Meara meaning | Last name Meara origin

Following is the meaning of Meara surname. Family name Meara is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Meara
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Meara

Meara is used as a family name or surname in Ireland languages. Meara has 5 characters long in length.

Meara is common in Ireland country(ies).

Meara is ranked 154235 in our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Meara bearers increased by 4.554455 per cent in 2010 US census to 528 since 2000, the surname slipped by 473 spots and ranked at 41234. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.83 98.22
Hispanic or Latino 2.08 0

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Meara

How popular is Meara?

Meara is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Ireland which may be its originating country too. Around 2424 people have been found who wears Meara as their family name. Meara is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
616,339 India10
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
12,161 Wales2
151,601 Spain1
172,258 Germany1
53,505 Turkey1
38,841 Scotland1
91,024 Belgium1
47,891 Norway1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
4,249 Cambodia1
21,562 Portugal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
21,268 New Zealand21
133,639 Canada18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
56,973 South Africa73
Countries with hundreds of Meara:
38,193 United States737
17,833 England307
14,279 Australia189
Countries with thousands of Meara:
679 Ireland1,054

Immigrants to US

Cornelius Meara was 22 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on November 6, 1848. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as workman and took Republic from Liverpool. Mary Meara, aged 30, Theresa Meara (Born at sea) Infant, Catherine Meara (20) Spinster, Morgan Meara, aged 30, James Meara (20) Immigrant, John Meara (25) Farm Servant, Catherine Meara, aged 17, Michael Meara, aged 26, Johanna Meara, aged 25, and 34 other Meara around 54.55% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US from Liverpool, Cork, Youghal and Limerick.

Celebrities having Meara surname

Anne Meara Actress
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Ryan Meara Soccer Player
Paul Meara Author
Charlie Meara Baseball player
Michael Meara Musical Artist
Edward Joseph Meara Anne Meara's father
Denise Meara-Hahn Don Hahn's wife

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