Brear is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Brear
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Brear

How popular is Brear?

Brear is ranked 244689 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Brears plummeted by 4.424779 per cent to 108 since 2000 and slipped by 14749 spots and ranked at 151532. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.04 88.5
Others 7.41 6.19
Brear is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in England. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Gibraltar. Around 1315 people have been found who wears Brear as their family name. Brear is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
18,718 Thailand2
24,766 Scotland2
19,046 Ireland2
1,254 Gibraltar1
25,746 Finland1
151,601 Spain1
36,678 Singapore1
15,162 Costa Rica1
16,640 Hong Kong1
7,790 Zambia1
1,179 Swaziland1
7,895 South Korea1
18,969 Wales1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,547 New Zealand36
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
20,800 Serbia15
Countries with hundreds of Brear:
10,618 England597
14,163 Australia191
19,755 Canada181
39,125 South Africa128
164,428 United States120
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Abram Brear was 28 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 5, 1848. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as farmer and took Waterloo from Liverpool.

Brear Namesakes

  • Jean-Jacques BrĂ©ard, Political figure
  • Mike Brearley, Cricketer
  • Mike Brearley, Cricketer

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