How common is the surname Mears?

9,988 people in the United States had the surname Mears in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,912 Americans. It ranked 3,569th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mears?

Derek Mears, American actor, followed by Chris Mears.

Where is the surname Mears most common?

Wikidata records people named Mears in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Mears getting more or less common?

More common. 9,706 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,988 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Mears

An English place surname, carried by 9,988 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mears is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

* As an English surname, variant of Mear, topographic surname for someone who lived by a pond, from Old English mere (“lake, pool”), or near a boundary, from ġemǣre (“boundary, border”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó Meidhir, from meidhir (“mirth”). Compare Myers.

Mears is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 9,988 people named Mears in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,912 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,706.

#3,569

rank among US surnames

9,988

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,368)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,560	Tuck	10,018	30,819
#3,561	Mauldin	10,011	30,841
#3,562	Nilson	10,010	30,844
#3,563	Blaylock	10,008	30,850
#3,564	Moriarty	10,005	30,859
#3,567	Starling	10,004	30,862
#3,568	Haller	9,992	30,899

Who is named Mears

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

88% of people named Mears identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mearss

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Derek Mears
American actor, born 1972
Chris Mears
British diver and record producer, born 1993
Rick Mears
American racecar driver, born 1951
Casey Mears
American racing driver, born 1978

Notable Mearss come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mears

Mears has the Soundex code M620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M620.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mears come from?: * As an English surname, variant of Mear, topographic surname for someone who lived by a pond, from Old English mere (“lake, pool”), or near a boundary, from ġemǣre (“boundary, border”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó Meidhir, from meidhir (“mirth”). Compare Myers.
How common is the surname Mears?: 9,988 people in the United States had the surname Mears in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,912 Americans. It ranked 3,569th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mears?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Mears identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mears?: Derek Mears, American actor, followed by Chris Mears.
Where is the surname Mears most common?: Wikidata records people named Mears in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Mears?: Mears is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Mears getting more or less common?: More common. 9,706 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,988 in 2010, up 2.9%.