The Sain surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,675 people carried this name — #7,155 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 63,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,402 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 721 people named Sain 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 289
Entre Ríos 96
La Pampa 72
City of Buenos Aires 70
Santiago del Estero 39
Santa Fe 37
Tucumán 29
Córdoba 23

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 46 people named Sain.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Vaucluse.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Vaucluse 14
Isère 6
Gard 5
Paris 4
Rhône 4
Drôme 3
Loire-Atlantique 1
Loire 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

31 people named Sain live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Schwyz.

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

Where they live today

Schwyz 11
Ticino 10
St. Gallen 6
Zurich 4

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 print

Sain in American newspapers,
1871–1901.

Newspaper page from Daily Inter Mountain carrying the name Sain
Daily Inter Mountain 1901-02-26
Newspaper page from The Orangeburg News carrying the name Sain
The Orangeburg News 1871-07-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Sain in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

5,246 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sain. The most, 1,026, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,861
Victoria 1,242
Queensland 997
South Australia 552
Western Australia 374
Tasmania 174
ACT (Canberra) 32
Northern Territory 4

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sain.

Who carried it

People named Sain,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Édouard Sain
    Édouard Sain 1830–1910 · painter
  • Isidoro Sain
    Isidoro Sain 1869–1932 · Catholic priest
  • René Sain 1505–1650 · politician
  • Joseph Sain 1633–1708 · Catholic priest
  • Matheo Sain Liceaga 1686–
  • Pierre Antoine Sain 1814–1862 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sain,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States200 records

200 records of the Sain name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 119
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 33
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 20
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 14
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Boyd Sain

    Born 1926 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Bragg; farm hand from Lincoln County. U.S. Army veteran; died 2000, buried at Hillcrest Gardens Cemetery, Mount Holly, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Salvatore Sain

    Arrived at New York in 1912 aboard the Stampalia from Naples, aged 26; laborer. From Portomaggiore, Ferrara, Italy; bound for New York. Born in Pontemaggiore, Italy.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Don Rue Sain

    Born 1943; from Saratoga, California. U.S. Army, radio operator; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 200 records for Sain in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia27 records

27 records of the Sain name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 26
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Pietro Sain

    Arrived in Victoria in 1899 aboard the Orizaba, aged 32.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Lee Ah Sain

    Of Ermforid ?, New South Wales; died 1883.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Giac Sain

    Arrived in Victoria in 1892 aboard the Hohenstaufen, aged 16.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 27 records for Sain in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France18 records

18 records of the Sain name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marc Antonin Sain

    Born 1891 in Avignon; died 1981 in Avignon (Vaucluse).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jeanne Marie Sain

    Born 1902 in Saint-Joseph (Loire); died 1985 in Givors (Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Radu Sain

    Born 1976 in Romania; died 1999 in Tauriac (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 18 records for Sain in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands5 records

5 records of the Sain name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 3
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Nasir Sain

    Died 1959 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 57; waiter.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Petrus Theodorus Sain

    Married in 1946 in Steenbergen.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Cornelia Sain

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1812 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Sain in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Switzerland1 record

1 record of the Sain name in Switzerland Zürich marriage records, 16th–18th centuries
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Laurent Sain

    Married in 1798 in Grossmünster, canton of Zürich; of Le Bois d'Oingt (Rhone) (Frankreich).

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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