How common is the surname Pierpont?

974 people in the United States had the surname Pierpont in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 316,987 Americans. It ranked 25,403rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pierpont?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Pierpont identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pierpont?

Francis Harrison Pierpont, American politician (1814-1899), followed by James Pierpont.

Where is the surname Pierpont most common?

Wikidata records people named Pierpont in the United States.

Is the surname Pierpont getting more or less common?

More common. 945 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 974 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Pierpont

A Norman place surname, carried by 974 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P615

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pierpont is more common than 84.3% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

From the Norman habitational surname, from any of various places in Northern France, from pierre (“stone”) + pont (“bridge”).

Pierpont is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 974 people named Pierpont in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 316,987 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 945.

#25,403

rank among US surnames

974

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #24,744)

Who is named Pierpont

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Pierpont identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pierponts

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Francis Harrison Pierpont
American politician (1814-1899)
James Pierpont
American mathematician (1866-1938)
John Pierpont
American poet, teacher, lawyer, merchant, Unitarian minister, 1785–1866

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Pierpoint

Pierpont has the Soundex code P615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P615.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pierpont come from?: From the Norman habitational surname, from any of various places in Northern France, from pierre (“stone”) + pont (“bridge”).
How common is the surname Pierpont?: 974 people in the United States had the surname Pierpont in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 316,987 Americans. It ranked 25,403rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pierpont?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Pierpont identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pierpont?: Francis Harrison Pierpont, American politician (1814-1899), followed by James Pierpont.
Where is the surname Pierpont most common?: Wikidata records people named Pierpont in the United States.
What type of surname is Pierpont?: Pierpont is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Pierpont getting more or less common?: More common. 945 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 974 in 2010, up 3.1%.
What are other spellings of Pierpont?: Pierpoint.