Last Name GEAR

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Meaning Local: At the gare, from residence thereby. The popular variants seem to have been Gear and Geare through a form Gear.
Local: Gare.
'Gear' signifies all sorts of wearing apparel and equipments for horses and men, from the Saxon 'gearrian,' to make ready; and the name was probably given to one who took charge of and superintended the gear. 'John of the Gear,' "John O'Gear," and at length "John Gear."
Origin English, Irish

Rank 13,426 (2000 US census) 26,561 (1990 US census)
Count 2,080 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 84.38%, or 1755 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 11.88%, or 247 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.38%, or 8 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.43%, or 9 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.68%, or 35 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.25%, or 26 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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