Tempson Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Tempson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tempson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Tempson (57) may also be a first name.

Tempson Last Name Facts

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

Tempson (Russian: Темпсон) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tempson? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,944,094th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. Tempson occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Tempson live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America. Tempson is also the 1,308,380th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 57 people.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 8,629,975. In The United States Tempson is most prevalent in: Oklahoma, where 40 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 26 percent are found and Florida, where 12 percent are found. Barring The United States it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent are found and Russia, where 2 percent are found.

Tempson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tempson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tempson last name expanded 525 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tempson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tempson last name are 42.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 88.89% registered with the political party.

Tempson earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.49% less than the national average, earning $31,717 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thempson934/
Timpson862,684/
Thmpson8666/
Tenpson861/
Tempzon861/
Thimpson8068/
Thömpson801/
Thempsen801/
Thojmpson750/
Thoimpson750/
Tempzen7114/
Timpsom712/
Timpsonová711/
Timpsen710/
Tinpson710/
Thimpsen6712/
Thinpson673/

Tempson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tempson in the Russian language
Темпсонtempson-

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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 Tempson
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