Piercy Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Not every Piercy is related, but the name itself grew out of Percy. The name is habitational, pointing to “From Percy-en-Auge, Normandy”.

• The same family of names includes Piercey, Pearcey and Perce.
• Piercy ranked 8,259 in the 2010 US Census, with 4,012 people answering to the name. French birth records list 219 children named Piercy between 1891 and 2000. The name became more frequent over the century.
• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• Before spelling was fixed, Percy was also written Piercy.

Family crest and blazon

There is no single Piercy family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. For the full story, order the Piercy surname pack.