The Fiers surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 275 people carried this name — #71,042 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is down 10% from 305 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 642 people named Fiers live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 217 people named Fiers.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Fiers,
with a public archive behind them.
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Édouard Fiers 1822–1894 · sculptor -
Walter Fiers 1931–2019 · author
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César Fiers 1959– · politician
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Nadine Fiers 1966– · sport cyclist
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Mary Fiers 1968– · politician
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Mark Fiers 1970– · bioinformatician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fiers.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Fiers is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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