Surname Checker / Pearson
How Common Is the Last Name Pearson?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Pearson today
112,755
Ranked #308 of 162,254 published surnames · 34.52 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 101,836 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
72.14%
Black
22.51%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.56%
Hispanic
2.24%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.