Explore the Family Name Delain

The meaning of Delain

1. French: probably a variant of Delaine 2. 2. Walloon and French: probably a variant of Delens, a habitational name, with fused preposition de ‘from’, denoting someone from Lens in Wallonia (Belgium) or from Lens in Pas-de-Calais (France). Some characteristic forenames: French Pascale.

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How common is the last name Delain in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname 'Delain' saw a slight increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 74,957 and by 2010, it had moved up to 72,332, a change of 3.5 percent. The number of people with this surname also grew from 240 in 2000 to 269 in 2010, representing a 12.08 percent increase. However, its proportion per 100,000 people remained constant at 0.09 across both years.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#74,957	#72,332	3.5%
Count	240	269	12.08%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.09	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Delain

In terms of ethnicity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that most individuals with the 'Delain' surname identify as White, though there has been a small decline from 70.00 percent in 2000 to 67.29 percent in 2010. The next most common ethnic identity is Black, which increased slightly from 27.50 percent in 2000 to 29.00 percent in 2010. There was a notable presence of those identifying with two or more races in 2000, but this fell to zero by 2010. Lastly, Hispanic representation emerged in 2010 at 1.86 percent, whereas it was non-existent in 2000. The census data showed no individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities for either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	70%	67.29%	-3.87%
Black	27.5%	29%	5.45%
Hispanic	0%	1.86%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.08%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%