Peirs Surname
Approximately 484 people bear this surname
Peirs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 379 | 1:30,334 | 4,910 |
| France | 54 | 1:1,230,050 | 127,496 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 36 | 1:677,094 | 32,515 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Peirs Demographics
Average Peirs Salary in
United States
$40,150 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Peirs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peirs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Peirs is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Peirs? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 631,297th most numerous surname in the world, held by around 1 in 15,056,913 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Peirs reside; 90 percent reside in Western Europe and 76 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Peirs is most widespread in Belgium, where it is carried by 379 people, or 1 in 30,334. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent live and Walloon Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Belgium it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in France, where 11 percent live and England, where 7 percent live.
Peirs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Peirs has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Peirs surname declined 11 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Peirs Last Name Statistics demography
Peirs earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.95% less than the national average, earning $40,150 USD per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Peirs
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