# Turin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/turin/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 337 |
| US rank (2010) | 59,901 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 916,159 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.9% (358 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /təˈɹɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Piedmontese Turin, from the Roman name, Latin Augusta Taurinōrum, ultimately from the name of the Taurini tribe. Connections to Latin taurus (“bull”) are folk etymology. Doublet of Torino, the Italian name.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Turin 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Turney, Tarin, Triana, Traina, Turano, Torain, Train, Trinh, Tran, Thorne, Trahan, Tierney.

## 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.