The Jain surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,626 people carried this name — #3,094 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,400 people counted. That is up 94% from 5,996 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Jain surname
Borrowed from Sanskrit जैन (jaina).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Jain» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
226 people named Jain live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 207 people named Jain 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 197 people named Jain.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Finistère.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 157 people named Jain live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
309 people named Jain are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Jain,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pamela Jain 1901– · singer
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Sudhanshu Kumar Jain 1926– · botanist
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Sudhanshu Kumar Jain 1926– · botanist
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Sudhanshu Kumar Jain 1926– · botanist
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Amolak Chand Jain 1928–2021 · chemist
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Amolak Chand Jain 1928–2021 · chemist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jain.
- Jago 496 · U.S. census
- Jagodzinski 1,131 · U.S. census
- Jahan 1,386 · U.S. census
- Jahn 4,850 · U.S. census
- Jaillet 266 · U.S. census
- Jaime 13,532 · U.S. census
- Jakob 912 · U.S. census
- Jakobs 199 · U.S. census
- Jakubczak 376 · U.S. census
- Jakubiak 684 · U.S. census
- Jakubowicz 434 · U.S. census
- Jakubowski 3,513 · U.S. census
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