Grain Surname
Approximately 4,080 people bear this surname
Grain Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Grain.' In spite of the local entry below, this name must have a personal origin. There are nearly a dozen Graynesons in the Yorkshire Poll Tax. I only give a few instances.
Read More About This SurnameGrain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 1,080 | 1:61,503 | 8,362 |
| Morocco | 818 | 1:42,147 | 6,853 |
| England | 456 | 1:122,189 | 12,328 |
| Ecuador | 397 | 1:40,065 | 4,264 |
| United States | 271 | 1:1,337,487 | 93,180 |
| Spain | 126 | 1:371,048 | 20,817 |
| South Africa | 109 | 1:497,043 | 40,551 |
| Brazil | 108 | 1:1,982,170 | 63,074 |
| Israel | 98 | 1:87,323 | 10,358 |
| Austria | 93 | 1:91,564 | 13,432 |
| Colombia | 78 | 1:612,488 | 7,619 |
| Argentina | 71 | 1:602,020 | 42,723 |
| India | 47 | 1:16,320,540 | 259,912 |
| Canada | 44 | 1:837,400 | 65,151 |
| Australia | 37 | 1:729,614 | 48,196 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Panama | 25 | 1:156,490 | 5,002 |
| Hungary | 22 | 1:446,194 | 29,593 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Mexico | 17 | 1:7,301,541 | 34,591 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 322 | 1:75,700 | 8,272 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 183 | 1:274,419 | 22,265 |
Grain (521) may also be a first name.
Grain Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Grain.' In spite of the local entry below, this name must have a personal origin. There are nearly a dozen Graynesons in the Yorkshire Poll Tax. I only give a few instances. The forms Graynewife and Grayneman, too, strongly corroborate this view; v. Crane (2).
Willelmus de Grayne, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Walterus Grayne, 1379: ibid.
Thomas Grayne, 1379: ibid.
Johannes Grayneson, 1379: ibid.
Ricardus Grayneson, 1379: ibid.
Robertus Grayneson, 1379: ibid.
Willelmus Grayne, husband, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.
Alanus Grayne, orewster, 1379: ibid.
Alicia Graynewyfe, the wife of Grayne, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Willelraus Grayne-man (i.e. the servant of Grayne), 1379: ibid.
Thomas Grayne-bam (i.e. the child of Grayne), 1379: ibid.
(French-Latin) the French Grain, Latin Grani-us [prob. from Latin gran-um, a seed]
An island-parish of Kent.
From Grain in Kent.
Richard de Grana, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); William de Grana of England c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
Harrison thinks this is the seed; Weekley says it means “morose”; neither grasps that this is the common Northern term for the “fork" of a stream
A location name in Kent Or from the French, Graine; a personal name.
Grain Demographics
Grain Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Grain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Grain (Hindi: ग्रैन) occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Grain? popularity and diffusion
The surname Grain is the 113,394th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,786,163 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 45 percent of Grain live; 30 percent live in Western Europe and 27 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Grain is also the 369,942nd most widely held forename on earth, borne by 521 people.
The last name is most common in France, where it is borne by 1,080 people, or 1 in 61,503. In France it is most prevalent in: Hauts-de-France, where 26 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 19 percent reside and Normandy, where 15 percent reside. Besides France it occurs in 65 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 20 percent reside and England, where 11 percent reside.
Grain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Grain has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 142 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 148 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 186 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Grain Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Grain last name are 10.92% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.15% being registered with the party.
The amount Grain earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 16.41% less than the national average, earning R 198,636 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.87% more than the national average, earning $23,354,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.78% more than the national average, earning $43,918 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.14% less than the national average, earning $49,612 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Grain Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Grain in the Hindi language | ||
| ग्रैन | graina | - |
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Grain Reference & Research
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