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    The surname Bearer

    An English occupational surname, carried by 532 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B660

    Bearer: #40,976 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bearer #40,976, 532 people Bearer: #40,976 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bearer #40,976, 532 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bearer is more common than 74.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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.

    Bearer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 532 people named Bearer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 580,349 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 543.

    #40,976
    rank among US surnames
    532
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2%
    change since 2000 (was #38,320)

    Who is named Bearer

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Bearer identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bearer

    Bearer has the Soundex code B660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B660.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bearer come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Bearer?
    532 people in the United States had the surname Bearer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 580,349 Americans. It ranked 40,976th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bearer?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bearer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Bearer?
    Bearer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Bearer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 543 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 532 in 2010, down 2.0%.