The crain Surname

crain Name Meaning and History

Irish: variant of Crehan.
English: variant spelling of Crane.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

Learn the meaning and history of your first name

Share this page with friends and family

The crain name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the crain family name as far back in history as possible.

crain Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

Are you a Facebook user? Add crain family facts to your Facebook profile.

Distribution of crain Families in the US in 1920

Number of crain families

112-221

38-111

1-37

Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view crain census records

Year

How is this helpful?

You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for crain records.
You can see how crain families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com’s US Federal Census Collection.

Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
Click here to search crain census records.

More resources for your crain family history

Crain message board

Subscribe to RSS

Begin New Thread

Threads: 516 - Messages: 1559

Thread	Author	Replies
CRAIN Fred	t42swisher_dencotx	0
CRAIN Charles Edwin 1896 1973	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	0
CRAIN Carrie Mae McDADE - 1975	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	0
Crain Family Website	Kelly	43
Wilkes Co. NC Crains	lsdolezal	0
JAMES P CRAIN of Boyle Co. KY	pattipurf1	13
samuel crain	G. ANGUISH	8
oleta crain	the_evilone76	4
Elbert Warden Crain Obituary 1916-1972	kaitysmom	0
Crain in Springfield, LA	ddpinmt	0

Viewing 1-10 of 516 | Go to the full board

Start your FREE family tree. We'll start searching.

Enter a few simple facts about your family. We'll use what you enter to try and find more.

Begin your family tree with your name:

Member Connections

Anonymously contact one of the Ancestry members researching the crain last name.
Search for Ancestry members researching one of your specific ancestors.
Create or update your own Ancestry member profile so that other members can anonymously contact you.

More Tools and Resources

Search Ancestry.com for all of your crain ancestors.
Create and publish your own family history book using Ancestry Press.
Learn more about your family history using DNA Ancestry.
Learn more about family history in the Ancestry Learning Center.
Visit the Ancestry.com homepage.

Member Login

Username	Password (Forgot?)