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Raines Name Meaning

English: variant of Raine with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. English: habitational name from Rayne (Essex) recorded in the Domesday Book as Raines in the 11th century. The etymology of the placename is uncertain but it may derive from Old English hrægene ‘hut shelter’ or from a pre-English river name for Pods Brook (a river on which Rayne lies) cognate with the German river name Regen (a tributary of the Danube) formed from the Indo-European root reg- ‘wet moisten water’. English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Rennes in Brittany France. Jewish (Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Rayne cognate with English Raine 1 and used as a translation of Hebrew Malka ‘queen’. It is formed with the Yiddish possessive -s.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Raine, Raynes, Baines, Haynes, Gaines, Caines, Rayner, Rainey, Haimes

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You can see how Raines families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Raines family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Raines families were found in USA in 1880. In 1911 there were 67 Raines families living in Ontario. This was about 64% of all the recorded Raines's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Raines families in 1911.

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There are 15,000 military records available for the last name Raines. For the veterans among your Raines ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Between 1941 and 2004, in the United States, Raines life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1948, and highest in 2002. The average life expectancy for Raines in 1941 was 46, and 73 in 2004.

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