Piers Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

One surname, two spellings: Piers and Pierce. The name is usually explained as “Descendant of Pierce, or Piers, early English forms of Peter (rock)”.

Spelling and variants

Piers is listed among the recognised spellings of Pierce.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Piers with 327 bearers, at rank 61,436. It sits within the 100,000 most common last names in the country. French birth records list 431 children named Piers between 1891 and 2000. The name became more frequent over the century.

Piers coat of arms

Arms linked to Pierce and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Research your Piers family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.