathi: शाईने) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms: Cainé. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Caine? popularity and diffusion
It is the 39,450th most commonly used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 547,689 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Caine reside; 44 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Caine is also the 210,529th most common forename globally, held by 1,383 people.
The last name Caine is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 5,811 people, or 1 in 62,375. In The United States Caine is most prevalent in: California, where 10 percent are found, Georgia, where 6 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States Caine occurs in 78 countries. It is also common in England, where 27 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.
Caine Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Caine has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 790 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 425 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 324 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 4,600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 55 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Caine Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Caine last name is predominantly Catholic (97%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Caine surname are 5.95% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.72% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Caine earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 6.52% more than the national average, earning R 253,140 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.54% less than the national average, earning $18,721,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.39% more than the national average, earning $44,182 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.46% more than the national average, earning $53,390 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Caine Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Caine in the Hindi language | ||
| चैने | caine | - |
| Caine in the Marathi language | ||
| शाईने | sa'ine | - |
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