The Plain surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,061 people carried this name — #22,612 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 146 people named Plain.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Plain live in Switzerland.
They live in 1 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Plain.
- Pizzo 3,129 · U.S. census
- Pizzolato 660 · U.S. census
- Pizzuto 1,159 · U.S. census
- Pla 813 · U.S. census
- Place 7,057 · U.S. census
- Placide 490 · U.S. census
- Plaine 186 · U.S. census
- Plaisance 2,707 · U.S. census
- Plaisir 145 · U.S. census
- Plan 199 · U.S. census
- Plana 222 · U.S. census
- Planas 774 · U.S. census
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