Temkin

English

Etymology

Jewish metronymic surname, from a hypocoristic form of the Yiddish personal name תָּמָר (Tomer) (see Tomer) + the Proto-Slavic possessive suffix *-inъ.

Proper noun

Temkin (plural Temkins)

1. A surname from Yiddish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Temkin is the 36900^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 605 individuals. Temkin is most common among White (93.72%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Temkin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.