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Pierce

in the US

There are 115,131 people with the last name "Pierce" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Pierce 179
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  1. is 175th most common Weaver
  2. is 176th most common Arnold
  3. is 177th most common Peters
  4. is 178th most common Payne
  5. is 179th most common Pierce
  6. is 180th most common Alvarez
  7. is 181st most common Johnston
  8. is 182nd most common Hart
  9. is 183rd most common Elliott

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Pierce

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

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Meaning & History

1. 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.

2. Americanized form of some similar-sounding Jewish surname.

FOREBEARS Franklin Pierce (1804–69), 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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