English Etymology Patronymic or plural form of Brear. Proper noun Brears (plural Brearses) A surname. Statistics According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Brears is the 23605th most common surname in England, belonging to 177 individuals. Further reading Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brears”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 220. Anagrams Arbers, rebars, Sarber, Berras, arbers, aberrs, Barres, barers, Rabers, barresWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.