The Prim surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,019 people carried this name — #14,713 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 147,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,936 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 308 people named Prim.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
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 143 people named Prim 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Prim live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
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.
In the Nordic population registers
272 people named Prim is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Prim in American newspapers,
1871–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 513,761 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Prim.
- Priem 678 · U.S. census
- Prier 744 · U.S. census
- Priest 14,915 · U.S. census
- Priester 3,951 · U.S. census
- Prieto 19,520 · U.S. census
- Prieur 648 · U.S. census
- Prima 159 · U.S. census
- Primas 434 · U.S. census
- Prime 1,491 · U.S. census
- Prina 143 · U.S. census
- Prince 47,168 · U.S. census
- Prins 2,102 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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