Last Name PIERSON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Piers, i.e. Peter; French Pierre, Old English Pearse or Piers.
A variant of earson.
'Pierre-son,' the son of Pierre or Peter.
Origin English, Irish, Belgian

Rank 1,158 (2000 US census) 1,163 (1990 US census)
Count 27,730 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 86.02%, or 23853 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 9.81%, or 2720 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.44%, or 122 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.42%, or 116 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.46%, or 405 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.84%, or 510 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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