Where Does the Piercey Surname Come From?

Anyone researching Piercey should also look under Percy. At root, the name means “One who came from Perci or Percy (Persius estate), in Normandy”.

• The same family of names includes Piercy, Pearcey and Perce.
• According to the 2010 US Census, the Piercey surname had 811 bearers. That puts it among the top 50,000 US surnames.
• Before spelling was fixed, Percy was also written Piercey.
• Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Pierce, Pierse and Pearce.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Piercey coat of arms

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Percy surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Get the complete Piercey report, with a museum-style coat of arms.