Toure Surname

526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,029,155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mali
Highest density in:
Mali

Toure Surname User-submission:

The surname Toure means 'elephant' in Bambara language. Soninke originates from the Mali Empire. Toure is also a name for a clan, that resides along the Senegal river valley.

Toure Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mali372,4941:469
Ivory Coast248,6751:9315
Guinea183,5751:6414
Senegal175,9781:8321
Burkina Faso17,3271:1,059165
France6,8351:9,718921
Togo4,7251:1,534155
Ghana3,1861:8,4811,157
United States2,2681:159,81416,280
Morocco1,9081:18,0692,767
Liberia1,7711:2,489323
Benin1,7141:6,030810
Spain1,6751:27,9122,884
Mauritania1,1191:3,659445
Niger9111:21,0671,312
Gabon8081:2,338404
Chad7701:17,6522,191
Saudi Arabia4771:64,6879,689
Belgium3291:34,9445,686
Canada3291:111,99311,960
England2931:190,16416,878
Egypt2441:376,78623,402
Iran1251:614,26033,895
Congo1181:42,2803,996
Brazil991:2,162,36767,701
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
South Africa841:644,97347,754
Tanzania811:653,60039,027
Netherlands781:216,50229,188
Italy761:804,69363,729
United Arab Emirates751:122,16410,258
Papua New Guinea741:110,18514,934
Germany721:1,118,13174,279
Sierra Leone491:144,686305
Cameroon481:432,68936,488
Nigeria451:3,936,506111,794
Switzerland401:205,32317,881
Gambia361:53,429238
Russia311:4,649,131213,487
Sweden311:317,63722,171
Luxembourg291:20,0194,535
China281:48,832,9132,633
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Austria271:315,38635,058
Greece261:426,14656,152
Angola251:1,079,5693,117
Ireland231:204,7368,142
Tunisia211:29,0774,362
Monaco191:1,95196
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
India171:45,121,493474,784
Denmark161:352,79524,706
Sudan161:2,344,3874,438
Lithuania141:216,75615,381
Czechia121:886,12273,425
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Finland101:549,67032,186
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
Israel91:950,84857,975
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Norway61:857,04855,549
Slovenia61:414,61218,975
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Haiti51:2,136,78115,037
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Wales51:618,90625,852
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Cape Verde41:132,4104,291
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

The alternate forms: Touré (24,897) & Tourè (31) are calculated separately.

Toure (45,123) may also be a first name.

Toure Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Toure means 'elephant' in Bambara language. Soninke originates from the Mali Empire. Toure is also a name for a clan, that resides along the Senegal river valley.

- ppg_sxkipp

Toure Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Toure Come From? nationality or country of origin

Toure (Arabic: تورى, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﺭﻯ, Marathi: तौरे) is carried by more people in Mali than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Touré or Tourè. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Toure? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 526th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,081 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Toure live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Mande Africa. Toure is also the 20,146th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 45,123 people.

Toure is most widespread in Mali, where it is borne by 372,494 people, or 1 in 46. Barring Mali this surname occurs in 104 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 24 percent are found and Guinea, where 18 percent are found.

Toure Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Toure has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 28,350 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 2,300 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Toure Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Sunni (50%) in Lebanon.

In The United States Toure are 40.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 93.67% being registered with the political party.

The amount Toure earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 80.08% less than the national average, earning €5,983 per year; in South Africa they earn 42.69% less than the national average, earning R 136,200 per year; in United States they earn 18.77% less than the national average, earning $35,050 USD per year and in Canada they earn 32.67% less than the national average, earning $33,453 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Touré9324,897/
Tourè9331/
Touret912,357/
Tourey912,009/
Tourre91833/
Touere91222/
Tourez91117/
Tourje9157/
Toures9157/
Thoure9152/
Toureh9147/
Touyre9134/
Tourei9127/
Tourge9115/
Touree9112/
Tourie917/
Toutre915/
Tourea914/
Tourer912/
Toureu912/
Ture8915,444/
Tore8911,686/
Tour891,662/
Tourret831,528/
Tourres83441/
Thourey8361/
Touretz8322/
Tourrey8316/
Tourett8312/
Toureap8310/
Tourrez839/
Thoures835/
Toureat835/
Thouree834/
Toureuh834/
Touiere834/
Tourech834/
Touress833/
Thourer833/
Touyere832/
Toureet831/
Touijre831/
Toueret831/
Taouere831/
Tayoure831/
Torre8058,747/
Thore809,335/
Touri807,202/
Totre803,388/
Tores802,940/
Toreh801,340/
Toury801,251/
Torea801,168/
Turre801,095/
Toura801,087/
Torey801,076/
Torge80978/
Turea80968/
Touer80953/
Tureh80580/
Taure80482/
Thure80453/
Toret80339/
Turei80324/
Torez80311/
Torje80297/
Tures80279/
Turer80266/
Tuure80262/
Turet80262/
Thour80240/
Turey80185/
Turee80136/
Torei80124/
Tourt80114/
Turie8073/
Toire8072/
Toore8070/
Torie8070/
Htour8068/
Torer8060/
Tured8052/
Torej8048/
Turge8044/
Toyre8040/
Turze8037/
Toree8035/
Tohre8029/
Toreu8026/
Turje8021/
Tohur8017/
Torhe8016/
Tureç8014/
Toere8010/
Tuore8010/
Teure807/
Tuere806/
Tuire806/
Tgure806/
Tored805/
Torze805/
Turez805/
Tourd805/
Tourh805/
Tosre804/
Tourz803/
Turej803/
Tujre802/
Tourr802/
Turep801/
Tureu801/
Tousr801/
Touyaret7731/
Toueress779/
Touyeres775/
Tourrett772/
Toureast771/
Taoueret771/
Tor7558,911/
Tur7533,270/
Torres733,657,507/
Torrez73164,677/
Touray7361,864/
Torrey736,600/
Torrie731,639/
Tujare731,225/
Touris731,050/
Tijore73997/
Tajour73722/
Torrea73610/
Torred73462/
Toujri73444/
Thurre73386/
Tayour73368/
Taurer73366/
Thoury73362/
Touriz73327/
Thouri73308/
Thorey73272/
Turrey73263/
Tourai73234/
Turets73220/
Tooree73219/
Tourra73211/
Touraj73201/
Tourit73172/
Touyar73172/
Toress73158/
Toorie73131/
Turrie73120/
Tuyare73111/
Turres73107/
Torees73106/
Turret7385/
Thuree7384/
Torhee7381/
Torret7380/
Taiore7376/
Touier7375/
Taurei7374/
Turrer7371/
Turrez7371/
Thorie7365/
Thurer7361/
Toerge7359/
Toreas7359/
Toores7352/
Thorøe7351/
Turett7351/
Tohuri7349/
Torrei7349/
Tajore7348/
Torhei7348/
Tojare7347/
Thored7345/
Taurej7343/
Touyer7342/
Thorre7341/
Toresh7340/
Turetz7339/
Touery7339/
Torest7338/
Touroi7337/
Tuores7336/
Teurer7335/
Thurøe7329/
Toreid7328/
Torets7327/
Thoyre7326/
Torech7326/
Thurey7322/
Tourri7322/
Thaure7321/
Tauret7321/
Toreez7321/
Touyor7321/
Tourré7321/
Teures7320/
Torree7317/
Towere7317/
Thoree7317/
Tuurie7316/
Taures7316/
Tajure7315/
Thurea7314/
Toiret7314/
Taurez7312/
Torrer7312/
Thouré7312/
Tourio7311/
Theure7310/
Turech739/
Toueri739/
Tuirez739/
Teureu739/
Thorze738/
Tureer738/
Touhri738/
Tohreh737/
Turoey736/
Turesh736/
Toreph736/
Toorey735/
Turest735/
Torreh735/
Toeree735/
Thurée735/
Tourís735/
Toorre735/
Tureis735/
Tourih735/
Totres734/
Thorei734/
Tturre734/
Tujore734/
Toires734/
Turgey734/
Turree734/
Tureez734/
Toreet734/
Touiar734/
Tourza734/
Toreis734/
Toitre734/
Turead733/
Torezz733/
Thoore733/
Thurei733/
Taured733/
Toorez733/
Toreed733/
Toireh733/
Thorée733/
Thorea733/
Turije733/
Thurie733/
Thutre732/
Taurea732/
Turher732/
Toriea732/
Dhtore732/
Dhture732/
Htture732/
Tothre732/
Thuere732/
Tourhi732/
Tousri732/
Torett732/
Tootre732/
Tourry732/
Tuurey732/
Turees732/
Turhed732/
Turihe732/
Taurie731/
Torehe731/
Torhey731/
Toyree731/
Torrze731/
Tosrey731/
Totrey731/
Tourid731/
Turiey731/
Tejore731/
Tayore731/
Thourd731/
Tahure731/
Tautre731/
Turhee731/
Tuyire731/
Torhie731/
Tauree731/
Torrre731/
Taiure731/
Htoura731/
Tuohre731/
Tuurre731/
Turiej731/
Toyare731/
Toyere731/
Toyrer731/
Toreat731/
Torreß731/
Torrej731/
Toresz731/
Toretz731/
Toriey731/
Tourzy731/
Tourét731/
Touríz731/
Toutri731/
Toutry731/
Touéry731/
Touraa731/
Touriy731/
Touijr731/
Toujar731/
Touera731/
Taouer731/
Thoreh731/
Thorhe731/
Tuires731/
Tuirie731/
Tuureh731/
Tauere731/
Tureae731/
Torieh731/
Totree731/
Tureej731/
Teuare731/
Tuhrer730/
Turhey730/
Torhea730/
Turess730/
Tureat730/
Tourys730/
Toujer730/
Toyret730/
Toerey730/
Torgey730/
Toreey730/
Ttorey730/
Thoere730/
Toirer730/
Tousry730/
Thouyaret716/
Turi67169,012/
Tare6735,944/
Tura6729,639/
Toor6720,871/
Thor6720,847/
Tora6716,998/
Tori6714,726/
Türe6712,399/
Taur6710,993/
Tuor677,268/
Torp675,516/
Tort675,515/
Torr673,910/
Turp672,368/
Tire672,302/
Thur672,014/
Tory671,957/
Torz671,205/
Tury671,145/
Theuret67921/
Tuur67835/
Tuer67777/
Tuir67719/
Toir67696/
Torh67614/
Touijri67605/
Tajores67589/
Torress67427/
Turt67384/
Tajouri67372/
Turz67320/
Tourais67316/
Tourish67299/
Thorrez67227/
Turd67209/
Toer67155/
Torrres67151/
Tord67150/
Turé67134/
Torj67103/
Tooreea67102/
Turr6786/
Tourich6782/
Thoreid6775/
Thaurer6775/
Tayouri6761/
Torrech6760/
Tuyaret6757/
Touyard6756/
Taureed6754/
Thouery6747/
Teur6745/
Torrees6744/
Toireat6740/
Toré6733/
Turrett6732/
Totress6732/
Tejores6730/
Thoretz6728/
Tutr6724/
Thoresz6723/
Torá6723/
Thoirei6722/
Torrest6722/
Thoirey6720/
Thuirer6720/
Turh6719/
Toorres6716/
Ttorres6716/
Torreys6716/
Tajoury6715/
Tujaret6715/
Touhier6715/
Torreas6713/
Htor6712/
Touraya6712/
Tourrès6712/
Thorree6712/
Tuyeres6711/
Tourist6710/
Tohr679/
Thohuri679/
Torresd679/
Theurez679/
Torrezz678/
Taihour678/
Toretch678/
Torø678/
Thoores678/
Tourova677/
Toreats677/
Thoyare676/
Torehed676/
Tajures676/
Ttor675/
Dtorres674/
Totrres674/
Tohyare674/
Tourisz674/
Teyoury674/
Totr673/
Tourris673/
Thothre673/
Thourai673/
Tuorrey673/
Torreis673/
Touraia673/
Tuggere673/
Torresr673/
Touraiz673/
Tourgai673/
Ttujare672/
Tojorer672/
Toujari672/
Teyoree672/
Torrett672/
Tourray672/
Thuerey672/
Turj672/
Tujr672/
Tuyr672/
Toyr671/
Tayhore671/
Dtorrez671/
Tooriey671/
Toorrez671/
Toresch671/
Torieyh671/
Torriey671/
Turhett671/
Ttur671/
Tgur671/
Teueree671/
Thorher671/
Thureer671/
Thurrey671/
Theuere671/
Thioare671/
Tauerge671/
Tauresh671/
Tauriea671/
Towerey671/
Toruuee671/
Tusr671/
Torrrez671/
Toirres671/
Torrões671/
Torreds671/
Torè671/
Tuohrie671/
Tāre671/
Tureová671/
Turè671/
Thaurey671/
Tahiore671/
Toreova671/
Torrets671/
Torí671/
Toihere671/
Tourrés671/
Touyari671/
Touriss671/
Taueres671/
Taureej671/
Tayoury671/
Thourry671/
Thouéry671/
Dtor671/
Toirrez671/
Htur671/
Thurett670/
Tuhr670/
Tougier670/
Thorret670/
Tuthres670/
Thorrie670/
Taurest670/
Teutrer670/
Toorrey670/
Thejore670/
Thuhrer670/

Toure Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Toure in the Marathi language
तौरेtaure80
तोउरेto'ure20
Toure in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻮﺭﻯtwry73.48
ﺗﻮﺭﻱtwry23.92
ﺗﻮﺭﻩtwrh0.74
ﺗﺮﺍﻭﺭﻯtrawry0.06
ﺗﻮﺭﺭﻯtwrry0.06
ﺳﺎﻟﻢsalm0.06
ﺍﺗﺮﺍﻭﺭﻯatrawry0.06
ﺗﺰﺭﻯtzry0.06
Toure in the Arabic language
تورىtwry-
توريtwry-

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