Rainwater Surname
Approximately 9,701 people bear this surname
Rainwater Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9,671 | 1:37,479 | 4,638 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 861 | 1:58,326 | 6,471 |
Rainwater (11) may also be a first name.
Rainwater Demographics
Rainwater Political Affiliation
in United States
United States
Average
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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainewater | 95 | 2 | / |
| Rainwatter | 95 | 0 | / |
| Rainwaater | 95 | 0 | / |
| Rainwatert | 95 | 0 | / |
| Ranwater | 94 | 3 | / |
| Rainwaterrd | 90 | 1 | / |
| Raynwater | 89 | 3 | / |
| Roinwater | 89 | 2 | / |
| Reinwater | 89 | 2 | / |
| Rannwater | 89 | 0 | / |
| Raynewater | 84 | 6 | / |
| Rainbeater | 84 | 0 | / |
| Ramwater | 82 | 79 | / |
| Rainveter | 78 | 3 | / |
| Reinwetter | 74 | 6 | / |
| Ranveter | 71 | 1 | / |
| Raynveter | 67 | 2 | / |
| Reinveter | 67 | 1 | / |
Search for Another Surname
Rainwater Reference & Research
The Rainwater Collection - The purpose of The Rainwater Collection is to assist serious genealogical researchers in their research by providing an archive of well-documented, accurate and uninterpreted data.
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- 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