Meares Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Meares Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Meares family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 6
General Servant Domestic 3
No Occupation 3
Farmer 2
Foreman Shipping Labourer 2
Technical Chemist 2
Carpet Weaver 2
Electrical Engineer 2
Yarn Spinner 2
Boiler Smith 2
General Labourer 2
Book Sewer 1
Boot Machinest 1
Cable Worker 1
Clerk 1
Coal Porter 1
Draper's Porter 1
General Lab Arsenal 1
Gunmaker Lock 1
Housekeeper 1
Labourer 1
Laundress Wash 1
House Joiner Carpenter 1
College Student 1
Sapper Portsmouth Militia R.e. 1

Meares Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mears 83% 19,097
2 Moores 67% 17,103
3 Morse 33% 17,032
4 Moors 50% 9,008
5 Moris 50% 5,681
6 Meers 67% 2,736
7 Mares 83% 2,590
8 Mars 67% 2,464
9 Mors 50% 2,328
10 Mooris 50% 2,317
11 Maris 67% 2,024
12 Meares 100% 1,672
13 Miers 50% 1,581
14 Mores 67% 1,008
15 Mairs 50% 920
16 Moorse 33% 725
17 Maries 67% 655
18 Mories 50% 508
19 Mires 67% 460
20 Muers 50% 387
21 Amers 50% 361
22 Meeres 83% 302
23 Muras 50% 253
24 Marse 50% 232
25 Meres 83% 196
26 Emers 50% 167
27 Maers 50% 117
28 Maeers 50% 109
29 Mers 67% 105

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The surname Meares is the 12th most popular variant of Mears.

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