Kears 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Kears Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Kears family

Profession Census Frequency
Pauper 1
Housemaid 1
House Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Kears

Name Census Frequency
Mary Kears 23
John Kears 20
William Kears 19
Elizabeth Kears 18
Thomas Kears 18
Edward Kears 14
Robert Kears 14
Margaret Kears 13
James Kears 10
Jane Kears 10
Sarah Kears 9
Ann Kears 8
George Kears 6
Isabella Kears 6
Benjamin Kears 5
Alice Kears 4
Charles Kears 4
Patrick Kears 4
Richard Kears 4
Annie Kears 3
Charlotte Kears 3
Ellen Kears 3
Emily Kears 3
Emma Kears 3
Joseph Kears 3

Kears Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Akers 60% 10,884
2 Krause 50% 614
3 Kruse 20% 577
4 Keers 80% 541
5 Ekers 60% 290
6 Kears 100% 288
7 Aukers 50% 274
8 Kearse 83% 249
9 Eakers 50% 204
10 Kraus 60% 134

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The surname Kears is the 6th most popular variant of Akers.

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