# Tur (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Catalan |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 617 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,286 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 500,398 people |
| Change since 2000 | +45% (426 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Catalan Tur, probably a topographic surname from tur (“tufa, porous limestone”). * Borrowed from Polish Tur, from the nickname tur (“aurochs”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tur 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) | 47% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 43% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 6.0% |

## Similar surnames

True, Toure, Turay, Turi, Terry, Thayer, Toro, Tyree, Troy, Tarr, Torrey, Tower.

## 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.