Primus Surname

57,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,869 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Primus Surname User-submission:

The surname Primus or Prymus comes from the Latin Primus. The letter i has been changed to y to better fit the Polish language through the centuries. It is commonly used to refer, in the scholastic system, to the role model to follow in terms of marks and behaviour.

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Primus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,1541:114,92012,421
Tanzania1,1061:47,8685,368
Germany6521:123,47515,089
Malaysia6071:48,5903,852
Trinidad and Tobago4961:2,750467
Austria4251:20,0363,114
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2941:38377
Namibia2801:8,6051,673
Italy2271:269,41335,304
England1511:368,99426,171
Poland1431:265,79532,854
Canada1321:279,13326,131
Indonesia1091:1,213,29585,606
Australia1071:252,29623,217
Guyana1011:7,5471,224
Papua New Guinea981:83,20111,009
Czechia901:118,15019,158
Saint Lucia661:2,709419
Grenada641:1,696302
Argentina581:736,95549,943
Switzerland491:167,61115,447
Russia481:3,002,564162,760
Nigeria441:4,025,972113,480
Netherlands341:496,68247,398
France321:2,075,710171,237
India311:24,744,045333,161
Belgium281:410,59442,948
Chile271:652,46215,367
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
Uruguay131:263,98118,914
Antigua and Barbuda121:8,264893
Israel111:777,96750,646
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Croatia111:384,41933,360
Wales101:309,45316,869
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Hungary91:1,090,69749,203
British Virgin Islands71:4,513453
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Saint Kitts and Nevis61:9,200695
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
China21:683,660,78330,601
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3081:163,04814,833

The alternate forms: Prímus (4) & Primuš (3) are calculated separately.

Primus (7,159) may also be a first name.

Primus Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Primus or Prymus comes from the Latin Primus. The letter i has been changed to y to better fit the Polish language through the centuries. It is commonly used to refer, in the scholastic system, to the role model to follow in terms of marks and behaviour.

- igor_pasqualini

Primus Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Primus Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Primus (Hindi: प्रीमुस, Marathi: ीमुस, Oriya: ପିମୁସ, Russian: Примус) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Prímus or Primuš. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Primus? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 57,111th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 821,687 people. The last name Primus is mostly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Primus live; 35 percent live in North America and 35 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 76,498th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 7,159 people.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 3,154 people, or 1 in 114,920. In The United States Primus is most numerous in: New York, where 16 percent live, Minnesota, where 10 percent live and South Carolina, where 8 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 77 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 12 percent live and Germany, where 7 percent live.

Primus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Primus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Primus last name grew 1,024 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Primus Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Primus surname are 5.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.86% registered with the political party.

The amount Primus earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 16.72% less than the national average, earning R 197,904 per year; in United States they earn 5.86% less than the national average, earning $40,619 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.41% less than the national average, earning $47,989 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prímus944/
Primuš943/
Primous92349/
Primusz92147/
Priemus9282/
Primush9233/
Primeus9216/
Primuse926/
Prismus921/
Prrimus921/
Primuus921/
Primu91181/
Preimusz8647/
Primusch8615/
Prymus83496/
Premus83363/
Primos83306/
Prémus8358/
Primut838/
Primau836/
Prýmus836/
Primuy836/
Primud832/
Prumus831/
Primou831/
Praimu831/
Primmu830/
Primusová8090/
Primusova803/
Przymus77564/
Proimos77228/
Primaut77178/
Primaux77178/
Primout77163/
Przemus77140/
Primuth77108/
Prehmus7754/
Prymush7753/
Proimou7745/
Primaud7739/
Prémusz7730/
Primeux777/
Primosh775/
Premeus773/
Premous772/
Primoes772/
Praimui771/
Presmus771/
Priemou771/
Primoux770/
Premu73217/
Primó732/
Primault711,627/
Primosch71273/
Praymous7110/
Phraimui715/
Przemuhs713/
Premuš67232/
Premuž67225/
Prymusová6789/
Primoe6767/
Premusová6758/
Premuz6734/
Prymud6716/
Prymut6710/
Primão675/
Prímusová674/
Premud674/
Primoo674/
Primoz673/
Prýmusová672/
Premos672/
Prémusová671/
Premuy671/
Prymusova671/
Premou671/
Preemu671/
Preismuth670/

Primus Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Primus in the Hindi language
प्रीमुसprimusa-
Primus in the Oriya language
ପିମୁସpimusa-
Primus in the Marathi language
ीमुसimusa-
Primus in the Russian language
Примусprimus-

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