Explore the Family Name Pieri

The meaning of Pieri

1. Italian: patronymic or plural form of the Tuscan personal name Piero, a variant of Pietro (see Peter). 2. Italianized form of the Slovenian patronymics from the personal name Per, an obsolete Slovenian (and also Friulian) short form of Peter, e.g. Perič and Peric. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Dino, Franco, Pierino, Alessandro, Concetta, Dario, Giovanni, Guglielmo, Italo, Luigi, Luigia, Mauro.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Pieri has seen a slight decrease in ranking from 2000 to 2010, moving from 23,143 in 2000 to 23,457 in 2010, a change of -1.36%. However, the count of people with the Pieri surname increased by 5.24% during the same period, growing from 1,030 to 1,084. The proportion per 100,000 people also slightly decreased by -2.63%, standing at 0.37 in 2010 compared to 0.38 in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,143	#23,457	-1.36%
Count	1,030	1,084	5.24%
Proportion per 100k	0.38	0.37	-2.63%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pieri

Regarding ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with the surname Pieri identify as White. In 2000, this group accounted for 95.24% of the total and saw a slight decrease to 94% in 2010. The Hispanic group also experienced a small growth, increasing by 1% to make up 3.04% of the total in 2010. There were no individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2000, but by 2010, these ethnicities each made up 0.46% of the total. Those identifying with two or more races decreased from 1.46% in 2000 to 1.20% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.24%	94%	-1.3%
Hispanic	3.01%	3.04%	1%
Two or More Races	1.46%	1.2%	-17.81%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.83%	0%
Black	0%	0.46%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.46%	0%