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    The surname Kear

    A surname, carried by 2,252 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K600

    Kear: #13,491 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kear #13,491, 2,252 people Kear: #13,491 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kear #13,491, 2,252 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kear is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,252 people named Kear in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,098 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,560.

    #13,491
    rank among US surnames
    2,252
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +44.4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,838)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,483Bartelt2,254136,977
    #13,486Freda2,253137,038
    #13,491Hillenbrand2,252137,098
    #13,494Porche2,251137,159
    #13,497Bellino2,250137,220

    Who is named Kear

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

    88% of people named Kear identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kear

    Kear has the Soundex code K600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kear?
    2,252 people in the United States had the surname Kear in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,098 Americans. It ranked 13,491st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kear?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Kear identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kear getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,560 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,252 in 2010, up 44%.