Prinsen
surname · Latin script
Meaning: plural of prins
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 10 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/ˈpɹɪnsən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Prinsen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 6.2K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 761K
- BEBelgium1 in 23K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 151 (measured from records)
- 1 in 6.2K (inferred from the name graph)
2,779 people, 2007
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)plural of prins
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Prinsen 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | #773 | 2,779 | 1 in 6.2K | 2.8K | Prinsen | 64 |
| BE Belgium | — | 505 | 1 in 23K | 505 | Prinsen | 34 |
| US United States | — | 437 | 1 in 761K | 483 | Prinsen | 151 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 466K | 18 | Prinsen | 23 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 2.5M | — | Prinsen | 8 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈63 est. | ≈1 in 406K | — | Prinsen | 28 |
| FI Finland | — | 44 | 1 in 127K | 44 | — | 2 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 190K | — | Prinsen | 1 |
2,779 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. 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; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)Prinsen 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 Danish, definite singular of prins
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Jacob Prinsenb. 1866NLborn 1866; died 1935
- Claudius Prinsenb. 1896NLDutch politician (1896–1952)
- Walter Prinsenb. 1930BEBelgian athletics competitor
- Ugo Prinsenb. 1938BEBelgian actor (1938–2004)
- Joost Prinsenb. 1942NLDutch actor and television presenter (1942–2025)
- Wim Prinsenb. 1945NLDutch bicycle racer (1945-1977)
- Ad Prinsenb. 1954NLDutch road cyclist
- Lesmond Prinsenb. 1973NLDutch footballer
- Tom Prinsenb. 1982NLDutch speed skater
- Danaïd Prinsenb. 1997NLDutch athletics competitor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)18 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 2.8K | #388 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 505 | #2,989 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 497 | #3,080 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 483 | #47,351 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 453 | #44,654 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 437 | #48,347 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 18 | #97,089 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- What does the name Prinsen mean, and where does it come from?
- plural of prins Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Prinsen?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈpɹɪnsən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Prinsen have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 2.8 thousand people named Prinsen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled prinsen.
- Where is Prinsen most common?
- Prinsen is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 6.2 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Prinsen?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 2,779 people named Prinsen in 2007, about 1 in 6.2 thousand residents.
- How common is Prinsen compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, Prinsen is the 773rd most common surname of 284,143 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/prinsenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Prinsen” — the 773rd most common surname in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.