Pierce Family History
Pierce Name Meaning
English, Welsh, and Irish: from the personal name Piers,
the usual Norman vernacular form of Peter. In Wales this
represents a patronymic ap Piers. In Ireland it represents a
reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Piarais ‘son of
Piaras’, a Gaelicized form of Piers.Americanized form of some similar-sounding Jewish surname.
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Name Distribution of Pierce Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Pierce families
 833 - 1,664  278 - 832 |
 1 - 277  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Pierce families
|
263 - 524 88 - 262 |
1 - 87 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Pierce families
|
6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Pierce Family Origin
Pierce Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Pierce
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Pierce Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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