How common is the surname Pringle?

13,115 people in the United States had the surname Pringle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,541 Americans. It ranked 2,750th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pringle?

Aileen Pringle, American actress (1895–1989), followed by Joan Pringle.

Where is the surname Pringle most common?

Wikidata records people named Pringle in the United States.

Is the surname Pringle getting more or less common?

More common. 12,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,115 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Pringle

An English place surname, carried by 13,115 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pringle is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

* (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.

Pringle is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,115 people named Pringle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,541 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,460.

#2,750

rank among US surnames

13,115

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,664)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,741	Markham	13,137	23,502
#2,742	Zeigler	13,135	23,506
#2,743	Leavitt	13,133	23,509
#2,745	Ely	13,130	23,515
#2,746	Martino	13,128	23,518
#2,747	Lance	13,122	23,529
#2,748	DuBose	13,120	23,532

Who is named Pringle

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

55% of people named Pringle identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 55%
Black (not Hispanic) 39%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pringles

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Aileen Pringle
American actress (1895–1989)
Joan Pringle
American actress, born 1945

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pringle

Pringle has the Soundex code P652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P652.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pringle come from?: * (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…
How common is the surname Pringle?: 13,115 people in the United States had the surname Pringle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,541 Americans. It ranked 2,750th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pringle?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Pringle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pringle?: Aileen Pringle, American actress (1895–1989), followed by Joan Pringle.
Where is the surname Pringle most common?: Wikidata records people named Pringle in the United States.
What type of surname is Pringle?: Pringle is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Pringle getting more or less common?: More common. 12,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,115 in 2010, up 5.3%.