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Early Origins of the Touré family

The surname Touré was first found in Languedoc, where this acclaimed family held a family seat since ancient times. Château Latour is a French wine estate, rated as a First Growth under the 1855 Bordeaux Classification. It lies at the very southeastern tip of the commune of Pauillac in the Médoc region to the north-west of Bordeaux.

Early History of the Touré family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Touré research. Another 267 words (19 lines of text) covering the years 1259, 1365, 1600, 1610, 1618, 1629, 1688, 1743 and 1789 are included under the topic Early Touré History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Touré Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Latour, Tour, Latourre, Tours, Toure, Tors, La Tour, De Latour, de la Toure, de Tour and many more.

Early Notables of the Touré family

More information is included under the topic Early Touré Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Touré Ranking

In France, the name Touré is the 7,190th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Touré family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Susanne Latour who settled in New York in 1700; and Charles Thomas Latour who settled in Philadelphia in 1880.


Contemporary Notables of the name Touré (post 1700) +

  • Bassala Touré (b. 1976), Malian former footballer
  • Alhassane Ousmane Touré (b. 1984), Malian footballer
  • Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922-1984), Guinean politician, first President of Guinea (1958-1984)
  • Ahmed Touré (b. 1987), Burkinabé professional footballer


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/


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