Gears Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Gears Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gears family

Profession Census Frequency
School 9
Labourer 5
At Home 4
Porter 2
Signalman 2
Bricklayers Labourer 2
Steel Dresser 2
Carter 2
Farm Labourer 2
Coal Miner Hewer 2
Railway Guard 1
Tea Taster 1
Assint Im Shop 1
Coal Miner 1
Engine Tenter (iron Works) 1
Farm Labr 1
Gas Works 1
House Painter 1
Midwife Nurse 1
None 1
Plumber 1
Post Office Messenger 1
Railway Porter 1
Soldier 1
Waggoner On Farm 1

Gears Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Grose 20% 6,696
2 Gorse 40% 1,836
3 Gears 100% 793
4 Agars 60% 774
5 Gros 40% 463
6 Eagers 50% 346
7 Garis 60% 333
8 Agers 60% 304
9 Grise 20% 263
10 Agres 20% 216
11 Grouse 33% 191
12 Grase 40% 188
13 Grees 40% 184
14 Geers 80% 161
15 Gores 40% 160
16 Gors 60% 116
17 Gries 40% 116
18 Greese 33% 110
19 Gras 60% 104

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The surname Gears is the 3rd most popular variant of Grose.

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