Piersson Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Piersson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Piersson (22) may also be a first name.
Piersson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piersson Come From? nationality or country of origin
Piersson occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Piersson? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 60 percent of Piersson live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Piersson is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 22 people.
The surname Piersson is most widespread in France, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 7,380,302. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 100 percent reside. Aside from France it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 27 percent reside and Malaysia, where 7 percent reside.
Piersson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Piersson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Piersson last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Piersson
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