Piersma Surname
Approximately 1,228 people bear this surname
Piersma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 694 | 1:24,333 | 3,958 |
| United States | 458 | 1:791,395 | 61,115 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Piersma Demographics
Average Piersma Salary in
United States
$46,476 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Piersma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piersma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Piersma is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Piersma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 307,612th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,934,484 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 59 percent of Piersma live; 57 percent live in Western Europe and 57 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 694 people, or 1 in 24,333. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Friesland, where 31 percent are found, North Holland, where 23 percent are found and South Holland, where 12 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 37 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.
Piersma Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Piersma last name are 26.04% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.81% registered to vote for the political 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.
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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
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