Cain Family History
Cain Name Meaning
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Iain, patronymic
from Iain, one of the Gaelic forms of John. This name is
found in many other spellings, including McCain, Kean,
and McKean. In some cases it may also be a variant of
Coyne.English: variant spelling of
Cane.English (of Norman origin): habitational name from
Caen in Calvados, France, named with the Gaulish elements catu
‘battle’ + magos ‘field’, ‘plain’.French
(Caïn): from the Biblical name Cain (Hebrew
Qayin), probably applied as a derogatory nickname for someone
who was considered to be treacherous.Spanish
(Caín): habitational name from a place called Caín in
León.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cain
Name Distribution of Cain Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cain families
 238 - 474  80 - 237 |
 1 - 79  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cain families
|
772 - 1,541 258 - 771 |
1 - 257 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cain families
|
112 - 222 38 - 111 |
1 - 37 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Cain Family Origin
Cain Immigration Information
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Cain Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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