Mearns
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Scottish habitational surname for someone coming from The Mearns, an alternative name for Kincardineshire, which is named as An Mhaoirne in Scottish Gaelic, from maor (“bailiff, steward, beadle”).
Proper noun
[edit]Mearns (countable and uncountable, plural Mearnses)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- A hamlet in Sturgeon County, Alberta, Canada.
Derived terms
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[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mearns is the 46568th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 457 individuals. Mearns is most common among White (96.72%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mearns”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 563.