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 8
Buckinghamshire 4
Berkshire 10
Cambridgeshire 6
Channel Islands 6
Cheshire 27
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 15
Devon 132
Dorset 55
Durham 22
Essex 109
Gloucestershire 16
Hampshire 193
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 18
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 6
Isle of Man 0
Kent 91
Lancashire 93
Leicestershire 42
Lincolnshire 101
London 767
Middlesex 41
Northumberland 19
Norfolk 125
Northamptonshire 59
Nottinghamshire 16
Oxfordshire 13
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 6
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 36
Somerset 48
Surrey 112
Sussex 68
Staffordshire 59
Warwickshire 42
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 8
Worcestershire 31
Yorkshire 99

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 8
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 6
Denbighshire 4
Flintshire 3
Glamorgan 50
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Mears Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mears family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 552
Agricultural Labourer 71
Labourer 39
Domestic Servant 28
General Labourer 23
Coal Miner 23
Laundress 20
Dress Maker 17
Farm Labourer 17
General Servant 16
Annuitant 12
Carman 12
Carpenter 12
General Servant Domestic 12
Servant Domestic 11
Boot Maker 10
Servant 10
Lighterman 8
No Occupation 8
Cabinet Maker 7
General Domestic Servant 7
Machinist 7
Painter 7
Tailoress 6
Bricklayer 6

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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