Wearing Surname
Approximately 3,198 people bear this surname
Wearing Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,349 | 1:41,303 | 5,296 |
| United States | 739 | 1:490,472 | 41,410 |
| Australia | 398 | 1:67,828 | 8,074 |
| New Zealand | 174 | 1:26,025 | 4,563 |
| South Africa | 157 | 1:345,081 | 31,817 |
| Canada | 151 | 1:244,011 | 23,241 |
| Iran | 99 | 1:775,581 | 39,259 |
| Scotland | 65 | 1:82,366 | 6,014 |
| Wales | 33 | 1:93,774 | 7,567 |
| Cook Islands | 6 | 1:3,030 | 708 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 901 | 1:27,054 | 3,693 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:196,052 | 7,186 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 133 | 1:377,584 | 28,378 |
Wearing (11) may also be a first name.
Wearing Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
V. Waring.
From the Old Norse, Væringi; the name of the Warings or northern warriors who served as body-guards to the Byzantine Emperors.from the Flemish, Vering; in the Domesday Book, Warenger, Werinc, Wareng, Warinc, Warin; personal name The Varangian Guard was originally composed of this Scandinavian tribe, but was afterwards recruited from Northern Europe and England. There is a Varengafjord in Norway.
User-submitted Reference
This is a Germanic surname. It means 'sworn companion' or 'confederate'. It is and is derived from the Old Norse word vár or Old Saxon wǽr, meaning 'pledge', and the Old Norse gengi or Old Saxon genga, meaning 'companion'.
- ewaeringWearing Demographics
Average Wearing Salary in
United States
$37,373 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wearing Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wearing Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wearing is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wearing? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 139,694th most frequent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,278,782 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 46 percent of Wearing reside; 46 percent reside in Northern Europe and 45 percent reside in British Isles. Wearing is also the 3,487,849th most common first name in the world, held by 11 people.
The surname Wearing is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 1,349 people, or 1 in 41,303. In England it is most common in: Cumbria, where 13 percent live, Lancashire, where 11 percent live and Merseyside, where 8 percent live. Excluding England this surname exists in 27 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent live and Australia, where 12 percent live.
Wearing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wearing has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 556 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 929 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 413 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wearing Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Wearing surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Wearing surname are 7.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.29% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wearing earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 157.22% more than the national average, earning R 611,244 per year; in United States they earn 13.39% less than the national average, earning $37,373 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.9% more than the national average, earning $65,534 CAD per year.
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Wearing Reference & Research
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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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