Seear Surname
Approximately 512 people bear this surname
Seear Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sayer'; v. Sear. This is quite a modern variant—one more surname that owns the famous Segar for its parent.
1805. Married — Thomas Seear and Kezia Ivory: St. George, Hanover Square.
Read More About This SurnameSeear Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 307 | 1:181,492 | 16,346 |
| Australia | 107 | 1:252,296 | 23,217 |
| New Zealand | 27 | 1:167,716 | 18,432 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 81 | 1:300,930 | 20,318 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Seear (26) may also be a first name.
Seear Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sayer'; v. Sear. This is quite a modern variant—one more surname that owns the famous Segar for its parent.
1805. Married — Thomas Seear and Kezia Ivory: St. George, Hanover Square.
A palatalized form of Segar, q.v.; and cp. Sayer.
Probably the same as Segar, by elision of the G.
From the German, Zier; a personal name.
Seear Demographics
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Seear Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seear Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seear is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Seear.
How Common Is The Last Name Seear? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 605,571st most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 14,233,488 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Seear live; 62 percent live in Northern Europe and 61 percent live in British Isles. Seear is also the 2,084,397th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 26 people.
This last name is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 307 people, or 1 in 181,492. In England it is most common in: Greater London, where 20 percent live, West Sussex, where 16 percent live and Essex, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account England this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 21 percent live and New Zealand, where 5 percent live.
Seear Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Seear has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Seear surname rose 379 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 2,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Seear Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Seear last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered with the party.
The amount Seear earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 87.07% more than the national average, earning R 444,552 per year; in United States they earn 20.02% less than the national average, earning $34,512 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.53% more than the national average, earning $56,407 CAD per year.
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