The Perse surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 176 people carried this name — #102,197 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 12% from 200 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Perse surname
A rare surname transferred from the given name.
A variant of Piers.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Perse» (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 94 people named Perse.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Yvelines.
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 Perse,
with a public archive behind them.
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Stephen Perse 1548–1615 · academic
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Elizabeth M. Perse 1949– · university teacher
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Perse.
- Perros 101 · U.S. census
- Perrot 378 · U.S. census
- Perrotta 3,713 · U.S. census
- Perrotte 257 · U.S. census
- Perry 221,741 · U.S. census
- Pers 126 · U.S. census
- Persico 1,263 · U.S. census
- Persin 240 · U.S. census
- Person 67,411 · U.S. census
- Persyn 338 · U.S. census
- Peru 818 · U.S. census
- Perucca 171 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Perse is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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