The Turchi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 594 people carried this name — #37,492 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 537 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Turchi surname
A surname from Italian.
Borrowed from Italian Turchi.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Turchi» (Portuguese), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 268 people named Turchi 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 206 people named Turchi.
40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
64 people named Turchi 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.
Who carried it
People named Turchi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alessandro Turchi 1578–1649 · painter -
Adeodato Turchi 1724–1803 · preacher -
Silvio Turchi d. 1999 · fencer
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Francesco Turchi 1515–1599 · theologian
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Ludovico Turchi 1560–1627 · art dealer
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Pietro Turchi 1711–1781 · sculptor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Turchi.
When the index is not enough
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