Pierce

in the US

There are 110,365 people with the last name "Pierce" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Pierce 170
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  1. is 166th most common Ferguson
  2. is 167th most common Dunn
  3. is 168th most common Gardner
  4. is 169th most common Arnold
  5. is 170th most common Pierce
  6. is 171st most common Washington
  7. is 172nd most common Ryan
  8. is 173rd most common Payne
  9. is 174th most common Hansen

Similar Names and Nicknames

Pierre, Pierson, Piercy, Pierrelouis, Pier, Pierro, Pieri, Pierpont, Piercey, Piersall

Most Common First Names for Pierce

James, Robert, John, David, William, Michael, Richard, Mary, Charles, Donald



Meaning & History

English, Welsh, and Irish: from the personal name Piers, the usual Norman vernacular form of Peter. In Wales this represents a patronymic ap Piers. In Ireland it represents a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Piarais ‘son of Piaras’, a Gaelicized form of Piers.

Americanized form of some similar-sounding Jewish surname.

FOREBEARS Franklin Pierce (180469), 14th president of the United States, was born in Hillsborough, NH, on the New England frontier. His English ancestor Thomas Pierce emigrated to Charlestown, MA, in 1633/34.


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