Piersing Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guam

Piersing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piersing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States381:9,538,393399,091
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Guam11:160,1214,893
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Piersing Last Name Facts

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

The surname Piersing occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Piersing? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,055,934th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Piersing live; 93 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 9,538,393. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Oklahoma, where 32 percent are found, Florida, where 18 percent are found and Illinois, where 13 percent are found. Excluding The United States Piersing is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent are found and Guam, where 2 percent are found.

Piersing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Piersing has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Piersing surname expanded 3,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Piersing Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Piersing last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Piersing earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.76% less than the national average, earning $36,781 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
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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 Piersing
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