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bains Name Meaning and History

  1. Indian (Panjab): Sikh name based on that of a Jat tribe. It is believed that Bains was the name of the ancestor of this clan.
  2. Scottish and English: variant of Baines.

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bains Family Facts

Distribution of bains Families in the US in 1920
Number of bains families
 23-43
 8-22		 1-7
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Threads: 22 - Messages: 31
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Ruby Bains, Vallejo, CA rubybains 0
N. Bains, CSA, TX Darleen24 0
Elizabeth Bains Kelleher in Philadelphia TKelleher9626 0
Elisha and Mary C. Bain in Spartanburg, SC SLHH124 0
Bains CHERE77 1
Arthur Clyde and James T. Bains Jerry Jordan 1
Joseph E. Johson McDonald Bains JerryJordan13 0
Elizabeth Bains b. 1819 married to David J. Richardson b. 1807 Pat Sheldon 0
Emlin Bains kelly wilkinson 0
Mary Bains nee McKee pbyers14 2
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