Temple

21,324 people in the United States were counted with the surname Temple in the 2020 census, making it the 1,638th most common in the country. That is about one person in 14,000.

By the numbers

People: 21,324
Rank: 1,638th
How common: 1 in 14,000
Per 100,000: 7.1

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Temple described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 77.0%
Black, not Hispanic 14.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino 3.2%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Temple

Shirley Temple (1928–2014)American actress and diplomat
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865)British statesman and prime minister
Juno Temple (born 1989)British actress
Garrett Temple (born 1986)American basketball player
Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628–1699)English statesman and essayist
Julien Temple (born 1953)English film and music video director
William Temple (1881–1944)Archbishop of Canterbury
Lew Temple (born 1967)American actor

People named Temple with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Temple

Also a first name

Temple has been given to 2,396 American babies as a first name since 1884, peaking in 1971. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.