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Early Origins of the Touraine family

The surname Touraine was first found in Savoy (French: Savoie) in the Rhône-Alpes region of the French Alps, where this illustrious family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Touraine family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Touraine research. Another 237 words (17 lines of text) covering the years 1399, 1495, 1548, 1611, 1645, 1646, 1658, 1675, 1698, 1763, 1800, 1833 and 1838 are included under the topic Early Touraine History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Touraine Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Turenne, Turraine, Turrenne, Durenne, De Turenne, Torene, Torraine, Toraine, Torenne, Touraine and many more.

Early Notables of the Touraine family

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Touraine Ranking

In France, the name Touraine is the 6,623rd most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. [1]


United States Touraine migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Touraine Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Barend Touraine, who landed in Long Island in 1782 [2]

Contemporary Notables of the name Touraine (post 1700) +

  • Alain Touraine (1925-2023), French sociologist and research director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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