The Kain Family History

This is a site where you can find information about the history of the Kain family.

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The Kain Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Kain
1841 Census 219
1851 Census 290
1861 Census 297
1871 Census 449
1891 Census 439

Most Frequent Forenames for the Kain Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
JOHN Kain 22 34 24 37 19
MARY Kain 20 28 24 34 22
THOMAS Kain 12 18 14 17 16
WILLIAM Kain 10 9 11 20 20
ELIZABETH Kain 15 13 11 17 9
MARGARET Kain 8 5 8 12 16
JAMES Kain 8 14 9 8 7
SARAH Kain 12 4 8 5 10
CATHERINE Kain 5 8 7 16 1
ELLEN Kain 2 4 6 10 13
ANN Kain 7 7 7 8 4
PATRICK Kain 2 8 8 6 4
MICHAEL Kain 3 10 10 2 1
CHARLES Kain 3 4 2 5 11
ELIZA Kain 3 5 5 8 2
GEORGE Kain 4 3 3 11 2
JANE Kain 4 6 5 5 2
JOSEPH Kain 4 5 3 8 2
MARY ANN Kain 7 8 2 2 2
HENRY Kain 8 1 3 4 4

Etmology and History of the Surname: Kain

Search for the etymology and history of the surname Kain (information provided by www.BehindTheName.com).

Your Family History Search

You can use the forms below to do automatic searches for the Kain family online amongst birth, marriage and death records from 1837, plus census transcripts for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901


 



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