Pierre Surname
Approximately 820,629 people bear this surname
Pierre Surname User-submission:
Pierre is the French form of Peter, which means 'rock'.
Pierre Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 622,959 | 1:17 | 2 |
| France | 35,417 | 1:1,875 | 119 |
| United States | 34,776 | 1:10,423 | 1,270 |
| Burundi | 24,127 | 1:406 | 103 |
| Chad | 22,915 | 1:593 | 78 |
| Rwanda | 12,093 | 1:940 | 214 |
| Ethiopia | 9,981 | 1:9,773 | 1,467 |
| Cameroon | 9,560 | 1:2,172 | 225 |
| Madagascar | 6,985 | 1:3,386 | 714 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4,813 | 1:283 | 24 |
| Brazil | 4,073 | 1:52,559 | 2,017 |
| DR Congo | 3,892 | 1:18,982 | 2,389 |
| Belgium | 3,870 | 1:2,971 | 286 |
| Canada | 3,840 | 1:9,595 | 1,439 |
| Dominican Republic | 2,812 | 1:3,710 | 429 |
| Mauritius | 2,313 | 1:559 | 30 |
| Angola | 1,775 | 1:15,205 | 1,826 |
| England | 1,037 | 1:53,730 | 6,552 |
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Saint Lucia | 796 | 1:225 | 30 |
| Gabon | 758 | 1:2,492 | 431 |
| Bahamas | 635 | 1:617 | 129 |
| Saint Martin | 578 | 1:61 | 24 |
| Grenada | 548 | 1:198 | 31 |
| Ivory Coast | 532 | 1:43,367 | 2,780 |
| Benin | 515 | 1:20,069 | 2,682 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 481 | 1:234 | 37 |
| Seychelles | 411 | 1:225 | 31 |
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Iran | 375 | 1:204,753 | 16,408 |
| Israel | 374 | 1:22,881 | 3,377 |
| Argentina | 341 | 1:125,347 | 10,592 |
| Guyana | 337 | 1:2,262 | 409 |
| Venezuela | 331 | 1:91,251 | 3,475 |
| Dominica | 320 | 1:237 | 62 |
| Sweden | 283 | 1:34,794 | 2,822 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Vanuatu | 275 | 1:957 | 231 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 235 | 1:146 | 32 |
| Thailand | 204 | 1:346,266 | 60,105 |
| Mexico | 197 | 1:630,082 | 10,209 |
| Cuba | 171 | 1:67,384 | 2,464 |
| Spain | 170 | 1:275,012 | 17,060 |
| Panama | 165 | 1:23,711 | 1,492 |
| Luxembourg | 159 | 1:3,651 | 484 |
| Australia | 154 | 1:175,297 | 17,847 |
| Switzerland | 139 | 1:59,086 | 7,409 |
| Barbados | 126 | 1:2,281 | 397 |
| Niger | 124 | 1:154,774 | 5,614 |
| South Africa | 121 | 1:447,750 | 37,883 |
| Germany | 113 | 1:712,438 | 54,203 |
| Portugal | 94 | 1:110,832 | 5,195 |
| Jamaica | 92 | 1:31,195 | 2,283 |
| French Polynesia | 86 | 1:3,265 | 709 |
| Suriname | 83 | 1:6,658 | 1,580 |
| Netherlands | 71 | 1:237,848 | 31,022 |
| Italy | 70 | 1:873,667 | 66,008 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 67 | 1:1,647 | 273 |
| Liberia | 57 | 1:77,343 | 6,506 |
| Ecuador | 56 | 1:284,033 | 8,825 |
| Indonesia | 56 | 1:2,361,593 | 141,864 |
| Costa Rica | 50 | 1:95,601 | 1,659 |
| New Zealand | 50 | 1:90,566 | 12,574 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| New Caledonia | 36 | 1:7,673 | 1,760 |
| Senegal | 34 | 1:428,804 | 1,999 |
| United Arab Emirates | 34 | 1:269,479 | 19,099 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 32 | 1:3,099 | 465 |
| Curaçao | 28 | 1:5,616 | 151 |
| China | 25 | 1:54,692,863 | 2,965 |
| Chile | 24 | 1:734,020 | 16,565 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| Monaco | 20 | 1:1,853 | 73 |
| Aruba | 18 | 1:5,749 | 789 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Norway | 17 | 1:302,487 | 30,120 |
| Burkina Faso | 16 | 1:1,147,006 | 10,865 |
| Denmark | 15 | 1:376,314 | 25,792 |
| Lebanon | 12 | 1:469,757 | 12,312 |
| Uruguay | 11 | 1:311,978 | 20,848 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Central African Republic | 9 | 1:501,710 | 179 |
| Djibouti | 9 | 1:101,659 | 734 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Turkey | 9 | 1:8,646,825 | 130,497 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Cook Islands | 6 | 1:3,030 | 708 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Guinea | 6 | 1:1,972,303 | 1,775 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| South Korea | 6 | 1:8,540,043 | 1,433 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| British Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:6,319 | 600 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5 | 1:11,040 | 818 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Montserrat | 2 | 1:2,474 | 299 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 31 | 1:142,899 | 7,868 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19 | 1:1,282,914 | 46,315 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:17,294 | 2,528 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,012 | 1:49,623 | 5,643 |
The alternate forms: Pierré (69), Piérre (2), Pièrre (2), Pierrë (1), Piërre (1), Pïerre (1) & Pïêrré (1) are calculated separately.
Pierre (2,400,393) may also be a first name.
Pierre Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Pierre is the French form of Peter, which means 'rock'.
- kizzymorrellPierre est un prénom masculin d'origine Arabic.
- najibdufourThe Pierre surname means 'rock' in Arabic.
- rachid60Pierre Demographics
Pierre Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Pierre Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pierre Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pierre (Arabic: لبيار, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻴﻴﺮ) occurs in Haiti more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Pierré, Piérre, Pièrre, Pierrë, Piërre, Pïerre or Pïêrré. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pierre? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 667th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 8,880 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Pierre reside; 78 percent reside in Caribbean and 76 percent reside in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 235th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 2,400,393 people.
It is most widely held in Haiti, where it is held by 622,959 people, or 1 in 17. In Haiti Pierre is most frequent in: Ouest, where 25 percent live, Artibonite, where 17 percent live and Nord, where 10 percent live. Not including Haiti this last name exists in 166 countries. It is also found in France, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Pierre Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pierre has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pierre last name grew 3,436 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 5,458 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 97 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Pierre Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Pierre last name are 20.54% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 73.77% registered with the party.
The amount Pierre earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 18.23% less than the national average, earning 283,004 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 30.5% less than the national average, earning R 165,156 per year; in United States they earn 8.11% less than the national average, earning $39,651 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.28% less than the national average, earning $42,091 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pierre Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pierre in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﻴﻴﺮ | abyyr | - |
| Pierre in the Arabic language | ||
| لبيار | lbyar | - |
| ببيار | bbyar | - |
| بييار | byyar | - |
| بيير | byyr | - |
| بيار | byar | - |
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Pierre Reference & Research
Pierre DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Pierre FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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