Last name: MEARNS
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MEARNS : This last name is indexed 13,394 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
MEARNS : Scottish: habitational name from the district of The Mearns an alternative name for Kincardineshire or from Mearns in Renfrewshire. The placenames derive from Gaelic An Mhaoirne ‘the Stewartry area under the jurisdiction of a steward’ and is also known to have been adopted in Ireland for Ó Mearáin see Marron.
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