# Peirce (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/peirce/  
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) | 3,111 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,358 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 99,243 people |
| Change since 2000 | 0.0% (3,111 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A variant of Piers.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Peirce 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Peirce in the United States and South Africa.

## People named Peirce

- Charles Sanders Peirce, American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
- Benjamin Peirce, American mathematician (1809–1880)
- Kimberly Peirce, American film director
- Ernest Peirce, boxer
- Evelyn Peirce, American actress (1908–1960)
- Benjamin Osgood Peirce, American mathematician (1854–1914)

## Similar surnames

Perez, Price, Pierce, Pearce, Peres, Percy, Piercy, Pearcy, Pryce, Pearse, 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.