Beare Surname
Approximately 4,303 people bear this surname
Beare Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the bere,' i.e. at the byre, the farmstead, cowshed, or village; v. Words and Places; compare Coneybeare. Common in Devonshire place-names. The same as by in Formby, Rugby, Willoughby, &c.
Read More About This SurnameBeare Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,079 | 1:335,921 | 30,322 |
| England | 975 | 1:57,147 | 6,889 |
| Australia | 904 | 1:29,863 | 4,007 |
| Canada | 434 | 1:84,898 | 9,423 |
| Philippines | 242 | 1:418,340 | 52,739 |
| Northern Ireland | 98 | 1:18,827 | 2,358 |
| New Zealand | 95 | 1:47,667 | 7,746 |
| Ireland | 93 | 1:50,634 | 3,649 |
| South Africa | 83 | 1:652,743 | 48,091 |
| Wales | 67 | 1:46,187 | 4,386 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| Scotland | 26 | 1:205,916 | 10,908 |
| Iran | 26 | 1:2,953,174 | 90,148 |
| Ivory Coast | 26 | 1:887,355 | 22,826 |
| Uruguay | 20 | 1:171,588 | 14,480 |
| Panama | 18 | 1:217,348 | 6,003 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 62 | 1:71,449 | 5,226 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 549 | 1:44,400 | 5,527 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 187 | 1:268,549 | 21,901 |
Beare (123) may also be a first name.
Beare Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the bere,' i.e. at the byre, the farmstead, cowshed, or village; v. Words and Places; compare Coneybeare. Common in Devonshire place-names. The same as by in Formby, Rugby, Willoughby, &c.; compare such places as Bere Ferrers, Bere Regis, Beer Alston, Beer Hacket, Langabeer, all in Devonshire and Dorset district.
John de Bere, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Robert atte Bere, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
William atte Byr, Hertfordshire., Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Lucy de la Bere, Devon: ibid.
Elyas dela Byare, Devon, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John de la Byare, Devon, ibid.
Reginald de Bere, Devon, ibid.
Richard de la Bere, Bedfordshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
Robert de la Bere, Southamptonshire, ibid.
John Bere, or Beere, 1534, rector of Endellion, Cornwall: Register of the University of Oxford.
1614. Married — Favor Beare and Catherine Powell: St. Mary Aldermary.
1713. — Samuel Keymer and Sarah Beer: ibid.
Probably local. Baer, Beer, Bere (Old English baer(e), pasture in wooded districts) is common in place names, simple and compound, in the English Midlands. There is also Old English bearu, a wood. William Beir, indweller in the Fischerrawe 1634 (RPC., 2. ser. V, p. 578). Alexander Bier in Edinburgh, 1680 (Edinb. Marr.). Robert Beer in Linlithgow, 1684 (RPC., 3. ser. X, p. 261). John Beer, fanner, Linkbraeheads, d. 1799 (Fordyce, p. 91).
(English) 1 a nickname and sign-name from the Bear. [Middle English bere, Old English bera] Adam le Bere.—Hundred Rolls 2 Dweller at a Grove. [Old English bearu]
Two places on the banks of the Tamar, in co. Devon, are called Beer-Alston and Beer-Ferris, while two others in Dorsetshire bear the names of Beer-Hacket and Beer-Regis.
Ferguson says Beer is the same as Bear, from Anglo-Saxon bar, a bear, Old Norse bera, Old High German bero, D. beer; but this name is more probably from Beer-Alston or Beer-Ferris (Ferrers) in Devon, or Beer-Hacket or Beer-Regis in Dorset.
Beare Demographics
Average Beare Salary in
United States
$44,447 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Beare Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beare Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Beare (Marathi: बेएरे) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Beare click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Beare? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 108,214th most common last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,693,597 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 30 percent of Beare live; 29 percent live in Northern Europe and 29 percent live in British Isles. Beare is also the 840,349th most commonly held given name throughout the world It is held by 123 people.
The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 1,079 people, or 1 in 335,921. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 11 percent live, Florida, where 7 percent live and Ohio, where 5 percent live. Outside of The United States it occurs in 45 countries. It also occurs in England, where 23 percent live and Australia, where 21 percent live.
Beare Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Beare has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Beare surname increased 577 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 178 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 150 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Beare Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Beare surname is predominantly Presbyterian (58%) in Ireland and Melkite Greek Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Beare are 1.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.21% being registered with the political party.
The amount Beare earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 20.15% more than the national average, earning R 285,528 per year; in United States they earn 3.01% more than the national average, earning $44,447 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.45% more than the national average, earning $52,889 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Beare Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Beare in the Marathi language | ||
| बेएरे | be'ere | - |
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