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Drain

in the US

There are 3,129 people with the last name "Drain" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Drain 8,295
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  1. is 8,291st most common Ebner
  2. is 8,292nd most common Hoyer
  3. is 8,293rd most common Lough
  4. is 8,294th most common Molitor
  5. is 8,295th most common Drain
  6. is 8,296th most common Lindahl
  7. is 8,297th most common Epley
  8. is 8,298th most common Servin
  9. is 8,299th most common Timothy

Similar Names and Nicknames

Draine, Draime, Drainville, Drainer, Druin, Drais, Draim, Draisey, Draiss, Draina

Most Common First Names for Drain

James, Robert, David, John, Mary, Michael, Donald, Charles, William, Thomas

Meaning & History

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dreain ‘descendant of Drean’, a byname possibly from dreán ‘wren’. The name is also found in Scotland.

Irish (Cork): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Druacháin (see Drohan).

English: from Middle English dreine ‘drain’, ‘ditch’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a ditch digger or a topographic name.

English: variant spelling of Drane.

French: reduced form of Derain, from Old French dererain ‘last’, hence a nickname for the youngest son of a family.

French: habitational name from a place in Maine-et-Loire called Drain.

Recent Searches for "Drain" in the US

Since June 2009
1,129

Most Popular Search

James Drain (9 searches)
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