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The pierce Surname

pierce Name Meaning and History

English, Welsh, and Irish: from the personal name Piers, the usual Norman vernacular form of Peter. In Wales this represents a patronymic ap Piers. In Ireland it represents a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Piarais ‘son of Piaras’, a Gaelicized form of Piers.
Americanized form of some similar-sounding Jewish surname.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of pierce Families in the US in 1920

Number of pierce families

833-1664

278-832

1-277

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Thread	Author	Replies
Thomas Jefferson Pierce of TX	Beverly Pierce Parsley	12
Pierce Surname in Johnson Co., Texas, 1850-1900s website also	ldpierce01	1
James Pearce - Pierce - Greene Co, Tn	PPierce6723	11
Mary E. Sisson Reed m.FNU Pierce	dmoontaylor	0
Daniel L. Pierce	AdriennePertuitPierce	1
PIERCE Cemetery, Colden, Erie County, NY	kermmie309	8
Related to President Franklin Pierce?	RLPierce444	50
Pierce Obituaries in Iowa	JIWelsch	0
James & Selina PIERCE from Ireland	norwoodcj	0
PIERCE May M 1860-1933	t42RoseHill	0

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