Piears Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Piears Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piears Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England621:898,67846,462
Scotland71:764,83125,488
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
Wales31:522,80514,314

Piears Last Name Facts

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

The last name Piears occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Piears click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Piears? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,185,341st most prevalent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. Piears is primarily found in Europe, where 92 percent of Piears are found; 92 percent are found in Northern Europe and 92 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 898,678. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Essex, where 16 percent reside, Herefordshire, where 13 percent reside and Kent, where 11 percent reside. Besides England this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 9 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.

Piears Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Piears has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Piears last name grew 1,550 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pieyars921/
Pears914,360/
Piers913,719/
Piars9133/
Pearse839,835/
Pearst83108/
Phears8353/
Piyars8335/
Peiers8322/
Pearsh833/
Pierrs832/
Phiers831/
Pearsz831/
Piersz831/
Peaars831/
Phearse7784/
Piearce7781/
Piersch7714/
Pearssh771/
Peihers770/
Piggers770/
Pearsse770/
Peers738,307/
Pyers731,044/
Peirs73484/
Puers7392/
Paurs7353/
Pairs7335/
Piors7325/
Poers739/
Paers732/
Pyars731/
Peurs731/
Peyrs731/
Pearx731/
Poirs730/
Payrs730/
Peors730/
Pearce67151,377/
Powers67133,290/
Pearch67478/
Pauers67123/
Peirse6781/
Pairsh6776/
Peyers6734/
Phairs6723/
Pairst6717/
Piarce6715/
Phyars6714/
Piehorsch6711/
Payers678/
Poyers677/
Payors675/
Pawers675/
Payars674/
Pairse672/
Payurs672/
Peeers672/
Paurst672/
Peurse671/
Peirrs671/
Pouers671/
Poitrs671/
Pearje671/
Peersz671/
Paursh671/
Paersh671/
Pajars671/
Bpyers671/
Peersh671/
Peoirs670/
Pheors670/
Peerrs670/
Pouars670/

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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 Piears
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