Principe Surname
Approximately 28,553 people bear this surname
Principe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 9,215 | 1:3,449 | 564 |
| Philippines | 7,062 | 1:14,336 | 1,550 |
| Italy | 3,813 | 1:16,039 | 2,688 |
| United States | 3,097 | 1:117,035 | 12,606 |
| Argentina | 1,473 | 1:29,018 | 2,433 |
| Brazil | 1,284 | 1:166,725 | 6,420 |
| Canada | 506 | 1:72,817 | 8,270 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Spain | 313 | 1:149,368 | 11,052 |
| Venezuela | 273 | 1:110,638 | 3,891 |
| Portugal | 255 | 1:40,856 | 2,413 |
| Puerto Rico | 156 | 1:22,757 | 766 |
| Australia | 117 | 1:230,732 | 21,761 |
| Switzerland | 76 | 1:108,065 | 11,329 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Colombia | 56 | 1:853,108 | 8,661 |
| Chile | 48 | 1:367,010 | 10,126 |
| France | 46 | 1:1,443,972 | 140,296 |
| England | 42 | 1:1,326,620 | 59,571 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Uruguay | 34 | 1:100,934 | 9,883 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Mexico | 26 | 1:4,774,085 | 28,474 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 3 | 1:59,141 | 2,796 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2 | 1:17,164 | 627 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Príncipe (220), Princípe (4) & Príncipé (1) are calculated separately.
Principe (733) may also be a first name.
Principe Demographics
Average Principe Salary in
United States
$50,386 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Principe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Principe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Principe is more commonly found in Peru than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Príncipe, Princípe or Príncipé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Principe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 19,259th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 255,229 people. Principe is mostly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Principe reside; 43 percent reside in South America and 32 percent reside in Andean South America. Principe is also the 304,274th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 733 people.
It is most commonly used in Peru, where it is borne by 9,215 people, or 1 in 3,449. In Peru Principe is primarily concentrated in: Lima Province, where 35 percent reside, Huánuco Region, where 18 percent reside and Áncash Region, where 18 percent reside. Barring Peru Principe occurs in 66 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 25 percent reside and Italy, where 13 percent reside.
Principe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Principe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Principe surname increased 309,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Principe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Principe last name are 0.72% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.51% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Principe earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 11.48% more than the national average, earning €33,477 per year; in Peru they earn 18.94% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,714 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.22% less than the national average, earning $18,793,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 16.77% more than the national average, earning $50,386 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.08% more than the national average, earning $57,674 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Príncipe | 96 | 220 | / |
| Princípe | 96 | 4 | / |
| Princippe | 94 | 20 | / |
| Principie | 94 | 3 | / |
| Principes | 94 | 1 | / |
| Princip | 93 | 364 | / |
| Prncipe | 93 | 42 | / |
| Príncipé | 92 | 1 | / |
| Prencipe | 88 | 5,254 | / |
| Principi | 88 | 4,402 | / |
| Princepe | 88 | 177 | / |
| Prinsipe | 88 | 65 | / |
| Principa | 88 | 4 | / |
| Principf | 88 | 1 | / |
| Primcipe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Principio | 82 | 662 | / |
| Princhipi | 82 | 3 | / |
| Printsipe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Princep | 80 | 420 | / |
| Princev | 80 | 15 | / |
| Príncip | 80 | 1 | / |
| Princeps | 75 | 12 | / |
| Prencepe | 75 | 10 | / |
| Prinsepe | 75 | 5 | / |
| Príncipi | 75 | 3 | / |
| Princepi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Prencipi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Príncepe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Prensipe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Prinsipi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Prinsipa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Princeab | 75 | 1 | / |
| Prencipio | 71 | 2 | / |
| Princypio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Prinsep | 67 | 112 | / |
| Príncep | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pryncev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prinzev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prencepi | 63 | 2 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Principe
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