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    The surname Pieters

    A Dutch surname, carried by 932 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P362

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pieters is more common than 83.8% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Borrowed from Dutch Pieters.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 932 people named Pieters in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 331,272 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 836.

    #26,229
    rank among US surnames
    932
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.5%
    change since 2000 (was #27,207)

    Who is named Pieters

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

    72% of people named Pieters identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.8%
    • Two or more races 4.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pieterss

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carle M. Pieters
      American geologist, born 1943
    • André Pieters
      Belgian bicycle racer (1922-2001)
    • Thomas Pieters
      Belgian golfer, born 1992
    • Danny Pieters
      Belgian politician, born 1956

    Notable Pieterss come mostly from Belgium (3) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pieters

    Pieters has the Soundex code P362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P362.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pieters come from?
    Borrowed from Dutch Pieters.
    How common is the surname Pieters?
    932 people in the United States had the surname Pieters in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 331,272 Americans. It ranked 26,229th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pieters?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Pieters identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pieters?
    Carle M. Pieters, American geologist, followed by André Pieters.
    Where is the surname Pieters most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pieters in Belgium and the United States.
    Is the surname Pieters getting more or less common?
    More common. 836 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 932 in 2010, up 12%.