The Pieters surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 932 people carried this name — #26,229 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is up 11% from 836 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 4,323 people named Pieters 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.
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 516 people named Pieters.
41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Nord.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 24 people named Pieters 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
23 people named Pieters 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
Pieters in American newspapers,
1872–1958.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,995 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pieters,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alphonse Pieters 1845–1912 · politician -
Evert Pieters 1856–1932 · painter -
Jozef Pieters 1898–1960 · teacher -
Andries Jan Pieters 1916–1952 · military personnel -
Manke Nelis 1919–1993 · singer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 116 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pieters.
- Pierrot 325 · U.S. census
- Piers 327 · U.S. census
- Pierson 27,983 · U.S. census
- Pierucci 263 · U.S. census
- Pies 487 · U.S. census
- Piet 407 · U.S. census
- Pietka 149 · U.S. census
- Pietrantoni 225 · U.S. census
- Pietras 1,252 · U.S. census
- Pietri 592 · U.S. census
- Pietrini 145 · U.S. census
- Pietrowski 1,168 · U.S. census
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