Templin
A surname most likely taken from a place name, especially the German town of Templin.
The #8,013 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 74,775 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Templin is most plausibly a locational surname, referring to someone who came from the town of Templin in Brandenburg, Germany. In surname form, it would have identified a person by their place of origin rather than by a trade or personal trait. The place-name itself is older than the surname and is commonly treated as pre-German or Slavic in origin, though the exact root is not certain.
History
The surname appears in German-speaking areas and later spread through migration, especially to North America. As with many locational surnames, it likely began as a practical identifier for newcomers to a town or village and then became hereditary. In the United States, it is uncommon but recognizable, with bearers concentrated in families of German ancestry.
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Fun fact
Templin is also the name of a historic spa town in Brandenburg, best known as the birthplace of several notable German figures and as a longstanding regional place-name.