Speare Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Speare Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Speare family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 8
Male Servant 3
Independent 3
Carpenter 2
Labourer 2
Female Servant 2
Ag Labourer 2
Dress Maker 1
Pupil 1
Quay Master 1
Tailor's Apprentice 1
Farmer 1
Regrater 1
Yeoman 1
Scavenger 1
Stay Maker 1
In A Bazar 1
Laceman 1
Draper 1
Dress Maker Apprentice 1
Engineer Apprentice 1
Plasterer Journeyman 1
F Son 1

Speare Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Soper 50% 13,058
2 Spear 83% 10,307
3 Speer 67% 2,350
4 Spoor 50% 2,223
5 Spier 50% 1,795
6 Spare 83% 1,705
7 Speare 100% 1,130
8 Spire 67% 544
9 Soaper 33% 500
10 Spur 50% 419
11 Spore 67% 370
12 Spiro 50% 277
13 Spoore 67% 259
14 Spour 50% 257
15 Saper 50% 242
16 Spree 50% 208
17 Super 50% 206
18 Asper 50% 184
19 Saperia 43% 130
20 Spir 50% 109
21 Spure 67% 109

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The surname Speare is the 7th most popular variant of Soper.

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