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The surname Turi

A place surname, carried by 834 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T600

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Turi is more common than 82.4% of them.

Origin

* As a Hungarian surname, from the placename Túr in Hungary. * As an Italian surname, from Turi, Apulia, from Ancient Greek Θυριαι (Thuriai). * Also as an Italian surname, shortened from Venturi. * Also as an Italian surname, variant of Turo (from Arturo, and also amatore), Tura, Ventura.

Turi is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 834 people named Turi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 370,198 Americans. That is down 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 862.

#28,587
rank among US surnames
834
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
-3.2%
change since 2000 (was #26,587)

Who is named Turi

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

91% of people named Turi identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Turi

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

Questions

Where does the surname Turi come from?
* As a Hungarian surname, from the placename Túr in Hungary. * As an Italian surname, from Turi, Apulia, from Ancient Greek Θυριαι (Thuriai). * Also as an Italian surname, shortened from Venturi. * Also as an Italian surname, variant of Turo (from Arturo, and also amatore), Tura, Ventura.
How common is the surname Turi?
834 people in the United States had the surname Turi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 370,198 Americans. It ranked 28,587th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Turi?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Turi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Turi?
Turi is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Turi getting more or less common?
Less common. 862 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 834 in 2010, down 3.2%.