Popularity of the last name by country
Belgium
- Hainaut (42)
- West-Vlaanderen (33)
- Bruxelles-Capitale | Brussel-Hoofdstad (12)
- Antwerpen (11)
- Namur (9)
- Oost-Vlaanderen (7)
- Liège (6)
- Vlaams-Brabant (5)
- Brabant wallon (1)
All countries
- United States (253,169)
- United Kingdom (82,834)
- Ireland (7,975)
- Unknown country (5,631)
- France (3,196)
- Canada (3,008)
- Australia (3,005)
- New Zealand (2,206)
- Germany (702)
- Italy (633)
- Mexico (542)
- Netherlands (275)
- Switzerland (238)
- Spain (209)
- Colombia (176)
- Paraguay (169)
- Belgium (160)
- India (147)
- Greece (138)
- Peru (135)
- Argentina (124)
- Indonesia (123)
- Cuba (111)
- Bahamas (98)
- Poland (87)
- China (82)
- Russian Federation (72)
- Brazil (71)
- Ukraine (71)
- Portugal (65)
- Denmark (61)
- Sweden (60)
- Lebanon (57)
- Austria (45)
- Norway (45)
- Jamaica (42)
- Turkey (42)
- Chile (41)
- South Africa (40)
- Korea, Republic of (38)
Origine of last name
PIERCE : 1: English Welsh and Irish: from the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Piers Peres Peris an Old French nominative of Pierre or Per the French form of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Peter">Peter</a>. Pierce is especially frequent in northwestern Wales and Lancashire while Pearce is the more common spelling in the rest of England. In Ireland Pierce and Pearse represent a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Piarais ‘son of Piaras’ a Gaelicized form of Piers.2: Americanized form of some similar-sounding Jewish surname.
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