Pierer Surname
Approximately 491 people bear this surname
Pierer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 288 | 1:29,567 | 4,745 |
| Germany | 161 | 1:500,034 | 42,738 |
| Switzerland | 27 | 1:304,182 | 24,091 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Pierer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pierer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pierer (Arabic: بيرير) occurs more in Austria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Pierer click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pierer? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 624,505th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 14,842,252 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Pierer reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Pierer is most widely held in Austria, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 29,567. In Austria Pierer is mostly concentrated in: Styria, where 88 percent live, Lower Austria, where 4 percent live and Vorarlberg, where 3 percent live. Other than Austria Pierer occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 33 percent live and Switzerland, where 5 percent live.
Pierer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Pierer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pierer last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pierer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pierer in the Arabic language | ||
| بيرير | byryr | - |
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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 Pierer
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