The Nain surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 124 people carried this name — #135,593 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 23% from 101 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 178 people named Nain.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Aisne.
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 145 people named Nain 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 Santa Cruz.
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.
Who carried it
People named Nain,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont 1637–1698 · writer -
Adrien Nain 1886–1941
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Hélène Vincent 1943– · actor
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Vikram Singh Nain 1960–
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Eugenio Nain 1996–2020
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Abhishek Nain 1999– · field hockey player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nain.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Nain is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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