How common is the last name Pierson?

26,626 people in the United States have the last name Pierson, about 1 in 11,226. It ranks #1,292 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PIERSON

#1,292

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
26,626
About
1 in 11,226
This common or more
42.7%
Who bears it

Of the 26,626 people with the last name Pierson, 80.5% reported their origin as White, 10.1% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Pierson

#1,290 Rutherford · 26,667#1,291 Sykes · 26,650#1,293 Sargent · 26,620#1,294 Hatch · 26,612

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pierson, most common first.

#70,545 Piersma · 299

Also a first name

As a first name, Pierson ranks #6,151 of 53,615, with 2,639 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2020, with 178 births. See Pierson as a first name

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