How common is the last name Pierce?

132,277 people in the United States have the last name Pierce, about 1 in 2,260. It ranks #213 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PIERCE

#213

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
132,277
About
1 in 2,260
This common or more
23.1%
Who bears it

Of the 132,277 people with the last name Pierce, 77.8% reported their origin as White, 12.5% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Pierce

#211 Alvarado · 133,053#212 Knight · 132,682#214 Arnold · 132,160#215 Peters · 132,098

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pierce, most common first.

#8,486 Piercy · 3,730#24,617 Piercey · 1,058#128,411 Pierse · 139

Also a first name

As a first name, Pierce ranks #1,932 of 53,615, with 14,535 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2015, with 668 births. See Pierce as a first name

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