Prince Surname

4,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 140,316 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Dominica

Prince Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the prince'; compare King, Bishop, Primate, Prelate, &c.

Willelmus Prynce, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Isolda Prynce, 1379: ibid.

John Prince, priest in St. Michael's Church, Norwich, 1418: History of Norfolk.

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Prince Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States60,8181:5,960692
Nigeria15,3761:11,5211,201
England13,1551:4,236569
Canada7,5221:4,898705
South Africa6,2951:8,6061,087
France3,9931:16,6351,798
India3,8731:198,05511,914
Australia3,4531:7,8181,155
Haiti3,4041:3,139429
Cambodia1,7051:9,083920
Chad1,6371:8,3031,149
Jamaica1,5501:1,852303
Pakistan1,5471:115,4783,467
Guyana1,2541:60861
Morocco8861:38,9126,295
Trinidad and Tobago8761:1,557240
New Zealand8141:5,563903
Brazil7741:276,58210,651
Venezuela7701:39,2262,169
Iran7131:107,68910,370
Wales5811:5,326584
Netherlands5711:29,5754,879
Mexico4711:263,5386,318
Liberia4461:9,8851,098
Dominica3951:19241
Bangladesh3721:428,37811,258
Switzerland3261:25,1933,944
DR Congo3181:232,32622,700
Peru2711:117,2856,951
Scotland2531:21,1612,447
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Oman2261:16,3181,678
Colombia2161:221,1765,135
Argentina2151:198,80716,493
Benin2131:48,5246,139
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2121:531113
Egypt2021:455,12728,714
Panama1791:21,8561,418
Saint Lucia1731:1,033199
Antigua and Barbuda1671:594100
Botswana1541:14,2012,743
Dominican Republic1541:67,7463,226
Italy1521:402,34744,981
Bahrain1471:9,1741,687
Singapore1461:37,7241,403
Belgium1421:80,96212,740
Spain1411:331,57519,344
Honduras1391:63,4281,385
United States Virgin Islands1391:794111
Cuba1151:100,1983,027
Thailand1151:614,246104,344
Cameroon1121:185,43819,429
Germany1071:752,38756,374
Barbados1021:2,818447
Ghana1021:264,90911,403
Grenada971:1,119210
Israel941:91,03910,708
Zimbabwe891:173,46321,090
Tanzania811:653,60039,027
Northern Ireland701:26,3582,890
Ireland641:73,5774,518
Isle of Man641:1,341226
Iraq631:555,8998,855
Kenya631:733,01430,691
Uganda631:619,67132,575
Malaysia541:546,18926,882
Latvia531:38,6805,889
Indonesia501:2,644,984153,918
Uruguay481:71,4957,517
British Virgin Islands461:687122
China391:35,059,5271,855
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Lebanon381:148,3447,289
Philippines381:2,664,164134,326
United Arab Emirates371:247,62917,078
Saint Kitts and Nevis321:1,725295
Suriname321:17,2694,028
Sweden311:317,63722,171
Curaçao281:5,616151
Cyprus271:32,7733,506
Iceland261:14,6191,259
Belize221:16,1581,623
Denmark201:282,23621,168
Togo201:362,3886,346
Ivory Coast191:1,214,27527,625
French Polynesia181:15,6003,086
Jersey171:5,8351,193
Burkina Faso161:1,147,00610,865
Zambia161:990,62029,787
Chile141:1,258,32022,898
Norway141:367,30634,015
Hong Kong121:611,2903,500
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Vietnam121:7,720,5042,596
Ethiopia111:8,867,84214,513
Sri Lanka111:1,891,6879,175
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Malawi101:1,711,91119,525
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Nicaragua91:669,0104,135
Qatar91:262,00030,726
South Sudan91:1,268,3421,210
Afghanistan81:4,019,14821,487
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Japan81:15,980,53747,042
Mauritius81:161,6778,227
Saint Martin81:4,394114
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
Turks and Caicos Islands81:4,291379
Montserrat71:707123
Rwanda71:1,623,5683,599
Syria71:2,757,28911,022
Congo61:831,51616,072
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Libya61:1,040,6623,081
Myanmar61:8,656,3311,296
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Senegal61:2,429,8904,996
Tunisia61:101,77114,710
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
Angola51:5,397,8436,980
Bahamas51:78,350887
Bolivia51:2,123,2876,830
Jordan51:1,768,48719,843
Nepal51:5,696,19113,053
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Solomon Islands51:116,00619,381
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Central African Republic41:1,128,848387
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Gabon31:629,7316,761
Somalia31:4,484,0209,200
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Anguilla21:6,718471
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Mozambique21:13,630,7847,358
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Sudan21:18,755,09814,167
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Malta11:430,2723,380
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland691:64,2014,905
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,9781:4,078595
Wales1971:7,962497
Scotland351:106,9495,179
Guernsey61:5,443949
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,8501:5,674708

The alternate forms: Princé (9), Prinçe (1), Prîñçê (3) & Prîñçë (1) are calculated separately.

Prince (829,483) may also be a first name.

Prince Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the prince'; compare King, Bishop, Primate, Prelate, &c.

Willelmus Prynce, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Isolda Prynce, 1379: ibid.

John Prince, priest in St. Michael's Church, Norwich, 1418: History of Norfolk.

1600. Baptised — Elizabeth, d. Joseph Prince: St. Mary Aldermary.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Magnus Prince was dean of guild in Edinburgh, 1686 (RPC., 3. ser. XII, p. 69), Patrick Prince, merchant in Kirkwall, 1697 (Inquis., 7921), and George Greig Prince and two sons from Turriff served in the first Great War (Turriff).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Anglo-French-Latin) a nickname (applied e.g. to a prince’s servant) and pageant-name [French prince; Latin princeps, chief, leader]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English, German) Descendant of a prince or sovereign, or of one connected in some way with his household.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A sobriquet, like Duke, Lord, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Fr.,from the Flemish, Prins; from the Dutch, Prince, Prins; from the German, Prinz; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Prince Last Name Facts

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

The surname Prince (Arabic: برينس, Bengali: প্রিন্স, Hindi: प्रिन्स, Marathi: पिंरचे, Oriya: ପିନ୍ସ) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Princé, Prinçe, Prîñçê or Prîñçë. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prince? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,010th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 51,937 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Prince reside; 49 percent reside in North America and 47 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,123rd most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 829,483 people.

The last name Prince is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 60,818 people, or 1 in 5,960. In The United States Prince is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and New York, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 166 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 11 percent are found and England, where 9 percent are found.

Prince Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Prince has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Prince last name increased 687 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 220 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 295 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 723 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 7 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Prince Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (51%) in Ireland, Orthodox (65%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Maronite (66%) in Lebanon, Christian (93%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Prince surname are 9.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.94% registered with the party.

The amount Prince earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 23.23% more than the national average, earning 426,482 kr per year; in Peru they earn 34.32% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,733 per year; in South Africa they earn 4.38% less than the national average, earning R 227,232 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.82% less than the national average, earning $21,608,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.59% less than the national average, earning $41,600 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.6% less than the national average, earning $45,909 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Princé949/
Prinçe941/
Princes921,672/
Princet92535/
Prience92474/
Princep92420/
Princer9277/
Princee9264/
Princée9222/
Princie9217/
Princce9212/
Princey9211/
Princez928/
Prinnce923/
Pprince922/
Prrince922/
Princea922/
Prisnce921/
Printce920/
Prinche920/
Prnce9112/
Princess86549/
Princzes86136/
Princeas863/
Princier862/
Princett861/
D'Prince861/
Princees861/
Princher860/
Princi831,625/
Princy83573/
Prinse83428/
Prinke83254/
Prence83227/
Prinze8373/
Pringe8334/
Princh839/
Princa839/
Primce834/
Prynce833/
Princkett801/
Princzesz801/
Prinncess801/
Princesss801/
Prîñçê783/
Prîñçë781/
Prinkey77665/
Princip77364/
Prinzie77205/
Pringer77156/
Prinsze77149/
Proence77147/
Prinses77146/
Princis77114/
Prinsep77112/
Prinsse77103/
Prinque7764/
Prinsie7733/
Pringey7731/
Pringez7713/
Prienci7711/
Printse7710/
Príncep7710/
Prencke776/
Princay776/
Prncess775/
Prinsej774/
Pringie774/
Prencea774/
Prences773/
Prentce772/
Prinker772/
Prinjer771/
Printze771/
Priense771/
Pringee771/
Hprinse771/
Pringet771/
Prinser771/
Princit771/
Princys771/
Prynnce771/
Prinzey770/
Prinzer770/
Prencer770/
Prenche770/
Pringeh770/
Prinnca770/
Prinket770/
Printchett751/
Prins7342,146/
Prinz7327,381/
Prinx739/
Prnge732/
Princich71521/
Prinsich71125/
Princhit7176/
Prinsier7150/
Prinsess7140/
Pőringer7126/
Prencess7111/
Phringer719/
Prinkett713/
Principf711/
Prinzier711/
Prinquet711/
Prinzess711/
Princiss711/
Pfringer710/
Prencher710/
Prinzi67951/
Primke67476/
Prençe67368/
Prenge67162/
Prinsi67159/
Prenci67128/
Prinsa6768/
Prinki6763/
Prinka6760/
Prinza6750/
Printsess6748/
Prinsh6739/
Prions6733/
Prenje6728/
Pringi6718/
Prinss6712/
Prånge6711/
Prenke6710/
Prynch679/
Princhiss678/
Prench676/
Princhich675/
Prinkeová674/
Prinky673/
Prenca673/
Primns672/
Prynke672/
Priens672/
Prinns671/
Prinzy671/
Prnger671/
Prnzes671/
Prense671/
Primch671/
Prinsy671/
Pryncy671/
Primse670/
Prienz670/

Prince Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prince in the Bengali language
প্রিন্সprinsa-
Prince in the Marathi language
पिंरचेpinrace75
परीचेparice16.67
प्रिन्prin8.33
Prince in the Hindi language
प्रिन्सprinsa46.26
प्रिंसprinsa46.2
पि्रंसpiransa1.44
प्रिसprisa1.44
पि्रन्सpiransa1.2
प्रिसंprisam0.78
प्रिंशprinsa0.6
प्रिन्शprinsa0.42
प्रिंसीprinsi0.36
प्रिन्सीprinsi0.3
प्रिन्टरprintara0.24
प्रीन्सprinsa0.24
प्रिंन्सprinnsa0.24
प्रींसprinsa0.12
प्रिन्तprinta0.06
प्रिंयprinya0.06
प्रिेन्सpriensa0.06
Prince in the Oriya language
ପିନ୍ସpinsa45.61
ପିନସpinasa35.09
ପିନସ୍pinas19.3
Prince in the Arabic language
برينسbryns-
برانسbrans-
برنسbrns-

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