Speare Surname
Approximately 1,076 people bear this surname
Speare Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 456 | 1:794,866 | 61,363 |
| England | 173 | 1:322,070 | 23,948 |
| Canada | 154 | 1:239,257 | 22,811 |
| Australia | 89 | 1:303,322 | 26,493 |
| Jamaica | 87 | 1:32,988 | 2,352 |
| Liberia | 78 | 1:56,520 | 4,977 |
| Mexico | 24 | 1:5,171,925 | 29,601 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 126 | 1:193,455 | 15,576 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 83 | 1:605,044 | 40,538 |
Speare (15) may also be a first name.
Speare Demographics
Speare Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Speare Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Speare Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Speare is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Speare? popularity and diffusion
Speare is the 341,330th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 6,772,812 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Speare are found; 59 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most common first name in the world, borne by 15 people.
The surname Speare is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 456 people, or 1 in 794,866. In The United States Speare is most prevalent in: California, where 26 percent are found, Michigan, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 8 percent are found. Not including The United States Speare occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent are found and Canada, where 14 percent are found.
Speare Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Speare has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Speare last name rose 549 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 137 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Speare Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Speare last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Speare are 0.29% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.94% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Speare earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 23.46% more than the national average, earning 427,263 kr per year; in United States they earn 5.71% more than the national average, earning $45,611 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.55% more than the national average, earning $52,442 CAD per year.
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Speare Reference & Research
Speer-Spear-Speir DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Speer-Spear-Speir FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Speare
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis