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There are approximately 998 people named Tear in the UK. That makes it the 7,196th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 16 are named Tear.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Ireland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic
From given name or forename

Related and similar surnames

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The Tear surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

JNIAC TEAR. A contraction of MacAteer or Mac Anteer (in Irish, 3fac an t'aoir. " the son of a Carpenter." Ulster Journ. of Arclipeology, No. 20.

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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