Wearing is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wearing
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wearing

How popular is Wearing?

Wearing is common in England.

Wearing is ranked 126925 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Wearings plummeted by 3.479853 per cent to 527 since 2000 and slipped by 3162 spots and ranked at 41303. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 50.47 52.56
White 44.02 43.41
Others 2.66 1.83
Hispanic or Latino 2.47 1.47
Wearing is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in England. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Cook Islands. Around 3121 people have been found who wears Wearing as their family name. Wearing 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
9,185 Hong Kong2
37,493 Austria1
10,190 Bahrain1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
5,589 Sudan1
21,562 Portugal1
66,560 Philippines1
47,891 Norway1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
8,181 Botswana1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
1,818 Guernsey1
118,015 Netherlands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
9,780 Scotland46
93 Cook Islands20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Wearing:
41,626 United States664
13,209 South Africa475
6,861 Australia420
19,932 Canada179
4,534 New Zealand168
Countries with thousands of Wearing:
6,817 England1,022
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Wearing worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 18 years old embarked for USA from Wexford on Monapia and arrived on August 6, 1851. Bridget Wearing (22) Maid, William Wearing (48) Workman, U Wearing, aged 45, 60 years old S. Wearing, Dan. Wearing (25) Immigrant, are other Wearing that migrated to US.

Wearing Namesakes

  • Michael Wearing, Television producer
  • Gillian Wearing, Artist
  • Gillian Wearing, Artist
  • Gillian Wearing, Artist
  • Gillian Wearing, Artist
  • Mat Wearing, from 2009 thriller film Bad Habits, who portrayed Bishop and Andrew and Adam.

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