# Printz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/printz/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,626 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,367 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 189,880 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (1,604 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* German surname, Americanized from Brentz, Brenz. See Brand. * Also as a German surname, variant of Prinz.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Printz 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Prunty, Prindle, Parent, Prentice, Prendergast, Parente, Prentiss, Pruneda, Parenteau, Parenti.

## 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.