as a Last Name
- 13,116
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Templeton
Meaning & Origins
Scottish: habitational name from a place near Dundonald in Ayrshire, so called from Middle English temple ‘house of the Knights Templar’ + toun ‘settlement’. There are also places called Templeton in Wales, Berkshire and Devon, but these do not seem to have contributed to the surname.
| 2,388th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 13,116
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Tennessee
- has the most people named Templeton per capita
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