Pierens Surname
Approximately 435 people bear this surname
Pierens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 326 | 1:203,751 | 31,680 |
| Netherlands | 66 | 1:255,866 | 32,556 |
| Belgium | 33 | 1:348,383 | 38,592 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Pierens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pierens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pierens is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pierens? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pierens is the 683,026th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 16,752,979 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Pierens are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Pierens is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 326 people, or 1 in 203,751. In France Pierens is mostly found in: Hauts-de-France, where 68 percent live, Île-de-France, where 12 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 7 percent live. Barring France this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 15 percent live and Belgium, where 8 percent live.
Pierens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Pierens has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pirens | 92 | 203 | / |
| Perens | 92 | 115 | / |
| Perrens | 86 | 292 | / |
| Peirens | 86 | 155 | / |
| Petrens | 86 | 113 | / |
| Peerens | 86 | 71 | / |
| Pierenz | 86 | 35 | / |
| Perzens | 86 | 22 | / |
| Pierins | 86 | 18 | / |
| Pehrens | 86 | 0 | / |
| Perenss | 86 | 0 | / |
| Pirns | 83 | 57 | / |
| Perns | 83 | 18 | / |
| Perriens | 80 | 53 | / |
| Perrenst | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pirins | 77 | 167 | / |
| Purens | 77 | 90 | / |
| Perenz | 77 | 74 | / |
| Piryns | 77 | 58 | / |
| Perins | 77 | 44 | / |
| Pirenz | 77 | 32 | / |
| Pearns | 77 | 11 | / |
| Pernås | 77 | 4 | / |
| Perenx | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pernns | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pherns | 77 | 1 | / |
| Perrns | 77 | 0 | / |
| Peurns | 77 | 0 | / |
| Perrins | 71 | 2,724 | / |
| Perenje | 71 | 473 | / |
| Petrenz | 71 | 60 | / |
| Pirijns | 71 | 34 | / |
| Perrenx | 71 | 25 | / |
| Pernsch | 71 | 18 | / |
| Pergins | 71 | 11 | / |
| Perenze | 71 | 8 | / |
| Petryns | 71 | 7 | / |
| Pirence | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pirnsch | 71 | 4 | / |
| Perence | 71 | 3 | / |
| Perinse | 71 | 1 | / |
| Perzins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pirinsh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Periëns | 71 | 1 | / |
| Perinns | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pernz | 67 | 23 | / |
| Purns | 67 | 11 | / |
| Perriëns | 67 | 11 | / |
| Petrenze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Perrence | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pierens
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