How common is the last name Temple?

21,324 people in the United States have the last name Temple, about 1 in 14,017. It ranks #1,638 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

TEMPLE

#1,638

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
21,324
About
1 in 14,017
This common or more
45.4%
Who bears it

Of the 21,324 people with the last name Temple, 77% reported their origin as White, 14.3% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Temple

#1,636 Snell · 21,329#1,637 Huggins · 21,328#1,639 Davison · 21,313#1,640 Hadley · 21,312

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Temple, most common first.

#19,077 Temples · 1,424#19,300 Templet · 1,405#45,922 Templer · 501#108,965 Templo · 173

Also a first name

As a first name, Temple ranks #8,772 of 53,615, with 1,634 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1971, with 104 births. See Temple as a first name

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