How common is the surname Fear?

1,493 people in the United States had the surname Fear in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,795 Americans. It ranked 18,502nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fear?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fear identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Fear getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,493 in 2010, down 14%.

The surname Fear

A surname, carried by 1,493 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fear is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, from an obsolete noun meaning "traveler," represented in the second half of Old English gefera (“comrade, companion”). * Also as an English surname, from the root of the adjective fierce, and occasionally from the noun fear. * Also as an English surname, from the noun ferry. * Occasionally as an English surname of Norman origin, from La Fère in Aisne, possibly from Latin feretrum (“bier”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,493 people named Fear in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 206,795 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,729.

#18,502

rank among US surnames

1,493

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-13.6%

change since 2000 (was #15,530)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,499	Bouknight	1,494	206,657
#18,502	Meidinger	1,493	206,795
#18,507	In	1,492	206,934
#18,511	Frain	1,491	207,073

Who is named Fear

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

95% of people named Fear identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fear

Fear has the Soundex code F600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F600.

Questions

Where does the surname Fear come from?: * As an English surname, from an obsolete noun meaning "traveler," represented in the second half of Old English gefera (“comrade, companion”). * Also as an English surname, from the root of the adjective fierce, and occasionally from the noun fear. * Also as an English surname, from the noun…
How common is the surname Fear?: 1,493 people in the United States had the surname Fear in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,795 Americans. It ranked 18,502nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fear?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fear identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Fear getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,493 in 2010, down 14%.