Raine Surname
Approximately 11,986 people bear this surname
Raine 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 SurnameRaine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,428 | 1:12,583 | 1,858 |
| United States | 2,839 | 1:127,671 | 13,509 |
| Australia | 953 | 1:28,327 | 3,848 |
| Canada | 768 | 1:47,976 | 5,825 |
| France | 550 | 1:120,769 | 18,270 |
| Israel | 513 | 1:16,682 | 2,500 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| New Zealand | 246 | 1:18,408 | 3,224 |
| India | 197 | 1:3,893,733 | 106,713 |
| South Africa | 182 | 1:297,680 | 28,740 |
| Scotland | 138 | 1:38,796 | 3,683 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Nigeria | 103 | 1:1,719,833 | 63,088 |
| Wales | 80 | 1:38,682 | 3,791 |
| Bahamas | 64 | 1:6,121 | 584 |
| Brazil | 46 | 1:4,653,790 | 122,015 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Northern Ireland | 30 | 1:61,501 | 4,735 |
| Iran | 28 | 1:2,742,233 | 86,474 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Latvia | 18 | 1:113,891 | 16,101 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Jersey | 14 | 1:7,086 | 1,520 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 1:796,678 | 5,462 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,478 | 1:9,837 | 1,481 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:311,935 | 9,798 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 440 | 1:114,133 | 11,279 |
The alternate forms: Rainé (6) are calculated separately.
Raine (6,016) may also be a first name.
Raine 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.
(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]
(English) Descendant of Rain, a pet form of one of the old names beginning with Regen, or Ragin (counsel), or of Rayner (might, army); dweller at a boundary line; dweller at the sign of the frog; one with froglike characteristics.
The northern families probably sprang from Rayne, co. Aberdeen; the southern from Raine, co. Essex.
Warenger Reine, Normandy 1189-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Alicia Reine, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
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.).
Raine Demographics
Average Raine Salary in
United States
$45,609 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Raine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raine Come From? nationality or country of origin
Raine (Hindi: राईन, Marathi: राईन, Tibetan: རའི་ནི།) is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Rainé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Raine? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 43,407th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 608,005 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 45 percent of Raine live; 39 percent live in Northern Europe and 39 percent live in British Isles. Raine is also the 85,522nd most commonly used forename on earth. It is borne by 6,016 people.
The surname Raine is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 4,428 people, or 1 in 12,583. In England it is most numerous in: Durham, where 23 percent are found, Tyne and Wear, where 12 percent are found and North Yorkshire, where 7 percent are found. Outside of England this last name exists in 74 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.
Raine Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Raine has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 179 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 645 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,150 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 8,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Raine Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Raine surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Raine last name are 16.54% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.31% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Raine earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 114.94% more than the national average, earning R 510,768 per year; in United States they earn 5.7% more than the national average, earning $45,609 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.69% more than the national average, earning $53,006 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Raine Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Raine in the Tibetan language | ||
| རའི་ནི། | réni | - |
| Raine in the Marathi language | ||
| राईन | ra'ina | 35.56 |
| रैने | raine | 24.44 |
| राईने | ra'ine | 17.78 |
| राणी | rani | 6.67 |
| राइना | ra'ina | 4.44 |
| राइन | ra'ina | 4.44 |
| राइने | ra'ine | 4.44 |
| ऱईने | ra'ine | 2.22 |
| Raine in the Hindi language | ||
| राईन | ra'ina | 23.08 |
| रैने | raine | 23.08 |
| राइनी | ra'ini | 15.38 |
| रैनी | raini | 15.38 |
| रैनॅ | raine | 7.69 |
| राइन | ra'ina | 7.69 |
| राईनी | ra'ini | 7.69 |
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