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.