Tempers Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tempers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tempers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa361:1,504,93677,557
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Tempers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tempers occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tempers? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,141,416th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Tempers are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Tempers is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 1,504,936. In South Africa Tempers is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 97 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 3 percent live. Not including South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live and Russia, where 3 percent live.

Tempers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tempers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tempers last name fell 88 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tempers Last Name Statistics demography

Tempers earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.6% less than the national average, earning R 65,112 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Timpers86132/
Tompers8662/
Tevers778/
Timpars714/
Tompars710/
Teavers710/
Theybers6739/
Theberse671/
Tvers670/
Theijbers6325/
Tivers62171/
Tverås6238/
Tibers622/
Tverrås576/
Thibers573/
Toibers571/
Tåverås571/
Thivers570/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Tempers
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