How common is the surname Prinz?

1,578 people in the United States had the surname Prinz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,656 Americans. It ranked 17,752nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Prinz?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Prinz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Prinz?

Rosemary Prinz, American actress.

Where is the surname Prinz most common?

Wikidata records people named Prinz in the United States.

Is the surname Prinz getting more or less common?

More common. 1,544 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,578 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Prinz

A German surname, carried by 1,578 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prinz is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,578 people named Prinz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,656 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,544.

#17,752

rank among US surnames

1,578

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #16,977)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,745	Zacher	1,579	195,532
#17,752	Deo	1,578	195,656

Who is named Prinz

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

93% of people named Prinz identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Prinzs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rosemary Prinz
American actress, born 1931

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Prinz

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Prinz come from?: Jewish and German surname, from Prinz (“prince”). Also found in France and Slavicized in several countries such as Slovenia and Slovakia. Compare Printz.
How common is the surname Prinz?: 1,578 people in the United States had the surname Prinz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,656 Americans. It ranked 17,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Prinz?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Prinz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Prinz?: Rosemary Prinz, American actress.
Where is the surname Prinz most common?: Wikidata records people named Prinz in the United States.
Is the surname Prinz getting more or less common?: More common. 1,544 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,578 in 2010, up 2.2%.