Last Name PIERCE

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Meaning	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. The same as Piercy or Percy. The son of Peter, from Old French Pierre. Although Peter, and with it Piers, lost much of its popularity after the Reformation, we cannot fail to see from English directories (Rearson, etc) how extremely popular the name was in all parts of England and the time surnames were becoming hereditary.

Origin	English, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Belgian, South african

Rank	186 (2000 US census)	167 (1990 US census)

Count	136,517 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

82.72%, or 112927 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
12.63%, or 17242 total occurrences, as black,
0.4%, or 546 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.01%, or 1379 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.61%, or 2198 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.64%, or 2239 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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