The Cain surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 60,948 people carried this name — #551 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,840 people counted. That is up 5% from 57,873 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 31 births for the Cain name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Connacht. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 8 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Mayo.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 265 people named Cain.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Seine-et-Marne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 22 people named Cain 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 Formosa.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
20 people named Cain is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Cain in American newspapers,
1895–1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 470,598 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cain,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rhys Cain d. 1614 · poet
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Glen G. Cain d. 2014 · economist
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Thomas Cain d. 1919
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Ronald Cain (british soldier) d. 1945
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Sion Cain 1575–1650 · poet
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James Cain 1787–1871
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cain.
- Cahn 1,358 · U.S. census
- Caiazzo 867 · U.S. census
- Cail 1,353 · U.S. census
- Caillet 176 · U.S. census
- Caillier 522 · U.S. census
- Caillouet 630 · U.S. census
- Caira 369 · U.S. census
- Caire 423 · U.S. census
- Cairo 1,734 · U.S. census
- Caisse 775 · U.S. census
- Cakir 250 · U.S. census
- Cal 634 · U.S. census
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