Wear is used as a family name or surname in Pakistan. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wear
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Pakistan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wear

How popular is Wear?

Wear is common in Pakistan.

Wear is ranked 35793 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wear bearers increased by 4.576935 per cent in 2010 US census to 3473 since 2000, the surname slipped by 316 spots and ranked at 9366. The last name was found in around 12 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.58 93.26
Black 3.71 3.01
Hispanic or Latino 2.51 1.42
Others 1.61 1.2
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.98 0.75
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.6 0.36
Wear is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Bangladesh which signifies that it is originated from Bangladesh. Around 13855 people have been found who wears Wear as their family name. Wear is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
28,661 Serbia8
112,145 Spain7
8,438 China5
720,003 Russia4
4,529 Mauritius3
6,270 Hong Kong3
18,035 Egypt2
18,625 Japan2
31,767 Greece2
20,186 Kenya2
95,312 Argentina2
26,123 Malaysia2
174,544 Czech Republic1
29,774 Venezuela1
31,207 Ireland1
9,498 Iceland1
1,818 Guernsey1
172,258 Germany1
31,584 Peru1
7,191 Afghanistan1
12,741 Ecuador1
34,581 Chile1
8,181 Botswana1
37,493 Austria1
2,190 Barbados1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
9,591 Panama1
66,560 Philippines1
21,562 Portugal1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
36,814 Romania1
4,171 Rwanda1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
16,283 Lithuania1
36,678 Singapore1
7,895 South Korea1
12,270 Lebanon1
8,371 Syria1
472 Tonga1
17,575 Kuwait1
13,447 Uganda1
19,533 Uruguay1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
49,393 Netherlands35
36,547 Switzerland27
52,530 Belgium22
5,118 Senegal11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,308 France86
6,532 Scotland79
11,471 Norway66
10,487 New Zealand64
225,321 India58
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Wear:
8,948 England731
17,007 Indonesia693
7,729 Ghana320
9,280 Australia303
37,583 Brazil302
14,569 Canada258
32,575 South Africa164
31,070 Turkey140
23,602 Mexico131
9,561 Colombia105
Countries with thousands of Wear:
2,227 Bangladesh4,469
9,021 United States4,109
4,203 Pakistan1,509
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Edward Wear was 32 years old when he migrated to New-York during Irish famine on March 5, 1849. He lived in London, England where he worked as clerk and took Arrick from London. Betsey Wear (18) Immigrant, Workwoman Margaret Wear, Margaret Wear, aged 45, Julia Wear, aged 6, John Wear, aged 4, Dennis Wear (3), are other Wear that migrated to US.

Wear Namesakes

  • Kelly Wearstler, Designer
  • Arthur Wear, Tennis player
  • Kelly Wearstler, Designer
  • Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Musician
  • Cartney Wearn, Film director
  • Eileen Wearne, Olympic athlete
  • Michael Wearing, Television producer
  • Robert Featherstone Wearmouth, Author
  • Gillian Wearing, Artist
  • Grayden Wear, David Wear's son

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