Preiß Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

It is easy to miss Preiß in an index if you only search for Preuss. Name scholars give the meaning as “a Prussian”.

Preiß coat of arms

Arms linked to Preuss and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Spelling and variants

Records show Preiß as one of the forms Preuss took over time. Related forms: Preis, Preusse and Preusser.

1,465 Americans were listed as Preiß in the 2010 census. Between 1891 and 2000, 326 babies born in France were registered as Preiß, with the most births in 1951–1960. There were 13 such births in the 1890s and 34 in the 1990s. For the full story, order the Preiß surname pack.