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Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


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The Wear surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

WEAR. An old spelling of tveir, a fishing dam. Bailey.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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