Prime Surname
Approximately 12,269 people bear this surname
Prime Surname Definition:
(Anglo-French-Latin) Thin, Slender, Small [Old French prim(e; Latin prim-us, first]
Read More About This SurnamePrime Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,219 | 1:25,110 | 3,449 |
| United States | 2,150 | 1:168,586 | 17,074 |
| Bangladesh | 1,983 | 1:80,361 | 3,747 |
| France | 1,827 | 1:36,356 | 4,457 |
| Australia | 943 | 1:28,627 | 3,883 |
| Canada | 519 | 1:70,993 | 8,110 |
| Haiti | 449 | 1:23,795 | 1,875 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| New Zealand | 227 | 1:19,949 | 3,510 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 205 | 1:6,654 | 1,004 |
| India | 186 | 1:4,124,007 | 110,764 |
| Wales | 87 | 1:35,569 | 3,540 |
| South Africa | 80 | 1:677,221 | 49,167 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Brazil | 72 | 1:2,973,255 | 87,092 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Grenada | 57 | 1:1,904 | 325 |
| Spain | 53 | 1:882,114 | 34,832 |
| Scotland | 49 | 1:109,262 | 7,254 |
| Israel | 43 | 1:199,015 | 19,367 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Belgium | 30 | 1:383,221 | 41,070 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Argentina | 25 | 1:1,709,737 | 90,467 |
| Luxembourg | 21 | 1:27,645 | 4,917 |
| Northern Ireland | 20 | 1:92,252 | 5,957 |
| Philippines | 20 | 1:5,061,911 | 170,869 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Iran | 14 | 1:5,484,466 | 128,255 |
| Peru | 13 | 1:2,444,933 | 27,186 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 13 | 1:8,490 | 1,249 |
| Jamaica | 10 | 1:286,995 | 7,581 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Burundi | 9 | 1:1,089,428 | 846 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Vietnam | 7 | 1:13,235,151 | 2,948 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 1:37,553 | 1,173 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,001 | 1:24,351 | 3,369 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 695 | 1:72,257 | 7,756 |
The alternate forms: Primé (9) are calculated separately.
Prime (13,081) may also be a first name.
Prime Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-French-Latin) Thin, Slender, Small [Old French prim(e; Latin prim-us, first]
(English) The slender or small man.
Qu. Latin primus-first, best, chief, as in the old French phrase, "Le prime de Chevaliers," defined by Cotgrave as "a prime Knight, the paragon or flower of Knights." The French surname De la Pryme has, however, the appearance of a local origin.
From the Dutch, Priem; from the Danish, Prime; a personal name.
User-submitted Reference
Pruim translates to 'plum' from the Dutch language. A story goes that when people from the Netherlands were forced to pick surnames a cantankerous old man chose the name plum to show how useless surnames were.
- liz.pruimPrime Demographics
Average Male Prime Height
176.81 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Prime Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prime Come From? nationality or country of origin
Prime (Arabic: ريعان, Hindi: प्राईम) occurs most in England. It can also appear as a variant: Primé. For other potential spellings of Prime click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Prime? popularity and diffusion
The surname Prime is the 42,461st most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 593,980 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 36 percent of Prime are found; 22 percent are found in North America and 22 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 51,060th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 13,081 people.
This last name is most numerous in England, where it is held by 2,219 people, or 1 in 25,110. In England Prime is mostly concentrated in: Greater London, where 12 percent are found, Leicestershire, where 11 percent are found and Derbyshire, where 7 percent are found. Barring England this surname is found in 108 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 16 percent are found.
Prime Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Prime has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 222 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 309 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 2,900 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 2,450 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Prime Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Prime surname is principally Orthodox (94%) in Russia.
In The United States Prime are 0.13% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.1% registered with the party.
The amount Prime earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 2.17% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,965 per year; in South Africa they earn 32.01% more than the national average, earning R 313,716 per year; in United States they earn 4.07% more than the national average, earning $44,907 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.65% less than the national average, earning $47,872 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Prime Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Prime in the Hindi language | ||
| प्राईम | pra'ima | - |
| Prime in the Arabic language | ||
| ريعان | ryan | - |
| رئيس | ryys | - |
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