Tempies Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

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

Tempies Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tempies Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa711:763,06652,802
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tempies Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tempies occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tempies? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,220,661st most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Tempies live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 763,066. In South Africa Tempies is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 61 percent reside, Gauteng, where 37 percent reside and North West, where 1 percent reside. Barring South Africa Tempies occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Tempies Last Name Statistics demography

Tempies earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 24.43% less than the national average, earning R 179,580 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tempes92199/
Tempie9228/
Tempis926/
Tempest863,589/
Tempier86903/
Tompies86102/
Tampies8618/
Thempis869/
Tempios862/
Tempied861/
Tempeus861/
Tempess861/
Tempesh861/
Tempist860/
Tempestt807/
Thempise801/
Thompies801/
Tampis77675/
Tempez77275/
Tampes77143/
Tebies7780/
Tompis7727/
Tompes7722/
Timpes776/
Thmpes771/
Tenpes771/
Tempich7170/
Tompeas7131/
Tampish712/
Tampois711/
Tenpier711/
Tampiss711/
Thompes711/
Tenpest711/
Tmpjs671/
Thomphis670/

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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 Tempies
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