Prinz Surname

19,979th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,381 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Prinz Surname Definition:

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

Prinz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany18,2141:4,420512
Austria4,1281:2,063165
United States2,2711:159,60316,256
Ghana4851:55,7135,980
Israel3621:23,6403,486
Switzerland3361:24,4433,851
France2511:264,63240,776
Brazil2291:934,82233,394
Poland1451:262,12932,497
Canada1051:350,91031,754
Peru861:369,58312,369
Czechia771:138,09721,749
Netherlands731:231,33130,466
Italy611:1,002,56969,817
South Africa561:967,45960,627
Australia551:490,83137,357
Hungary481:204,50617,202
England431:1,295,76958,667
Thailand301:2,354,612261,046
Argentina281:1,526,55084,030
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Russia231:6,266,220254,708
Sweden221:447,58032,003
Spain221:2,125,09354,547
Venezuela141:2,157,43425,468
Belgium141:821,18966,436
Finland141:392,62226,475
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Norway131:395,56035,657
India131:59,005,029552,550
Colombia121:3,981,17316,511
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Denmark91:627,19136,734
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Slovakia41:1,334,11294,300
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Grenada21:54,2681,538
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Iceland11:380,09011,096
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:1,160,73243,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1691:297,15223,646

Prinz (207) may also be a first name.

Prinz Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(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

(from a place name) Prinz is the Hebrew form of the Italian city of Florence, which in Italian is Firenze. It derives from the Hebrew consonants for Florence, equivalent to “F-r-n-z” or “P-r-n-z.”

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Prinz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prinz (Russian: Принз) occurs most in Germany. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Prinz.

How Common Is The Last Name Prinz? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 19,979th most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 266,153 people. The last name Prinz occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Prinz live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 629,010th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 207 people.

The surname Prinz is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 18,214 people, or 1 in 4,420. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 36 percent live, Bavaria, where 14 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 13 percent live. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 75 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Prinz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Prinz has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Prinz last name expanded 1,344 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 205 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Prinz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Prinz surname are 30.6% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 83.83% registered with the party.

The amount Prinz earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 22.36% more than the national average, earning €36,744 per year; in Norway they earn 9.63% more than the national average, earning 379,411 kr per year; in Peru they earn 103.19% more than the national average, earning S/. 39,388 per year; in South Africa they earn 414.04% more than the national average, earning R 1,221,560 per year; in Colombia they earn 41.03% less than the national average, earning $13,388,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.47% more than the national average, earning $47,665 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.64% less than the national average, earning $44,398 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Printz913,499/
Princz911,318/
Prinze9173/
Prienz910/
Prinsze83149/
Printze831/
Prins8042,146/
Princ801,640/
Prenz8089/
Prinx809/
Primz803/
Prynz803/
Prntz800/
Prince73140,316/
Prints732,304/
Princi731,625/
Prinse73428/
Prinds73134/
Prinsh7339/
Prions7333/
Pırnız7320/
Princs7312/
Prinss7312/
Princh739/
Printc738/
Pryntz735/
Primns732/
Priens732/
Prinns731/
Princë731/
Prinçe731/
Prentz730/
Princzová7131/
Prinzhova711/
Prinsse67103/
Printse6710/
Prns678/
Princss675/
Printts674/
Prinnce673/
Prrince672/
Pprince672/
Bprzins671/
Hprinse671/
Prisnce671/
Prienns670/
Printss670/
Prinche670/
Printce670/

Prinz Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prinz in the Russian language
Принзprinz-

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