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 9
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 12
Cambridgeshire 13
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 45
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 7
Derbyshire 46
Devon 221
Dorset 124
Durham 48
Essex 327
Gloucestershire 34
Hampshire 259
Herefordshire 4
Hertfordshire 27
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 0
Kent 175
Lancashire 144
Leicestershire 47
Lincolnshire 64
London 780
Middlesex 244
Northumberland 22
Norfolk 131
Northamptonshire 103
Nottinghamshire 27
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 10
Suffolk 50
Somerset 74
Surrey 159
Sussex 103
Staffordshire 181
Warwickshire 75
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 23
Worcestershire 41
Yorkshire 193

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 15
Denbighshire 6
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 137
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 19
Pembrokeshire 8
Radnorshire 0

Mears Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mears family

Profession Census Frequency
School 416
Farm Labourer 50
General Servant (domestic) 42
Private Means 30
Coal Miner Hewer 29
General Labourer 25
Labourer 23
Domestic Servant 21
Laundress 20
Dressmaker 19
Dress Maker 17
General Servant Domestic 17
None 15
Errand Boy 14
House Painter 13
Waggoner On Farm 13
Assisting In Business 12
At Home 12
Clerk 12
School Boy 12
Blacksmith 10
Charwoman 10
Cook (domestic) 10
Domestic 10
Labourer General 10

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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The surname Mears is the most popular version of all its varients

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