The Toure surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,198 people carried this name — #13,764 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 133,300 people counted. That is up 147% from 889 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Toure surname
Borrowed from French Touré ; ultimately from Soninke.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Toure» (English), 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 1,077 people named Toure.
Most of them — 697 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Paris.
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 750 people named Toure 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
300 people named Toure live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 26 people named Toure 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
90 people named Toure is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Toure in American newspapers,
1958–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,150 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Toure,
with a public archive behind them.
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Kishti Tomita 1963– · singer -
Naser Toure Mahama 1965–2026 · politician -
Adama Touré 1936–2012 · politician
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Toure Moctar 1944– · scientist
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Opio Toure 1954–2008 · politician
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Kassoum Toure 1968– · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 51 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Toure.
- Touchet 2,389 · U.S. census
- Toulon 156 · U.S. census
- Toulouse 514 · U.S. census
- Toupin 692 · U.S. census
- Tour 127 · U.S. census
- Tourdot 248 · U.S. census
- Tourigny 482 · U.S. census
- Tournay 158 · U.S. census
- Tournier 139 · U.S. census
- Tourville 1,565 · U.S. census
- Tous 178 · U.S. census
- Toussaint 7,441 · U.S. census
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