How common is the surname Sears?

32,206 people in the United States had the surname Sears in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,587 Americans. It ranked 1,085th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sears?

Teddy Sears, American actor, followed by Richard Sears.

Where is the surname Sears most common?

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

Is the surname Sears getting more or less common?

More common. 31,387 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 32,206 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Sears

A surname, carried by 32,206 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sears is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 32,206 people named Sears in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,587 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 31,387.

#1,085

rank among US surnames

32,206

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,019)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,076	Albert	32,507	9,498
#1,077	Justice	32,480	9,506
#1,078	Osborn	32,439	9,518
#1,079	Carver	32,415	9,525
#1,080	Lancaster	32,362	9,540
#1,081	Goff	32,298	9,559
#1,082	Zapata	32,274	9,566

Who is named Sears

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

83% of people named Sears identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Searss

17 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Teddy Sears
American actor, born 1977
Richard Sears
American tennis player (1861-1943)
Eleonora Sears
(1881-1968) American tennis player
Heather Sears
British actress (1935-1994)
Winsome Sears
American politician and Marine Corps veteran (born 1964)
Mary Sears
American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist, born 1939
Ken Sears
American basketball player (1933–2017)
Richard Warren Sears
American businessman (1863–1914)
Sarah Choate Sears
American photographer (1858-1935)
Al Sears
American jazz tenor saxophonist (1910-1990)
Henry Edward Sears
American sport shooter (1870–1920)
Fred F. Sears
American actor (1913-1957)

Notable Searss come mostly from the United States (15) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sears

Sears has the Soundex code S620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S620.

Questions

How common is the surname Sears?: 32,206 people in the United States had the surname Sears in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,587 Americans. It ranked 1,085th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sears?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Sears identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sears?: Teddy Sears, American actor, followed by Richard Sears.
Where is the surname Sears most common?: Wikidata records people named Sears in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Sears getting more or less common?: More common. 31,387 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 32,206 in 2010, up 2.6%.