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fain Name Meaning and History

  1. French: habitational name from any of various places in France, deriving their names mostly from Old French fain ‘swamp’, but Latin fanum ‘temple’ is also a source in some cases.
  2. English: variant spelling of Fayne.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The fain name in History

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Distribution of fain Families in the US in 1920
Number of fain families
 56-110
 19-55		 1-18
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 199 - Messages: 708
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Curtis Roffler Fain Medetta Story 2
William Fain 1680 debbiefain1 0
Nicholas Fain and descendants lfgoins 1
Fain family in Missouri Debbie Fain 28
Fain Family in Jefferson County, Tennessee thefains 9
Silas Mercer Fain doniseprice 17
Annual Fain Reunion in Sevierville, TN Barry Fain 2
Fains in Sevier Co, Tn. JaneDey_Vincent 0
Fains in Patrick County, VA Aynn Handy 25
Otha Marie Fain born 1905 in Fannin, TX CMcCormick8335 0
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