The Turcios surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,073 people carried this name — #4,968 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,700 people counted. That is up 72% from 4,118 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Turcios surname

A surname from Basque.

Borrowed from Basque Turtzioz.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Turcios» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Turcios in American newspapers,
1919–1929.

Newspaper page from New Britain Herald carrying the name Turcios
New Britain Herald 1929-01-30
Newspaper page from El Mosquito carrying the name Turcios
El Mosquito 1919-04-06
Newspaper page from El Mundo carrying the name Turcios
El Mundo 1920-11-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 222 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Turcios,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States2 records

2 records of the Turcios name in the United States U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955
  1. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Ana C. Turcios

    Born 1914 in El Salvador. Entered the United States in 1952. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  2. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Demetrio Turcios

    Born 1908 in Honduras. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Turcios name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Wilfredo Alberto Turcios

    Died 1992; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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