Paerce Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Paerce Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paerce Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
France11:66,422,722504,397
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Paerce Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Paerce Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Paerce occurs in New Zealand more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Paerce? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,427,875th most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Paerce occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Paerce are found; 50 percent are found in Australasia and 50 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most prevalent in New Zealand, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 566,040. In New Zealand it is most frequent in: Auckland Region, where 100 percent live. Aside from New Zealand this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 15 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Paerce Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Paerce has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Paerce surname contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pierce83195,033/
Pearce83151,377/
Peirce837,202/
Percea83233/
Peerce83152/
Parcea8329/
Pharce8318/
Parcei834/
Poerce834/
Paerse832/
Puerce832/
Perrce832/
Pyerce831/
Pairce831/
Paerke831/
Peurce830/
Piercey774,037/
Pearcey772,148/
Persche77113/
Piearce7781/
Peircey7727/
Paersch7714/
Piercee779/
Pierrce775/
Pearcea774/
Piierce773/
Pearces773/
Peierce772/
Piercej771/
Pfierce771/
Ppierce771/
Pearcer771/
Peairce771/
Payorce771/
Phierce771/
Pearrce770/
Pheirce770/
Piercea770/
Peiarce770/
Poierce770/
Poercer770/
Perse731,358/
Perše73513/
Perze7361/
Perşe7329/
Paers732/
Piearcey7161/
Pfersche712/
D'Pearce712/
D'Peirce711/
Pearched711/
Pearchey711/
Piersche711/
Poersche711/
Paerquez711/
D'Pierce711/
Peerscey710/
Pearcy674,907/
Persee67624/
Pierse67604/
Perseu67400/
Persse67351/
Persie67290/
Persey67237/
Parsee67169/
Perzee67123/
Peirse6781/
Persei6771/
Perseh6756/
Persea6748/
Persze6728/
Pershe6720/
Poerch6716/
Peircy679/
Pierze676/
Pierci673/
Pearci672/
Persøe672/
Peerse671/
Perzea671/
Puerse671/
Perzse671/
Perzie671/
Peurse671/
Pierçe671/
Paersh671/
Paircy671/
Perrse670/
Pource670/
Pferci670/
Pherse670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Paerce
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