Shear
Appearance
See also: shear
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English schyre (“pure, bright, fair”). Also a German surname, variant of Schier, itself a variant of Scheuer or from a cognate of the Middle English word.
Proper noun
[edit]Shear (plural Shears)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Shear is the 9669th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3356 individuals. Shear is most common among White (93.03%) individuals.