The Pierson surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 27,983 people carried this name — #1,254 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 27,730 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Pierson surname
A patronymic surname transferred from the given name.
From Piers + -son.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pierson» (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 2,778 people named Pierson.
80 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 84 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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 596 people named Pierson 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
72 people named Pierson live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 22 people named Pierson 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 Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Pierson,
with a public archive behind them.
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Christoffel Pierson 1631–1714 · writer -
Abraham Pierson 1641–1707 · Christian minister -
Abraham Pierson 1646–1707 · Christian minister
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Elizabeth Dixon Pierson d. 2014 · university teacher
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unknown Pierson d. 1781
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Roman Gallius Pierson d. 2003
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pierson.
- 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
- Piers 327 · 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
- Pietrantoni 225 · U.S. census
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