Explore the Family Name Mainland

The meaning of Mainland

Scottish (Orkney, also Shetland): habitational name from Mainland, the name of the principal island of both Orkney and Shetland, named with Old Norse megin ‘main, principal’ + land ‘land’.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname "Mainland" saw a slight increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Mainland ranked 134,929 in terms of commonality among surnames, but by 2010, it had risen to the rank of 129,825 – a growth rate of 3.78 percent. The census also shows that the count of individuals with this surname increased from 115 in 2000 to 131 in 2010, marking an increase of 13.91 percent. However, the proportion of people with the Mainland surname per 100,000 people remained constant at 0.04 over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#134,929	#129,825	3.78%
Count	115	131	13.91%
Proportion per 100k	0.04	0.04	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mainland

As for the ethnic identity associated with the surname "Mainland", the information gathered from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates a predominance of White ethnicity. In 2000, 99.13 percent of individuals with the Mainland surname identified as White. By 2010, this figure had slightly decreased to 95.42 percent, a change of -3.74 percent. No significant changes were observed among other ethnicities, including Asian/Pacific Islander, Two or more races, Hispanic, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native, all of which remained at 0 percent in both 2000 and 2010. It's worth noting that (S) data was suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	99.13%	95.42%	-3.74%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%