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    The surname Tempel

    A surname, carried by 1,056 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T514

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tempel is more common than 85.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,056 people named Tempel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 292,373 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,028.

    #23,899
    rank among US surnames
    1,056
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #23,167)

    Who is named Tempel

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

    95% of people named Tempel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tempel

    Tempel has the Soundex code T514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T514.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tempel?
    1,056 people in the United States had the surname Tempel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,373 Americans. It ranked 23,899th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tempel?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Tempel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Tempel getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,056 in 2010, up 2.7%.