Preißner
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Toponymic surname; may be a Herkunftsname, also possibly from a rounded form of Berufsname/Übername
Preißner is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 196Kas Preissner(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 2.3Mas Preissner
- LSLesotho≈1 in 185Kas Preissner
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Preißner itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 104 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 185K (inferred from the name graph)
≈410 named Preissner, est.
Highest-authority source
Lesotho, est., as Preissner
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Preissner in US United States, DE Germany, GB United Kingdom and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Toponymic surname; may be a Herkunftsname, also possibly from a rounded form of Berufsname/Übername. Derived in the -ner form; 4 types/550 tokens. < SiedlungsN X / < ON X not printed.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Preißner counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈410 est. | ≈1 in 196K | — | Preissner | 56 |
| US United States | 145as Preissner | 1 in 2.3M | 154 | Preissner | 104 |
| PL Poland | 29as Preissner | 1 in 1.3M | 17 | Preissner | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 3.2M | 10 | Preissner | 7 |
| AT Austria | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 593K | — | Preissner | 11 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈13 est. | ≈1 in 376K | — | Preissner | 1 |
| LS Lesotho | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 185K | — | Preissner | 1 |
| CZ Czechia | 9as Preissner | 1 in 1.2M | 9 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Preißner is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Toponymic surname derived from Preußen; bearer count 550.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #382,727 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Preißner come from?
- Toponymic surname; may be a Herkunftsname, also possibly from a rounded form of Berufsname/Übername. Derived in the -ner form; 4 types/550 tokens. < SiedlungsN X / < ON X not printed. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
- What does the name Preißner mean?
- Recorded meaning: Toponymic surname; may be a Herkunftsname, also possibly from a rounded form of Berufsname/Übername.
- In which country does Preißner have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 409 people named Preissner in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Preißner?
- In the United States, the national register counted 145 people named Preissner in 2010, about 1 in 2.3 million residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Preißner”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.