Last name: SPEAR
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SPEAR : This last name is indexed 48,211 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
SPEAR : English (Devon): nickname from Middle English spere ‘spear’ (Old English spere) perhaps used for a tall thin person or for a maker or skilled user of spears. Compare Spearman.
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