Bain surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bain surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 16,845 people carried this name — #1,965 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 676 people named Bain.

26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 56 départements, most often Var.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 26
Var 65
Paris 63
Nièvre 55
Maine-et-Loire 54
Ille-et-Vilaine 49
Isère 35
Loiret 32
Loire-Atlantique 22

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

31 people named Bain live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 19
Vaud 8
Aargau 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Bain is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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