Mears Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 10
Buckinghamshire 16
Berkshire 14
Cambridgeshire 34
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 29
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 24
Derbyshire 14
Devon 104
Dorset 52
Durham 36
Essex 155
Gloucestershire 26
Hampshire 241
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 27
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 132
Lancashire 138
Leicestershire 23
Lincolnshire 68
London 715
Middlesex 54
Northumberland 42
Norfolk 126
Northamptonshire 50
Nottinghamshire 3
Oxfordshire 13
Rutland 0
Shropshire 7
Suffolk 46
Somerset 61
Surrey 91
Sussex 55
Staffordshire 62
Warwickshire 44
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 9
Worcestershire 34
Yorkshire 113

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 10
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 8
Denbighshire 8
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 70
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 14
Pembrokeshire 6
Radnorshire 0

Mears Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mears family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 501
Agricultural Labourer 80
General Labourer 35
Domestic Servant 35
Laundress 27
General Servant 26
Coal Miner 26
Dress Maker 21
Labourer 17
General Servant Domestic 16
Farmer 14
Living On Own Means 13
Farm Labourer 12
Farm Servant 12
Carman 11
Carpenter 10
Blacksmith 9
Living On Her Own Means 9
General Domestic Servant 9
Tailor 8
Baker 8
Shoe Maker 8
Tailoress 8
Brick Maker Field Labourer 8
Gardener 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Mears

Name Census Frequency
William Mears 1,229
Mary Mears 1,032
John Mears 987
George Mears 808
Elizabeth Mears 767
Sarah Mears 557
James Mears 526
Thomas Mears 509
Henry Mears 447
Charles Mears 375
Ann Mears 353
Jane Mears 310
Alice Mears 305
Ellen Mears 300
Joseph Mears 297
Eliza Mears 289
Annie Mears 263
Robert Mears 250
Edward Mears 244
Frederick Mears 244
Alfred Mears 242
Emma Mears 237
Emily Mears 200
Arthur Mears 195
Walter Mears 191

Mears Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mears 100% 19,097
2 Moores 50% 17,103
3 Morse 40% 17,032
4 Moors 60% 9,008
5 Moris 40% 5,681
6 Meers 80% 2,736
7 Mares 60% 2,590
8 Mars 80% 2,464
9 Mors 60% 2,328
10 Mooris 50% 2,317
11 Maris 60% 2,024
12 Meares 83% 1,672
13 Miers 60% 1,581
14 Mores 40% 1,008
15 Mairs 60% 920
16 Moorse 50% 725
17 Maries 50% 655
18 Mories 33% 508
19 Mires 40% 460
20 Muers 60% 387
21 Amers 60% 361
22 Meeres 67% 302
23 Muras 40% 253
24 Marse 60% 232
25 Meres 60% 196
26 Emers 60% 167
27 Maers 60% 117
28 Maeers 67% 109
29 Mers 80% 105

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