Last Name WARE

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Meaning	Local: At the weir, from residence thereby, i.e. the weir or wear. 'Ware,' a weir or dam. Local: A town in Hertfordshire, England, so named from the 'wear' in the river Lee, at that place. Local: A market town of Hertfordshire, England. Saxon 'Waer,' to defend, to hold, protect. 'Wear,' a fence of stakes or rods set in a stream for catching fish; a dam.

Origin	English, Jewish, French, Irish, Falkland

Rank	667 (2000 US census)	532 (1990 US census)

Count	46,682 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

51.5%, or 24041 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
43.85%, or 20470 total occurrences, as black,
0.36%, or 168 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.78%, or 364 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.95%, or 910 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.56%, or 728 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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