Spears Surname

10,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56,015 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Spears Surname Definition:

Spear’s (Son): v. Spear.

Spears Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51,7441:7,005827
England1,3761:40,4935,206
Canada1,2941:28,4743,754
Australia7911:34,1294,498
Scotland1171:45,7594,089
Trinidad and Tobago631:21,6502,464
New Zealand551:82,33311,809
Wales511:60,6775,433
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Germany311:2,596,950129,424
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Northern Ireland281:65,8944,901
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464
Jersey251:3,968780
Philippines211:4,820,868168,058
India161:47,941,586492,263
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
China151:91,154,7714,767
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Ireland121:392,41215,634
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Costa Rica91:531,1194,381
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Honduras61:1,469,4075,474
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Panama51:782,45211,059
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
France51:13,284,544357,392
Zimbabwe41:3,859,560114,807
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Liechtenstein21:19,1891,439
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Macau11:601,6301,582
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland751:59,0654,671
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5391:45,2235,639
Scotland1511:24,7902,294
Wales251:62,7373,061
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,9281:8,4711,095

Spears (138) may also be a first name.

Spears Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Spear’s (Son): v. Spear.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The watchman or lookout man.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Spears Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Spears Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Spears (Arabic: سبيرس) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Spears click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spears? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,038th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 130,100 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Spears reside; 95 percent reside in North America and 95 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Spears is also the 787,636th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 138 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 51,744 people, or 1 in 7,005. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 11 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in 79 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Spears Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Spears has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Spears surname expanded 873 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 255 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 23 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 204 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 84 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Spears Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Spears last name is primarily Anglican (43%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Spears last name are 11.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.73% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Spears earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 15.27% more than the national average, earning R 273,924 per year; in United States they earn 9.54% less than the national average, earning $39,032 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.94% less than the national average, earning $49,217 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spearse923/
Spearss923/
Spearrs922/
Spiears921/
Speears921/
Sphears920/
Spars91170/
Spers9142/
Spiers8312,973/
Speirs839,197/
Speers835,680/
Spyers83230/
Spiars83145/
Spehrs8387/
Sparsø8362/
Sparsh8352/
Sparrs8319/
Shpars839/
Sparse837/
Spairs835/
Spaers833/
Sphers832/
Speors831/
Sparst831/
Spesrs831/
Spaars831/
Spoers831/
Sperrs831/
Spahrs830/
Sperse830/
Speyers77182/
Spowers7724/
Spiyers7717/
Spearce775/
Sparrås774/
Speiers773/
Spejers772/
Spayers771/
Sperrås771/
Spijers771/
Spierss771/
Spayars771/
Spheers771/
Shparsh771/
Speersd770/
Spirs73350/
Spyrs735/
Sparx734/
Spiersch7144/
Shhparsh716/
Speggers714/
Spiggers711/
Schppers711/
Spours67109/
Sperje6720/
Spiërs6719/
Sperch673/
Sparce671/
Xpearx671/
Sperce671/
Speersová671/
Xpeers671/
Spirse670/
Spiors670/

Spears Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Spears in the Arabic language
سبيرسsbyrs-

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Spears 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

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Spears
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