The Tournay surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 158 people carried this name — #111,426 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 12% from 141 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Tournay surname
From the former spelling of Tournai. Historically most prevalent in the Nord department.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Tournay» (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 696 people named Tournay.
27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Nord.
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 524 people named Tournay 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 Hainaut.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tournay.
- Toulouse 514 · U.S. census
- Toupin 692 · U.S. census
- Tour 127 · U.S. census
- Tourdot 248 · U.S. census
- Toure 2,198 · U.S. census
- Tourigny 482 · 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
- Toutant 426 · U.S. census
- Tovar 32,760 · U.S. census
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