Cognomen Lear (Lear 
, ליר 
, リア 
, along with others...) , in all the world, is a common last name. The cognomen Lear is habitual in Reunion, where it is quite a common surname, Kosovo, where it is quite a rare surname, and the United Kingdom. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan. Much less frequently, Lear is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Lear | Philippines, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Australia, United States |
| ליר | Israel |
| リア | Japan |
| لير | Jordan, Iraq |
| Лир | Azerbaijan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Armenia |
| thomas lear English Member of Parliament (c1672-1705) (b. 1672) |
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tobias lear Secretary of the President of the United States (1762-1816), US (b. 1762) |
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benjamin lincoln lear (1792-1832) (b. 1792) |
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edward lear British artist, illustrator, author and poet (1812-1888), GB (b. 1812) |
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nicholas lear American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, US (b. 1826) |
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thomas van lear politician, US (b. 1864) |
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| george lear American politician, US (b. 1818) |
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| charles hutton lear British painter (b. 1818) |
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| francis lear Anglican Archdeacon (1823-1914) (b. 1823) |
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| h. l. sidney lear British novelist and religious writer (b. 1824) |
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| isabel elizabeth lear (born 1825) (b. 1825) |
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| ethelinda lear (1827-1896) (b. 1827) |
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ben lear United States Army General, CA (b. 1879) |
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| francis lear (b. 1824) |
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charles bernard lear American baseball player (1891-1976), US (b. 1891) |
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