Rains Family History
Rains Name Meaning
English: variant spelling of Raines 1 and 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Rains Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rains families
 89 - 175  30 - 88 |
 1 - 29  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rains families
|
60 - 117 21 - 59 |
1 - 20 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rains families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rains census records
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Rains Family Origin
Rains Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Rains
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Rains Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Rains census records
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Rains Civil War Service Records
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