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 0
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 6
Cambridgeshire 8
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 77
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 77
Derbyshire 14
Devon 30
Dorset 1
Durham 285
Essex 28
Gloucestershire 5
Hampshire 22
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 121
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 7
Isle of Man 618
Kent 47
Lancashire 1,066
Leicestershire 15
Lincolnshire 4
London 393
Middlesex 89
Northumberland 94
Norfolk 12
Northamptonshire 10
Nottinghamshire 12
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 7
Shropshire 36
Suffolk 9
Somerset 12
Surrey 50
Sussex 46
Staffordshire 53
Warwickshire 92
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 17
Yorkshire 215

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 5
Merionethshire 4
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 7
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Cain Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cain family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 620
General Labourer 98
Coal Miner 62
Labourer 35
Domestic Servant 34
Agricultural Labourer 31
Dress Maker 28
Cotton Weaver 23
Laundress 22
Living On Own Means 22
Living On Her Own Means 21
Farm Labourer 20
Cotton Spinner 19
Dock Labourer 19
General Servant 17
General Servant Domestic 17
Domestic General Servant 16
Blacksmith 15
Joiner 14
Baker 13
Farmer 13
Plasterer 13
House Keeper 12
Cotton Winder 11
Cotton Piecer 11

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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