How rare is the last name Bear?

8,994 people in the United States have the last name Bear, about 1 in 33,233. It ranks #3,845 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BEAR

#3,845

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,994
About
1 in 33,233
This common or more
55.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,994 people with the last name Bear, 74% reported their origin as White, 8.8% as American Indian or Alaska Native and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Bear

#3,843 Perryman · 8,997#3,843 Tyree · 8,997#3,846 Evangelista · 8,993#3,847 Littlefield · 8,991

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bear, most common first.

#5,721 Beer · 5,832#8,842 Behr · 3,556#18,171 Behar · 1,510#28,086 Beary · 905#31,714 Beare · 781#54,873 Ber · 405#81,311 Beair · 251#124,450 Berr · 145

Also a first name

As a first name, Bear ranks #6,609 of 53,615, with 2,408 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2022, with 332 births. See Bear as a first name

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