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templeton Name Meaning and History

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.

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Distribution of templeton Families in the US in 1920
Number of templeton families
 85-168
 29-84
 1-28
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