The Latour surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,323 people carried this name — #9,754 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 88,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,202 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Latour surname
A French surname, Latour, from Occitan.
Borrowed from Occitan [Term?]. Most prevalent in Southwestern France.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Latour» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,388 people named Latour.
102 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 95 départements, most often Dordogne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 435 people named Latour live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Namur.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 268 people named Latour live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
77 people named Latour live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Latour in American newspapers,
1890–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,172 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Latour,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antoine Georges François de Chabaud-Latour 1769–1832 · military personnel -
Antoine Georges François de Chabaud-Latour 1769–1832 · military personnel -
Rosine de Chabaud-Latour 1794–1860 · writer
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Pascal Latour 1701–1756 · painter
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Jan Latour 1719–1782 · painter
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Jean-Pierre Latour 1733–1824 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Latour.
- Latapie 115 · U.S. census
- Latella 560 · U.S. census
- Latil 141 · U.S. census
- Latini 738 · U.S. census
- Latorre 4,026 · U.S. census
- Latouche 561 · U.S. census
- Latreille 293 · U.S. census
- Latta 6,155 · U.S. census
- Lattanzio 1,087 · U.S. census
- Lattier 209 · U.S. census
- Latty 584 · U.S. census
- Latu 980 · U.S. census
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