Prinsloo Surname

15,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36,108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Prinsloo Surname Definition:

“Prince’s Forest” - place name near Apeldoorn, Holland. See also Vosloo.

Prinsloo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa34,4131:1,574188
England3041:183,28316,451
Australia2461:109,73912,234
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
United States1851:1,959,237126,399
New Zealand1831:24,7454,327
Namibia1531:15,7482,858
Zimbabwe821:188,27122,304
Canada741:497,91342,460
Botswana391:56,07510,323
Zambia351:452,85521,237
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Ireland171:276,9969,887
Scotland151:356,92115,763
Oman151:245,8654,150
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Wales71:442,07621,198
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
China21:683,660,78330,601
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Prinsloo (196) may also be a first name.

Prinsloo Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Prince’s Forest” - place name near Apeldoorn, Holland. See also Vosloo.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Prinsloo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prinsloo is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Prinsloo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prinsloo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 15,440th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 201,826 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Prinsloo reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Prinsloo is also the 648,004th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 196 people.

This last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 34,413 people, or 1 in 1,574. In South Africa Prinsloo is most common in: Gauteng, where 37 percent live, Western Cape, where 11 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 10 percent live. Not including South Africa it occurs in 56 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Prinsloo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Prinsloo surname are 35.01% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 88.24% registered with the political party.

The amount Prinsloo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.03% more than the national average, earning R 413,556 per year; in United States they earn 16.87% more than the national average, earning $50,428 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.81% more than the national average, earning $56,047 CAD per year.

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