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

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

How popular is Stears?

Stears is ranked 207334 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Stears bearers increased by 5.353319 per cent in 2010 US census to 492 since 2000, the surname slipped by 265 spots and ranked at 43811. 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 93.09 95.29
Hispanic or Latino 3.46 2.78
Black 2.24 0
Others 1.02 0
Stears is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Ireland. Around 1642 people have been found who wears Stears as their family name. Stears have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
179,761 Australia6
46,707 New Zealand5
3,791 Namibia2
139,444 Brazil2
151,601 Spain1
18,969 Wales1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
16,483 Chile45
70,431 Canada41
18,457 Scotland20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,308 Ireland82
Countries with hundreds of Stears:
38,792 United States723
15,361 South Africa402
17,618 England312

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Samuel Stears was 33 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on January 4, 1849. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as mechanic and took Arrick from Liverpool. William Stears (30) Immigrant, are other Stears that migrated to US.

Stears Namesakes

  • John Stears, Special effects supervisor
  • Jacqueline Stears, Scenic Artist

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