# Pierce (surname)

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

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 138,629 |
| US rank (2010) | 202 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,227 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (136,517 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Bearss |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pierce 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pierce in the United States, the United Kingdom and Mexico.

## People named Pierce

- Paul Pierce, American basketball player (born 1977)
- David Hyde Pierce, American actor and director
- Wendell Pierce, American actor and businessman
- William Luther Pierce, American neo-Nazi (1933–2002)
- John R. Pierce, American electrical engineer, acoustics expert, and author (1910–2002)
- Bradley Pierce, American actor
- Ricky Pierce, American basketball player (born 1959)
- Jack Pierce, American sprint hurdler
- Jeffrey Pierce, American actor (born 1971)
- Tamora Pierce, American writer of fantasy novels for children and adults
- Webb Pierce, American country musician (1921–1991)
- G. W. Pierce, American physicist (1872–1956)

and 23 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Perez, Price, Pearce, Peres, Percy, Piercy, Peirce, Piers, Perich, Park, Powers, Parks.

## 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.