The Prus surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 665 people carried this name — #34,149 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 6% from 627 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Prus surname
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. )
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Prus» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
7,479 people named Prus have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 8,696 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 65 people named Prus.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Nord.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 30 people named Prus 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 Santa Fe.
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 the Nordic population registers
24 people named Prus 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).
Who carried it
People named Prus,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gunter Prus 1101–1232 · Catholic priest -
Bogdan Prus 1931–2017 -
Jean François Felix Prus 1841–
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Konstanty Prus 1872–1961 · writer
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François Prus 1875–1915
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Alojzy Prus 1877–2000 · journalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Prus.
- Provost 8,742 · U.S. census
- Prudent 408 · U.S. census
- Prudhomme 2,925 · U.S. census
- Prum 515 · U.S. census
- Pruneau 408 · U.S. census
- Prunier 636 · U.S. census
- Przybyl 378 · U.S. census
- Przybyla 914 · U.S. census
- Przybylski 2,104 · U.S. census
- Przybysz 622 · U.S. census
- Psaila 108 · U.S. census
- Ptak 1,759 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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