# Toure (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/toure/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,198 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,764 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 140,467 people |
| Change since 2000 | +147% (889 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Touré ; ultimately from Soninke.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Toure in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 2.4% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Toure in Australia and Guinea.

## People named Toure

- Mohamed Touré, Australian-Guinean association football player
- Samori Ture, African warlord and religious leader, founder of the Wassoulou Empire (1830–1900)

## Similar surnames

Toro, Torrey, Torre, Toor, Tur, Tower, Terry, Thayer, Tyree, True, Troy, Tarr.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.