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The pierson Surname

pierson Name Meaning and History

English (London): patronymic from the personal name Piers (see Pierce).
North German: patronymic from the personal name Pier, a variant of Peer, reduced form of Peter.

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

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Distribution of pierson Families in the US in 1920

Number of pierson families

271-539

91-270

1-90

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Thread	Author	Replies
Early PIERSON Coat of Arms	gapier66	6
James E. Pearson of Brooklyn and Hempstead, NY	CharlotteHix1	1
Pierson/Pearson DNA project	maptfs	0
Clayburn Pierson	JKESTEP1	0
Rush Sylvester Pierson	Magistra753	3
PIERSON Betty J CUSHING and John W and Leslie A	t42MountOlivet	0
PIERSON FAMILY FROM KOKOMO, INDIANA	PATRICIA PIERSON	3
Descendants of Moses Pierson, Morris/Essex Co NJ b abt 1781	edleek1	2
searching for	Alpheus Pierson	3
Searching for any info. on Charles Leslie Pierson Maude Weatherwax 1875-1971	Brenda_Charles	6

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