Last Name PEARSON

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Meaning	The son of Piers, i.e. Peter; French Pierre, Old English Pearse or Piers. The son of Pierre. 'Pierre-son,' the son of Pierre or Peter.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, South african

Rank	281 (2000 US census)	255 (1990 US census)

Count	98,728 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

74.49%, or 73542 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
21.59%, or 21315 total occurrences, as black,
0.47%, or 464 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.43%, or 425 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.6%, or 1580 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.42%, or 1402 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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