How common is the surname Semple?

2,630 people in the United States had the surname Semple in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,394 Americans. It ranked 11,904th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Semple?

Lorenzo Semple Jr., American writer (1923–2014), followed by Maria Semple.

Where is the surname Semple most common?

Wikidata records people named Semple in the United States.

Is the surname Semple getting more or less common?

More common. 2,329 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,630 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Semple

A surname, carried by 2,630 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S514

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Semple is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,630 people named Semple in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,394 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,329.

#11,904

rank among US surnames

2,630

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+12.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,256)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,899	Hosmer	2,631	117,349
#11,904	Bluhm	2,630	117,394
#11,907	Beauvais	2,629	117,438

Who is named Semple

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

77% of people named Semple identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Semples

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lorenzo Semple Jr.
American writer (1923–2014)
Maria Semple
American novelist and screenwriter, born 1964
Frederick Semple
American tennis player (1872–1927)
James Semple
American politician from Illinois (1798–1866)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Semple

Semple has the Soundex code S514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S514.

Questions

How common is the surname Semple?: 2,630 people in the United States had the surname Semple in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,394 Americans. It ranked 11,904th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Semple?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Semple identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Semple?: Lorenzo Semple Jr., American writer (1923–2014), followed by Maria Semple.
Where is the surname Semple most common?: Wikidata records people named Semple in the United States.
Is the surname Semple getting more or less common?: More common. 2,329 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,630 in 2010, up 13%.