The Prina surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 143 people carried this name — #120,901 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 18% from 121 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 575 people named Prina 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 79 people named Prina.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Haute-Savoie.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
52 people named Prina live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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.
Who carried it
People named Prina,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuseppe Prina 1766–1814 · lawyer -
Luigi Prina 1773–1833 · Inspecteur général des finances
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André Julien Prina 1886–1941 · painter
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Carlo Prina 1897–1944 · resistance fighter
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Carla Prina 1910–2008 · painter
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Carla Prina 1910–2008 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Prina.
- Prieto 19,520 · U.S. census
- Prieur 648 · U.S. census
- Prim 2,019 · U.S. census
- Prima 159 · U.S. census
- Primas 434 · U.S. census
- Prime 1,491 · U.S. census
- Prince 47,168 · U.S. census
- Prins 2,102 · U.S. census
- Printz 1,626 · U.S. census
- Prinz 1,578 · U.S. census
- Prioleau 1,659 · U.S. census
- Priolo 878 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Prina is.
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