The Pain surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 627 people carried this name — #35,812 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 602 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,784 people named Pain.
53 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 87 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 426 people named Pain 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 Misiones.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 26 people named Pain 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 Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Pain,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thomas Paine 1737–1809 · writer -
Thomas Paine 1737–1809 · writer
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Thomas Paine 1737–1809 · writer
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Frank Pain d. 1956
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George Pain d. 1883
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Rosalie Stonhouse d. 1936
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pain.
- Pagliari 165 · U.S. census
- Pagni 369 · U.S. census
- Pagnucco 114 · U.S. census
- Pagotto 116 · U.S. census
- Pague 126 · U.S. census
- Paille 474 · U.S. census
- Painchaud 271 · U.S. census
- Paine 8,501 · U.S. census
- Paini 123 · U.S. census
- Paino 533 · U.S. census
- Pair 2,143 · U.S. census
- Paire 122 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pain is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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