Last Name PIERPONT

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: O Pierrepont, from the castle of that name on the southern borders of Picardy. The name is Latinized nto 'de Petro-Ponte.'
Origin English, French, Irish, Belgian

Rank 24,744 (2000 US census) 22,730 (1990 US census)
Count 945 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 98.31%, or 929 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 0.63%, or 6 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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