How rare is the last name Lear?

7,312 people in the United States have the last name Lear, about 1 in 40,878. It ranks #4,700 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

LEAR

#4,700

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,312
About
1 in 40,878
This common or more
57.8%
Who bears it

Of the 7,312 people with the last name Lear, 86.4% reported their origin as White, 5.9% as Black and 3.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Lear

1 other last name also has 7,312 people.

#4,700 Lavender · 7,312

Either side of Lear

#4,698 Segal · 7,319#4,700 Lavender · 7,312#4,702 Olds · 7,310#4,702 Thibodeau · 7,310

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,429 Leary · 14,558#5,337 Lehr · 6,304#37,492 Ler · 638#123,817 Leair · 146#137,553 Lehar · 126

Also a first name

As a first name, Lear ranks #31,031 of 53,615, with 278 people. See Lear as a first name

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