# Pearce (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pearce/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 31,060 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,129 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,940 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (30,276 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Piers, the medieval vernacular form of Peter.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pearce in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pearce in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Pearce

- Guy Pearce, Australian actor (born 1967)
- Christie Pearce, American soccer player
- Bobby Pearce, Australian rower (1905-1976)
- Steve Pearce, 1947- American armed forces veteran and politician
- Alice Pearce, American actress (1917–1966)
- Adam Pearce, American professional wrestler
- Heath Pearce, American soccer player
- Gary Pearce, Australian rower
- Pevita Pearce, British and Indonesian actress and model (born 1992)
- Peggy Pearce, American actress (1894-1975)
- Jacqueline Pearce, British actress (1943-2018)
- Lindsay Pearce, American actress

and 11 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Perez, Price, Pierce, Peres, Percy, Peirce, Pearcy, Pryce, Pearse, Parke, Perkey, Perich.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.