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The surname Printz

A surname, carried by 1,626 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P653

Printz: #17,367 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Printz #17,367, 1,626 people Printz: #17,367 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Printz #17,367, 1,626 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Printz is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,626 people named Printz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,880 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,604.

#17,367
rank among US surnames
1,626
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+1.4%
change since 2000 (was #16,494)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,359Tussey1,627189,764
#17,367Safi1,626189,880

Who is named Printz

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

95% of people named Printz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Printz

Printz has the Soundex code P653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P653.

Questions

Where does the surname Printz come from?
* German surname, Americanized from Brentz, Brenz. See Brand. * Also as a German surname, variant of Prinz.
How common is the surname Printz?
1,626 people in the United States had the surname Printz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,880 Americans. It ranked 17,367th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Printz?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Printz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Printz getting more or less common?
More common. 1,604 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,626 in 2010, up 1.4%.