The Pierre surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 33,913 people carried this name — #1,026 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,700 people counted. That is up 44% from 23,575 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 15,196 people named Pierre.
561 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 103 départements, most often Vosges.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,192 people named Pierre 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 Luxembourg Province.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 452 people named Pierre live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
213 people named Pierre live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
282 people named Pierre is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Pierre in American newspapers,
1844–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 563,968 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pierre,
with a public archive behind them.
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Raymond de Saint-Sever 1250–1317 · Catholic priest -
Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre 1714–1789 · painter -
François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis 1715–1794 · writer -
Viktor Pierre 1819–1886 · physicist -
Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre 1833–1905 · botanist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 208 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pierre.
- Pierini 472 · U.S. census
- Pieron 130 · U.S. census
- Pieroni 780 · U.S. census
- Pierotti 745 · U.S. census
- Pierquet 142 · U.S. census
- Pierrard 112 · U.S. census
- Pierret 307 · U.S. census
- Pierron 487 · U.S. census
- Pierrot 325 · U.S. census
- Piers 327 · U.S. census
- Pierson 27,983 · U.S. census
- Pierucci 263 · U.S. census
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