Last name: SEMPLE
Welcome at Geneanet!
With Geneanet, find your ancestors from home, create your family tree for free, and explore and share your family history. Genealogy has never been easier, thanks to our database of 8 billion individuals, and our community of enthusiasts.
All you have to know about the last name SEMPLE
Last name frequency
SEMPLE : This last name is indexed 39,550 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
SEMPLE : 1: Scottish (Glasgow): nickname from Middle English Older Scots and Old French simple ‘simple straightforward humble’ (from Latin simplus). The Scottish name was taken to Ulster in the 17th century and a Scottish family of this name held the hereditary post of Sheriff of Renfrewshire from the 13th century.2: English: variant of Sample.
Learn moreVariants of last name
The spelling of names may have changed over the centuries. Knowing these names variants will help you build your family tree.
Search a name
Discover your ancestors and build your family tree step by step through billions of data included in our members' family trees and through civil records.
Most popular first names
- Robert (3,298)
- John (3,012)
- James (2,802)
- William (2,696)
- Aimee (1,849)
- Margaret (1,712)
- Mary (1,122)
- Elizabeth (883)
- Janet (770)
- Thomas (733)
- Jean (703)
- Samuel (637)
- Jane (536)
- Agnes (508)
- Andrew (464)
- Marion (452)
- Alexander (419)
- David (409)
- Hugh (377)
- Ann (363)
- Ellen (334)
- Eugene (298)
- Charles (293)
- Helen (283)
- Anne (233)
- George (229)
- Joseph (223)
- Sarah (215)
- Gabriel (187)
- Letitia Tyler (185)
- Martha (179)
- Eliza (167)
- Henry (167)
- Grizel (164)
- Mary Jane (158)
- Mrs. (158)
- Gavin (140)
- Anna (128)
- Frank (125)
- Matthew (123)
- Isabella (119)
- Roberta (117)
- Peter (116)
- Catherine (110)
- Mary Ann (109)
- Wellington (107)
- Annie (105)
- Francis (104)
- Mary Anne (104)
- Matilda (102)
- Richard (100)
- Tyler (99)
- Miss (92)
- Barbara (90)
- Elisabeth (90)
- Lorenzo (90)
- Walter (83)
- Susan (81)
- Giles (75)
- Jannet (74)
Most indexed places
- Avondale, Lanark (911)
- Scotland (739)
- Antrim (687)
- Glassford, Lanark (686)
- Renfrewshire (496)
- Tyrone (417)
- Lesmahagow, Lanark (405)
- Blair, Ayrshire (361)
- Los (354)
- Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian (352)
- Glasgow, Lanarkshire (348)
- Londonderry (346)
- Ireland (308)
- Washington (304)
- New (303)
- Kilbarchan, Renfrew (282)
- Renfrew, Renfrewshire (252)
- Avondale,Lanark (245)
- Kilbarchan,renfrew (243)
- Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian (230)
- Wellington (223)
- Abbey Paisley, Renfrew (222)
- Abbey (paisley), Renfrew (213)
- Cambuslang, Lanark (206)
- Hamilton, Lanark (205)
- Kirkintilloch,dunbarton (195)
- Low Church, Paisley, Renfrew (193)
- Avondale,lanark (192)
- East Kilbride, Lanark (185)
- County Tyrone (173)
- Glasgow,lanark (170)
- Glasgow (169)
- Auckland (167)
- Richmond (157)
- Eliotstoun, Renfrewshire (151)
- Kilsyth, Stirling (151)
- High Church,paisley,renfrew (148)
- Belfast, Antrim (145)
- Renfrew, Renfrew (141)
- Edinburgh (134)
- Erskine, Renfrew (132)
- Glasgow, Lanark (131)
- Port Glasgow, Renfrew (130)
- California (126)
- Ayrshire (123)
- Virginia (123)
- Bridgeton,glasgow,lanark (119)
- Avondale, Lanarkshire (118)
- Paisley, Renfrewshire (117)
- Philadelphia (117)
- Down (116)
- Paris (116)
- High Church,glasgow,lanark (115)
- Barony,lanark (112)
- Lochwinnoch, Renfrew (111)
- Glassford,lanark (110)
- Crawford, Lanarkshire (108)
- Chicago (102)
- Edinburgh, Midlothian (102)
- Kilbirnie, Ayrshire (102)
Most indexed countries
- United Kingdom (21,310)
- United States (8,914)
- Ireland (4,135)
- New Zealand (1,118)
- Australia (985)
- France (570)
- Canada (544)
- Unknown country (271)
- Netherlands (84)
- Belgium (68)
- Germany (64)
- Mexico (59)
- Italy (37)
- Spain (35)
- Colombia (26)
- Switzerland (19)
- Russian Federation (17)
- China (15)
Available collections for this name
- Archives
(19,744) - Family Trees
(7,732) - Newspapers
(7,107) - Books
(4,414) - Other
(215) - Magazines
(162) - Obituaries
(133) - Cemeteries
(26) - Memorials
(15) - Coats of Arms
(2)