Temperton Surname

402,505th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 872 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Temperton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Temperton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5361:103,95210,912
New Zealand961:47,1707,685
United States671:5,409,835270,257
Australia531:509,35338,491
Canada511:722,46357,796
Thailand401:1,765,959222,048
France121:5,535,227269,324
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2761:88,3179,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Temperton Last Name Facts

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

Temperton has its highest incidence in England. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Temperton.

How Common Is The Last Name Temperton? popularity and diffusion

It is the 402,505th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 8,357,277 people. The surname Temperton occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Temperton are found; 62 percent are found in Northern Europe and 62 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname Temperton is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 536 people, or 1 in 103,952. In England Temperton is most common in: South Yorkshire, where 22 percent live, Lincolnshire, where 14 percent live and East Riding of Yorkshire, where 9 percent live. Other than England this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Temperton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Temperton has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 194 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 335 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Temperton Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Temperton surname are 42.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 88.89% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Temperton earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 87.03% more than the national average, earning R 444,444 per year; in United States they earn 25.97% more than the national average, earning $54,353 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4% more than the national average, earning $51,672 CAD per year.

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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 Temperton
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