Explore the Family Name Fierce

The meaning of Fierce

Americanized form of German Fürst (see Furst) and possibly also of Flemish Fiers.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Fierce in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Fierce has seen a decrease in popularity over the past decade. In 2000, 'Fierce' ranked 60,390th in popularity and had a count of 312 individuals. By 2010, its rank had dropped to 67,943 with only 290 individuals carrying the name, indicating a drop of 7.05 percent. The proportion per 100,000 individuals also decreased by 16.67 percent, going from 0.12 percent in 2000 to 0.1 percent in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#60,390	#67,943	-12.51%
Count	312	290	-7.05%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.1	-16.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Fierce

The ethnicity breakdown for the surname Fierce, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, shows slight shifts over the same time period. In 2000, 89.42 percent of people with this last name identified as white, which slightly declined to 89.31 percent in 2010. Individuals identifying with two or more ethnicities carrying this surname saw a rise from 1.92 percent in 2000 to 2.41 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of black individuals with this last name saw a significant decrease from 7.37 percent in 2000 to 5.17 percent in 2010. Interestingly, there was no representation from the Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native communities in either year. However, there was an emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic by 2010, who made up 3.10 percent of the people with the surname Fierce.

	2000	2010	Change
White	89.42%	89.31%	-0.12%
Black	7.37%	5.17%	-29.85%
Hispanic	0%	3.1%	0%
Two or More Races	1.92%	2.41%	25.52%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%