Prin is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Prin
No. of characters: 4
Origin: France
Meaning: The name is found in very diverse areas: Brittany (44) in the North, in Saône-et-Loire and in particular Ain. it must be mostly a contracted form of Perrin, short for Pierre. But we must also think of the old adjective "prim", which itself has several meanings: either the eldest of the family (Latin "primus") or one that is fine, physically (thin person) or mentally ( cunning person). Prim is also a former Christian name.

How popular is Prin?

Prin is common in France.

Prin is ranked 98459 on our list.

There are about 102 people in US who wears Prin as surname and ranked 158432 in US Census Bureau. In 2010 census, the last name was found in around 0 per 1 million. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010
White 73.53
Hispanic or Latino 10.78
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 7.84
Black 6.86
Prin is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in France which signifies that it is originated from France. Around 4272 people have been found who wears Prin as their family name. Prin is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
135,535 Australia9
33,253 New Zealand9
83,734 Belarus9
78,945 Argentina3
23,165 Romania3
10,329 Pakistan3
147,165 Czech Republic2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
54,135 Philippines2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
9,185 Hong Kong2
2,617 Cambodia2
5,139 Bolivia2
26,532 Chile2
18,625 Japan2
31,767 Greece2
15,162 Costa Rica1
2,505 Congo1
90,903 Moldova1
40,340 Malaysia1
53,033 Nigeria1
717 Bhutan1
10,958 Bangladesh1
28,746 Algeria1
19,810 Croatia1
2,877 Cuba1
38,830 Morocco1
118,015 Netherlands1
2,935 Madagascar1
28,365 Kenya1
58,885 Poland1
21,562 Portugal1
24,176 Qatar1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
36,678 Singapore1
5,467 Haiti1
17,236 Ghana1
25,721 Egypt1
7,292 Vietnam1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,210 Thailand48
37,591 Belgium37
188,148 Indonesia36
56,148 Spain32
407,590 India21
189,966 Canada11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
72,056 Italy78
56,298 England65
17,456 Switzerland63
Countries with hundreds of Prin:
3,450 Venezuela552
11,381 Ukraine503
63,802 Russia209
163,447 United States121
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Prin:
3,543 France2,217
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Prin was 22 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on October 24, 1849. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as immigrant and took Constellation from Liverpool.

From Italy

Enrichetta Prin hailed from Italy. 29 years old embarked for USA from Hamburg & Havre on Gellert and arrived on November 24, 1890. Giuseppe Prin (40) Laborer, Giuseppina Prin (10 months old), Maddalena Prin (2) Daughter, are other Prin that migrated to US.

Comments

M
Marco Hermsen
prin is a variant of prim, in old French, first, also had a sense of clever ruse -this name may also represent the contracted form of Perrin, stone derivative baptismal name from the Latin Petrus.

Prin Namesakes

  • Richard Prince, Photographer
  • Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Prince of Liechtenstein
  • John Abbott Pringle, Political figure
  • Charles, Prince of Wales, Duke of Rothesay
  • Adolph II, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
  • Adriaan Pieter Prins, Author
  • Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
  • Roberto de Afif, Prince of Gessaphe, Princess Anna of Saxony's husband
  • Friedrich Wilhelm de Afif, Prince of Saxe-Gessaphe, Princess Anna of Saxony's son
  • Karl August de Afif, Prince of Saxe-Gessaphe, Princess Anna of Saxony's son

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