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The Preis surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 911 people carried this name — #26,727 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 881 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

508 people named Preis have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 604 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lower Silesian 106
Opole 88
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 69
West Pomeranian 58
Subcarpathian 49
Pomeranian 32
Lesser Poland 26
Silesian 23

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 76 people named Preis.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Moselle.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Moselle 34
Finistère 9
Haut-Rhin 6
Marne 5
Paris 4
Seine-Maritime 3
Côtes-d’Armor 2
Mayenne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 58 people named Preis live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 48
Santa Fe 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

36 people named Preis live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 18
Aargau 6
Basel-Landschaft 4
Geneva 4
Ticino 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Preis,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Karel Preis
    Karel Preis 1846–1916 · chemist
  • Caspar Preis 1636–1667 · writer
  • Rosalie Preis 1854–1943
  • Josef Preis 1867–1944 · mayor
  • Károly Preis 1870–1950 · physician
  • Hermine Preis 1871–1940

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Preis.

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