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.
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 mapWhere they live today
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
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
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
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
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.
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Johan Turi 1854–1936 · writer -
Elemér Thury 1874–1944 · actor -
Renato Turi 1920–1991 · dub director -
Renato Turi 1920–1991 · dub director -
Carlo Turi 1838–1900 · military personnel
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Ján Turi-Nagy 1864–1943 · veterinarian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Turi.
- Turchi 594 · U.S. census
- Turck 582 · U.S. census
- Turco 2,380 · U.S. census
- Turek 4,241 · U.S. census
- Turel 126 · U.S. census
- Turenne 734 · U.S. census
- Turin 337 · U.S. census
- Turini 154 · U.S. census
- Turk 10,354 · U.S. census
- Turmel 411 · U.S. census
- Turner 348,627 · U.S. census
- Turon 231 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Turi is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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