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Bear
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Origin Of The Surname Bear
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Meaning Of The Surname Bear
The one with the Temper of a Bear
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Interesting
Facts About
Bear
Bear is difficult to pin down the origin of, as with many short surnames, as spellings have changed with time and shorter names could be the re-spellings of more words than longer ones. Firstly, this surname could come from the Old English ‘bera’ meaning a bear. In this way the surname could have come from a nickname for a person who was known for their temper. However this name could also be locational, originating from places called Bera or Beere across England. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. |
Bear Statistics
Bear is the number 889 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 11,117 share the surname Bear in the UK.
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