Prinz is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Prinz
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Worn in Germany and Alsace-Lorraine, the name means "prince". For directions, see Leprince.

How popular is Prinz?

Prinz is common in Germany.

Prinz is ranked 21621 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Prinz bearers increased by 2.202073 per cent in 2010 US census to 1578 since 2000, the surname slipped by 775 spots and ranked at 17752. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.28 94.82
Hispanic or Latino 3.87 3.04
Others 1.77 1.42
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.7 0.39
Prinz is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Austria is ahead in terms of density. Around 23891 people have been found who wears Prinz as their family name. Prinz is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
98,953 Belarus7
18,563 Nigeria7
19,452 Malaysia3
15,956 Venezuela3
14,126 Colombia3
15,749 Finland3
1,389 Grenada3
661,536 Indonesia3
6,270 Hong Kong3
32,086 Mexico3
35,184 Poland3
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
18,625 Japan2
5,671 Guatemala2
4,164 Vietnam2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
21,529 Singapore2
5,139 Bolivia2
18,718 Thailand2
38,830 Morocco1
2,309 Monaco1
25,721 Egypt1
12,741 Ecuador1
7,110 Bosnia1
19,810 Croatia1
37,779 Serbia1
8,859 Iraq1
38,841 Scotland1
7,895 South Korea1
24,176 Qatar1
692 Guinea1
53,505 Turkey1
13,447 Uganda1
21,562 Portugal1
66,560 Philippines1
9,498 Iceland1
50,549 Georgia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,443 Norway26
20,233 Denmark25
52,530 Belgium22
395,979 India22
162,376 Ukraine20
29,517 New Zealand12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
27,739 Netherlands89
22,158 Czech Republic73
53,069 England70
35,096 Spain66
33,928 Australia65
159,687 Russia62
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Prinz:
5,019 Ghana559
29,119 Brazil413
3,486 Switzerland333
1,258 Namibia285
4,721 Hungary262
27,867 South Africa201
50,564 France196
10,604 Peru157
36,751 Argentina134
53,156 Italy134
29,230 Canada115
10,102 Israel106
Countries with thousands of Prinz:
133 Austria3,850
15,812 United States2,110
Countries with ten thousands of Prinz:
428 Germany14,357
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Comments

E
Edwin Neese
prinz is an Alsace-Lorraine name means prince, ironic nickname.

Prinz Namesakes

  • Alois Prinz, Author
  • Alois Prinz, Author
  • Anya Prinz, Actress
  • Birgit Prinz, Soccer player
  • Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt, Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt's son
  • Bret Prinz, Baseball player
  • Frank Prinzi, Cinematographer
  • Freddie Prinze, Jr., Actor
  • Cesarine Prinz, Actress
  • Birgit Prinz, Soccer player

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