# Pieters (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pieters/  
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 Dutch.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 932 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,229 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 331,272 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (836 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Pieters.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pieters 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) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 4.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pieters in Belgium and the United States.

## People named Pieters

- Carle M. Pieters, American geologist
- André Pieters, Belgian bicycle racer (1922-2001)
- Thomas Pieters, Belgian golfer
- Danny Pieters, Belgian politician

## Similar surnames

Peters, Petrus, Petras, Poitras, Peeters, Pietras, Petros, Peterson, Petersen, Petterson, Petersheim, Pietrzak.

## 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.