Piersma Surname

307,612th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,228 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Piersma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piersma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands6941:24,3333,958
United States4581:791,39561,115
Canada371:995,82774,831
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Denmark91:627,19136,734
England81:6,964,757184,742
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Piersma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Piersma is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Piersma? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 307,612th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,934,484 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Piersma reside; 57 percent reside in Western Europe and 57 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 694 people, or 1 in 24,333. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Friesland, where 31 percent live, North Holland, where 23 percent live and South Holland, where 12 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 37 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Piersma Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Piersma are 26.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.81% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Piersma earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.71% more than the national average, earning $46,476 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.56% more than the national average, earning $56,422 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Persma921/
Peirsma864/
Presma7731/
Persmo779/
Percma771/
Pjeerdsma751/
Pressma7114/
Perzmas711/
Persmer710/
Poursmad67185/
Persmett670/
Pairsmith632/
Presmy62279/
Presmo6271/
Prezma629/
Presme623/
Presmi621/
Pourshhmat5995/

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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 Piersma
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