How common is the surname Temkin?

605 people in the United States had the surname Temkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 510,323 Americans. It ranked 36,900th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Temkin?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Temkin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Temkin?

Aaron Beck, American psychiatrist, researcher, therapist.

Where is the surname Temkin most common?

Wikidata records people named Temkin in the United States.

Is the surname Temkin getting more or less common?

More common. 593 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 605 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Temkin

A Yiddish surname, carried by 605 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Temkin is more common than 77.3% of them.

Origin

Yiddish origin

Jewish metronymic surname, from a hypocoristic form of the Yiddish personal name תָּמָר (Tomer) (see Tomer) + the Proto-Slavic possessive suffix *-inъ.

One of 31 Yiddish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 605 people named Temkin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 510,323 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 593.

#36,900

rank among US surnames

605

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #35,797)

Who is named Temkin

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

94% of people named Temkin identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Temkins

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Aaron Beck
American psychiatrist, researcher, therapist, 1921–2021

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Temkin

Tomkins

Temkin has the Soundex code T525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T525.

Other Yiddish surnames

All 31 Yiddish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Temkin come from?: Jewish metronymic surname, from a hypocoristic form of the Yiddish personal name תָּמָר (Tomer) (see Tomer) + the Proto-Slavic possessive suffix *-inъ.
How common is the surname Temkin?: 605 people in the United States had the surname Temkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 510,323 Americans. It ranked 36,900th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Temkin?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Temkin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Temkin?: Aaron Beck, American psychiatrist, researcher, therapist.
Where is the surname Temkin most common?: Wikidata records people named Temkin in the United States.
Is the surname Temkin getting more or less common?: More common. 593 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 605 in 2010, up 2.0%.