Tears Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Tears Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 41 | 1:594,521 | 30,269 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 123 | 1:408,282 | 30,178 |
Tears (1,061) may also be a first name.
Tears Demographics
Average Tears Salary in
England
£29,975
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Tears Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tears Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tears is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tears? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,485,539th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 44 percent of Tears are found; 44 percent are found in Northern Europe and 44 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 245,703rd most numerous first name in the world, held by 1,061 people.
The last name Tears is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 5,065,278. In England Tears is most common in: Northumberland, where 36 percent are found, West Yorkshire, where 36 percent are found and Tyne and Wear, where 27 percent are found. Apart from England this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 28 percent are found and Cambodia, where 16 percent are found.
Tears Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tears has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname decreased 73 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Tears
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