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The Blain surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,764 people carried this name — #7,025 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,700 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,456 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,610 people named Blain.

56 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 84 départements, most often Loiret.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 56
Loiret 235
Paris 159
Rhône 155
Loire-Atlantique 154
Drôme 146
Vendée 137
Maine-et-Loire 131
Isère 127

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

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 8 births for the Blain name in 1890.

Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 2 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “5 in Antrim and 3 in Down.”

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

Where they were born, 1890

Ulster 8

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 55 people named Blain live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 55

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Blain in American newspapers,
1883–1916.

Newspaper page from The Frontier carrying the name Blain
The Frontier 1883-11-15
Newspaper page from The Butler Weekly Times carrying the name Blain
The Butler Weekly Times 1916-01-27
Newspaper page from Evening Times-republican carrying the name Blain
Evening Times-republican 1916-11-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 73,254 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Blain,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David Blain
    David Blain 1832–1909 · teacher
  • James Blain d. 2011
  • Evelyn Josephine Blain d. 1994
  • Constance Edith Blain d. 1957
  • Jean-Baptiste Blain 1675–1751 · canon
  • François Blain 1758–1837 · lawyer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Blain.

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