Pier is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pier
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

The variant of the 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.

The 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.

The is a variation of the Pearce. 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.

Family name Pier is variant of Pearce. 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.

Family name is variant of Pierce. Descendant of Pierce, or Piers, erly English forms of Peter meaning "rock".

Pier is a form of Pearce. Descendant of Piers meaning "rock".

Pier is a form of Peirce. A variant of Pierce, early form of Peter that means rock.

Lastname is the 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.

The is a variant of 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 Pier?

Pier is common in United States, Germany, South Africa, Mexico, Netherlands.

Pier is ranked 92777 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Pier bearers increased by 5.04 per cent in 2010 US census to 2231 since 2000, the surname slipped by 401 spots and ranked at 13588. The last name was found in around 8 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 79.29 82.2
Black 10.26 10.22
Hispanic or Latino 6.72 4.19
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.79 1.41
Others 1.52 1.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4 0.38
Pier is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Guam is ahead in terms of density. Around 5149 people have been found who wears Pier as their family name. Pier is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Pier:
12,915 United States3,001
Countries with hundreds of Pier:
12,089 Germany830
27,904 South Africa190
11,142 Mexico168
22,896 Netherlands110
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
89,308 Philippines94
38,317 England84
67,608 Italy66
48,077 Argentina61
132,002 France51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,136 Dominican Republic46
39,071 Spain43
30,538 Pakistan40
70,350 Canada40
316,052 India34
52,533 Australia32
41,978 Belgium29
17,203 Venezuela25
4,722 Luxembourg23
236,959 Brazil18
33,535 Hungary18
334,277 Russia14
237,812 Nigeria13
2,098 Guam12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
6,837 Cuba10
488,268 Indonesia8
102,017 Sweden7
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Catherine Pier was 30 years old when she migrated to Ohio on May 30, 1850. She lived in Germany and took John Cumming from Havre. Gean Pier, U Pier (Of unknown age), Laborer Carl Pier, Adam Pier, Catherin Pier, Eva Pier, Margareth Pier (25), Nicolaus Pier, and 25 other Pier around 38.46% of whom were farmer migrated to US.

Pier Namesakes

  • Ford Pier, Canadian singer-songwriter
  • Late of the Pier, four-piece dance-punk band

Pier Namesakes

  • Ford Pier, Canadian singer-songwriter
  • Late of the Pier, four-piece dance-punk band

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