How common is the surname Prine?

3,786 people in the United States had the surname Prine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,549 Americans. It ranked 8,679th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Prine?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Prine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Prine?

John Prine, American singer-songwriter (1946-2020), followed by Andrew Prine.

Where is the surname Prine most common?

Wikidata records people named Prine in the United States.

Is the surname Prine getting more or less common?

More common. 3,471 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,786 in 2010, up 9.1%.

The surname Prine

A surname, carried by 3,786 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prine is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,786 people named Prine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,549 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,471.

#8,679

rank among US surnames

3,786

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+9.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,712)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,673	Boney	3,789	81,485
#8,676	McGaha	3,787	81,528
#8,679	Prine	3,786	81,549
#8,681	Swinson	3,784	81,592
#8,686	Adorno	3,783	81,614
#8,687	Zazueta	3,782	81,636
#8,688	Gardea	3,781	81,657

Who is named Prine

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Prine identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Prines

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Prine
American singer-songwriter (1946-2020)
Andrew Prine
American actor, 1936–2022

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Prine

Prine has the Soundex code P650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P650.

Questions

How common is the surname Prine?: 3,786 people in the United States had the surname Prine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,549 Americans. It ranked 8,679th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Prine?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Prine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Prine?: John Prine, American singer-songwriter (1946-2020), followed by Andrew Prine.
Where is the surname Prine most common?: Wikidata records people named Prine in the United States.
Is the surname Prine getting more or less common?: More common. 3,471 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,786 in 2010, up 9.1%.