# Turck (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/turck/  
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 German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 582 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,103 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 530,491 people |
| Change since 2000 | -15.3% (687 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Turck or Türck, variant spelling of Türk, which see for more.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Turck 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Turck in Cisleithania.

## People named Turck

- Ludwig Türck, Austrian neuroscientist (1810–1868)

## Similar surnames

Turk, Turek, Turco, Torres, Trejo, Tracy, Torrez, Trice, Tracey, Trask, Truax, Thrash.

## 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.