Spears Surname
Approximately 56,015 people bear this surname
Spears Surname Definition:
Spear’s (Son): v. Spear.
Spears Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 51,744 | 1:7,005 | 827 |
| England | 1,376 | 1:40,493 | 5,206 |
| Canada | 1,294 | 1:28,474 | 3,754 |
| Australia | 791 | 1:34,129 | 4,498 |
| Scotland | 117 | 1:45,759 | 4,089 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 63 | 1:21,650 | 2,464 |
| New Zealand | 55 | 1:82,333 | 11,809 |
| Wales | 51 | 1:60,677 | 5,433 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Northern Ireland | 28 | 1:65,894 | 4,901 |
| South Africa | 26 | 1:2,083,758 | 92,464 |
| Jersey | 25 | 1:3,968 | 780 |
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Mexico | 13 | 1:9,548,170 | 38,962 |
| Ireland | 12 | 1:392,412 | 15,634 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Costa Rica | 9 | 1:531,119 | 4,381 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Honduras | 6 | 1:1,469,407 | 5,474 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 1:19,189 | 1,439 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 75 | 1:59,065 | 4,671 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 539 | 1:45,223 | 5,639 |
| Scotland | 151 | 1:24,790 | 2,294 |
| Wales | 25 | 1:62,737 | 3,061 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,928 | 1:8,471 | 1,095 |
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.
(English) The watchman or lookout man.
Spears Demographics
Average Spears Salary in
United States
$39,032 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spearse | 92 | 3 | / |
| Spearss | 92 | 3 | / |
| Spearrs | 92 | 2 | / |
| Spiears | 92 | 1 | / |
| Speears | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sphears | 92 | 0 | / |
| Spars | 91 | 170 | / |
| Spers | 91 | 42 | / |
| Spiers | 83 | 12,973 | / |
| Speirs | 83 | 9,197 | / |
| Speers | 83 | 5,680 | / |
| Spyers | 83 | 230 | / |
| Spiars | 83 | 145 | / |
| Spehrs | 83 | 87 | / |
| Sparsø | 83 | 62 | / |
| Sparsh | 83 | 52 | / |
| Sparrs | 83 | 19 | / |
| Shpars | 83 | 9 | / |
| Sparse | 83 | 7 | / |
| Spairs | 83 | 5 | / |
| Spaers | 83 | 3 | / |
| Sphers | 83 | 2 | / |
| Speors | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sparst | 83 | 1 | / |
| Spesrs | 83 | 1 | / |
| Spaars | 83 | 1 | / |
| Spoers | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sperrs | 83 | 1 | / |
| Spahrs | 83 | 0 | / |
| Sperse | 83 | 0 | / |
| Speyers | 77 | 182 | / |
| Spowers | 77 | 24 | / |
| Spiyers | 77 | 17 | / |
| Spearce | 77 | 5 | / |
| Sparrås | 77 | 4 | / |
| Speiers | 77 | 3 | / |
| Spejers | 77 | 2 | / |
| Spayers | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sperrås | 77 | 1 | / |
| Spijers | 77 | 1 | / |
| Spierss | 77 | 1 | / |
| Spayars | 77 | 1 | / |
| Spheers | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shparsh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Speersd | 77 | 0 | / |
| Spirs | 73 | 350 | / |
| Spyrs | 73 | 5 | / |
| Sparx | 73 | 4 | / |
| Spiersch | 71 | 44 | / |
| Shhparsh | 71 | 6 | / |
| Speggers | 71 | 4 | / |
| Spiggers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schppers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Spours | 67 | 109 | / |
| Sperje | 67 | 20 | / |
| Spiërs | 67 | 19 | / |
| Sperch | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sparce | 67 | 1 | / |
| Xpearx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sperce | 67 | 1 | / |
| Speersová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Xpeers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spirse | 67 | 0 | / |
| Spiors | 67 | 0 | / |
Spears Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spears in the Arabic language | ||
| سبيرس | sbyrs | - |
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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
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- 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 Spears
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