Rainwater Surname

52,700th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,701 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Rainwater Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rainwater Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,6711:37,4794,638
England71:7,959,723202,100
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8611:58,3266,471

Rainwater (11) may also be a first name.

Rainwater Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rainwater Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Rainwater is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rainwater? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rainwater is the 52,700th most numerous last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 751,216 people. The last name Rainwater occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Rainwater reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 11 people.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 9,671 people, or 1 in 37,479. In The United States Rainwater is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 14 percent live, Georgia, where 11 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Rainwater Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Rainwater has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rainwater surname grew 1,123 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rainwater Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rainwater last name are 22.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.25% registered with the party.

Rainwater earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.97% less than the national average, earning $41,005 USD per year.

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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 Rainwater
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