Prins Surname

13,274th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42,146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Prins Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'prince'. It has its origin in the prinsengracht in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Prins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands16,9411:99742
South Africa16,3561:3,312436
United States2,8141:128,80613,612
Canada9231:39,9194,984
Sri Lanka8771:23,7273,118
India5431:1,412,64354,129
Australia3811:70,8558,377
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
Colombia3001:159,2474,470
Germany2861:281,48829,497
Belgium2621:43,8807,161
Brazil2441:877,35431,604
France2371:280,26543,035
England2241:248,74120,175
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
New Zealand1681:26,9544,714
Venezuela1361:222,0895,775
Sweden971:101,5137,360
Thailand871:811,935130,701
Namibia811:29,7464,549
Denmark671:84,2498,149
Spain581:806,07033,159
Russia371:3,895,218191,585
Indonesia321:4,132,787209,071
Argentina301:1,424,78080,162
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Switzerland291:283,20422,806
Uzbekistan271:1,145,52421,534
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Panama251:156,4905,002
Estonia231:57,47010,794
Aruba181:5,749789
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Tajikistan161:524,1683,647
Wales151:206,30213,003
Zimbabwe121:1,286,52073,455
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Pakistan91:19,849,32172,658
Azerbaijan81:1,206,14016,795
Kazakhstan81:2,210,31295,036
Norway81:642,78647,258
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Latvia71:292,86424,791
China61:227,886,92811,701
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Curaçao41:39,312638
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Swaziland41:324,550996
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Bolivia31:3,538,81111,393
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States781:643,82942,510

Prins (25,591) may also be a first name.

Prins Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'prince'. It has its origin in the prinsengracht in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

- princemoon

Prins Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prins (Bengali: প্রিন্স, Hindi: प्रिन्स, Marathi: ीन्स, Oriya: ପିନ୍ସ୍, Russian: Принс) occurs most in The Netherlands. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prins? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 13,274th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 172,912 people. Prins is predominantly found in Europe, where 43 percent of Prins live; 42 percent live in Western Europe and 41 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 31,428th most numerous forename worldwide, held by 25,591 people.

The last name Prins is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 16,941 people, or 1 in 997. In The Netherlands Prins is primarily found in: South Holland, where 25 percent reside, North Holland, where 20 percent reside and Overijssel, where 9 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands Prins is found in 100 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 39 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Prins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Prins has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Prins last name grew 3,608 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 2,240 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Prins Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Episcopalian (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Prins surname are 29.53% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 76.3% registered with the political party.

The amount Prins earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 8.63% less than the national average, earning 316,204 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 9.71% less than the national average, earning R 214,560 per year; in Colombia they earn 16.02% less than the national average, earning $19,065,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.87% more than the national average, earning $47,840 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.45% more than the national average, earning $57,854 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prinse91428/
Prinsh9139/
Prions9133/
Prinss9112/
Priens912/
Primns912/
Prinns911/
Prns898/
Prinsze83149/
Prinsse83103/
Bprzins831/
Hprinse831/
Prienns830/
Prinz8027,381/
Prens802,173/
Prims80434/
Prinx809/
Pryns804/
Prnsh801/
Prinsová772/
Përriens771/
Prince73140,316/
Prinze7373/
Pruuns7336/
Princh739/
Preens738/
Prenss738/
Primsø733/
Pruens732/
Proens731/
Prinçe731/
Prense731/
Phrens731/
Prienz730/
Primse730/
Primsch675/
Prinnce673/
Pprince672/
Prrince672/
Preunss671/
Prisnce671/
Prinche670/
Prensch670/

Prins Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prins in the Bengali language
প্রিন্সprinsa-
Prins in the Marathi language
ीन्सinsa90.24
ींसinsa7.32
रिंवrinva2.44
Prins in the Hindi language
प्रिन्सprinsa53.29
प्रिंसprinsa44.01
प्रीन्सprinsa1.09
प्रींसprinsa0.44
प्रिसprisa0.06
प्रिंशprinsa0.02
पि्न्सpinsa0.01
प्रिण्सprinsa0.01
प्रिँसprimsa0.01
पिन्सूpinsu0.01
प्रिंस्prins0.01
Prins in the Oriya language
ପିନ୍ସ୍pins40
ପିନ୍ସpinsa40
ପିନସpinasa20
Prins in the Russian language
Принсprins-

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