How common is the last name Cain?

58,521 people in the United States have the last name Cain, about 1 in 5,108. It ranks #564 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

CAIN

#564

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
58,521
About
1 in 5,108
This common or more
33.3%
Who bears it

Of the 58,521 people with the last name Cain, 74.5% reported their origin as White, 16.6% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Cain

#562 Arias · 58,926#563 Petersen · 58,885#565 Melendez · 58,520#566 Brock · 58,368

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cain, most common first.

#7,552 Caine · 4,242#9,033 Cann · 3,471#20,326 Cahn · 1,322#20,413 Can · 1,315

Also a first name

As a first name, Cain ranks #3,559 of 53,615, with 5,794 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2014, with 330 births. See Cain as a first name

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