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Where Does The Last Name Mears Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Mears (Marathi: मेअसर्) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mears? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 24,222^nd most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 326,211 people. Mears occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Mears are found; 54 percent are found in North America and 54 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Mears is also the 1,223,525^th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 64 people.

The last name Mears is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 13,234 people, or 1 in 27,388. In The United States Mears is primarily found in: Florida, where 9 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 5 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname exists in 64 countries. It is also common in England, where 24 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.

Mears Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Mears has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mears last name rose 457 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 197 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 633 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 445 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 103 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Mears Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Mears surname are 14.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.62% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Mears earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 3.02% less than the national average, earning 335,630 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 2.86% less than the national average, earning R 230,832 per year; in United States they earn 1.77% more than the national average, earning $43,913 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.98% more than the national average, earning $53,152 CAD per year.