# Pierre (surname)

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

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 33,913 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,026 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,104 people |
| Change since 2000 | +44% (23,575 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /piˈɛɹ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Pierre. Doublet of Peter.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pierre 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) | 7.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

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

## People named Pierre

- DBC Pierre, Australian writer
- Aaron Pierre, British actor
- Juan Pierre, American baseball player
- Aaron Pierre, association football player (born 1993)
- Perri Pierre, American filmmaker
- Raymond Pierre, American sprinter
- Loïs Mailou Jones, African American painter (1905–1998)
- Jacqueline Joubert, actor and Continuity announcer (1921–2005)

## Similar surnames

Perry, Perea, Perri, Pier, Pierro, Pieri, Perro, Pere, Parra, Parr, Power, Parry.

## 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.