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The Turi surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 834 people carried this name — #28,587 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is down 3% from 862 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 222 people named Turi 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 96
Santa Fe 56
Entre Ríos 33
City of Buenos Aires 22
Córdoba 15

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

97 people named Turi live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 21
Aargau 12
Basel-Landschaft 11
St. Gallen 11
Basel-Stadt 9
Zug 8
Bern 7
Vaud 7

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 85 people named Turi.

24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often French Polynesia.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 24
French Polynesia 23
Isère 10
Paris 5
Bouches-du-Rhône 4
Corsica 4
Seine-et-Marne 4
Gard 3
Wallis and Futuna 2

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 52 people named Turi 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Hainaut 26
Liège 19
Namur 7

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

30 people named Turi is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 30

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).

Who carried it

People named Turi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johan Turi
    Johan Turi 1854–1936 · writer
  • Elemér Thury
    Elemér Thury 1874–1944 · actor
  • Renato Turi
    Renato Turi 1920–1991 · dub director
  • Renato Turi
    Renato Turi 1920–1991 · dub director
  • Carlo Turi 1838–1900 · military personnel
  • Ján Turi-Nagy 1864–1943 · veterinarian

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Turi is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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