How common is the surname Templeman?

1,682 people in the United States had the surname Templeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,559 Americans. It ranked 16,919th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Templeman?

Shorty Templeman, American racing driver (1919–1962), followed by Ted Templeman.

Where is the surname Templeman most common?

Wikidata records people named Templeman in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Templeman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,682 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Templeman

A surname, carried by 1,682 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T514

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Templeman is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,682 people named Templeman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,559 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,483.

#16,919

rank among US surnames

1,682

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+13.4%

change since 2000 (was #17,510)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,917	Dudgeon	1,683	183,450
#16,919	Schroyer	1,682	183,559
#16,926	Bashore	1,681	183,668

Who is named Templeman

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

89% of people named Templeman identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Templemans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Shorty Templeman
American racing driver (1919–1962)
Ted Templeman
American record producer, born 1944
Simon Templeman
British actor, born 1954

Notable Templemans come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Templeman

Templeman 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 Templeman?: 1,682 people in the United States had the surname Templeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,559 Americans. It ranked 16,919th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Templeman?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Templeman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Templeman?: Shorty Templeman, American racing driver (1919–1962), followed by Ted Templeman.
Where is the surname Templeman most common?: Wikidata records people named Templeman in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Templeman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,682 in 2010, up 13%.