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 11
Buckinghamshire 4
Berkshire 18
Cambridgeshire 11
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 41
Cornwall 3
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 32
Devon 153
Dorset 91
Durham 30
Essex 220
Gloucestershire 22
Hampshire 244
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 13
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 5
Isle of Man 0
Kent 115
Lancashire 195
Leicestershire 42
Lincolnshire 79
London 711
Middlesex 137
Northumberland 26
Norfolk 108
Northamptonshire 97
Nottinghamshire 10
Oxfordshire 10
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 5
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 32
Somerset 96
Surrey 148
Sussex 79
Staffordshire 133
Warwickshire 69
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 35
Worcestershire 29
Yorkshire 152

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 5
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 5
Denbighshire 9
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 111
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 4
Radnorshire 0

Mears Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mears family

Profession Census Frequency
Dress Maker 33
General Labourer 33
General Servant Domestic 30
Scholar 30
Living On Own Means 28
Agricultural Labourer 28
Laundress Wash 25
Cook Domestic 23
Housemaid Domestic 21
Coal Miner Hewer 17
Carman 12
Carpenter 12
Domestic Servant 12
Servant Domestic 11
Farmer 11
Blacksmith 10
Bricklayer 10
Dressmaker 10
Laundress 10
Coal Hewer 10
Brickfield Labourer 10
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 10
Plumber 8
House Maid Domestic 8
Tailoress 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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