as a Last Name
- 151,339
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Pierce
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 185th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 151,339
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Pierce per capita
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