# Bearer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bearer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 532 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,976 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 580,349 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.0% (543 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Possibly an occupational surname for a carrier or porter, from Middle English berere, but no evidence has been found that this surname became hereditary. Alternatively, it could be a variant of other surnames, such as Berrier, Berrow, or Berard.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bearer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Brauer, Breuer, Berrier, Brar, Brewer, Breyer, Barrera, Brower, Borrero, Barrier, Bohrer, Brouwer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.