# Piers (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/piers/  
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) | 327 |
| US rank (2010) | 61,436 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 944,176 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.5% (313 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /pɪɹz/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A Middle English vernacular form of Peter, from Old French Piers, from Latin Petrus. Doublet of Pedro, Peter, and Boutros.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Piers 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) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.2% |

## Similar surnames

Pierce, Pires, Peres, Piercy, Preiss, Pearse, Perras, Pries, Powers, Perks, Perez, Price.

## 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.