Surname Checker / Pierson
How Common Is the Last Name Pierson?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Pierson today
30,983
Ranked #1,254 of 162,254 published surnames · 9.49 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 27,983 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
84.3%
Black
10.02%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.54%
Hispanic
2.65%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.