Lear is used as a family name or surname in German. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lear
No. of characters: 4
Origin: German
Meaning: Originally German, and derived from the town of Lear, on the Ems, in Westphalia

How popular is Lear?

Lear is common in England.

Lear is ranked 31562 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Lears plummeted by 0.5202237 per cent to 7649 since 2000 and slipped by 372 spots and ranked at 4638. The last name was found in around 26 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.57 89.39
Black 6.07 6.54
Hispanic or Latino 2.43 2.2
Others 1.74 1.03
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.85 0.4
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.34 0.44
Lear is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Wales is ahead in terms of density. Around 15880 people have been found who wears Lear as their family name. Lear is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
244,758 Ukraine10
656,580 India9
122,390 Belarus4
10,858 Tunisia2
9,185 Hong Kong2
4,104 South Korea2
14,521 Portugal2
44,018 Poland2
18,625 Japan2
50,549 Georgia1
37,779 Serbia1
174,544 Czech Republic1
846 American Samoa1
37,493 Austria1
17,236 Ghana1
6,212 Jamaica1
24,771 Colombia1
5,916 Mozambique1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
47,891 Norway1
34,581 Chile1
31,207 Ireland1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
2,613 The Bahamas1
25,746 Finland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,537 Switzerland45
43,662 Belgium30
233,817 Indonesia27
1,687 China27
69,202 Netherlands18
15,050 Singapore18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,287 New Zealand99
5,546 Scotland98
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
66,582 Argentina60
17,264 Israel59
38,045 Spain58
85,668 Italy56
176,736 Russia54
Countries with hundreds of Lear:
3,241 Australia953
10,560 South Africa603
8,805 Canada458
1,163 Wales339
40,920 Brazil270
14,944 Mexico262
39,199 Philippines258
57,437 France171
59,024 Germany168
Countries with thousands of Lear:
4,462 United States8,956
2,882 England2,673
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Pat Lear was 25 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on September 16, 1851 with Workman Edw. Lear. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Roscius from Liverpool.

Comments

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Tonja Bhatt
 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the word meaning legar: the gravel place this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Lear Namesakes

  • Amanda Lear, Singer
  • Alphonso Leary, Basketball center
  • Amanda Lear, Singer
  • Amanda Lear, Singer
  • Amasa Learned, Former U.S. Representative
  • Graham Lear, Drummer
  • Annah L. Lear, Author
  • Jonathan Lear, Philosopher
  • Norman Lear, Television writer
  • Graham Lear, Drummer
  • Skylar Lear, from 0 comedy film She's a Princess, who played Mark.
  • In 2015 comedy, crime movie, The Vixens, Megan Lear portrayed Motorboat.
  • In 0 comedy movie, She's a Princess, Tracy Lear played N.
  • In 2016, Korey Lear characterized the role of Sam in adventure and comedy movie The Route.

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