How common is the surname Toure?

2,198 people in the United States had the surname Toure in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,467 Americans. It ranked 13,764th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Toure?

Mohamed Touré, Australian-Guinean association football player, followed by Samori Ture.

Where is the surname Toure most common?

Wikidata records people named Toure in Australia and Guinea.

Is the surname Toure getting more or less common?

More common. 889 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,198 in 2010, up 147%.

The surname Toure

A French surname, carried by 2,198 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Toure is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Touré ; ultimately from Soninke.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,198 people named Toure in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,467 Americans. That is up 147% since 2000, when the Census counted 889.

#13,764

rank among US surnames

2,198

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+147.2%

change since 2000 (was #25,945)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,759	Baumer	2,199	140,403
#13,764	Bizzell	2,198	140,467
#13,771	Badgley	2,197	140,531

Who is named Toure

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Toure identified as Black (not Hispanic), 2.6% as two or more races and 2.4% as white (not Hispanic).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Toures

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mohamed Touré
Australian-Guinean association football player, born 2004
Samori Ture
African warlord and religious leader, founder of the Wassoulou Empire (1830–1900)

Notable Toures come mostly from Australia (1) and Guinea (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Toure

Toure has the Soundex code T600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T600.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Toure come from?: Borrowed from French Touré ; ultimately from Soninke.
How common is the surname Toure?: 2,198 people in the United States had the surname Toure in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,467 Americans. It ranked 13,764th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Toure?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Toure identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Toure?: Mohamed Touré, Australian-Guinean association football player, followed by Samori Ture.
Where is the surname Toure most common?: Wikidata records people named Toure in Australia and Guinea.
Is the surname Toure getting more or less common?: More common. 889 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,198 in 2010, up 147%.