Gainey Surname
Approximately 11,973 people bear this surname
Gainey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,360 | 1:34,986 | 4,363 |
| India | 572 | 1:1,341,023 | 52,157 |
| Australia | 466 | 1:57,931 | 7,051 |
| England | 424 | 1:131,411 | 13,004 |
| Ireland | 34 | 1:138,498 | 6,546 |
| Canada | 30 | 1:1,228,186 | 88,140 |
| Wales | 21 | 1:147,359 | 10,403 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 1:226,416 | 21,878 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 46 | 1:96,301 | 6,269 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 137 | 1:177,922 | 14,779 |
| Wales | 25 | 1:62,737 | 3,061 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 773 | 1:64,966 | 7,080 |
Gainey (415) may also be a first name.
Gainey Demographics
Average Gainey Salary in
United States
$38,991 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gainey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gainey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gainey (Arabic: غايني, Tibetan: གའི་ནི་) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gainey? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gainey is the 43,451st most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 608,665 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Gainey reside; 80 percent reside in North America and 80 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Gainey is also the 422,034th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 415 people.
The last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 10,360 people, or 1 in 34,986. In The United States Gainey is mostly concentrated in: South Carolina, where 24 percent live, North Carolina, where 17 percent live and Florida, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Gainey exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.
Gainey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gainey has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,340 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 309 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 26 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 16 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gainey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (93%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Gainey last name are 1.87% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 55.1% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gainey earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 9.64% less than the national average, earning $38,991 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.21% more than the national average, earning $57,735 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gainey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gainey in the Tibetan language | ||
| གའི་ནི་ | géni | - |
| Gainey in the Arabic language | ||
| غايني | ghayny | - |
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Gainey Reference & Research
Gaines DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Gaines FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gainey
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis