The surname Primus
A surname, carried by 2,613 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P652
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,613 people named Primus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,157 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,278.
Who is named Primus
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
58% of people named Primus identified as Black (not Hispanic), 36% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 58%
- White (not Hispanic) 36%
- Two or more races 3.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Famous Primuss
2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Barry PrimusAmerican film director and actor, born 1938
- Pearl PrimusAmerican dancer and choreographer (1919-1994)
Notable Primuss come mostly from the United States (1) and Trinidad and Tobago (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Primus has the Soundex code P652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P652.
Questions
- How common is the surname Primus?
- 2,613 people in the United States had the surname Primus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,157 Americans. It ranked 11,960th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Primus?
- In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Primus identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 36% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Primus?
- Barry Primus, American film director and actor, followed by Pearl Primus.
- Where is the surname Primus most common?
- Wikidata records people named Primus in the United States and Trinidad and Tobago.
- Is the surname Primus getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,613 in 2010, up 15%.