Wain Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 8
Berkshire 5
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 44
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 13
Derbyshire 436
Devon 4
Dorset 1
Durham 32
Essex 11
Gloucestershire 16
Hampshire 14
Herefordshire 4
Hertfordshire 14
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 6
Isle of Man 0
Kent 43
Lancashire 178
Leicestershire 218
Lincolnshire 86
London 226
Middlesex 13
Northumberland 6
Norfolk 6
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 59
Oxfordshire 25
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 6
Shropshire 17
Suffolk 8
Somerset 2
Surrey 13
Sussex 16
Staffordshire 402
Warwickshire 117
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 6
Yorkshire 273

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 9
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 8
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 15
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Wain Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wain family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 431
Coal Miner 57
General Labourer 37
Farmer 28
Agricultural Labourer 23
Domestic Servant 22
Cotton Weaver 21
Dress Maker 17
Living On Her Own Means 15
Farm Servant 15
General Servant Domestic 14
Living On Own Means 12
Gardener 12
Carpenter 10
Frame Work Knitter 10
General Servant 9
Blacksmith 9
Stone Mason 8
Carter 7
Iron Worker 7
Farm Labourer 7
Grocer 7
Labourer 7
Tape Weaver 7
Bricklayer 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Wain

Name Census Frequency
John Wain 1,307
Mary Wain 1,256
William Wain 1,175
Sarah Wain 823
Elizabeth Wain 810
George Wain 719
Thomas Wain 714
James Wain 530
Joseph Wain 407
Ann Wain 383
Charles Wain 379
Hannah Wain 301
Jane Wain 292
Eliza Wain 260
Emma Wain 257
Alice Wain 242
Henry Wain 235
Annie Wain 226
Ellen Wain 224
Richard Wain 220
Robert Wain 182
Samuel Wain 174
Martha Wain 164
Arthur Wain 162
Emily Wain 152

Wain Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Owen 25% 259,748
2 Wain 100% 18,126
3 Waine 80% 5,841
4 Ewen 25% 4,516
5 Wayne 60% 2,556
6 Wane 50% 2,515
7 Wine 50% 1,710
8 Ewin 50% 1,416
9 Woon 50% 1,210
10 Ewan 50% 1,077
11 Owan 50% 672
12 Woan 50% 545
13 Win 75% 543
14 Wan 75% 332
15 Wein 75% 291
16 Owne 0% 249
17 Owin 50% 248
18 Wean 50% 220
19 Own 25% 180
20 Awen 25% 161
21 Ween 50% 158
22 Wen 50% 136

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The surname Wain is the 2nd most popular variant of Owen.

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