How Many People Have the Last Name Temple?

22,549

people had the surname Temple in the 2010 US Census

About 1 in 13,089 people in the Census had this surname

Source: Census Bureau surname list

Surname Rank

#1,590

Of 162,253 surnames

Per 100,000 People

7.64

In 2010

Largest Group

79.8%

White

Change Since 2000

+3.6%

+778 people

👥 Race and Hispanic Origin

Most people with the surname Temple (79.8%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 14.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Temple ranks #1,181. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 81.9% to 79.8%.

White 79.8%
Black 14.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino 2.3%

📈 Change Since 2000

Temple grew from 21,771 people in 2000 to 22,549 in 2010 (up 3.6%), and its rank fell from #1,507 to #1,590. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 8.07 to 7.64 people per 100,000.

20002010
People21,77122,549
Rank#1,507#1,590
Per 100,000 people8.077.64

🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Temple

RankSurnamePeople in 2010
#1,587Otto22,558
#1,588Billings22,553
#1,589Connell22,552
#1,590Temple22,549
#1,591Boswell22,540
#1,592Colvin22,499
#1,592Koenig22,499

👤 Temple as a First Name

Temple is a first name too: about 1,603 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.

🧮 Your First Name + Temple

Look up another surname

👪

⊙ We don't save the names you search.