Tears Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 0
Devon 5
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 3
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 9
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 1
London 0
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 6
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 3
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 7

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 0

Tears Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tears family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 5
Female Servant 5
Male Servant 3
Independent 3
Farmer 2
Shoe Maker 1
Independent Mason 1
Clerk 1
Sweeper 1
Painter 1
Baker 1
Publican 1
Glazier 1
Seaman 1
Journeyman Tailor 1
Apprentice 1
Woollen Dyer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Tears

Name Census Frequency
John Tears 60
Mary Tears 58
William Tears 54
Thomas Tears 43
Elizabeth Tears 41
George Tears 36
James Tears 27
Henry Tears 25
Robert Tears 22
Annie Tears 17
Charles Tears 17
Sarah Tears 17
Ann Tears 16
Alice Tears 13
Jane Tears 12
Albert Tears 10
Alfred Tears 10
Eliza Tears 10
Emma Tears 9
Frederick Tears 9
Hannah Tears 9
Catherine Tears 8
Joseph Tears 8
Caroline Tears 7
Margaret Tears 7

Tears Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Trees 40% 1,654
2 Tears 100% 840
3 Trease 50% 493
4 Taurs 60% 226
5 Teers 80% 178
6 Traise 50% 175
7 Tearse 83% 153
8 Trouse 33% 123
9 Tours 60% 113

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The surname Tears is the 2nd most popular variant of Trees.

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