Prill
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Prill is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. In English, recorded as to flow, spurt.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
to flow, spurt
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.
How Prill is read(measured from records)
Prill is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English68%
to flow, spurt
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- German18%
Toponymischer Familienname; im Text als Flurnamen-Variante von Brühl genannt, auch als mögliche Entrundung. In ganz Deutschland verstreut. Belegt mit 1148 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)
Prill 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 Albanian, April
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)
- Joseph Prillb. 1852DEGerman reverend
- Paul Prillb. 1860DEGerman composer and cellist (1860-1930)
- Emil Prillb. 1867PLGerman musician (1867–1940)
- Klara Prillowab. 1907PLnot in their usual namePolish sculptor (1907-1991)
- Alice Prillb. 1930DEGerman actress
- Norah Zapata-Prillb. 1946BOBolivian writer and poet
- Meinhard Prillb. 1954DEGerman journalist
- Johnny PrillUSAmerican singer-songwriter and musician
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Reference works 4
- 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
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
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 Prill mean, and where does it come from?
- to flow, spurt Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Prill have the most bearers?
- Prill is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Prill?
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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, “Prill”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.