The Printz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,626 people carried this name — #17,367 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 181,800 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,604 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 203 people named Printz.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 32 people named Printz 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 Luxembourg Province.
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 the Nordic population registers
303 people named Printz are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Printz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johan Printz 1592–1663 · military personnel -
Christian August Printz 1819–1867 · painter -
Peder Swensson Printz d. 1680 · businessperson
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Johann Printz d. 1657 · cleric
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Armegot Printz 1625–1695 · businessperson
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Wolfgang Printz 1641–1717 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Printz.
- 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
- Prinz 1,578 · U.S. census
- Prioleau 1,659 · U.S. census
- Priolo 878 · U.S. census
- Prior 6,787 · U.S. census
- Priore 905 · U.S. census
- Prise 178 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Printz is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.