The Peers surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 583 people carried this name — #38,050 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is down 17% from 703 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 389 people named Peers 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 West 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 105 people named Peers.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Nord.
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 Peers,
with a public archive behind them.
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Elizabeth Peers d. 1836 -
Dorothea Eliza Smith 1804–1864 · botanical illustrator -
Charles Peers Davidson 1841–1929 · judge -
Thomas William Peers d. 1945
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Richard Peers 1645–1690 · translator
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Charles Peers 1661–1737 · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Peers.
- Pedroni 233 · U.S. census
- Pedrosa 1,572 · U.S. census
- Pedrotti 438 · U.S. census
- Peduzzi 326 · U.S. census
- Pee 616 · U.S. census
- Peel 6,647 · U.S. census
- Pees 160 · U.S. census
- Peeters 863 · U.S. census
- Pegoraro 100 · U.S. census
- Pegues 3,864 · U.S. census
- Peifer 1,459 · U.S. census
- Peiffer 2,938 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Peers is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.