Beare Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 4
Berkshire 14
Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 173
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 3
Devon 124
Dorset 19
Durham 2
Essex 22
Gloucestershire 6
Hampshire 68
Herefordshire 9
Hertfordshire 8
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 3
Kent 26
Lancashire 45
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 153
Middlesex 49
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 40
Northamptonshire 3
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 87
Somerset 31
Surrey 23
Sussex 14
Staffordshire 14
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 3

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 1

Beare Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Beare family

Profession Census Frequency
School 91
Butcher 10
Private Means 10
Scholar 7
Shop Assistant 6
House Painter 5
None 5
Clerk 5
Farm Labourer 5
Grocer Assistant 4
Laundress 4
Shipwright 4
General Labourer 4
Charwoman 4
Farmer 4
Market Gardener 4
Farmers Son Working On Farm 4
Carpenter 3
Nil 3
Tailoress 3
Cook (domestic) 3
Traction Engine Driver 3
Assisting In Business 3
Dressmaker 3
Tin Miner 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Beare

Name Census Frequency
William Beare 318
Mary Beare 297
John Beare 233
George Beare 174
Elizabeth Beare 173
Thomas Beare 136
Sarah Beare 133
Charles Beare 120
James Beare 115
Jane Beare 101
Robert Beare 99
Henry Beare 97
Eliza Beare 81
Ann Beare 79
Emily Beare 69
Alice Beare 66
Ellen Beare 63
Frederick Beare 62
Emma Beare 61
Annie Beare 60
Edward Beare 53
Samuel Beare 52
Ernest Beare 50
Alfred Beare 49
Richard Beare 49

Beare Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Beer 60% 37,090
2 Bear 80% 7,710
3 Beare 100% 4,824
4 Bore 60% 2,880
5 Beere 80% 2,813
6 Bare 80% 2,113
7 Boor 40% 1,958
8 Boore 60% 1,783
9 Bree 40% 1,658
10 Bere 80% 1,281
11 Bauer 40% 1,186
12 Buer 40% 894
13 Boar 60% 827
14 Bar 60% 512
15 Byrch 20% 403
16 Abear 60% 397
17 Abra 20% 381
18 Bure 60% 311
19 Auber 20% 220
20 Boer 40% 214
21 Abare 60% 202
22 Bur 40% 197
23 Boare 80% 194
24 Aber 40% 191
25 Bair 40% 187
26 Bour 40% 168
27 Brie 40% 144
28 Baur 40% 141
29 Broe 40% 122
30 Bier 40% 120
31 Obree 20% 119
32 Bira 40% 113
33 Baer 40% 107
34 Boure 60% 100

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The surname Beare is the 3rd most popular variant of Beer.

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