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There are approximately 2,329 people named Spear in the UK. That makes it the 4,000th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 37 are named Spear.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


Related and similar surnames

Speer
Spiers
Spier
Speirs
Spire
Spar
Spare
Spahr
Spara
Spaar
Spaehr
Spair
Spaare
Sparee
Spaero
Spairr
Spaear
Skper
Spaire
Sparh
Spaer
Spareo
Spares
Skpper
Separ
Sparey
Sparew
Sparah
Sparay
Spairs

The Spear surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

SPEAR. From the weapon ; like Sivord, Pike, &c.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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