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The Drain surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,859 people carried this name — #8,527 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,643 in 2000.

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In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 5 births for the Drain name in 1890.

Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 200 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.

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

Where they were born, 1890

Ulster 5

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 203 people named Drain.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Saône-et-Loire.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 1
Saône-et-Loire 46
Nord 34
Pas-de-Calais 23
Aisne 15
Paris 15
Oise 12
Yvelines 10
Nièvre 8

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

In print

Drain in American newspapers,
1908–1912.

Newspaper page from The Progressive Farmer And Southern Farm Gazette carrying the name Drain
The Progressive Farmer And Southern Farm Gazette 1912-11-16
Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Drain
The Billings Gazette 1908-12-18
Newspaper page from St. Landry Clarion carrying the name Drain
St. Landry Clarion 1909-07-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,249,445 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Drain,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James A. Drain
    James A. Drain 1870–1943 · writer
  • Émile Drain
    Émile Drain 1890–1966 · actor
  • Job Henry Charles Drain
    Job Henry Charles Drain 1895–1975 · military personnel
  • Job Henry Charles Drain
    Job Henry Charles Drain 1895–1975 · military personnel
  • Dorothy Drain
    Dorothy Drain 1909–1996 · columnist
  • Job Henry Charles Drain 1895–1975 · military personnel

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Drain.

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