PIERCE is ranked as the 190th most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 161,317.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 50.59 people named PIERCE for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 100% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named PIERCE is
161,232, the rank is 186
and the proportion per 100k Americans named PIERCE is 50.61.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
PIERCE is
82.7% White,
1.6% Hispanic origin,
12.6% Black,
0.4% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.6% Two or More Races,
and 1.0% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name PIERCE have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name PIERCE is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name PIERCE
The state with the most people named
PIERCE is
Texas where
15,276 people have this name.
Arkansas is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named PIERCE, as
95.67 in every 100,000
Arkansans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
Arkansas is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Hawaii
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name PIERCE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
5,651
43.87
99.9%
Indiana
3,995
60.56
99.8%
Iowa
1,608
51.75
99.8%
Kansas
1,681
57.88
99.7%
Michigan
4,835
48.79
99.9%
Minnesota
2,056
37.68
99.8%
Missouri
2,792
93.25
99.6%
Nebraska
920
48.89
99.6%
North Dakota
265
35.89
98.5%
Ohio
6,008
51.82
99.9%
South Dakota
265
31.09
98.5%
Wisconsin
2,287
39.73
99.9%
West States
State stats for the first name PIERCE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
462
62.7
99.2%
Arizona
3,139
46.63
99.8%
California
13,851
35.7
99.9%
Colorado
2,965
55.35
99.8%
Hawaii
283
19.93
98.6%
Idaho
914
55.89
99.5%
Montana
557
54.41
99.5%
Nevada
1,504
52.98
99.7%
New Mexico
1,064
51.01
99.4%
Oregon
2,667
67.17
99.9%
Utah
1,665
56.56
99.5%
Washington
3,859
54.65
99.9%
Wyoming
364
62.26
99.2%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name PIERCE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
1,442
40.09
99.8%
Maine
1,243
93.43
99.5%
Massachusetts
3,868
57.34
99.8%
New Hampshire
869
65.49
99.6%
New Jersey
3,482
38.95
99.9%
New York
7,327
37.1
99.9%
Pennsylvania
4,587
35.88
99.9%
Rhode Island
538
50.96
99.3%
Vermont
525
83.83
99.7%
South States
State stats for the first name PIERCE
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have PIERCE as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named PIERCE.
The most popular full name is James PIERCE.
1.87% of all the people named PIERCE
have this given name.
There are 3928 first
names associated with this last name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name PIERCE