Cain Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 115
Buckinghamshire 6
Berkshire 6
Cambridgeshire 12
Channel Islands 8
Cheshire 92
Cornwall 10
Cumberland 65
Derbyshire 16
Devon 42
Dorset 0
Durham 120
Essex 20
Gloucestershire 29
Hampshire 5
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 180
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 14
Isle of Man 885
Kent 33
Lancashire 663
Leicestershire 16
Lincolnshire 29
London 429
Middlesex 45
Northumberland 66
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 16
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 14
Shropshire 32
Suffolk 6
Somerset 4
Surrey 40
Sussex 22
Staffordshire 33
Warwickshire 52
Westmorland 3
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 16
Yorkshire 163

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 14
Merionethshire 2
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 8
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Cain Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cain family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 413
Labourer 160
Agricultural Labourer 103
House Servant 72
At Home 46
Servant 44
Farm Labourer 41
Dress Maker 35
Shoe Maker 35
Tailor 27
Blacksmith 26
Hawker 21
Coal Miner 19
General Servant 17
House Keeper 17
Errand Boy 16
Scholar At Home 16
Dock Labourer 14
Straw Bonnet Sewer 13
Domestic 11
Farm Servant 11
Farmer's Daughter 11
Straw Bonnett Sewer 10
Laundress 10
Carpenter 10

Most Frequent Forenames for Cain

Name Census Frequency
John Cain 2,971
Mary Cain 2,789
Thomas Cain 1,929
William Cain 1,892
James Cain 1,564
Elizabeth Cain 1,316
Margaret Cain 1,124
Ann Cain 980
Catherine Cain 856
Sarah Cain 808
George Cain 728
Jane Cain 697
Ellen Cain 566
Patrick Cain 525
Annie Cain 490
Robert Cain 485
Charles Cain 483
Edward Cain 480
Michael Cain 441
Joseph Cain 435
Henry Cain 402
Alice Cain 339
Bridget Cain 336
Eliza Cain 336
Emily Cain 257

Cain Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cain 100% 34,693
2 Cane 50% 15,382
3 Kane 25% 9,138
4 Caine 80% 8,769
5 Kain 75% 3,031
6 Cone 25% 2,561
7 Can 75% 1,569
8 Coan 50% 1,556
9 Coon 50% 1,374
10 Coin 75% 951
11 Acon 25% 488
12 Coine 60% 405
13 Kaine 60% 403
14 Cayne 60% 376
15 Coen 50% 358
16 Coun 50% 352
17 Con 50% 332
18 Kayne 40% 271
19 Cean 50% 231
20 Cuin 75% 146
21 Cuneo 20% 136
22 Coane 40% 131
23 Coone 40% 128
24 Conie 40% 121
25 Caen 75% 106
26 Caun 75% 105
27 Cune 25% 103

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The surname Cain is the most popular version of all its varients

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