The Bierce surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 382 people carried this name — #54,055 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is down 2% from 391 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bierce surname
Variant of Pierce.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bierce» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 59 people named Bierce.
Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Loire.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Bierce,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sarah Elizabeth Bierce 1838–1898 · writer -
Ambrose Bierce 1842–1914 · writer -
Lucius V. Bierce 1801–1876 · lawyer
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Leigh Lee Bierce 1874–1901
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Scotty Bierce 1896–1982 · American football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bierce.
- Bien 1,960 · U.S. census
- Bienaime 2,277 · U.S. census
- Bienkowski 663 · U.S. census
- Bienvenu 1,000 · U.S. census
- Bienvenue 490 · U.S. census
- Bier 2,320 · U.S. census
- Biere 196 · U.S. census
- Bieri 888 · U.S. census
- Bierling 139 · U.S. census
- Biermann 1,952 · U.S. census
- Biernacki 1,006 · U.S. census
- Biernat 755 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bierce is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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