How Many People Have the Last Name Pierson?
people had the surname Pierson in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 10,537 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+253 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Pierson (84.3%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 10%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Pierson ranks #934. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Pierson grew from 27,730 people in 2000 to 27,983 in 2010 (up 0.9%), and its rank fell from #1,158 to #1,254. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 10.28 to 9.49 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 27,730 | 27,983 |
| Rank | #1,158 | #1,254 |
| Per 100,000 people | 10.28 | 9.49 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Pierson
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Pierson: P625
👤 Pierson as a First Name
Pierson is a first name too: about 3,504 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
🧮 Your First Name + Pierson
Look up another surname
⊙ We don't save the names you search.