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    The surname Wear

    A surname, carried by 3,473 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex W600

    Wear: #9,366 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wear #9,366, 3,473 people Wear: #9,366 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wear #9,366, 3,473 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wear is more common than 94.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,473 people named Wear in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,899 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,321.

    #9,366
    rank among US surnames
    3,473
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #9,050)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,357Devault3,47688,822
    #9,361Mundt3,47588,848
    #9,365Callison3,47488,873
    #9,366Wear3,47388,899
    #9,368Liss3,47288,924
    #9,373Recker3,47188,950
    #9,375Canaday3,47088,976

    Who is named Wear

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

    91% of people named Wear identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wears

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joseph Walker Wear
      American tennis player (1876–1941)
    • Arthur Yancey Wear
      American tennis player (1880-1918)
    • Travis Wear
      American basketball player (born 1990)
    • David Wear
      American basketball player (born 1990)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wear

    Wear has the Soundex code W600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wear?
    3,473 people in the United States had the surname Wear in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,899 Americans. It ranked 9,366th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wear?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Wear identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Wear?
    Joseph Walker Wear, American tennis player (1876–1941), followed by Arthur Yancey Wear.
    Where is the surname Wear most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wear in the United States.
    Is the surname Wear getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,473 in 2010, up 4.6%.