Pears Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Pears Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pears family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 199
Agricultural Labourer 35
General Servant 22
Domestic Servant 18
Labourer 17
Coal Miner 15
Annuitant 9
Dress Maker 9
Cook 9
General Servant Domestic 8
Traveling Hawker 7
Farmers Daur 7
House Keeper 6
Blacksmith 6
Servant 6
Servant Domestic 5
Silk Weaver 5
Laundress 5
Farmers Daughter 5
Shoe Maker 4
Butcher 4
Char Woman 4
Farm Servant Indoor 4
Gardener 4
Sc 4

Pears Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pearse 83% 21,168
2 Peers 80% 12,769
3 Pears 100% 11,334
4 Paris 60% 6,023
5 Prouse 33% 4,110
6 Purse 40% 2,673
7 Prise 20% 1,102
8 Prees 40% 1,040
9 Piers 60% 516
10 Pares 60% 510
11 Peares 83% 358
12 Preese 33% 346
13 Pries 40% 315
14 Pars 80% 265
15 Peirse 67% 167
16 Pierse 50% 163
17 Pours 60% 144
18 Perse 60% 120

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The surname Pears is the 3rd most popular variant of Pearse.

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