Shears is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

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

How popular is Shears?

Shears is common in England.

Shears is ranked 54114 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Shears bearers increased by 7.100923 per cent in 2010 US census to 3831 since 2000, the surname slipped by 115 spots and ranked at 8596. The last name was found in around 13 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 58.21 60.53
Black 35.06 34.02
Hispanic or Latino 4.05 3.44
Others 1.83 1.45
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.63 0
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.23 0
Shears is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Grenada is ahead in terms of density. Around 8694 people have been found who wears Shears as their family name. Shears is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
931 Sierra Leone2
147,165 Czech Republic2
7,574 Bangladesh2
124,220 Italy2
1,777 Jersey2
118,441 Germany2
9,116 Nicaragua1
16,640 Hong Kong1
277,603 France1
66,560 Philippines1
8,181 Botswana1
7,110 Bosnia1
7,191 Afghanistan1
1,704,541 India1
31,207 Ireland1
47,891 Norway1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
21,562 Portugal1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
118,015 Netherlands1
17,575 Kuwait1
7,895 South Korea1
7,292 Vietnam1
29,046 Japan1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,504 Trinidad and Tobago38
471 Grenada34
80,054 Spain18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,532 Scotland79
Countries with hundreds of Shears:
4,923 Canada901
5,149 Australia581
19,046 Mexico183
2,488 Wales158
35,546 South Africa146
5,808 New Zealand130
Countries with thousands of Shears:
9,221 United States4,005
3,231 England2,382
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Sewer Harriet Shears from Great Britain aboard the Yorktown from London during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 21 years old when she arrived in New-York on January 10, 1850. Andrew Shears, aged 56, Samuel Shears (20) Immigrant, Workwoman Mary Shears, George Shears (16) Immigrant, are others that migrated to US.

Shears Namesakes

  • Jake Shears, Singer
  • Reece Shearsmith, Actor
  • Lambert Armour Shears, Author
  • Reece Shearsmith, Actor
  • Curtis Shears, Olympic athlete
  • Ebony Shears, Television producer
  • Reece Shearsmith, Actor
  • Jake Shears, Singer
  • Jake Shears, Singer
  • Jake Shears, Singer

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