Bears
See also: bears
English
Etymology
Possibly a variant of Beers.
Proper noun
Bears (plural Bearses)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bears is the 40204th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 545 individuals. Bears is most common among White (81.83%) and Black/African American (11.19%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bears”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 120.