Tempele Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Tempele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tempele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho221:92,38910,629
Austria211:405,49741,758
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Tempele (77) may also be a first name.

Tempele Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tempele Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tempele is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tempele? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,843,861st most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Tempele live; 47 percent live in Southern Africa and 47 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 77 people.

The last name is most common in Lesotho, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 92,389. In Lesotho Tempele is most numerous in: Thaba-Tseka District, where 91 percent live, Berea District, where 5 percent live and Maseru District, where 5 percent live. Beside Lesotho it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 45 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.

Tempele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tempele has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tempelle935/
Tempeleu931/
Tempeles931/
Tempeler930/
Temple9249,385/
Tempesley880/
Tempeli8680/
Tempile8651/
Temphel8617/
Tempple868/
Tenpele867/
Tompele863/
Tempela863/
Ttemple863/
Tempole863/
Tempale862/
Dtemple862/
Ķempele861/
Tempeal861/
Tempely861/
Temmple860/
Tmple833/
Tempelis80247/
Tempalle8034/
Themphel801/
Tebele774,969/
Timple77549/
Tevele77110/
Tenple774/
Ttempalle753/
Thebele71201/
Tempali71150/
Tebeile71108/
Tevelle71105/
Tampole7169/
Tevelei7146/
Tampeli7120/
Tampale7115/
Tenphel7111/
Timpale718/
Tompile718/
Tompale716/
Tiebele714/
Tebelet712/
Timpeli711/
Tebeleh711/
Tempila711/
Tibeele711/
Tenpile711/
Teibele711/
Teebile711/
Tebelie711/
Tenpely710/
Timpole710/
Tempalli67356/
Tampalei6713/
Tampaile6710/
Tebelets674/
Thempali674/
Thompale672/
Timpelis671/
Tebelesh671/
Tvele671/
Taimpela671/
Tebeileh671/
Thevelei671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tempele
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