Last Name PEARCE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning A variant of Piers.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, South african

Rank 1,054 (2000 US census) 1,032 (1990 US census)
Count 30,276 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 90.57%, or 27421 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 5.59%, or 1692 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.44%, or 133 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.63%, or 191 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.29%, or 391 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.48%, or 448 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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