Find out how popular the last name Pien is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Pien.

Pien, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Pien surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Pien in America

Pien is the 87663rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Pien surname appeared 212 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Pien.

We can also compare 2010 data for Pien to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Pien

The surname PIEN is believed to have originated in France during the early Middle Ages. It is thought to be derived from the Old French word "pien", which means "full" or "plump". This likely referred to someone with a stocky or well-built physique.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name PIEN can be found in the Cartulaire de Vendôme, a collection of medieval charters from the Abbey of Vendôme in the Loire Valley, dating back to the 11th century. Here, a certain Robertus Pien is mentioned as a landholder in the region.

By the 13th century, variations of the name had spread to other parts of France, as evidenced by records from the Duchy of Normandy. In the Roles Normands, a document from 1195, there is a reference to a Willelmus Pyen, potentially an ancestor of the English branch of the PIEN family.

The name PIEN also appears in several historical documents from the 14th and 15th centuries, such as the Subsidy Rolls of Warwickshire and the Pipe Rolls of Nottinghamshire, suggesting that the surname had become well-established in England by this time.

Notable individuals bearing the PIEN surname include Jean Pien (c. 1530-1595), a French clergyman and poet who served as the Bishop of Tréguier in Brittany. Another notable figure was Nicolas Pien (1628-1676), a French painter and engraver who was a member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris.

In England, one of the earliest recorded bearers of the name was Richard Pien, who was mentioned in the Feet of Fines for Staffordshire in 1266. Later, in the 16th century, there was a Thomas Pien (c. 1510-1567), a prominent English clergyman who served as the Dean of Salisbury Cathedral.

Another noteworthy individual was Sir John Pien (1645-1718), an English politician and landowner who served as the Member of Parliament for Bridport in Dorset. He was also the High Sheriff of Dorset in 1699.

The PIEN surname can also be found in various other European countries, such as Germany and the Netherlands, where it likely arrived through migration and trade during the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Pien

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Pien.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Pien was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Pien has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Pien was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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