# Pringle (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,115 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,750 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,541 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.3% (12,460 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* (surname): Habitational, from a place near Stow Roxburghshire, formerly called Hop(p)ringle, from Middle English hop (“enclosed valley”) + a name of Old Norse origin composed of the byname Prjónn (“pin, peg”, cognate with English preen) + an unidentified second element. * (borough of Pennsylvania): Named in honor of Thomas Pringle. * (town in South Dakota): Started as a stage stop on the Sidney-Custer Trail, operated by Henry Pringle.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pringle 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) | 55% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 39% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pringle in the United States.

## People named Pringle

- Aileen Pringle, American actress (1895–1989)
- Joan Pringle, American actress

## Similar surnames

Prince, Principe, Prins, Prange, Prinz, Primus, Primeaux, 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.