# Semple (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/semple/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,630 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,904 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 117,394 people |
| Change since 2000 | +13% (2,329 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Semple in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Semple in the United States.

## People named Semple

- Lorenzo Semple Jr., American writer (1923–2014)
- Maria Semple, American novelist and screenwriter
- Frederick Semple, American tennis player (1872–1927)
- James Semple, American politician from Illinois (1798–1866)

## Similar surnames

Sample, Sampley, Samples, Sanfilippo, Snavely, Shamblin, Schoenfeld, Schnabel, Snively, Schonfeld, Schoenfelder, Snowball.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.