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    The surname Prins

    A Dutch surname, carried by 2,102 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P652

    Prins: #14,257 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Prins #14,257, 2,102 people Prins: #14,257 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Prins #14,257, 2,102 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prins is more common than 91.2% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Borrowed from Dutch Prins. Doublet of Prince.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,102 people named Prins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,882 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,846.

    #14,257
    rank among US surnames
    2,102
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.9%
    change since 2000 (was #14,755)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,248Przybylski2,104146,742
    #14,252Buttram2,103146,812
    #14,257Seyler2,102146,882
    #14,264Puls2,101146,952

    Who is named Prins

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

    92% of people named Prins identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Prinss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nomi Prins
      Author, born 2000

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Prins

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

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Prins come from?
    Borrowed from Dutch Prins. Doublet of Prince.
    How common is the surname Prins?
    2,102 people in the United States had the surname Prins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,882 Americans. It ranked 14,257th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Prins?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Prins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Prins?
    Nomi Prins, author.
    Where is the surname Prins most common?
    Wikidata records people named Prins in the United States.
    Is the surname Prins getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,846 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,102 in 2010, up 14%.