Pearce is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pearce
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Lastname is a variation of Peirce. See Piers - French Pierre, Peter. Piers Plowman, the well-known Dreamer of the Malvern Hills, was no other than 'Peter the Ploughman.'
"Thom Tynker, and Betrys Belle,
Peyrs Potter, and Watt at the Well."
Coventry Mysteries, XV. century.

Pearce is variation of Pears. See Peter - The Christian name, introduced here at the Conquest. It has become the parent of many surnames, as Peters, Peterson, Piers, Pierce, Pearse, Pearce, Pears, Peers, Pierson, Pearson, Peterken, Perkin, Perkins, Purkess and Purkis, Perk, Pyrke, Perks, Perkes, Park, Parks, Parkes, Parkin, Parkyn, Parkins, Parkinson, and perhaps Porson and Parsons.

This name was sometimes written Petre, as, anciently, by the Petres, or Peters, of Torn Newton, county of Devon. Their descendants at Harlyn, county of Cornwall, and other places in that county, wrote themselves Peter, but another branch (Lord Petre's) have always written Petre.

See Piers, from Peter - French Pierre, Peter. Piers Plowman, the well-known Dreamer of the Malvern Hills, was no other than 'Peter the Ploughman.'
"Thom Tynker, and Betrys Belle,
Peyrs Potter, and Watt at the Well."
Coventry Mysteries, XV. century.

Peter; Abraham Pierce was the first of the name who settled in New England. He was in Plymouth as early as 1627. A branch of his family, who afterwards wrote their name Peacre, settled in Gloucester, Mass.

Pearce is the form of the Pierce. Descendant of Pierce, or Piers, erly English forms of Peter meaning "rock".

Descendant of Piers meaning "rock".

Lastname Pearce is variant form of the Peirce. A variant of Pierce, early form of Peter that means rock.

Pearce is a variant of Peers. See Piers and Peter - French Pierre, Peter. Piers Plowman, the well-known Dreamer of the Malvern Hills, was no other than 'Peter the Ploughman.'
"Thom Tynker, and Betrys Belle,
Peyrs Potter, and Watt at the Well."
Coventry Mysteries, XV. century.

Form of the Piers. French Pierre, Peter. Piers Plowman, the well-known Dreamer of the Malvern Hills, was no other than 'Peter the Ploughman.'
"Thom Tynker, and Betrys Belle,
Peyrs Potter, and Watt at the Well."
Coventry Mysteries, XV. century.

How popular is Pearce?

Pearce is common in England, United States, Australia, Sierra Leone, Canada, South Africa, Wales, New Zealand, Jamaica, Scotland, France, Bahamas, Spain, Thailand, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Nigeria, Brazil, Germany, Liberia, Jersey.

Pearce is ranked 3713 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Pearce bearers increased by 2.59 per cent in 2010 US census to 31060 since 2000, the surname slipped by 75 spots and ranked at 1129. The last name was found in around 1 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.57 90.57
Black 6.19 5.59
Hispanic or Latino 2.2 1.48
Others 1.74 1.29
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.68 0.63
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.44
Pearce is quite popular family name mostly used in England however Wales lie ahead in terms of density. Around 151364 people have been found who wears Pearce as their family name. Pearce is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Pearce:
125 England47,711
993 United States43,509
97 Australia26,294
Countries with thousands of Pearce:
153 Sierra Leone8,757
652 Canada7,929
1,718 South Africa3,970
76 Wales3,897
124 New Zealand3,667
Countries with hundreds of Pearce:
488 Jamaica860
1,074 Scotland771
19,176 France527
212 Bahamas353
11,663 Spain291
43,694 Thailand275
2,108 Ireland230
1,875 Northern Ireland142
53,337 Nigeria130
54,559 Brazil129
49,483 Germany129
3,685 Liberia110
116 Jersey103
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,328 Guyana91
20,949 Zimbabwe90
12,510 Zambia85
10,705 Switzerland82
128 Guernsey81
2,745 Singapore81
6,835 Portugal66
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
620 Barbados50
15,522 Sweden44
42,990 Netherlands41
65,578 Argentina40
33,962 Belgium40
34,564 Malaysia40
11,842 Chile39
22,492 Israel35
2,877 Cyprus34
3,795 Luxembourg34
535 Isle of Man33
26,265 Mexico31
15,017 Iraq26
5,136 Panama24
160,165 Philippines24
570 Antigua and Barbuda23
14,824 Dominican Republic23
396,143 India23
254,708 Russia23
63,727 Greece22
3,156 Hong Kong21
303,310 Indonesia18
587 Bermuda17
18,229 Botswana17
483 Gibraltar16
31,311 Norway16
25,792 Denmark15
5,530 China13
70,223 Czechia13
7,200 Trinidad and Tobago12
20,148 Uruguay12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
32,186 Finland10
1,883 Fiji9
19,532 Malawi9
101,897 Papua New Guinea8
23,377 Ecuador7
786 Faroe Islands6
48,838 Japan6
55,922 Qatar6
43,431 Venezuela6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Pearce was 33 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on October 14, 1848. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as miner and took Lady Peel from Penzance. Grace Pearce (33) Miner, Henry Pearce, aged 19, Farmers, Laborers & Mechanics Robert Pearce, Merchant W.K. Pearce, Workman Francis Pearce, Michael Pearce (20) Workman, William Pearce, aged 20, Michel Pearce (35) Workman, Gardner/grower Henry Pearce, and 37 other Pearce around 31.25% of whom were farmer while others worked as workman and servant, smith migrated to US from Penzance, Bristol, Halifax & Liverpool and London.

From Germany

22 years old L-Miss. Pearce who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on August 6, 1850 by Hermann put out from Bremen. Francis Pearce, U Pearce (35) Tourist, U Pearce (37) Artist, are other Pearce that migrated to US from Hamburg & Southampton, Liverpool & Queenstown and Havre.

Pearce Namesakes

  • Edward Lovett Pearce, Irish architect
  • Robert A. Pearce, British academic
  • Howard Pearce,
  • Bryan Pearce, British painter
  • Alexander Pearce, Irish convict
  • Edgar Pearce,
  • Charles Thomas Pearce, English physician and early opponent of mandatory vaccination
  • George Hamilton Pearce, first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Apia
  • Charles Edward Pearce, United States Congressman from Missouri
  • Shirley Pearce, British academic and psychologist
  • John Jamison Pearce, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Ivy May Pearce, was one of the first female pilots
  • William Houghton Sprague Pearce, an American artist
  • Charles E. M. Pearce, New Zealand/Australian mathematician
  • Guy Pearce, He is
  • Alice Pearce, American actress
  • Stuart Pearce, English football manager and player
  • Ian Pearce, English former professional footballer
  • Philippa Pearce, English author of children's books
  • Joseph Pearce, English-born writer
  • Mary Vivian Pearce, American actress
  • George Pearce, Australian politician
  • Jacqueline Pearce, British film and television actress
  • James Pearce, American politician
  • Joseph Chilton Pearce, American author of a number of books on human development and child development and is best
  • Lennard Pearce, English actor who worked mostly in the theatre
  • Charles Sprague Pearce, American artist
  • Wayne Pearce, Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach
  • Donn Pearce, American author and journalist best
  • Dickey Pearce, American professional baseball player and one of the sport's most famous early figures
  • Dave Pearce, English dance DJ, record producer
  • Duell, Sloan and Pearce, publishing company located in New York City
  • Harry Pearce, KBE (born 1 November 1953{{cite book
  • Allan Pearce, New Zealand football player who plays as a striker
  • Col Pearce, Australian rugby league referee
  • Christie Pearce, American professional soccer defender
  • Jonathan Pearce, English football commentator for the BBC
  • Stephen Pearce, portrait and equestrian painter
  • Dave L. Pearce, Democrat
  • Danyle Pearce, former professional Australian rules footballer
  • Jason Pearce, English professional footballer
  • Adam Pearce, American retired professional wrestler
  • Sandy Pearce, pioneer Australian rugby league footballer and boxer
  • Joe Pearce, Australian rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s
  • Cliff Pearce, Australian rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s
  • Al Pearce, comedian
  • Alex Pearce, professional footballer
  • Heath Pearce, American professional soccer player
  • Edward Pearce, Baron Pearce, British judge
  • Paul Pearce, Australian politician
  • Mitchell Pearce, Australian professional rugby league footballer

Pearce Namesakes

  • Edward Lovett Pearce, Irish architect
  • Robert A. Pearce, British academic
  • Howard Pearce,
  • Bryan Pearce, British painter
  • Alexander Pearce, Irish convict
  • Edgar Pearce,
  • Charles Thomas Pearce, English physician and early opponent of mandatory vaccination
  • George Hamilton Pearce, first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Apia
  • Charles Edward Pearce, United States Congressman from Missouri
  • Shirley Pearce, British academic and psychologist
  • John Jamison Pearce, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Ivy May Pearce, was one of the first female pilots
  • William Houghton Sprague Pearce, an American artist
  • Charles E. M. Pearce, New Zealand/Australian mathematician
  • Guy Pearce, He is
  • Alice Pearce, American actress
  • Stuart Pearce, English football manager and player
  • Ian Pearce, English former professional footballer
  • Philippa Pearce, English author of children's books
  • Joseph Pearce, English-born writer
  • Mary Vivian Pearce, American actress
  • George Pearce, Australian politician
  • Jacqueline Pearce, British film and television actress
  • James Pearce, American politician
  • Joseph Chilton Pearce, American author of a number of books on human development and child development and is best
  • Lennard Pearce, English actor who worked mostly in the theatre
  • Charles Sprague Pearce, American artist
  • Wayne Pearce, Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach
  • Donn Pearce, American author and journalist best
  • Dickey Pearce, American professional baseball player and one of the sport's most famous early figures
  • Dave Pearce, English dance DJ, record producer
  • Duell, Sloan and Pearce, publishing company located in New York City
  • Harry Pearce, KBE (born 1 November 1953{{cite book
  • Allan Pearce, New Zealand football player who plays as a striker
  • Col Pearce, Australian rugby league referee
  • Christie Pearce, American professional soccer defender
  • Jonathan Pearce, English football commentator for the BBC
  • Stephen Pearce, portrait and equestrian painter
  • Dave L. Pearce, Democrat
  • Danyle Pearce, former professional Australian rules footballer
  • Jason Pearce, English professional footballer
  • Adam Pearce, American retired professional wrestler
  • Sandy Pearce, pioneer Australian rugby league footballer and boxer
  • Joe Pearce, Australian rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s
  • Cliff Pearce, Australian rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s
  • Al Pearce, comedian
  • Alex Pearce, professional footballer
  • Heath Pearce, American professional soccer player
  • Edward Pearce, Baron Pearce, British judge
  • Paul Pearce, Australian politician
  • Mitchell Pearce, Australian professional rugby league footballer

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