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    The surname Turck

    A German surname, carried by 582 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T620

    Turck: #38,103 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Turck #38,103, 582 people Turck: #38,103 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Turck #38,103, 582 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Turck is more common than 76.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

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

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 582 people named Turck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 530,491 Americans. That is down 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 687.

    #38,103
    rank among US surnames
    582
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -15.3%
    change since 2000 (was #31,774)

    Who is named Turck

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

    95% of people named Turck identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Turcks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ludwig Türck
      Austrian neuroscientist (1810–1868)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Turck

    Turck has the Soundex code T620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T620.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Turck come from?
    Borrowed from German Turck or Türck, variant spelling of Türk, which see for more.
    How common is the surname Turck?
    582 people in the United States had the surname Turck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 530,491 Americans. It ranked 38,103rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Turck?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Turck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Turck?
    Ludwig Türck, Austrian neuroscientist (1810–1868).
    Where is the surname Turck most common?
    Wikidata records people named Turck in Cisleithania.
    Is the surname Turck getting more or less common?
    Less common. 687 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 582 in 2010, down 15%.