Rain Surname
Approximately 69,593 people bear this surname
Rain Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Reine.' the French Reine (Queen).
Reine Bacun, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Alice Reine, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
John Reyn, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameRain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 36,254 | 1:21,158 | 1,636 |
| Afghanistan | 11,137 | 1:2,887 | 303 |
| Myanmar | 5,701 | 1:9,110 | 278 |
| Chile | 3,648 | 1:4,829 | 627 |
| Bangladesh | 2,073 | 1:76,873 | 3,642 |
| Russia | 2,053 | 1:70,201 | 9,066 |
| United States | 1,351 | 1:268,289 | 25,224 |
| Micronesia | 894 | 1:119 | 10 |
| Qatar | 593 | 1:3,976 | 402 |
| Iran | 558 | 1:137,603 | 12,406 |
| Argentina | 501 | 1:85,316 | 7,211 |
| Romania | 414 | 1:48,497 | 6,013 |
| Saudi Arabia | 398 | 1:77,527 | 10,981 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| Indonesia | 397 | 1:333,121 | 29,073 |
| Canada | 352 | 1:104,675 | 11,294 |
| England | 333 | 1:167,321 | 15,468 |
| France | 293 | 1:226,699 | 35,158 |
| Kazakhstan | 243 | 1:72,767 | 8,728 |
| Brazil | 201 | 1:1,065,046 | 37,395 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Malaysia | 156 | 1:189,066 | 11,274 |
| Belarus | 145 | 1:65,525 | 10,863 |
| Germany | 142 | 1:566,940 | 46,426 |
| Pakistan | 137 | 1:1,303,970 | 15,071 |
| China | 125 | 1:10,938,573 | 678 |
| Hong Kong | 98 | 1:74,852 | 1,406 |
| Uzbekistan | 71 | 1:435,622 | 10,503 |
| Australia | 54 | 1:499,920 | 37,885 |
| Czechia | 54 | 1:196,916 | 28,617 |
| United Arab Emirates | 49 | 1:186,985 | 12,996 |
| Croatia | 43 | 1:98,340 | 15,803 |
| Austria | 39 | 1:218,344 | 26,757 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Thailand | 34 | 1:2,077,598 | 243,257 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Poland | 24 | 1:1,583,698 | 89,279 |
| Philippines | 23 | 1:4,401,662 | 162,661 |
| Ukraine | 23 | 1:1,979,248 | 140,199 |
| Jordan | 21 | 1:421,068 | 12,361 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Scotland | 20 | 1:267,691 | 12,985 |
| Azerbaijan | 17 | 1:567,595 | 10,450 |
| Tajikistan | 16 | 1:524,168 | 3,647 |
| Vietnam | 16 | 1:5,790,378 | 2,464 |
| Nepal | 15 | 1:1,898,730 | 7,997 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Moldova | 10 | 1:356,137 | 27,160 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Georgia | 6 | 1:624,258 | 19,750 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 1:1,493,164 | 71,188 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 1:1,132,081 | 47,619 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 439 | 1:55,525 | 6,601 |
| Scotland | 72 | 1:51,989 | 3,520 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 522 | 1:96,204 | 9,802 |
The alternate forms: Raín (1) are calculated separately.
Rain (24,914) may also be a first name.
Rain Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Reine.' the French Reine (Queen).
Reine Bacun, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Alice Reine, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
John Reyn, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Nicholas Reyn, Lincolnshire, ibid.
(2) Bapt. 'the son of Rayne,' seemingly a nick, of Reyner or Reynold, common in N. England, where Reyner was extremely popular.
Robert Rayne, 1370: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes Rayne, ibid.
Richard Rayneson, ibid.
William Rayne, ibid.
(3) Local, 'of Rennes.'
Robert de Rennes, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Richard de Rennes. Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
Ricardus de Raines, Pipe Roll, 11 Henry II.
Sir Thomas Rane, a witness in Irvine, 1260 (Irvine, I, p. 5). Janet Rain in M'Narghstoun, 1681 (Kirkcudbright). William Raen, resident in parish of Rorgue, 1684 (RPC., 3. ser. IX, p. 566). David Rain or Rainey in Galloway charged with being a leveller, 1724. David Rain in Whilliecroft, parish of Borgue, 1757 (Kirkcudbright). The name may come from some Old English personal name beginning with Regen- (compare Henton). Rut Weekley says "the home of the name is Durham, and in that county rain is a dial, word for a strip of land, boundary, etc., which is no doubt the origin of most of the northern Raynes" (p. 71).
(Teutonic) contraction of one or other of the Old Teutonic Regen-, Ragin-, names: v. Rainbird, Rainbow, Rayner, etc.] (rarely) (French-Latin) for the French Reine = Queen [French reine, Latin regina]
The northern families probably sprang from Rayne, co. Aberdeen; the southern from Raine, co. Essex.
1. From Rain, a parish co. Essex; Rain or Rhain, a town of Upper Bavaria; or Rayne, a parish of Scotland, co. Aberdeen. 2. Perhaps sometimes from Ran, for Randal, Randolph.
From the Old Norse, Hreinn; from the French, Raine, Reine; from the German, Renn; a personal name.
Raine, a name known all up and down Teesdale, has long been connected with Darlington in this county and with Newcastle in Northumberland; it has been established in Darlington since the 16th century (Long.).
The Raines of the North Riding and of the county of Durham appear to be most at home in the Darlington district lying between the two counties. Dr. Matthew Raine, who was incumbent of Kirby Wiske, in the North Riding, last century, had a son who became headmaster of the Charterhouse School (W. R.).
Rain Demographics
Rain Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Russia
Rain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rain (Arabic: رائن, Bengali: রাইন, Georgian: რაინ, Hindi: राईन, Marathi: राईन, Oriya: ରାଇଁ, Russian: Раин) occurs most in India. It can also occur as: Raín. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rain? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,179th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 104,717 people. The last name Rain is mostly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Rain reside; 80 percent reside in South Asia and 52 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 32,088th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 24,914 people.
The last name Rain is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 36,254 people, or 1 in 21,158. In India Rain is most prevalent in: Bihar, where 83 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 10 percent live and Maharashtra, where 3 percent live. Other than India this last name is found in 117 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 16 percent live and Myanmar, where 8 percent live.
Rain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Rain has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Rain surname rose 259 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 24 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 72 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 67 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Rain Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (33%) in Ireland, Orthodox (78%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (88%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Rain are 10.44% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.21% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Rain earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.07% less than the national average, earning $39,234 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.13% less than the national average, earning $44,652 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rain Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rain in the Georgian language | ||
| რაინ | rain | - |
| Rain in the Bengali language | ||
| রাইন | ra'ina | - |
| Rain in the Hindi language | ||
| राईन | ra'ina | 71.98 |
| राइन | ra'ina | 19.48 |
| रैन | raina | 4.82 |
| राीन | raina | 0.81 |
| रानी | rani | 0.11 |
| राईं | ra'im | 0.04 |
| राई | ra'i | 0.04 |
| राईन् | ra'in | 0.04 |
| रैन् | rain | 0.04 |
| रईन् | ra'in | 0.04 |
| जैन | jaina | 0.04 |
| रैनू | rainu | 0.04 |
| Rain in the Marathi language | ||
| राईन | ra'ina | 47.02 |
| रैन | raina | 27.02 |
| राइन | ra'ina | 15.96 |
| रईन | ra'ina | 8.07 |
| रैना | raina | 0.18 |
| Rain in the Oriya language | ||
| ରାଇଁ | ra'im | 32.52 |
| ରାଇନ | ra'ina | 29.61 |
| ରଇନ | ra'ina | 25.24 |
| ରଇଁ | ra'im | 1.46 |
| ରାଇନ୍ | ra'in | 1.46 |
| ରାଇଂ | ra'im | 1.46 |
| ରଇନ୍ | ra'in | 0.49 |
| ରାଈଁ | ra'im | 0.49 |
| Rain in the Russian language | ||
| Раин | rain | - |
| Rain in the Arabic language | ||
| رائن | rayn | - |
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