Cognomen Spear (ספיר 
, Spear 
, スピア) , in the entire world, is a common family name. The cognomen Spear is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a common surname, the United States, where it is quite a rare surname, and Zimbabwe. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the United States, Israel, and the United Kingdom. Very seldom, Spear is the forename as well as the last name.
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dorcas spear (1761-1814) (b. 1761) |
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| joseph spear Royal Navy officer during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars., GB (b. 1750) |
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| chloe spear African-born slave in Boston, Massachusetts (b. 1767, d. 1815) (b. 1767) |
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chauncey loren spear politician in Massachusetts, US (1819-1882), US (b. 1819) |
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william t. spear Ohio Jurist, US (b. 1834) |
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robert lyman spear politician in Massachusetts, US (1839-1892), US (b. 1839) |
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albert spear American jurist and politician (1852-1929), US (b. 1852) |
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| charles spear (May 1, 1803 – April 13, 1863) was a Universalist minister who advocated for the abolishment of the death penalty, supported prison reform, and founded the newspaper Prisoner's Friend. (b. 1803) |
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| thomas truman spear (American, 1803–1882) (b. 1803) |
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| john murray spear American clergy (1804-1887) (b. 1804) |
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| alexander fulton spear (b. 1800) |
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| samuel t. spear American author and Presbyterian clergyman (b. 1812) |
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laura jernegan spear Diarist on US Whaler (b. 1862) |
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| samuel p. spear U.S. Army general of the American Civil War, US (b. 1815) |
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| david o. spear (b. 1816) |
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