# Primus (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/primus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,613 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,960 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 118,157 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (2,278 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Primus in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 36% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 58% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Primus in the United States and Trinidad and Tobago.

## People named Primus

- Barry Primus, American film director and actor
- Pearl Primus, American dancer and choreographer (1919-1994)

## Similar surnames

Prins, Primeaux, Prince, Pringle, Principe, Prange, Prinz, Purington.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.