Spear Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Spear Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Spear family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 177
Agricultural Labourer 44
Dress Maker 21
Domestic Servant 17
Labourer 16
General Servant 14
Carpenter 12
Laundress 12
Farm Servant 11
Draper 10
Farmer 10
House Keeper 7
Annuitant 7
General Servant Domestic 7
Dressmaker 6
Milliner 6
Butcher 5
Cook 5
Nurse 5
Retired Farmer 5
Farmers Son 4
School Mistress 4
None 4
Cotton Weaver 4
Boot Maker 4

Spear Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Soper 60% 13,058
2 Spear 100% 10,307
3 Speer 80% 2,350
4 Spoor 60% 2,223
5 Spier 60% 1,795
6 Spare 60% 1,705
7 Speare 83% 1,130
8 Spire 40% 544
9 Soaper 50% 500
10 Spur 60% 419
11 Spore 40% 370
12 Spiro 40% 277
13 Spoore 50% 259
14 Spour 60% 257
15 Saper 60% 242
16 Spree 40% 208
17 Super 60% 206
18 Asper 60% 184
19 Saperia 43% 130
20 Spir 60% 109
21 Spure 40% 109

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The surname Spear is the 2nd most popular variant of Soper.

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