Message: "surname Tempel" - Behind the Name

[Surname] surname Tempel

by C.Colombo (guest)

9/27/2005, 2:48 PM

could anyone tell me the origin of this surname?
It is spread in USA.
Thank you.

- Tbird +1

9/28/2005, 1:58 PM

It's a German surname. Rare. Rank in the U.S.; 25045 :)

- Sean Foglai (guest)

9/29/2005, 9:30 AM

1. North German: topographic name from Westphalian tempel ‘knoll’, ‘round hill’ or a habitational name from any of fifteen places so named.

2. Dutch (van den Tempel, van der Tempel): habitational name from any of various places named De Tempel.

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