Tur

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from Catalan Tur, probably a topographic surname from tur (“tufa, porous limestone”).
• Borrowed from Polish Tur, from the nickname tur (“aurochs”).

Tur (plural Turs)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tur is the 36286^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 617 individuals. Tur is most common among White (47.0%) and Hispanic/Latino (43.44%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tur”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• tru-, URT, UTR, RTU, rut, TRU, tru

From tur (“aurochs”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtur/
• Rhymes: -ur
• Syllabification: Tur
• Homophone: tur

Tur m pers

1. a male surname

Tur f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

• “Tur”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic тоуръ (turŭ, “aurochs, bull”).

Tur m

1. a locality in Negrești-Oaș, Satu Mare County, Romania

Tur

1. a male given name

• IPA^(key): /tyʀ/

Tur

1. a male given name