Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
SEARS
There are approximately 4,974 people named Sears in the UK. That makes it the 2,113rd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 79 are named Sears.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
England
Language of origin
English
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
English
Related and similar surnames
CyrCeres
Searson
Sear
Seare
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Sar
Sahr
Saras
Saros
Saris
Sare
Sarr
Cers
Cehrs
Ceras
Cears
Psar
Pseir
Sars
Sairs
Saires
Sarrs
Saares
Saaures
Saers
Saehr
Saere
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Saeris
Sair
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Sarse
The Sears surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
(origin: Cor. Br.) From sair, a carpenter or sawyer; Welsh, saer; Gaelic, saor, a carpenter.
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
SEARS. 1. See Sayer. 2. Serez, a. place in the arrondissement of Evreux, in Normandy. 3. " The name — which has been written Sare, Sayer, Sayers — first occurs in the reign of Edmund Ironside, A.D., 1016, and, a few centuries after, the family are found possessed of landed estates in the county of Essex, some of which remained in the name as late as the year 1770." Disou.
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.