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 185
Buckinghamshire 3
Berkshire 4
Cambridgeshire 10
Channel Islands 16
Cheshire 177
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 61
Derbyshire 13
Devon 25
Dorset 1
Durham 439
Essex 102
Gloucestershire 7
Hampshire 46
Herefordshire 3
Hertfordshire 178
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 6
Isle of Man 674
Kent 52
Lancashire 2,091
Leicestershire 32
Lincolnshire 11
London 614
Middlesex 200
Northumberland 158
Norfolk 4
Northamptonshire 13
Nottinghamshire 57
Oxfordshire 8
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 6
Shropshire 22
Suffolk 6
Somerset 1
Surrey 107
Sussex 51
Staffordshire 91
Warwickshire 121
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 8
Worcestershire 39
Yorkshire 402

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 5
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 5
Flintshire 12
Glamorgan 38
Merionethshire 6
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 15
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Cain Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cain family

Profession Census Frequency
School 620
General Labourer 70
Labourer 61
Coal Miner Hewer 54
Dock Labourer 33
Dressmaker 33
None 31
Domestic Servant 30
Private Means 28
Farm Labourer 26
Scholar 25
Labourer General 23
General Servant (domestic) 22
At Home 21
Housekeeper 19
Laundress 19
Charwoman 17
Dress Maker 17
Cotton Weaver 17
Boarding House Keeper 16
House Keeper 15
Baker 14
House Wife 14
Plasterer 14
Shop Assistant 14

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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