Family name Beare (比尔 
, Beare 
) , globally, is quite a rare surname. The cognomen Beare is habitual in U.S. Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common surname, Australia, where it is quite a rare surname, and the United Kingdom. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. Much less frequently, Beare is the forename as well as the last name.
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| 比尔 | China |
| Beare | Australia, Canada, Philippines, United Kingdom, United States |
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donal cam o'sullivan beare last independent ruler of the O'Sullivan Beara sept (b. 1561) |
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| george beare painter from England, GB (b. 1725) |
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| henry martin beare (b. 1760) |
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| thomas hudson beare settler in South Australia, GB (b. 1792) |
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thomas hudson beare Australian engineer, GB (b. 1859) |
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| john beare farmer (b. 1820) |
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| john isaac beare translator (b. 1857) |
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| george beare English footballer (1885-1970), GB (b. 1885) |
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| francis wright beare (1902-1986), CA (b. 1902) |
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| gerry beare Australian rules footballer (1905-1983), AU (b. 1905) |
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| kathryn beare All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player, US (b. 1917) |
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| nikki beare American feminist, US (b. 1928) |
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| robert livingston beare (b. 1920) |
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lisa beare Canadian politician, CA |
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| james hudson beare b.26 May 1933 d.6 May 2013 (b. 1933) |
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