Mearns is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Mearns
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Mearns

How popular is Mearns?

Mearns is ranked 96413 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Mearnses plummeted by 16.60584 per cent to 457 since 2000 and slipped by 8533 spots and ranked at 46568. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.72 97.08
Hispanic or Latino 1.75 1.82
Mearns is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 4383 people have been found who wears Mearns as their family name. Mearns is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
10,876 Trinidad and Tobago5
10,686 Costa Rica3
40,064 Nigeria2
21,529 Singapore2
897,276 Russia1
151,601 Spain1
7,191 Afghanistan1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
16,640 Hong Kong1
2,057 Isle of Man1
29,046 Japan1
56,169 Mexico1
24,176 Qatar1
734 Chad1
77,122 Sweden1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
37,493 Austria1
277,603 France1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
9,692 Ireland27
4,591 Guyana16
Countries with hundreds of Mearns:
7,224 England952
922 Scotland893
35,427 United States809
14,763 South Africa420
7,178 Australia401
12,111 Canada318
4,418 New Zealand173
1,670 Northern Ireland155
31,070 Turkey140
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Mearns worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 55 years old embarked for USA from Londonderry on Barbara and arrived on June 13, 1849. Anne Mearns, aged 50, Chas. Mearns, aged 30, 20 years old Rosy Mearns, Immigrant Patrick Mearns, Farmer John Mearns, Gilbert Mearns, aged 20, Jane Mearns, aged 20, James Mearns (16) Workman, are other Mearns that migrated to US from Londonderry, Liverpool and Belfast.

Mearns Namesakes

  • Raymond Mearns, Actor

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