The Prinz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,578 people carried this name — #17,752 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,544 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
370 people named Prinz live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In Poland’s population register
134 people named Prinz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 175 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 85 people named Prinz.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Prinz.
- 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
- Printz 1,626 · 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
- Priser 179 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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