How common is the surname Pierre?

33,913 people in the United States had the surname Pierre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,104 Americans. It ranked 1,026th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pierre?

DBC Pierre, Australian writer, followed by Aaron Pierre.

Where is the surname Pierre most common?

Wikidata records people named Pierre in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Pierre?

Pierre is /piˈɛɹ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Pierre getting more or less common?

More common. 23,575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,913 in 2010, up 44%.

Is Pierre also a first name?

Yes. Pierre is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Pierre

A French surname, carried by 33,913 people in the United States.

Pronounced /piˈɛɹ/ 2 syllables Soundex P600 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pierre is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Pierre. Doublet of Peter.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 33,913 people named Pierre in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,104 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,575.

#1,026

rank among US surnames

33,913

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+43.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,379)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,017	Hatfield	34,381	8,980
#1,018	McNeil	34,368	8,984
#1,019	Irwin	34,297	9,002
#1,020	Hooper	34,247	9,015
#1,021	Hays	34,191	9,030
#1,022	Joyce	34,132	9,046
#1,023	McKnight	34,055	9,066

Who is named Pierre

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

87% of people named Pierre identified as Black (not Hispanic), 7.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 87%
White (not Hispanic) 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Pierres

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

DBC Pierre
Australian writer, born 1961
Aaron Pierre
British actor, born 1994
Juan Pierre
American baseball player, born 1977
Aaron Pierre
Association football player (born 1993)
Perri Pierre
American filmmaker, born 1988
Raymond Pierre
American sprinter, born 1967
Loïs Mailou Jones
African American painter (1905–1998)
Jacqueline Joubert
Actor and Continuity announcer (1921–2005)

Notable Pierres come mostly from the United States (4), the United Kingdom (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pierre

Pierre has the Soundex code P600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P600.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pierre come from?: Borrowed from French Pierre. Doublet of Peter.
How common is the surname Pierre?: 33,913 people in the United States had the surname Pierre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,104 Americans. It ranked 1,026th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pierre?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Pierre identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pierre?: DBC Pierre, Australian writer, followed by Aaron Pierre.
Where is the surname Pierre most common?: Wikidata records people named Pierre in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Pierre?: Pierre is /piˈɛɹ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Pierre getting more or less common?: More common. 23,575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,913 in 2010, up 44%.
Is Pierre also a first name?: Yes. Pierre is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.