Drain 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 3
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 1
Dorset 7
Durham 20
Essex 95
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 13
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 5
Isle of Man 0
Kent 37
Lancashire 20
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 24
London 130
Middlesex 5
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 5
Shropshire 14
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 9
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 28
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 5
Worcestershire 7
Yorkshire 14

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Drain Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Drain family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 71
Agricultural Labourer 16
General Labourer 15
Gardener 5
Farm Labourer 4
Living On Own Means 4
Farm Servant 3
Dress Maker 3
Laundress 3
Machinist 3
General Servant Domestic 3
Hawker 2
Mate 2
Baker 2
Brick Field Labourer 2
Dock Labourer 2
Charwoman 2
Cabinet French Polisher 2
Carman 2
Cook Domestic Servant 2
Domestic Servant 2
Florist 2
Gardners Florist 2
Sweep 2
Brick Layer 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Drain

Name Census Frequency
William Drain 227
Mary Drain 171
John Drain 151
George Drain 127
Sarah Drain 110
Elizabeth Drain 107
James Drain 95
Henry Drain 85
Thomas Drain 82
Charles Drain 59
Ann Drain 53
Jane Drain 49
Eliza Drain 47
Walter Drain 47
Robert Drain 46
Emma Drain 42
Frederick Drain 39
Arthur Drain 38
Emily Drain 37
Edward Drain 36
Ellen Drain 36
Alice Drain 35
Joseph Drain 35
Albert Drain 29
Annie Drain 29

Drain Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Doran 60% 13,900
2 Drane 60% 5,738
3 Drain 100% 2,899
4 Dearn 60% 1,539
5 Durn 40% 1,010
6 Dorn 40% 662
7 Adrian 50% 634
8 Dran 80% 526
9 Draine 83% 517
10 Dearne 50% 489
11 Darn 60% 400
12 Dren 60% 379
13 Durien 50% 360
14 Dron 60% 334
15 Duran 60% 291
16 Doren 40% 202
17 Dorian 50% 199
18 Durne 20% 170
19 Dernie 50% 166
20 Daran 60% 160
21 Darne 40% 160
22 Dorin 60% 144
23 Doorne 33% 114
24 Drion 60% 110
25 Doron 40% 109
26 Dorne 20% 108
27 Audrain 71% 107
28 Daron 40% 107
29 Diron 40% 101

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The surname Drain is the 3rd most popular variant of Doran.

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