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frain Name Meaning and History

  1. English (of Norman origin): topographic name for someone who lived near an ash tree or ash wood, from Old French fraisne, fresne ‘ash’ (Latin fraxinus).
  2. French: habitational name from a place in Vosges named Frain.

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Distribution of frain Families in the US in 1920
Number of frain families
 33-64
 12-32
 1-11
 0
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