# Prinz (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,578 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,752 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 195,656 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (1,544 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Jewish and German surname, from Prinz (“prince”). Also found in France and Slavicized in several countries such as Slovenia and Slovakia. Compare Printz.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Prinz 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) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Prinz in the United States.

## People named Prinz

- Rosemary Prinz, American actress

## Similar surnames

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