The Templin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,129 people carried this name — #8,013 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,025 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

326 people named Templin have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 369 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Kuyavian-Pomeranian 104
Warmian-Masurian 67
Pomeranian 44
Greater Poland 37
Lower Silesian 22
West Pomeranian 17
Masovian 15
Silesian 12

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

23 people named Templin live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Thurgau 6
Vaud 5
Zurich 5
Aargau 4
Schwyz 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Templin in American newspapers,
1917–1929.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Templin
Evening Star 1929-06-03
Newspaper page from Echo : Wochenblatt Der Vereinigten Deutschen Socialisten Clevelands carrying the name Templin
Echo : Wochenblatt Der Vereinigten Deutschen Socialisten Clevelands 1917-03-17
Newspaper page from Echo : Wochenblatt Der Vereinigten Deutschen Socialisten Clevelands carrying the name Templin
Echo : Wochenblatt Der Vereinigten Deutschen Socialisten Clevelands 1917-04-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Templin in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1950s.

71 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Templin. The most, 17, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 40
New South Wales 12
Tasmania 7
Victoria 7
South Australia 4
Western Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Templin.

Who carried it

People named Templin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elizabeth Templin 1827–
  • Olin Templin 1861–1943 · writer
  • Bernhard Templin 1894–1974
  • Bernhard Templin 1894–1974
  • Jean Templin 1928–1980 · association football player
  • Jean Templin 1928–1980 · association football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Templin,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States411 records

411 records of the Templin name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 175
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 135
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 51
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 25
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 22
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harold D. Templin

    Born 1922 in Alabama. Enlisted 1942 at Fort McClellan; miner from Jefferson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Valhalla Cemetery, Bessemer, Alabama.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Erwin Benard Templin

    Born 1940; from Houston, Texas. U.S. Navy, pilot; declared dead 1966 in North Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ernst Templin

    Arrived at New York in 1893 aboard the Augusta Victoria from Hamburg and Southampton, aged 25; dyer. From Berlin, Prussia, Germany; bound for Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 411 records for Templin in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany284 records

284 records of the Templin name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 283
  • German estate files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Theodor Templin

    Born 1898; from Hohenkirch, Briesen. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 5 December 1918 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 61).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Gottfried Templin

    Estate settled in 1908.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Willy Templin

    From Okonin, Kreis Graudenz. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 25 September 1914 (Infantry Regiment No. 129).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 284 records for Templin in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Australia16 records

16 records of the Templin name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 7
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 7
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record William Templin

    Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1855. Married 1855 in Spring Bay, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Leopold Templin

    Arrived in Queensland in 1873 aboard the Friedeburg, aged 31.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Elsie Ellen M. Templin

    Of Christchurch, Victoria; died 1967.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 16 records for Templin in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands9 records

9 records of the Templin name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 7
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Berta Helene Templin

    Died 1966 in Apeldoorn, aged 51.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Georg Templin

    In a population register; waiter, born 1907 in Drigaller.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Emilie Templin

    In the population register of Forsthausen; born 1896 in Forsthausen.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Breda (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Templin in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France5 records

5 records of the Templin name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Bronislawa Jozefa Templin

    Born 1957 in Poland; died 2000 in Briey (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Sygmont Templin

    Born 1932 in Vaulx-en-Velin (Rhône); died 1999 in Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Edmond Templin

    Born 1948 in Servigny-lès-Raville; died 1996 in Metz (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Templin in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Templin name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Norma G. Templin

    Buried in 1926 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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