Shear is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shear
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Shear

How popular is Shear?

Shear is common in United States.

Shear is ranked 75454 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Shear bearers increased by 1.145268 per cent in 2010 US census to 3356 since 2000, the surname slipped by 610 spots and ranked at 9669. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.03 94.7
Hispanic or Latino 2.32 1.48
Black 2.12 1.42
Others 1.4 0.96
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.83 0.87
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3 0.57
Shear is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Israel is ahead in terms of density. Around 5892 people have been found who wears Shear as their family name. Shear is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
541,660 Russia8
90,215 Germany3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
12,844 Pakistan2
20,595 China2
219,873 France2
7,292 Vietnam1
62,864 New Zealand1
24,176 Qatar1
12,741 Ecuador1
25,721 Egypt1
37,493 Austria1
25,746 Finland1
28,746 Algeria1
29,046 Japan1
14,373 Jordan1
7,191 Afghanistan1
66,560 Philippines1
56,169 Mexico1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,256 Australia50
258,282 India46
14,963 Scotland26
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with hundreds of Shear:
10,002 South Africa639
13,982 England419
6,656 Israel165
22,054 Canada160
Countries with thousands of Shear:
8,622 United States4,333
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Dennis Shear worked as carpenter and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 40 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on John C. Calhoun and arrived on April 11, 1849. Edward Shear (25) Immigrant, Harry Shear, aged 40, 22 years old John Shear, James Shear, aged 24, 44 years old Bridget Shear, Workman Patk. Shear, are others that migrated to US from Liverpool, Cork and Belfast.

Shear Namesakes

  • Aharon Shear-Yashuv, Author
  • Alan Shearer, Soccer player
  • Alistair Shearer, Author
  • Harry Shearer, Actor
  • Al Shearer, Actor
  • Amado Tame Shear, Politician
  • Rhonda Roland Shearer, Journalist
  • Jake Shears, Singer
  • Jules Shear, Singer
  • Peter Shearing, Soccer player

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