The Piers surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 327 people carried this name — #61,436 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 313 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 169 people named Piers.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Morbihan.
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 114 people named Piers 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Piers,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alice Glindon d. 1906
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Jane Tristram d. 1871
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Cornelia Gertrude Pigott d. 1777
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Phoebe Hartney d. 1867
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Ellen Sarah Colborn d. 1926
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Caroline Mary Piers d. 1924
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Piers.
- Pierquet 142 · U.S. census
- Pierrard 112 · U.S. census
- Pierre 33,913 · U.S. census
- Pierret 307 · U.S. census
- Pierron 487 · U.S. census
- Pierrot 325 · U.S. census
- Pierson 27,983 · U.S. census
- Pierucci 263 · U.S. census
- Pies 487 · U.S. census
- Piet 407 · U.S. census
- Pieters 932 · U.S. census
- Pietka 149 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Piers 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.