Last Name PEARSE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	A variant of Piers. The son of Peter. The son of Peter, from Old rench Pierre. Although Peter, and with it Piers, lost much of its popularity after the Reformation, one can still see how extreamly popular the name was in all parts of England at the time surnames were becoming hereditary.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	19,428 (2000 US census)	19,010 (1990 US census)

Count	1,288 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

89.29%, or 1150 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
5.9%, or 76 total occurrences, as black,
0.78%, or 10 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.39%, or 5 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.09%, or 14 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.56%, or 33 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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