The Prins surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,846 people carried this name — #14,755 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 147,100 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 100 people named Prins.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 82 people named Prins live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Prins live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Prins,
with a public archive behind them.
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Adriaan Prins 1692–1780 · politician -
Pieter Prins 1812–1865 · politician -
Johannes Jacobus Prins 1814–1898 · theologian -
Ary Prins 1816–1867 · politician -
Anthony Winkler Prins 1817–1908 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 178 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Prins.
- Prim 1,936 · U.S. census
- Prima 155 · U.S. census
- Primas 385 · U.S. census
- Prime 1,377 · U.S. census
- Prina 121 · U.S. census
- Prince 44,640 · U.S. census
- Printz 1,604 · U.S. census
- Prinz 1,544 · U.S. census
- Prioleau 1,445 · U.S. census
- Priolo 945 · U.S. census
- Prior 6,554 · U.S. census
- Priore 825 · U.S. census
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