Stear Surname
Approximately 1,422 people bear this surname
Stear Surname Definition:
= Steer, q.v.
Stear Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 737 | 1:491,803 | 41,508 |
| England | 349 | 1:159,651 | 14,974 |
| South Africa | 113 | 1:479,449 | 39,619 |
| Iran | 97 | 1:791,572 | 39,767 |
| Australia | 35 | 1:771,306 | 49,759 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Jamaica | 11 | 1:260,904 | 6,695 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 205 | 1:118,904 | 11,373 |
| Jersey | 4 | 1:12,971 | 2,116 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 213 | 1:235,768 | 19,777 |
Stear (18) may also be a first name.
Stear Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
= Steer, q.v.
Stear Demographics
Stear Political Affiliation
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Stear Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stear Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Stear is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Stear? popularity and diffusion
The surname Stear is the 273,426th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,124,856 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 46 percent of Stear are found; 45 percent are found in North America and 45 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Stear is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 18 people.
It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 737 people, or 1 in 491,803. In The United States Stear is mostly found in: Illinois, where 24 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Ohio, where 7 percent live. Beside The United States it is found in 23 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent live and South Africa, where 8 percent live.
Stear Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Stear has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Stear last name grew 346 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 170 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Stear Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Stear last name are 25.69% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.46% registered with the party.
The amount Stear earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 194.37% more than the national average, earning R 699,540 per year; in United States they earn 4.35% less than the national average, earning $41,272 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.91% less than the national average, earning $45,255 CAD per year.
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Stear Reference & Research
Steers 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 Stear
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