Last name: TUR
Welcome at Geneanet!
With Geneanet, find your ancestors from home, create your family tree for free, and explore and share your family history. Genealogy has never been easier, thanks to our database of 9 billion individuals, and our community of enthusiasts.
All you have to know about the last name TUR
Last name frequency
TUR : This last name is indexed 28,429 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
TUR : 1: Catalan: probably a topographic name from tur ‘tufa’ ‘porous limestone’. This name is very common in the Pitusses (Eivissa and Formentera) and Balearic Islands (Majorca and Minorca).2: Polish Belorussian and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from the nickname Tur meaning ‘aurochs’ ultimately cognate with Latin taurus ‘bull’ (see Toro). As a Jewish name it is generally artificial.3: Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name from Tury in Belarus.4: Turkish: ornamental name or nickname from tur ‘young man’ or homonymous regional or archaic words meaning ‘earnings’ and ‘mountain’. The surname can also be a variant of Turan.
Learn moreVariants of last name
The spelling of names may have changed over the centuries. Knowing these names variants will help you build your family tree.
Search a name
Discover your ancestors and build your family tree step by step through billions of data included in our members' family trees and through civil records.
Most popular first names
- Line (890)
- Maria (624)
- M. (542)
- Antonio (484)
- Jean (456)
- Joseph (423)
- Vernon (379)
- John (340)
- Marie (328)
- Rosa (308)
- Juan (298)
- Vicente (298)
- Antoni (296)
- Pierre (279)
- George (268)
- Jose (244)
- Antoine (235)
- William (230)
- Charles (221)
- Francisca (212)
- Pedro (206)
- François (197)
- Josefa (193)
- Francisco (192)
- José (184)
- Catalina (179)
- James (167)
- Guillaume (164)
- Henry (158)
- Thomas (157)
- Louis (145)
- Colette (141)
- Vincent (133)
- Anna (130)
- Pere (128)
- Catherine (120)
- Ward (120)
- Jeanne (118)
- Jacques (115)
- Dick (114)
- Robert (111)
- Marguerite (106)
- Vicenta (104)
- Teresa (101)
- Joan (100)
- Mary (95)
- Mr. (95)
- Margarita (93)
- Josep (90)
- Paul (88)
- Frank (87)
- Jacob (84)
- Françoise (82)
- Miguel (80)
- Mateo (79)
- Juan Bautista (78)
- Mariano (77)
- Clara (75)
- Salvador (75)
- Isabelle (74)
Most indexed places
- San Bernardino (1,766)
- Lliber (649)
- Alger (554)
- Paris (408)
- Nîmes (403)
- Benissa (370)
- Pedreguer (282)
- Alger, 16000 (206)
- Oran (199)
- Mustapha (187)
- Es Castell, Menorca (182)
- Santa Maria del Mar, Palamós (180)
- Washington (177)
- Ibiza (155)
- Ciutadella, Menorca (147)
- Lliber, 03729 (137)
- Llíber (133)
- Jalon (130)
- Calpe (129)
- Nîmes, 30189 (129)
- New (124)
- Benidoleig (119)
- Benissa, 03720 (119)
- 's-Gravenhage (111)
- Vienna, Vienna (110)
- Liber (105)
- Denia (99)
- Maison-Carrée (95)
- Xalo / Jalon (94)
- Oran, 31000 (93)
- Eivissa (90)
- Mustapha, 16000 (90)
- Beaucaire (88)
- Benissa, 7598 (84)
- Sidi Bel Abbes (82)
- Tessala (82)
- Waterman (82)
- Richmond (81)
- Pb-Eivissa (80)
- Uzès (77)
- Lliber-Espagne (76)
- Calpe/Calp, 7604 (73)
- Calpe/Calp (71)
- Oliva (69)
- Blida (67)
- Calpe, 03710 (66)
- Genderen (66)
- Lyon (64)
- Kouba (62)
- Calpe (Calp) (60)
- Lliber Province d'Alicante (60)
- Hussein-Dey (59)
- London (59)
- Jalón/Xaló (58)
- Haarlemmermeer (57)
- Nimes (57)
- Arcole (56)
- Calp (56)
- Piles (55)
- Altea (52)
Most indexed countries
- United States (6,655)
- France (6,060)
- Spain (6,010)
- Algeria (4,106)
- Hungary (730)
- United Kingdom (615)
- Netherlands (475)
- Austria (239)
- Australia (236)
- Finland (224)
- New Zealand (172)
- Germany (154)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (113)
- Sweden (113)
- Switzerland (109)
- Canada (104)
- Morocco (84)
- Italy (71)
Available collections for this name
- Family Trees
(11,591) - Newspapers
(9,957) - Archives
(5,508) - Books
(802) - Cemeteries
(188) - Magazines
(166) - Other
(148) - Obituaries
(50) - Coats of Arms
(14) - Memorials
(5)