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Where Does The Last Name Stears Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Stears occurs most in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stears? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 280,304^th most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 5,288,495 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Stears live; 61 percent live in North America and 61 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 804 people, or 1 in 450,820. In The United States Stears is most numerous in: Michigan, where 12 percent live, Louisiana, where 9 percent live and Missouri, where 8 percent live. Beside The United States it occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in England, where 16 percent live and South Africa, where 15 percent live.

Stears Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Stears has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stears last name grew 600 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 116 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 256 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Stears Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Stears last name is principally Quaker (89%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Stears surname are 28.36% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75.13% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Stears earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 7.66% more than the national average, earning R 255,852 per year; in United States they earn 3.25% less than the national average, earning $41,746 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.2% less than the national average, earning $45,609 CAD per year.